LEARN Reflective Based on Previous Nursing Practice Look Back During a night shift in ICU‚ a 65 years old unconscious patient had massive bleeding from his IV catheter because I did not fix the end cap properly after starting the IV line. Elaborate Objective Recall Direct supervisor‚ resident physician and I were involved in this event. I fixed an 18 gauge IV catheter on the brachial vein of the patient’s right hand but I did not do the procedure properly. I put the end cap on the Luer lock but
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Define the four principles of the evidence based rehabilitation: The practitioners as the physical therapist‚ occupational therapist‚ speech therapist and other health professionals are all in need for high quality information that forms the strong base for their clinical and managerial decision. Therefore‚ their practice is supposed to be based on the available high evidence. The Evidence based rehabilitation has four principles; Awareness‚ Consultation‚ Judgment‚ and creativity. These principles
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One Processor‚ one job type Utilization Analysis Utilization (u) = fraction of time a resource is busy. Calculate u for each resource as shown on following slides. In a network (i.e.‚ system) where jobs flow through multiple resources‚ the one with the highest u is the “bottleneck.” Utilization must be kept below 1 (i.e.‚ 100%)‚ and as we will see later‚ if there is variability then u may need to even be kept significantly below 100%. The system capacity is the job flow rate R that yields
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1. Relevant evidence is that which has the tendency to make a material issue more or less probable when presented before the court. The general rule for the admissibility of relevant evidence is Federal Rule of Evidence 402‚ which states that relevant evidence is admissible unless any of the following says otherwise: US Constitution‚ federal statutes‚ Federal Rules of Evidence‚ or any other rules set by the Supreme Court. The judge is the one makes the decision on if the evidence offered is relevant
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on the utilization of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) as characterizing the standard of care is justified. Several court cases have tended to the utilization of CPGs‚ and right now there is no set standard for how these reports are utilized as a part of court cases. A few courts permit more liberal utilization of the CPGs and others to require more examination with regards to the logical legitimacy of the CPG before it is conceded. Nonetheless‚ the court cases managing CPG utilization have proposed
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p37-41w29_ART&SCIENCE 18/03/2011 15:20 Page 37 art & science literature review & Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia Scrase W‚ Tranter S (2011) Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 29‚ 37-41. Date of acceptance: December 29 2010. Summary Fever or pyrexia is a common clinical condition which nurses treat regularly. Fever and hyperpyrexia are defined in this article with a physiological explanation for this adaptive response
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Health Care Utilization HCS/235 Health Care Utilization The unfortunate condition of the health care system in the US has grabbed the attention of policy makers and most of the population of the country. Although many have benefitted from the advancement in medicine‚ technology and communication‚ the recent economic downturn has put a lot of strain on the delivery of health service that many still suffer from underinsurance‚ lower commensurate of health service and the inability to access health
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historical developments in nursing research and its utilization. Nursing research is the “scientific process that validates and refines the existing knowledge and generates knowledge that directly and indirectly influences clinical nursing practice” (Burns & Grove‚ 2007‚ pg. 548). Whereas nursing research utilization‚ is the process of taking the products of nursing research and applying them to practice in order to improve patient care. This discussion will include the research advancements of Florence Nightingale
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Introduction Teaching practice is an important aspect of teacher education. In training schools and colleges‚ trainee teachers basically learn about their: subject‚ that is‚ specialized knowledge in a particular subject area. The techniques of teaching subject content (pedagogy/methodology) and how children learn are acquired through courses in basic education and the study of education principles (Boulay‚ 1987). Through practice teaching‚ trainee: teachers are introduced into the teaching profession
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simplify highly technical medical jargon terminology to simpler terms that may confuse community individuals based on subject matter. While these are just a few of the admirable characteristics that I hope to develop for myself while experiencing the support system that this organization has
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