Clinical Assessment Your Name Psy/270 March 15‚ 2011 Instructor’s Name Clinical Assessment I would being by asking Mr. and Mrs. Lawson basic questions concerning the family’s history regarding any similar symptoms that other family members may have displayed. I would also ask if there were any changes in the family setting‚ such as relocating or if other family members have recently relocated. I would also ask Mr. and Mrs. Lawson specific details about the symptoms regarding Clara’s eating
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1. What is Clinical Decision Support and how does it benefit and/or limit the use of information when caring for patient? Clinical Decision Support provides specific information to health care staffs regarding a patient health care record‚ and this support system will help provide good quality care to the patient. This system has many different tools to help the health care provider an easy ways to care for the patient such as alert system‚ clinical guidelines‚ templates‚ and even more. With this
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Depression is a very serious disease that is often overlooked in a clinical setting. The patient population associated with depression ranges from children to the elderly. However‚ this specific report will address the clinical prevention techniques for nonpregnant adults over the age of 18. According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in their Task Force Final Recommendation 2016 edition‚ “ depression is one of the leading causes of disability in adults. It affects men and women of all
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reviewing experience from practice so that it may be described‚ analysed‚ evaluated and consequently used to inform and change future practice.” According to Somerville and Keeling (2004) nursing is a profession where reflection is important whereby it helps to identify strengths and weaknesses. Jarvis (1992) mentioned that reflective practice can also be known as a learning process through and from the experiences towards gaining new ideas. The two type of reflective practice by Schon (1987) are the
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historical‚ social‚ cultural and personal experiences have contributed to professional knowledge and practice (Wilkinson‚ 1996). Duffy (2007) believes that reflective practice is an active deliberate process of critically examining practice where an individual is challenged and enabled to undertake the process of self-enquiry to empower the practitioner to realize desirable and effective practice within a reflexive spiral of personal transformation. Learning is derived from experience but it
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Clinical Diagnosis for Client Based upon the provided information‚ I have determined that the most fitting clinical diagnosis for Ms. K is Major Depressive Disorder. The medical recommendation is suggested based off her current symptoms‚ changes in behavior‚ appearance‚ and described feelings and mood. She presents a majority of the specified symptoms listed for Major Depressive Disorder‚ and has had the occurrence of behaviors for longer than a two-week period (American Psychiatric Association
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This essay is written to reflect an critical incident that I have experienced during my Professional Practice Experience 4 placement at Bankstown hospital using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. At the time of the incident‚ I was following the clinical guidelines and practice my medication administration skills by giving subcutaneous injection to a patient at the abdomen site‚ under the supervision of an register nurse. Before the injection‚ I have checked the site for redness‚ bruises and pain‚ which there
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Introduction Today I will be talking about the Importance of Reflective practice in Nursing Scholarship. Reflective practice is an essential skill in health professionalism. Reflective practice refers to the process of thoughtfully considering your experiences. Reflective practise allows you to consider what your strengths and weaknesses are‚ to identify what you need to work on‚ in order to perform to the best of your capability. In order to find better ways to function in the workplace properly
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Reflective assignment This essay is a reflective account on my experience within the introductory period of my practice when caring for a patient. The essay will give the definition of reflection. This reflective essay will help me demonstrate how my experience in practice has helped me achieve one of the learning outcomes in my learning plan‚ (appendix 1). Driscoll (2000) will be used as a reflective model. The essay will explore what (description of events) so what (analysis) and now what
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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
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