patient care and clear communication and honesty is the key to the trust built between nurses and those in our care ‚To facilitate that trust we must be able to communicate effectively and clearly. Effective communication is fundamental to good nursing practise and to improved patient care and without it we will fail. Communication as defined by the Oxford Dictionary; The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking‚ writing‚ or using some other medium. Flin states‚ ’Communication is the
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Eating Meat and The Treatment of Animals Eating animals is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Every day‚ thousands of animals are killed for the production of food for people. We have been brought up eating meat and never questioned it. It is culturally accepted even though modern livestock and poultry production (factory farming) is cruel and gives animals no other purpose for existence except for human consumption. There are particular religions which prohibit eating
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Seven Habits Reflection I liked the book because it had many anecdotes from the author and stories from other people. It helped me to relate because a lot of the stories sounded similar to things going on in my life. I had read Sean Covey’s book before but I did not retain the information. This time‚ when I read it I actually read and thought about the words that had been written and I took them in. I compared all of the habits to my life and I feel like I might actually make a change
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directly be involved with their patient and forge a relationship. Holistic patient care is the best way to effectively treat patients in all spheres. Holistic care is described as‚ “ Nursing care that nourishes the whole person‚ that is the body‚ mind and spirit”. (Chitty and Black 2011) Application of holistic nursing will open new ways a nurse can analyze the person as a whole instead of focusing on just the illness. When a nurse begins to look at the entire person‚ they can help nourish the spiritual
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Ethics in Nursing Kerrie D. Garraway Keyano College Ethics in Nursing Today people strive to leave an imprint on the world around them. Towards the beginning of adulthood people choose a path that allows them to take part in one of the integral roles of society. For those of us who choose the role of a nurse‚ we are expected to provide the best therapeutic care possible for our clients and instil lifelong health values into their everyday lives. In order
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Term . Question 1. Eating paint It has been estimated that lead poisoning resulting from an unnatural craving (pica) for substances such as paint may affect as many as a quarter of a million children each year‚ causing them severe‚ irreversible retardation. Explanations for why children voluntarily consume lead range from “improper parental supervision” to “a child’s need to mouth objects.” Some researchers‚ however‚ have been investigating whether the habit of eating such substances has a nutritional
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Nursing Informatics: Module 2 Introduction The focus of this module is a continuum focus on the nursing informatics role or roles in a healthcare setting‚ what are the differences in competencies or skill set of nurses and how all this is continually evolving in the healthcare world today. Over the next four chapters it takes a look at how important it is to identify interrelationships with nursing informatics structures
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people in America that have an eating disorder that wake up every morning feeling dizzy and the rest of their days‚ skipping meals. Many people who develop an eating disorder are between 13 and 20 years old. This is a time of emotional and physical changes‚ academic pressures‚ and a lot of peer pressure. Moreover‚ eating disorders like anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and binge-eating disorder affect over five million people. Teenager between the ages of 13 and 20 suffer from an eating disorder‚ teenage girls between
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Eating red meat is an American past time. From the famous steak houses in the biggest cities to the classic backyard BBQ‚ from the ubiquitous cheese burger at any number of fast food restaurants to bacon rashers served at breakfast‚ from rump roast on Sundays to pork chops to Bolognese sauce to ham sandwiches--the list of traditional and celebrated means and ways to consume red meat are many. It’s associated with manliness‚ and is part of the country’s psyche in a way that it’s not anywhere else
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A Nursing Career Nursing Career As I began analyzing what does a career mean to me the first thing that comes to heart is a professional. Wikipedia dictionary (2013) describes “ Nursing as a profession within the health sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality-of-life”. The American Nurses Association (2012)‚ “states nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities
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