This essay will explore the nurse’s professional responsibility for safeguarding vulnerable patients. It will identify vulnerabilities specific to Blanche‚ a ninety year old lady with medical and physical problems (appendix 1). Other issues such as patient rights‚ autonomy and accountability will be discussed. It will consider the nurses professional behaviour and interventions to support Blanche. The Department of Health (DH‚ 2000a‚ p.8) define a vulnerable adult as a person over eighteen
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Jurisprudence (Nursing and the Law) San Jacinto College Central October 04‚ 2012 In this paper‚ I will be discussing Peer Review. I will discuss membership and responsibilities‚ the Peer Review process‚ minor incidents‚ safe harbor‚ and alternate reporting for drug/alcohol abuse or mental health conditions. I will also give a couple of my life experiences that demonstrate how important this information is and how it can affect you as a nurse. Nurse Manager and nurse supervisor responsibilities:
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Nurse Researcher Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1 Cite this article as: Welford C‚ Murphy K‚ Casey D (2011) Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1. Nurse Researcher. 18‚ 4‚ 38-43. Received February 12 2010; accepted October 29 2010 Correspondence to Claire Welford Email: claire.welford@ nuigalway.ie Claire Welford RGN‚ Dip NS‚ BNS Hons‚ MSc‚ PGC TLHE is HRB nursing research fellow Abstract Aim This article aims to provide clear explanations of the research
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Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing‚ 8th Edition Chapter 17: Nursing Diagnosis Answer Key - Review Questions and Rationales 1. Answer: P‚ acute pain; E‚ related to incisional trauma; S‚ evidenced by pain reported at 7‚ with guarding‚ and restricted turning and positioning. The PES format stands for: P (problem)‚ E (etiology or related factor)‚ and S (symptoms or defining characteristics). 2. Answer: 1‚ 4. Answer 1 is stated correctly‚ with the related factor being the patient’s response
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ASSESSMENT Assessment is a core activity of nursing practice. It includes gathering information about the health status of a patient/client‚ analyzing/inspecting and interpreting the data and deciding how to use the information in the patient’s plan of care‚ and evaluating the quality of the plan of care. It also includes assessing community‚ or population and using the information in planning and delivering care. ***How has your practice in nursing enabled you to apply the principles of Physical/Health
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education. This holds true especially for the nurse educator who works within the ever-changing prism of healthcare today. The purpose of this philosophy paper is for the writer to reflect and analyze their personal philosophy of teaching in the nursing educator role. Key elements of the paper will include the following: nurse educator role in creating a learner-centered environment‚ expected competencies of nurse educators‚ preferred teaching style‚ selection and incorporation of learning theory
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Bullying In Nursing Cassandra Owens Recently‚ during one of our weekend shifts‚ the unit was almost to capacity with each nurse having the max number of patients we were allowed to have. Our sister unit is the unit that gets our over flow once we are no longer able to accept any more patients. The charge nurse was a young Army Lieutenant and new to being a charge nurse. When the nursing supervisor called to notify us of another admission‚ the charge nurse informed her that although we were able
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With nursing advancing into the 21st century there is a moving trend towards the development of leadership and management within the nursing profession. With health care needs becoming more complex and advancing technology the new graduate nurse is required to possess clinical decision -making and leadership skills in order to meet patient needs. As new nurses enter areas of clinical practice it is important to establish support networks. This allows for the novice nurse to gain an awareness and
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having sexual relations with co-workers. Grey’s Anatomy for an example‚ the nurses‚ and doctors are always displaying scenes of sexual relations‚ in the work place at that. In all reality‚ that is not the case. The nursing profession doesn’t even relate to that. Anyone in the nursing profession knows there is no time for sex in between assessments‚ passing medications‚ reviewing orders‚ and charting! Yes‚ of course you want to look appealing and feel confident in your appearance‚ but with that being
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Nursing Philosophy Paper Nursing Philosophy Paper The principals I will build my nursing practice on follow my faith and life experiences. I am a Christian and it has played an enormous role in becoming a nurse and I have found it has strengthened my faith to be in school. When I started taking my anatomy classes I was afraid I might question my faith as I learned to think scientifically‚ but that never happened. The more I learned to admire the awesome human body‚ the more my faith
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