Today‚ one of my patients presented to the ED with a 3cm laceration on his right hand that was three days old. He also reported a pain level of 7/10. First‚ my nurse preceptor and I had the patient wash his hands with soap and water to remove the dirt and bacteria from the wound. Thereafter‚ we sprayed wound cleanser to the wound and rinsed it with normal saline to further aide in removing debris and decreasing bacterial counts. After‚ I dried the wound edges with a sterile gauze. This is done in
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Ethical Principals for Protecting Research Participants Participating in a research study is an opportunity for people to contribute to the advancement of healthcare practice or other measures. Researchers typically collect data from a population of people that share common characteristics that make them appropriate subjects for the area being studied. In order to assure that participants are adequately protected‚ a set of ethical principles should be adhered to
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Running head: Tracer Summary 1 Patient 453355 Tracer at Nightingale Community Hospital Patient Tracer Summary 2 Patient 453355 Tracer at Nightingale Community Hospital To provide an accurate assessment of the systems and processes for the delivery of care‚ treatment‚ and services at the Nightingale Community Hospital‚ weekly patient chart reviews of patient medical cases is performed using The Joint Commission tracer methodology for a thorough review of current services and possible
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Auditing procedures: Five assertions: 1. Occurrence: Define: transactions and events that have been recorded have occurred and pertain to the entity. Explain: sales and purchases shown in the income statement belong to the company and are real‚ that is they actually took place. 2. Completeness: Define: all transactions and events that should have been recorded have been recorded. Explain: all the individual transactions making up the balances in the income statement are recorded; no sales
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be important to this client? The fact that he is Native American and what the role of a male in his culture might be. What family issues need to be addressed? Since Patwin has no immediate family I would assume that he has grown close to his youth group and look at them as being a second family. What stereotypes might apply to this client? Some people may assume that he has a drinking problem and won’t be able to hold a steady job. What biases‚ if any‚ might this client hold towards other populations
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of suicide and self harm in young people because these are serious problems in this country‚ and the problems are escalating out of control. I think it is important that everyone should understand a little better what these problems really are‚ how they affect people and what self-harmers and people who are suicidal can do to receive help. [Kurt Cobain¡¦s suicide letter.] Main Points - The main questions/aims I intend to find out about are: 1. What is self-harm? 2. What is suicide
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EXPORT PROCEDURE 1. An exporter receives an enquiry from the prospective buyers seeking information regarding price‚ quality & other terms conditions for export of goods. The exporter sends a quotation known as proforma invoice as reply. 2. If the buyer is satisfied with the export price & other terms & conditions‚ he places the order or indent for the goods. 3. After receiving the order or indent‚ the exporter undertakes an enquiry regarding the credit worthiness of importer to assess the
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Running head: RESPONSE TO CLIENT REQUEST RESPONSE TO CLIENT REQUEST ABRAHAM P. THOMAS UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX RESPONSE TO CLIENT REQUEST This paper reflects the results of the research done on the lease and lease structures in the FASB codification as required by the supervisor in response to the request of a client. The client is a regional trucking company and currently owns 100 trailers which is 20 less than what is required to take up a new job that has been offered to the company
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LS160-Criminal Law and Procedure BIBLIOGRAPHY A Articles/Books/Reports Hayes‚ Robert & Eburn‚ Michael‚ Criminal Law and Procedure in NSW Chesterman‚ Michael‚ Criminal Trial Juries in Australia Crimes Act 1900‚ NSW Criminal Procedure Act Legislative Council Select Committee on the partial defence of provocation – Inquiry into the partial defence of provocation‚ July 2012 B Websites www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/publications www.hcourt.gov.au www.parliament.nsw.gov.au www.lawlink.nsw.gov
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Psychosocial Factors and Patient Education 09 Oct 11 Zahava Ohana Homework Week Two (1) Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on the patient education; Patient’s background. For example‚ that patient came from a background that does not believe on any medicines. They go to a “voodoo doctor” for some spiritual interventions and they are content on that. Because they are not too well educated or maybe it is
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