regardless of success or failure. Accountability and responsibility are not synonymous but related‚ accountability incorporate with the concept of responsibility which means to account for what has been done. Delhmer’s 2006a‚ p. 46). Accountability for an outcome usually concentrated on ‘who’ and responsibility is the ability to ‘respond’. The concept of accountability is to be fully responsible of what happened instead of blaming others‚ and the readiness to learn from that incident. Another aspect of
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following is an excerpt from the book Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine‚ 4th Edition. Copyright permission to reproduce this excerpt has been generously granted by McGraw-Hill. We encourage you to read further in this useful resource book‚ available now in the revised 7th Edition (2010). . Albert R. Jonsen‚ Mark Siegler‚ and William J. Winslade‚ Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine‚ 4th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill
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My clinical nursing experience at Chestnut Hill has had a profound impact on my academic and professional journey in nursing. As a nursing student in an accelerated program‚ I am consistently saturated with a host of medical and nursing care knowledge. In a very short period of time‚ this information must be absorbed and retained. Consequently‚ I have found it very difficult to bridge the academic realm of this program with my clinical experience until now. For example‚ if I am assigned to a patient
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Roles and Functions HCS/325 November 3‚ 2011 Delores Ireland Roles and Function The role of a manager is interpersonal‚ decisional‚ and informational. Within these roles the manager must be able to interact with others within the company structure as well as external structures. They must also utilize information through analysis‚ distribution‚ and receiving. Information must be used for opportunities‚ decision making‚ and problem solving. Functions of managers are to use strategy to
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In the 1920’s Chicago‚ everything was run by the mob‚ most of the clubs‚ cabarets‚ speakeasies. The club scene in Chicago was HUGE‚ with literally hundreds of clubs in central hubs‚ such as Clark Street in the north‚ and also the black belt on the south side of chicago. Many of these clubs were of mixed races‚ whites and blacks were all together in the same establishments‚ and were hidden in alleyways. These clubs in chicago were known for the variety in music‚ illegal use of alcohol and were extremely
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The nursing profession is constantly evolving‚ with facilitation recognised as a key role within the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) Code (2008) and Standards to support learning and assessment in practice (2008)(Appendix1). As a registered nurse‚ working in a Day Surgery Unit (DSU) in a non NHS island setting‚ this module was undertaken in order to fulfill these duties and obligations‚ whilst developing existing knowledge and skills as a mentor in practice. The aim of this assignment is
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For my paper I chose to examine the policy of prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s and 1930’s and how it relates to current prohibitionist practices around the present day “War on Drugs”. There are significant parallels between the “Noble Experiment” of alcohol prohibition and modern day drug prohibition. Just as alcohol prohibition empowered organized crime and gave rise to a violent culture of mafia families and gangsters‚ today drug prohibition empowers ruthless international criminal cartels
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Clinical Audit is a tool used to examine the practices of health care professionals implemented in a health care environment. Clinical audit can be defined as a clinically led initiative which seeks to improve the quality and outcome of patient care through clinicians examining and modifying their practices according to the standards of what can be achieved‚ based on the best available evidence’ (Morrell & Harvey 1999). Audit has many benefits: increasing the quality of patient care directly‚ professional
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practitioners have answered questions about clinical practices with their best guesses‚ intuition‚ and tradition. But evidence-based practice (EBP) compels us to use solid scientific evidence instead‚ and to base nursing protocols on this evidence. As defined by the Institute of Medicine‚ EBP is the integration of the best research‚ clinical expertise‚ and patient values when making decisions about patient care. This article discusses three commonly performed acute-care nursing practices that are not based
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This essay will be on learning outcome 2. Scotia Airways is a small private airline based in Glasgow‚ Scotland. The airline was launched in May 1996 by a group of independent business investors. The headquarters of Scotia Airways is located next to Glasgow International Airport. The airline operates scheduled flights‚ mainly targeting business and leisure travellers and aims to provide exceptional value for money‚ unparalleled comfort and convenience to its passengers‚ every time they are on board
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