In randomized clinical trials‚ it is difficult to decide whether there is an ethical reason for offering an option that could potentially cause more harm than benefits. Doctors must decide whether to recommend an experimental option to a patient. There is a question of ethics that arises whether one could make the decision without sufficient evidence on each choice. Consequentialism is an ethical approach that reasons an action’s morality is contingent upon the outcome of the action. Decisions involving
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such a vast literature on leadership and management. The Author will outline how theoretical ideas about leadership and management have changed over time using wider reading and module material from chapters 2 and 3; Leading‚ Managing‚ Caring: understanding leadership and management in health and social care. Throughout this assignment the author will critically evaluate whether it is useful or confusing for a manager or leader in health and social care to have so many different theories to draw
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Understanding Race What if we lived in a world where there were no races? What if people were not discriminated against because of the color of their skin or because they are different from what we see as acceptable? This is what Kwame Anthony Appiah tries to examine in his essay “Race‚ Culture‚ Identity: Misunderstood Connections.” Appiah tries to point out that “American social distinctions cannot be understood in terms of the concept of race.” (102) That America is made up of so many different
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contributing factors and despite the cause‚ end up recovering well with conservative therapy. The development and use of standardized clinical practice guidelines ensures that tested and proven treatment approaches are used across the board and allows for analogous patient care. One of the research studies conducted is the Philadelphia Panel for Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (EBCPG) on Selected Rehabilitation Interventions for Neck Pain. What are the major contributing factors of neck
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Description of the Activity: Mrs. K was an 82 year old admitted to the hospital for sepsis. She had a medical history of HTN‚ MI‚ COPD‚ and dementia. I took care of her Thursday to Sunday. Mrs. K was a DNR. Mr. K‚ was her husband‚ and had stayed by Mrs. K’s side and slept by her bed in a chair every night. The first two days I was with Mrs. K she was hooked to IV antibiotics‚ fluids‚ and TPN. She was somewhat responsive but only she had to take the couple of oral medications she had ordered
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Clinical Educational Experience University of Phoenix NUR/405 Carolyn Jaffe MSN‚ PHN‚ RN. July 21‚ 2014 Clinical Educational Experience Educating the family and or the community is a role that every nurse must participate in to promote‚ maintain‚ and restore health among them. To accomplish such requires family members receive and have a practical understanding of health-related information. One method to accomplish such is to develop a health educational plan. The health education plan
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Understanding Labyrinthine "Labyrinthine. The very sound of that word sums it up-as slippery as thought‚ as perplexing as the truth‚ as long and convoluted as a life" (Cooper 347). That was how Bernard Cooper ended his insightful and thought-provoking essay "Labyrinthine." Those words haunt me to this very day. Cooper had perfectly described life through the pronunciation of one lone word‚ "labyrinthine" (630). It was through a trivial infatuation‚ one that started when he was seven‚ that Cooper
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collaborate to create a list of necessary competencies that staff need to be competent in at their facility. This list of competencies must meet regulatory and hospital requirements. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the Clinical
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These factors‚ among many others‚ impel health professionals to think about their practice and develop strategies that ensure their personal and professional development. The increasing complexity of health problems has highlighted the interest in understanding the implications of the concepts of multidisciplinarity‚ interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in care‚ thereby resulting in the need to ensure strategies for developing the knowledge and the subject of Nursing. There is an increasingly concern
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A new manager is starting in the organisation shortly. You have been asked to provide a written briefing note for this new-starter so that they can gain some understanding of the organisation in preparation for their start. Manager’s Briefing Note A list of what the organisation produces or the services that it offers to its customers: Nova Training provides high quality Education‚ Training & Apprenticeships opportunities. Our Apprenticeships and Study Programme is delivered from one of
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