MALPRACTICE OR NOT? A 28 year-old man was injured in a motor vehicle accident. He spent 15 days in ICU for trauma related medical problems. He was transferred to a Medical-Surgical unit in stable condition. He had a tracheostomy tube and had intermittent difficulty choking on his own mucus. During one of these choking episodes he could not speak‚ so he reached for his nursing call button to summon help. The call button was not in his reach. He fell out of bed trying to find his call button‚ broke
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Abstract Show/Hide This study considers the remote causes of examination malpractice in the Nigerian education system with a view to suggest new ways of combating the problem. Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using the multistage stratified sampling technique‚ 200 students were selected for the study from 20 secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. An Examination Malpractice Questionnaire (EMQUE) was used for data collection. The three research hypotheses were tested statistically
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Some Possible Solutions to Examination Malpractices Some possible solutions are listed bellow: i. Teachers should he trained properly in their fields. They will then have the tactics to follow on how to finish the syllabus for a particular term or at least cover a large part of it‚ ii. Holidays may be more in number but reduced in length as students are reluctant to resume from long holidays. iii. Guidance Counselors should be employed in all schools to guide the students on study habits
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Medical Malpractice | The Good‚ the Bad‚ the Ugly | | | | | The outcomes of medical malpractice lie in the following explanation of perspectives‚ referred to as “the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly.” This paper provides a presentation of facts of the two highest single-incident medical malpractice lawsuits in Connecticut: Daniel Jacob D’Attilo et al. v. Richard Viscarello et al. (Case 1) and Elizabeth Oram and Simon Oram as Parents and Next Friends of Spencer Oram at al. v. Corinne
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the rot in the nation under the years of military dictatorship‚ but hardly knew the magnitude of the rot. As it is with the nation‚ so it is with the education sector; only those saddled with the responsibility of administering our education system can appreciate the crisis in the education system. And just as the damage done to the nation will take a long time to correct‚ sanitizing the education sector will take quite some years of continuous and determined reformation. Many reform measures do not
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an injury resulted from that breach of duty. “Even if it is a clear cut case of misdiagnosis‚ for example‚ the patient must prove that his condition was worsened by the error before a jury can‚ as a matter of law‚ award him pecuniary compensation” (Holder‚ 1957). The foundational definition of medical malpractice was established in 1898 in the New York case of Pike v. Honsinger‚ when a man kicked in the knee by a horse
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(2006)‚ the legal term malpractice refers to the act of negligence by that of the licensed nursing professional. A nurse who fails to provide reasonable prudent care in which a careful practicing nurse would under the same circumstance is considered negligent. Malpractice occurs when an action is improper or unethical and results in the allowance of damages. There are specific legal elements that must be present in order for the nurse to be found liable in a malpractice lawsuit. In order for
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Sally can suggest that Molly talk to her (Sally’s) attorney that she works with and set up an appointment with them to talk to them and see what they can do about her problem with her doctor and her knee surgery. As Molly doesn’t have any money‚ Sally can help her by helping her find someone who does Pro-bono cases for malpractice. Sally can tell her whether or not she has a good case but she can’t really tell her what to do‚ where to go‚ or even what papers to file to start the case. If she were
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CURBING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES IN NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT: GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING INTERVENTION By Mudathir Ade Ademoroti Mcasson Ulul-Albab Science Secondary School‚ Katsina‚ Katsina State And Abdulrasheed S. Imam (Ccn‚ mcasson) Ulul-Albab Science Secondary School‚ Katsina‚ Katsina state. . ABSTRACT The paper examines the role or intervention of guidance and counseling in curbing examination malpractice in Nigerian educational assessment among all the stake holders in education industry
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instruments that Indian investors will have difficulty in understanding‚ Explain. Test Papers — Final Group III 3 (b) Mr. Raman can earn a return of 16% per cent by investing in equity shares on his own. Now he is considering a recently announced equity based mutual fund scheme in which initial expenses are 5.5 per cent and annual recurring expenses are 1.5 per cent. How
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