This clinical has been a highly beneficial experience for me in my nursing career. I learned a variety of skills and have learned about myself as a nurse as well. By working with my assigned mother I learned both what my strengths and weakness are. One strength I encountered was my ability to work with the mother and all her visitors with ease. I was able to communicate effectively between all parties without making an awkward atmosphere or without losing my focus on the patient’s care. One weakness
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Because of its continuity‚ Clinical Reasoning does not happen in a linear manner but remains to be cyclical (Marcum‚ 2012). Nurses who exhibit good clinical reasoning skills have the capacity “to collect the right cues and to take the right action for the right patient at the right time and for the right reason” (Levett-Jones‚ Hoffman‚ Dempsey‚ Yeun-Sim Jeong‚ Noble‚ Norton‚ Roche & Hickey‚ 2010). In contrast‚ nurses with less developed clinical reasoning skills usually fall short in detecting
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Develop Decision-making Skills Introduction Working in the University as nursing demonstrator and clinical instructor in leadership and management module‚ my role is to assist students‚ evaluate their presentations‚ overlook their projects‚ and supervise them in the clinical area. Therefore‚ I am leading‚ instructing‚ and making decisions. However‚ making a decision sometimes seems very difficult. I noticed that I am unable to make a good decision in my work‚ as I frequently face unusual problems
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Law firms are usually hesitant to take on clinical negligence cases as they would incur very large pre-action costs before the likelihood of the success of the claim can even be determined. Therefore‚ many claimants are usually unable to make an SFA with a solicitor‚ especially if the claim is of low value. Therefore‚ many claimants are unable to purse their claim and have no access to
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Examination of Clinical Psychology Vicki Roberson 480 AUGUST 7‚ 2011 Elizabeth Kane Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology was not discovered until 1879‚ at the University of Psychology‚ in Leipzig‚ Germany‚ by Wilhelm Wundt. Much has transpired before the discovery such as Theodor Fechner published The Elements of Psychophysics in 1860‚ and in 1874‚ Wilhelm Wundt published the Principles of Physiological Psychology. Both of the publications were needed to state
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Clinical Synthesis I Ayva Rodriguez Felician College Clinical Synthesis I The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended nine essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice ("Essentials‚" 2008‚ p. 3). One of the key nurse managers’ key competency is practicing the AACN essential I that uses written‚ verbal‚ nonverbal‚ and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively with a variety of disciplines to inform decision making by using inquiry
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Clinical Audit is a tool used to examine the practices of health care professionals implemented in a health care environment. Clinical audit can be defined as a clinically led initiative which seeks to improve the quality and outcome of patient care through clinicians examining and modifying their practices according to the standards of what can be achieved‚ based on the best available evidence’ (Morrell & Harvey 1999). Audit has many benefits: increasing the quality of patient care directly‚ professional
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This essay will reflect upon an incident in practice when I administered a drug to a child. I will use Gibbs reflective model (Gibbs 1988)(see appendix 1). This model of reflection will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thought and relating theory to practice where the model allows. Discussion on the incident will include the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the administration of the drug. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss my knowledge
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Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) are leaders in nursing‚ and their skills and expertise are crucial to improving care delivery and safety. There are more than 72‚000 CNSs across the United States alone utilizing this important nursing role. It is principal we acknowledge and utilize CNSs significance‚ they alone can make a bigger difference in improving health care if more people understand the value‚ and expertise and skills clinical nurse specialists bring to health care practice. When researching
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In clinical supervision Robert Goldhammer 1969 suggests “the teacher is always viewed as a professional who is actively seeking greater expertise and the focus is on strength and needs. It is also to have a supervision that is fundamentally humane‚ and is emancipated from the dogma and authoritarianism and vested interests of administration.” It has typified much of the supervision we have known before. Clinical supervision is a process‚ a distinctive style of relating to teachers and it is the
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