The impact of the Caribbean culture on the outcome of therapy _____________________________________ Culture may be defined as the long-term behaviors‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ and traditions shared by a large group of people and communicated from one generation to the next. It is in essence the lens through which a person sees their world. What is completely healthy and normal in one culture may subsequently be defined as unhealthy and abnormal in another. Culture is what people think‚ value‚ and do
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Chapter 4 Learning Objectives 1. Define clinical assessment and discuss the roles of the clinical interview‚ tests‚ and observations. Clinical assessment is an evaluation of a patient’s physical condition and prognosis based on information gathered from physical and laboratory examinations and the patient’s medical history. Clinical interview is a face to face encounter meeting. Tests are devices for gathering information about a few aspects of a person’s psychological
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Nurses Role in Substance Abuse Introduction: Nurses Role in Substance Abuse The purpose of this Power Point is to bring awareness‚ education‚ and recognition to this growing disease called SUBSTANCE ABUSE: the associated risk factors that accompany substance use and addiction that challenges the nursing role of today. Substance abuse remains a major health concern affecting not only the patient but also families and their communities. As nurses we play a vital role in assessing‚ evaluating
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Neonatology is an important role in the hospital when a baby is born. A neonatal nurse takes care of the sick newborns till they are okay to be discharged from the hospital. The sick newborns have to be placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)‚ they are placed in the NICU for reasons such as they are born prematurely‚ complications during the birth‚ or they show signs of problems during the first couple of days after birth. Although the neonatal nurse takes care of sick newborns their time
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Types of consent Consent comes in a form of implied and expressed consent. In nurses’ day-to-day dealing with patients‚ consent is secured from patients frequently. Implied consent refers to nonverbal acknowledgement of a health care provider’s request to provide treatment (O’Keefe‚ 2001). An example of implied consent would be when a nurse walks to the patient and inform the patient that she is going to administer an antiemetic injection and the patient rolls up his/her sleeve and brings his
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The role of nurses in gestational diabetes. (DIABETES CARE)(Brief Article) Journal of Diabetes Nursing | May 1‚ 2003 | Assignment 2 Research studies‚ recently conducted in America‚ have found that diet and exercise play an important role in predisposing a woman for gestational diabetes (GD). This study compared the rate of insulin treatment and perinatal outcome in women with gestational diabetes under endocrinologist-based versus diabetes nurse-based metabolic management. A total of 244 participants
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disengaged"‚ or extremely negative in their workplace. This costs the economy up to $300 billion dollars a year in productivity ("New Book" 1). This paper shows the linkages between employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction and retention and business outcomes‚ and demonstrates how employee attitudes can be measured and improved upon. Part A describes linkage research‚ and presents evidence about how employee satisfaction correlates with customer service‚ market share‚ revenue generation‚ and the bottom
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Comparison of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Acute Care Nurse Practitioners Advanced practice nurses are nurses who have a masters or doctorate level education Buppert‚ 2009). They can be divided into four groups: nurse midwives‚ nurse anesthetists‚ clinical nurse specialists‚ and nurse practitioners (Buppert‚ 2009). Nurse practitioners can be further divided into two more specific groups‚ primary care nurse practitioners and acute care nurse practitioners (Arizona State Board of Nursing‚ 2009b)
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HAT Task 4 Western Governor’s University Nurses play a major role in responding to natural or man-made disasters. They are often on the frontlines of the recovery effort. It is crucial to understand their role and how they collaborate with others on the response team to ensure a positive outcome. There is a definitive chain of command in the wake of a disaster. In our scenario‚ it is a three-tiered staff. At the highest level is the incident commander. No matter
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Assignment 3: Vice President of Operations‚ Part 3 Due Week 9 and worth 320 points Using the same scenario from Assignment 1‚ present the following findings to your Chief Executive Officer. Create a presentation in a common format (PowerPoint or a similar program) with a minimum of twenty (20) slides and corresponding speaker notes in which you: 1. Determine which statistical technique you will employ to measure the quality characteristics of your organization. Provide examples to support
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