Explain how the artifacts in your portfolio represent you as a learner and a healthcare professional. Due to the education received in the BSN program at Western Governors University I am a more knowledgeable and professional nurse. With every course completed at WGU I have increased my knowledge base and improved my critical thinking skills. Within this portfolio is a variety of work I completed while attending WGU and is a representation of my work as a student: which I have integrated into my
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significant and influential part of the healthcare system. It is important for health professionals to include a true understanding and compassion to their patients; moreover‚ psychologically a person is more capable of getting through a health problem when they are approaching their issue in a more assured approach. This encourages more effective communication between the patient and the healthcare provider. According to Kasley Killam‚ effective communication is associated with higher patient satisfaction
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Healthcare in Norway Norway is a country where everyone regardless of economic status has access to basic medical care. It is located in northern Europe and it borders the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean‚ it is also next to Sweden‚ Finland and Russia. At the beginning of this year‚ 2013‚ there were 5‚051‚300 residents in Norway (Solholm‚ 2013). The country has a total land area of 386‚958 km. Norway has been a political Constitutional State since 1814; it dissolved its union with Sweden in 1905
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SHC 31 Promoting communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Communication is a tool with which we exercise our influence on others‚ bring out changes in others’ and our attitudes and motivate the people around us and to make and maintain relationships with them. Communication makes a major part of our life and is a social activity. This social activity is pursued verbally through speech‚ reading and writing or non-verbally through body language. Communication
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China Healthcare Healthcare in China: ‘Entering uncharted waters’ July 2012 2 Healthcare in China: ‘Entering uncharted waters’ Franck Le Deu‚ Rajesh Parekh‚ Fangning Zhang‚ and Gaobo Zhou China’s healthcare sector continues to develop at an astonishing rate. The nation’s healthcare spending is projected to grow from $357 billion in 2011 to $1 trillion in 2020. Across key categories‚ from pharmaceuticals to medical products and consumer health‚ China remains one of the world’s most
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Communication and professional relationships with children‚ young people and adults 1.3 When communicating with others it is important to consider the context in which you are working. You will need to adapt the way you communicate in different situations. It is likely that you will do this automatically without even realising you are doing it – for example‚ you should use more formal language and behaviour whilst in a meeting or discussing matters with a senior member of staff. Your school
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Running Head: HEALTHCARE INNOVATION 1 Healthcare Innovation HCA / 210 November 25‚ 2012 HEALTHCARE INNOVATION 2 Healthcare Innovation The healthcare innovation of CAM or complementary and alternative medicines is a very broad and constantly changing field. The practice of complementary and alternative medicine is made up of groups of diverse medical and healthcare systems‚ practices and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine.
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Healthcare coverage is an important factor in all Americans lives and sadly enough most are unable to afford the cost of health care or know where to go to receive and have the right resources to help them obtain free or affordable healthcare. Some people are relying on their jobs to have healthcare insurance available for them and their families but it is also an issue when it comes to finding a job‚ not only a job but a job with the benefits of having affordable healthcare for their whole family
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weather changes‚ then it would be a different result and ranking for which country is the best in healthcare. (Navarro) The agenda that World Health Organization has for universal healthcare is to help end certain disease‚ decrease stats of health issues‚ and provided a livable life for all. One of them are the financial burden that medical bills cause and other things. The others are decreasing child mortality rate‚ decrease obesity in adults and children‚ stop the HIV/AIDs viruses‚ ending tuberculosis
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Evidence scan: Quality improvement training for healthcare professionals August 2012 Identify Innovate Demonstrate Encourage Contents Key messages 3 1. Scope 6 2. Examples of training 10 3. Most effective approaches 27 4. Important messages 33 References 39 Health Foundation evidence scans provide information to help those involved in improving the quality of healthcare understand what research is available on particular topics. Evidence scans
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