I cared for my patient on 11/06 on P5 room 10. I was given report from the leaving nurse about my patient shortly after I got on the floor. The nurse that I was assigned to was from the ICU and she was a floating nurse for that day. My patient was an 8 week old baby boy who came into the hospital on 11/03 for failure to thrive. During the report‚ the nurse showed us where the position of NG tube on the patient. After the report‚ the nurse and I did a whole physical assessment‚ and vital on the patient
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practice & research Exploring Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory in learning disability nursing: Philosophical parity paper: part 1 In a two-part article‚ Paul Horan and colleagues explore the relevance of this popular nursing model from a variety of perspectives. Can Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory be helpful in meeting the needs of people with learning disabilities? (Taylor 2002) and is one of the most frequently used theories in general nursing practice (Alligood and Marriner-Tomey
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completed multiple self-assessments. The first part of the self-assessment was under the category career readiness. One of the assessments was on my career planning status. I have realized that I have done very little career exploration. On that part of the assessment I scored a 1.83. A 1 is not prepared‚ a 3 is more prepared‚ and a 5 is very prepared. Another part of the assessment was career planning satisfaction. I scored a 2.83 on this section. The final section was titled‚ self-assessment. I scored
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cultural self-assessment and an explanation of why it is important in our nursing practice. It will also describe the five steps in the process for delivering culturally congruent nursing care and how it is applied in my own practice. I will also discuss definitions and categories of cultural competence. As nurses‚ we are exposed to many different types of culture when providing care for our patients and families. To provide such care‚ one must complete a cultural self-assessment. A cultural self-assessment
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Statistics reveal that 95% of children and adults experience lack of confidence‚ self-belief‚ or low self-esteem at some point in their lives. Confidence is a feeling most adolescents have always struggled with and it is impossible to overestimate the lack of it amongst students. It ties in with stress‚ peer pressure‚ and other insecurities most teenagers face on a daily basis. Self-confidence can be altered by various life situations such as one’s school environment‚ home life‚ and individual motivation
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Confidence and arrogance “Life for both sexes — and I looked at them‚ shouldering their way along the pavement — is arduous‚ difficult‚ a perpetual struggle. It calls for gigantic courage and strength. More than anything‚ perhaps‚ creatures of illusion as we are‚ it calls for confidence in oneself. Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle. “ ---- Virginia Wolf‚ A room of one’s own‚ chapter 2 (1929). I was going through the writing of Virginia wolf last night
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Confidence is the belief that one will perform in a correct‚ proper‚ or effective way. This belief‚ in my opinion‚ is the key to succeeding in many things we do. I can recall several circumstances in which the possession of confidence was the deciding factor between my success and failure Taking tests is one of the most prominent instances in which confidence is the key to success. I reThe reason I performed well on the exam is because of the confidence I had in my knowledge of the test material
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Beowulf’s Confidence Beowulf was written in the earliest age of English poetry. Back in the Anglo-Saxon times‚ in order to make a name for themselves‚ warriors had to fight in battles. They believe that you should fight until death with absolutely no retreating. Beowulf‚ a young Geatish warrior‚ comes to Hrothgar’s kingdom to return a favor to him. While Beowulf is there‚ he fights in two battles; the battle with Grendel and the battle with Grendel’s mother. Much later in the poem‚ he fights
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confidence intervals The confidence intervals represent upper and lower bounds of variation around each reference forecast. Values may occur outside the confidence intervals due to external shocks‚ such as extreme weather‚ structural changes to the economic system‚ geopolitical events‚ or technology development. The confidence intervals increase in width throughout the forecast period due to the increasing level of uncertainty in each subsequent year. The upper and lower bounds were based
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an era of rising energy prices and inflation‚ It became impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations. America had developed a "crisis of confidence" and a "national malaise" by the late 1970s. On July 15‚ 1979‚ Pres. Jimmy Carter gave the "malaise" speech‚ where he identified what he believed to be a crisis of confidence among the American people. He felt that the American people were no longer listening due to the assassination of important leaders‚ The Watergate scandal‚ and
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