Grand Canyon University Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Roles and Practices NUR-502 November 5‚ 2014 Addressing Cultural Diversity in Professional Communication The face of America is changing due to the growing number of immigrants. Nurses must be able to assist patients from all over the world‚ and embrace their cultural differences. Leininger and McFarland defined “Transcultural Nursing” as the study and practice focused on comparing the differences and similarities of cultural beliefs
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Introduction The need for health care utilization arises from the divergence of actual health status from what individual consider as normal state of health. Even though the structural reasons for these discrepancies are routed in to the socio economic condition of the individual‚ through the provisioning of medical and related services these can greatly reduced. As health care is a unique good unlike any other goods and services in the market its utilization varies from one individual to another
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There are several problems accompanying a stroke and will be discussed later. During our nursing assessment of a post-CVA patient‚ we will need to be as thorough as possible. The nurse would gather objective data from the patient‚ if able‚ or the family. The nurse would gather information on how the patient was feeling before coming to the hospital
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Nursing Practice Act Pennsylvania and Texas Definition of nursing practice The Professional Nursing Law for Pennsylvania (1985‚ 21.1‚ para I)‚ describes nursing as “treating human responses” to health issues and also operating under various capacity as health advocate and care planning and also providing supportive care to physicians and other personnel. It does not include any prescribing of medication or corrective procedures. The Texas
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health of the patient. Nursing is considered both a "science" and an "art". The application of nursing knowledge and the technical aspects of the practice is considered the "science". The establishment of a caring relationship through the application of nursing knowledge and judgment is used in a compassionate manner and is seen as an "art". (College of Nurses 1999 June Nursing and You Volume1‚ number 3 p3) This paper will attempt to explain the four concepts of the nursing metapardigm as it relates
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3. Referring the patient to a cardiology for further evaluation. Advanced Practice Nursing Intervention Plan for Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage‚ Unspecified The patient has a heme positive test‚ which means that there is blood contaminate in his stool sample. This result indicates that he may be suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. According to NIDDK (2016)‚ gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is any type of bleeding in digestive tract. There are two type of
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workplace. Reference Henderson‚ M.‚ & Dahnke‚ M. D. (2015). The Ethical Use of Social Media in Nursing Practice. MEDSURG Nursing‚ 24(1)‚ 62-64. Retrieved from Ebscohost.com Griffith‚ R. (2017). Professionalism in practice: the Coroner’s Court. British Journal Of Community Nursing‚ 22(1)‚ 685-687. Retrieved from Ebscohost.com Potter‚ P.‚ Perry‚ A.‚ Stockert‚ P.‚ and Hall‚ A.‚ (2015). Essential for Nursing Practice (8th edition)‚ St Louis MO: Elsevier
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Ethics in Nursing Ethics is extremely important in any professional job‚ especially that of healthcare providers. Ethics‚ related to the medical field‚ looks at six key aspects. According to Ethics in palliative care the six components include autonomy‚ beneficence‚ non-maleficence‚ justice‚ dignity‚ and honesty (Mohanti‚ 2009). It is important to note that these components are pertinent in all of ethical nursing care‚ and not just palliative care. Ethical decision making related to nursing student
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Bill S.2125 an Act Relative to Prescription Drug Diversion‚ Abuse‚ and Addiction http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/Senate/S2125 Level: State Originally on 11/17/11 Senator Richard Moore presented bill S2072 to the Senate Ways and Means Committee. On 1/30/12 changed to bill S2122. And Senator Steven Brewer sent to the Senate Ways and Means Committee. On 1/31/12 as bill S2115 it was sent to the Senate Committee of Ethics and Rules. This was sent to the House Ways and Means Committee and combined
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UNIT 16 1.1 As a support worker current legislation and codes of practice that relates to handling information in my work place are: Data Protection Act – Records keep on my service user has always been kept in a secure place for example his medication records which are store in a lock cupboard. The documents about my service user have only be used for the purpose they were collected. My service user care plan and other documents are normally only available to those who need to see them for
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