CLINICAL PREPARATION TOOL Purposes: • To provide an organized method of client data collection. • To provide a format for researching client data. • To provide a standard format for reporting client data. • To serve as a format for developing and evaluating a plan of care for the client. Guidelines: 1. This tool is to be completed as per clinical instructor’s requirements. 2. Completion is required to demonstrate clinical preparedness. You may be dismissed from
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Chapter 4 Learning Objectives 1. Define clinical assessment and discuss the roles of the clinical interview‚ tests‚ and observations. Clinical assessment is an evaluation of a patient’s physical condition and prognosis based on information gathered from physical and laboratory examinations and the patient’s medical history. Clinical interview is a face to face encounter meeting. Tests are devices for gathering information about a few aspects of a person’s psychological
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What is reflection? Reflection is the examination of personal thoughts and actions. For practitioners this means focusing on how they interact with their colleagues and with the environment to obtain a clearer picture of their own behaviour. It is therefore a process by which practitioners can better understand themselves in order to be able to build on existing strengths and take appropriate future action. And the word ‘action’ is vital. Reflection is not ‘navel-gazing’. Its aim is to develop
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Clinical Decision Making A complete medical history was obtained from the patient. Following a discussion of her concerns‚ a physical exam‚ including a pelvic and bimanual exam was performed. Swabs of the vaginal area were collected and placed under the microscope. The results were concurrent with the suspected diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis. The physician explained the results of the swab samples and offered the patient different treatment options. Pathophysiology Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is
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Drama 88 Day 10 Practice‚ Practice‚ and some more Practice Our primary focus from this point onwards was completely on the final musical scene and the ending scene. For the final musical scene we were thinking out a dance routine. For this I came up with a fifteen second dance routine‚ which will be done in the scene. In this dance routine Kim and Olivia run towards Luke and I. Then we are supposed to lift them as they jump into our arms. After the lift the girls are supposed to hang on to our necks
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Assignment: Clinical Assessment Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter‚ Clara‚ to see Dr. Mason‚ a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason‚ but did not smile and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sat next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet child who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums‚ during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating patterns have changed‚ and she no longer wants
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allow humans to perceive beauty in the world can also have the opposite effect‚ resulting in darker‚ more negative perceptions of the world. This can overpower all positivity within the human mind. An evident case of this occurrence is referred to as clinical depression‚ which is a common mood disorder that affects people across the world. Nothing operates along the lines of perfection. Situations often slip off the path of idealism. Disorders—commonly seen as imperfections—have historically received
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This disaster clinical day was a great experience for me. As a nursing student‚ I have no experience about a disaster event and what to expect as a nurse. From the lecture‚ I understood how to triage the victims and dividing them into color categories. Emergency or red tag patients are the one that has immediate threats to life such as airway obstruction or shock‚ and require immediately intervention. Yellow-tag patients have major injuries that need treatment but can wait for 30 minutes to 2 hours
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CLINICAL PROBLEMS A 26-year-old woman comes to an allergy clinic complaining of a runny nose and itching eyes. The symptoms become particularly severe during the spring months. She has tried over-the-counter antihistamines and they help reduce the symptoms‚ but also cause side effects that she finds intolerable. 1. Which of the following drugs would you not recommend? A. Cetirizine B. Desloratadine C. Diphenhydramine D. Fexofenadine E. Loratadine A 45-year-old man is to undergo
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Introduction Reflection is a process that enables nurses to explore and evaluate clinical situations and hence identify areas of improvement for future practice. This reflection paper will evaluate the interviewee and interviewer’s performance and thoughts during the interview process. Interviewee’s reflection The panel welcomed the interviewee and gave some time to settle. This helped me to reduce the anxiety level and nervousness. When entering the interview room‚ I tried not to show my nervousness
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