Clinical Decision Making A complete medical history was obtained from the patient. Following a discussion of her concerns‚ a physical exam‚ including a pelvic and bimanual exam was performed. Swabs of the vaginal area were collected and placed under the microscope. The results were concurrent with the suspected diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis. The physician explained the results of the swab samples and offered the patient different treatment options. Pathophysiology Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is
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Case study 8‚ 1. Toshimi grew up very sickly and fragile (Ashcraft‚ 2013). Because of this‚ her parents were very overprotecting of her. They did not want her to play too aggressively or run around for too long. Toshimi had very few friends in school and was always the last one picked for games. She chose to be alone and watch television in her free time. She saw a show about the ballet and her interest was immediately perked. She began taking ballet classes; her teacher was very patient and helpful
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Case Study 8: Tourism Holdings Limited (THL) 1. This case implies that the frequent acquisition and disposition of tourism brands poses problems for information systems. The information systems could be a type of pre-internet‚ e-commerce‚ web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0 which are inter-organizational information systems. The information technologies that the THL use include SharePoint‚ Microsoft Office SharpPoint Sevices‚ Microsoft Report Server‚ OLAP and data mining. The technologies create an excessive
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Clinical reasoning Clinical reasoning involves nurses learning and practical experience to play. Any errors or misjudgement can lead to various adverse conditions (Levett-jones et al‚ 2010). Identification of patient problems‚ understanding his situation‚ collecting information and cues followed by processing the information and identifying the key problems‚ establishing goals‚ taking action‚ evaluation of outcomes‚ and reflection is what forms the clinical reasoning cycle. All these areas should
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reference to previous studies such as practical reports of nursing teachers who were in charge of Pediatric Nursing Practicum‚ especially the qualitative study conducted by Shiba and Yamaguchi (2012). We created two sub-concepts‚ “judgments on the necessity of intervention” and “educational intervention” (Figure 1) from nursing teachers’ judgments and behaviors for supporting the construction of relationship between nursing students and child patients‚ clarified by a previous study (Shiba & Yamaguchi
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| CASE STUDY – DECISIONS‚ DECISIONS | MODULE 5 | | | Austin Lynch | | | 1. Use the decision-making model (page 196) presented in the chapter to map the decisions being made in these situations. Identify how‚ where‚ and why different decisions might be made. The following explanation is structured based on the decision making model: Define the problem (A)‚ Analyze Alternatives (B)‚ Make a Choice (C)‚ Take Action (D)‚ Evaluate Result (E). For each of the steps in the decision-making
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teaching in the clinical setting This concept is taken from module 11 of block 4 entitled “Health Education” 9.1 Significance of the concept In recent years nursing education focused on theoretical education and deep gap between theoretical and clinical education created. Many nursing researchers reported that nursing students‚ in spite of good knowledge base‚ were not skillful in clinical settings. In result‚ with entrance of these unskillful students to the nursing care system‚ the quality of
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This article is about caring for pediatric patients who are suicidal. I believe in coincided with what we have recently been learning about during our clinical experience. I was also interested in this article because I had worked in pediatrics for six years prior to working in a rehab/nursing home setting. After reading this article‚ I learned ways to carefully screen the pediatric patient‚ how to do an assessment and how some families act and what measures of support they need during their families
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Healthcare providers implement various techniques that help prevent a patient from contracting nosocomial infections. Perhaps the most common acquired and treated infection is a urinary tract infection caused by long-term indwelling catheter use. The use and insertion of catheters is typically avoided in hospitals because any catheter associated UTI that occurs while the patient is hospitalized‚ is no longer reimbursable. The population that has the greatest risk for developing UTI’s is older adults
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Running Head: HOLIDAY DECISIONS Holiday Decision Making Trends: A Case Study [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Holiday Decision Making Trends: A Case Study Introduction Consumer/client behavior is the analysis of the intellectual processes and perceived tendencies that are observed during the search‚ use and sale of an object‚ service and product. The need to study consumer tendencies and analysis of what is important and necessary for the zenith of the marketing tactic is
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