productive forces. If there were no development of technology‚ there would be no today’s highly development of human materialistic and mental civilization. In other word‚ technology should guarantee people’s living in a better condition. However‚ human negligence causes letting technology not be suitable to respond possible disasters. For example‚ On August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused over 50 failure of the levees and flood walls which were protecting New Orleans. The failures of the levee and flood
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Competence & Negligence Scenario 1: You work for a criminal defense attorney who is arrested outside of the courthouse on charges of inhaling nitrous oxide. He was at the courthouse for a pretrial hearing on a cocaine case. After the hearing‚ he returned to his car. He apparently passed out after inhaling as many as 14 canisters‚ stepped on the accelerator of his car and careened in reverse into a parked car. Nitrous oxide is commonly called laughing gas and induces a mild euphoria. The incident
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Injury Due to Labor and Delivery Negligence Some things in this world are simple and can be done easily by a single person. But‚ many tasks require a team work and unity. One amongst them is the task of bringing a child into this world. The birth of a baby should be the happiest moment in a parent’s life‚ but events that occur during labor or in the delivery room can quickly turn happiness to sorrow. It becomes the keen responsibility of doctors‚ nurses‚ and other team members involved in bringing
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The role of a nurse An bord altranais (2000) believes that‚ The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment
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acknowledge the new skills which I have acquired whilst undertaking the V150 and explain the background to Nurse Prescribing. The Cumberledge Report (DHSS‚ 1986) made the initial recommendations for nurses to prescribe. The report identified that‚ although nurses often new what they wanted they spent valuable time waiting around for prescriptions to be signed by G.P’s. As the nurses were already contributing to the prescribing decision; particularly around wound care products‚ enabling
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gleaned off the Internet? That’s the question confronting an Alberta judge who must soon decide if a mother’s withholding of professional medical care from her 7-year-old son‚ who eventually died from an acute bacterial infection‚ was criminal negligence or simply a well-intentioned but misguided decision. It’s the second time this year Alberta parents have landed in court because their children died after they refused to take them to a doctor or hospital and instead treated them with remedies
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therapy stopped running after the first 24 hours and registered nurse on duty informed pediatrician and he asks the nurse to continue it. After the following day‚ Baby Tim parents noticed baby arm turned bluish and cold to touch‚ continue with third-day arm was totally black and swollen from hand till elbow. Pediatrician informed about the need for amputation due to could not be saved. This incident very traumatic to baby Tim
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contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience‚ think about it‚ mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19) Argyris and Schon (1974) suggest that practitioners often practice at less than effective levels because they follow routine. Johns (1995) implies that action can be taken through reflection to increase effectiveness in practice as reflection provides opportunities for self development as professionals
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Becoming a nurse is more than just performing patient assessments‚ passing medications‚ and charting. When entering the nursing profession one feels a sense of pride‚ an ethical obligation‚ and a desire to uphold a certain image nurses want to display. To its members‚ guide nursing behaviors‚ are instrumental in clinical decision making‚ and influence how nurses think about themselves” (Creasia & Friberg‚ 2011‚ p. 49)”. The profession’s values give direction and meaninAs a new graduate nurses are overwhelm
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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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