According Anderson L‚ (2012). Cultural competence and respect for others are mainly important in the nursing practice since we are patient advocates.The advancement of cultural competence in the nursing practice primarily need nurses have the recognition of the that there are other beliefs systems that in our our society. Most often‚ the nurse practices of patients may look odd and incomprehensible but with conscious effort made to know about these diverse lifestyles ‚ beliefs‚ language‚ religion
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Legal Issues in Nursing Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing This paper explores the legal and ethical nursing issues surrounding two different health care case studies. The first case study is regarding the decision-making process of a family for aggressive vs. palliative measures for a patient without advanced directives. The second case study is regarding a nurse’s obligation to report witnessed negligent actions of another nurse being sued in a malpractice case. This paper describes
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Tara is a 32yo‚ G3 P2002‚ who is currently 22 weeks 2 days. She follows in the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic secondary to a history of chronic HTN. She also has a history of preeclampsia in both her prior pregnancies. She reports that her high BP developed in her 1st pregnancy. Around 2 years later she had a stroke that she reportedly thinks was related to uncontrolled HTN. There has been some question in her history about a thrombophilia specifically factor V Leiden‚ although we do have a negative
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Heavy Patient to Nurse Ratios Decreasing Job Satisfaction and Increasing Turnover The effects of inadequate bedside nurse staffing levels on job satisfaction and turnover rates is of major concern in healthcare facilities nationwide. In this paper‚ I will summarize evidenced-based nursing research which shows that heavy patient assignments and high patient to nurse ratios are contributing to staff burnout and dissatisfaction in the workplace and results in increased turnover rates of the registered
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Nursing shortage and turnover is a continuous struggle throughout health care facilities. This in turn affects the quality of patient care and the workload of other nurses‚ causing an increase in nursing burnout. Nursing shortage occurs when there is a smaller amount of nurses who are employed at the time when the demand for them is drastically higher‚ where turnover is defined as the loss of an employee due to any number of reasons (Huber‚ 2010). Numerous studies have been done and it has been found
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household utensils‚ which will increase the risk of falling to Susan and resulting in hip dislocation due to flexing hip. Susan must not lean forward and downward over 90 degrees and avoid high risk position. Rationale: According to “the 90-degree rule”‚ patient who complete hip replacement should not bend the legs for over 90 degrees to the hip‚ which bending action can facilitate hip dislocation. For example‚ crossing legs and squatting down[4] are the high risk position to result in hip dislocation. Proper
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Pocholo N. Isidro R.N. Philippine Women’s University‚ Master of Arts in Nursing Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 2 A. Explain/describe the 4 phases of theorizing: 1. Factor-isolating theory – This first phase of development can be further subdivided into two major activities: first is naming or labeling‚ second is the classifying or categorizing. The basic activity of labeling concerns itself with the recognition of an individual factor or aspect‚ defining what it really
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This case is of an 8-year-old boy‚ Steven. Steven has been diagnosed by a Pediatrician as having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder because of the severity of his needs in terms of communication and reciprocal social interaction. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that is very complex and involves a broad different and separate physical and mental disorders. Autistic children are in the private world of their own. It is common beliefs that performance of individuals with autism was inferior
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Encouraging patients to help themselves has positive effects Whilst caring for a lady in her seventies‚ one student nurse realised that there must be a clear rationale for everything in her nursing practice. About two weeks into my first placement on a stroke ward‚ I was asked by a nurse to help Ms B get dressed. Ms B was in her seventies. She had experienced a mild stroke and had made a full recovery. However‚ she had early dementia that had existed before her stroke. At times‚ this caused
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1. Evaluation of Cinnabon 1.1 Background and Reliability The Cinnabon franchise was sourced from www.franchiseopportunities.com (Appendix 1). Cinnabon was founded in 1985 and have more than 1‚100 bakeries in over 55 countries‚ primarily in high-traffic venues. They are the current market leader among cinnamon roll bakeries. Cinnabon has won several awards (Appendix 2)‚ such as the World-Class Franchise award. Cinnabon is a Business Format type of Franchising that is fully integrated and fosters an
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