BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY College of Nursing City of Malolos‚ Bulacan A case study of a 60 years old female client who had a: Left Breast Carcinoma Submitted by: BSN 3C Group 1 Agustin‚ Katherine G. Alejo‚ Arlene Azul‚ Emmanuel Balingit‚ Sharmaine Crizza C. Bantug‚ Ann Gene Batongbacal‚ Roxette Joy C. Buiza‚ Angelica Mae C. Cabildo‚ Lady Lee DS. Castillo‚ Sharmaine D. Chavez‚ Kathleen C. Chico‚ Rizzamae Gumabon‚ Jerry Ann B. Submitted to: Clinical Instructors
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Maryland State Board of Nursing Discipline and Rehabilitation Program Isabella Allegrezza Saint Luke’s College of Health Sciences Substance use disorder within the nursing community is a major concern and many state boards have statutory authority for implementing nurse assistance programs‚ including alternative to discipline programs. The Maryland Board of Nursing has a Discipline and Rehabilitation Committee that was established in 1989. The purpose of this committee
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Over the years‚ the psychiatric industry has taken the problems that the average person faces and has renamed them as mental disorders. They have labeled everything from depression to a fear of spiders as a flaw with an individual’s brain‚ yet it is backed up with no scientific evidence at all. All diagnoses are purely theoretical; they are not based on any scientific measurements. Although the industry is proven to be inconsistent and untruthful‚ it continues to grow yearly and is blindly relied
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Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Clinical Case Study Milcah Prasad University of Maryland‚ Baltimore Introduction Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness that is characterized by having psychotic symptoms such as delusions‚ hallucinations‚ disconnect with reality‚ and illogical thinking patterns for at least one month and having a major impact in the lives of the individuals‚ their family and friends (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000). According to the statistics‚ “1 in 100 people develop
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The nursing shortage impacts the world in a prodigious way. The nursing shortage has an adverse impact on patient care‚ as well as on nurses. The causes of the nursing shortage are multi-faceted and there is no single measure that influences the declining issues. The most concerning issue of the nursing shortage is the decline in patient care‚ and positive outcome (Buchan‚ 2010). The research question in this study is the following: How does the nursing shortage affect quality of patient care
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Nursing Essay: Sample Reflecting on one’s Communication Skills Introduction Nursing students can enhance their learning through reflection that is‚ reflecting on a situation that involves nursing care (Parker 2006‚ p.115). In line with this thought‚ I shall reflect on an experience and discuss the communication skills I used or should have used during the patient encounter. I will use the three what model based on the work of Borton (1970) and Boud (1985) to help structure my reflection. Before
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1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis+ The Qualitative Report‚ Volume 3‚ Number 2‚ July‚ 1997 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem
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Note book 1 From your own opinion‚ is it important for nurses to study ethics? Take a mental walk around your ward/department and watch the nurses at work. Do the nurses in your workplace apply ethical theories and/or ethical principles in clinical practice setting? What kind of values do they portray? What do you think of the current values in nursing ethics in comparison to the expected ethical behaviours for nurses? Write your thoughts in the Note book. I strongly agree we as a nurse must learn
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The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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