date with current health care‚ expanding research‚ and ways in which patient care and treatment outcomes can be improved. This is especially important in the nursing field‚ in which the main focus is holistic and patient-centered care. There are constant research studies being conducted which introduce new ways to treat and approach patients. Three articles that talk about prevalent healthcare issues in modern society are: The Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Nurse Practitioners Using Behaviour
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developed world. The health of the Indigenous population of Australia is an increasingly pressing issue. Current research and statistics reveals great inequality in many areas of health care and health status between the Aboriginal people and the general population of Australia. Couzos and Murray (2008‚ p. 29) report that the Indigenous population has “the worst health status of any identifiable group in Australia‚ and the poorest access to health systems.” This paper will examine the underlying historical
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different cultures have practiced spirituality in the care of people. For many‚ health is not just about the body‚ but it is about the mind‚ body‚ and soul combined. Even when one is out of balance‚ the person is unable to have full body wellness and health. I am a firm believer in the balance of the mind‚ body and soul. As nurses‚ our main focus is the health and wellness of they body but what many may not realize is by using spiritual care for the mind and soul it can positively benefit the body
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them as human beings in need of care‚ kindness and compassion during their time of sickness. I want to become a physician who has a strong sense of leadership‚ unique perspective on patients-centered care and able to provide equitable distribution of health. As I progressed through my academic career and became enticed with the field of osteopathic medicine‚ I knew I wanted to pursue a lifelong career as a primary care physician. The unique field of primary care medicine is the only discipline which
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Implementation of IOM Future of Nursing Report Vijayarani Rajendran Grand Canyon University NRS 440-V: Trends and Issues in Health Care October 27‚ 2013 Introduction There are several changes occurring in the nation’s healthcare organization due to the constant increasing demands in our nation. There are over three million members in the nursing profession and with that being said‚ nursing is the greatest component in our nation’s health care workforce. Nurses play an extremely crucial
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second edition. Hoboken‚ NJ: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Lilley‚ L.‚ Rainforth-Collins‚ S.‚ Harrington‚ S.‚ & Snyder‚ J. (2011). Pharmacology and the nursing process. (6th ed.). St. Louis‚ MO: Mosby Elsevier. Potter‚ P. A.‚ & Perry‚ A. G. (2009). Fundamentals of Nursing seventh edition. St. Louis‚ MO: Mosby Elsevier. Skidmore‚ L. (2011). Mosby’s drug guide for nurses. (9th ed.). St. Louis‚ MO: Mosby Elsevier. .
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Nursing care study In this assignment I will document and reflect on the care that I gave to one of the patients I was looking after while on clinical placement. I will be referring to the patient as ‘Mr x’ for confidentiality reasons. ‘Mr x’ was 69 years old. He initially presented with left sided unilateral weakness‚ expressive and receptive dysphasia‚ slurred speech and he suffered from nocturnal incontinence. He had been transferred from A&E to the ward. He had a provisional
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Leadership Roles and Responsibilities University of Phoenix Monique Amilcar Introduction Supervising is like parenting. These are two of the most important jobs any one can do‚ but few people are adequately prepared or trained to do them. Most people learn by trial and error with varying degrees of success. But both jobs are far too important to be left to chance and the good news is that you can learn with some help and guidance how to be successful in them. Leader’s Role A role is
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the existing processes‚ identifying IT levers and designing and building a prototype of the new process. In this context it can be mentioned that‚ some of the biggest obstacles faced by reengineering are lack of sustained management commitment and leadership‚ unrealistic scope and expectations‚ and resistance to change. Re-engineering emphasized a holistic focus on business objectives and how processes related to them‚ encouraging full-scale recreation of processes rather than iterative optimization
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My role as a student in higher education and my role as a future health care practitioner. Historically‚ how nurses are educated has changed dramatically. Long gone are the days of apprenticeship styled training programmes of the 18th century Florence Nightingale era‚ whereby nurses learnt all they needed to know by the bedside. Instead‚ present day nurses are required to be trained to high level in order to deliver research based practice and evidence-based healthcare in highly specialised settings
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