Introduction The aim of this piece of work will be to describe‚ analyse and evaluate what role the staff nurse holds in the effective management of the care of the bereaved person. Throughout the author will relate this to the bereavement of a family following the death of a loved one in a care of the elderly setting. In relation to this assignment and because the focus of this assignment is on the staff nurse effectively managing the care of the bereaved person the author will focus on the issue of the
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to ensure attention to quality of life‚ inner healing experiences‚ subjective meaning‚ and caring practices‚ which affect patient outcomes and system successes alike. This work places human-to-human-caring as central to professional nursing responsibilities‚ the role and moral foundation for the profession. Preserving human dignity through human caring and ultimately the measures by which patients evaluate their often-cure dominated experiences” (Watson‚ 2005‚ p. 51). Long quotations in APA are formatted
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Patients whose care needs changed from curative to palliative were intended to be transferred out of critical care to patient care environments more suited to end-of-life care. However‚ as more patients become “chronically critically ill”‚ critical care nurses are being asked more often to provide care to patients on their deathbeds (Puntillo et al.‚ 2001). Deciding which ICU patients are actually dying remains an extremely inexact science‚ and the transition to palliative care is not one easily
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to prevent any possible complication which may cause a negative impact into the patient life‚ this hospital had developed certain clinical practice guidelines to any procedure that will be performed to the patients. The clinical practice guidelines were assigned by a subcommittee to write a written policy that can be served as part of the UMH protocol. These clinical practice guidelines have regulated
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Question 1 - INCORRECT Which statement is true about screening for domestic abuse? Your Answer: Healthcare providers should screen for abuse only if the patient has physical injuries. Healthcare providers should routinely ask patients about abuse. Rationale:Healthcare providers should routinely ask direct questions about domestic abuse. Depending on facility policy‚ routine inquiry may include all adult and adolescent patients‚ or female adolescents and adults only. Question 2 - Correct
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Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses work in a wide variety of specialties where they may work independently or as part of a team to assess‚ plan‚ implement‚ and evaluate care. Nursing Science is a field of knowledge based on the contributions of nursing scientists through peer-reviewed scholarly journals and evidenced-based practice. Nursing as a profession
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overview of the nurse prescribing initiative and how it developed will be addressed. The importance of ethical principles‚ accountability and legal issues that surround nurse prescribing will be demonstrated. As a patient will be addressed in the example‚ a pseudonym will be used. According to Luker et al (1997)‚ in 1985 the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) made a case for the prescribing rights for nurse. The Cumberledge Report (1986) acknowledged that the government recognised that nurses should be eligible
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Anemia August 11‚ 2011 (Kansas City‚ Missouri) — Taking less blood from acute-MI patients for diagnostic tests may improve patient outcomes by reducing the risk of hospital-acquired anemia‚ a new study published online August 8‚ 2011 in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests [1]. Multiple studies have shown that hospital-acquired anemia is associated with greater mortality and worse health status in patients with acute MI‚ but the relationship between diagnostic phlebotomy and the risk of hospital-acquired
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Management Principles and Theories 1. Absorptive Capacity Theory This theory pertains to the ability of the organization to absorb and acknowledge the importance of new information and updates that will help improve the efficiency of each member of the organization. An organization that can adapt to changes‚ learn new knowledge and is able to incorporate these to every member of the organization yields better results rather than an organization that does not value new knowledge and remains
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Concept 9: teaching in the clinical setting This concept is taken from module 11 of block 4 entitled “Health Education” 9.1 Significance of the concept In recent years nursing education focused on theoretical education and deep gap between theoretical and clinical education created. Many nursing researchers reported that nursing students‚ in spite of good knowledge base‚ were not skillful in clinical settings. In result‚ with entrance of these unskillful students to the nursing care system‚ the
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