decisions while seeking medical care and treatment. When going through the health care system‚ it’s important to have an understanding of patient rights and the laws and legal system protecting patients. • Statutes for a child from birth to 21 years of age are open for how long? • How long does a person have to file a malpractice suit? • Can a community or state hospital be named in a suit? • Are incident reports protected from any type of suit? • When a religion restricts medical treatment‚ can the
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72) Monitor circulation and pain. If drainage is noted on the cast‚ it should be outlined‚ dated and timed to monitor for enlargement of the drainage. Instruct client on how to care for cast. Mobility and Immobility: Climbing Stairs With Crutches (Nursing Skill‚ RM Fundamentals 8.0 Chp 40) Do not alter crutches after proper fit has been determined. Support body weight at the hand grips with the elbows flexed at 30°. Maintain balance and safety at all times. Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease:
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Malpractice or Poor Judgement? The practice of medicine has never claimed to be an exact science. In fact‚ it is very much a hit-and-miss situation. Taking into account these above factors‚ India seems to be on a destructive trend regarding their level of health care. Ever since private medical services fell under the Consumer Protection Act (COPRA) in April 1993‚ the number of malpractice suits filed against doctors has begun to soar. For example‚ in Kerala‚ approximately 1800 cases (15%
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AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa‚ ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone +251115- 517700 Website : www.africa-union.org Fax : +251115- 517844 AFRICAN COMMON POSITION ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa‚ ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone +251115- 517700 Website : www.africa-union.org Fax : +251115- 517844 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Ninth Ordinary Session 25 – 29 June‚ 2006 Banjul‚ THE GAMBIA EX.CL/277 (IX) AFRICAN COMMON POSITION
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Medical Assistant and Nursing At this time there are 1 in 8 Americans who are employed in the health care industry (Medical Careers‚ 2014). Mixing up occupations of a medical assistance or nursing could be a genuine mistaken assumption. Receiving the chance to be in the medical field can be a rewarding experience of setting out the chance to help others. In this case it may seem that both of these occupations are different‚ but the areas they work in are similar. At the point when considering the
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THE CONCEPT OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE Examination malpractice has been defined variously by many authors; some ten (10) definitions/views are presented here: (i) Chukwuemeka (1982) referred to examination malpractice as violation of examination rules and regulations by candidates. (ii) Aliyu (1996) looked at examination malpractice as any irregular behaviour related to the examination exhibited by candidates or any body charged with the conduct of examination in or outside the examination
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The Use of the Computer in Medical & Nursing Education Computers are as common as stethoscopes and pens and paper in nursing and medical education. Both personal computers (PC) and hand-held devices (PDA) are showing up in classrooms and at the patient’s bedside. Computers in Nursing "The use of computers in health care is no longer a question for discussion and debate. Their application in nursing is a reality in many centers ..."@Cite(HannahKJ88a "‚ p. 263"). With this
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I work on a medical-surgical floor (Ortho/Neuro). Medical-surgical nursing involves the care of patients with a wide variety of medical and surgical diagnosis and in some cases‚ assisting patients through a comfortable death is part of the nursing care. As a new nurse‚ my dilemma is when I have to provide comfort care by relieving pain to unresponsive‚ terminally ill patients that usually are on our floor waiting for hospice placement. I get concerned about the possibility of inducing respiratory
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Undoubtedly‚ Examination malpractice has become one of the canker worms that have eaten deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian society. It cuts across all levels of our education system. Many reasons have been adduced as being responsible for this ugly phenomenon. Perhaps‚ the most remarkable factor is what I can call academic laziness or better still‚ mediocrity on the part of some students. Those who see examination malpractice as the only way to victory in such “bloody war” as education are
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CELEBRATING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE? NECO SSCE results this year are the best in five years‚ maybe so‚ to say. But the question is‚ do the results indicate an improvement in standards? Without hesitation‚ I say a big "No!" Truth must be told. EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES have got more ruthless. In my opinion‚ out of the over 1 million candidates that took part in the exams‚ at least 900 thousand must have engaged in malpractice! Is this an outrageous estimation? I want somebody to prove me wrong;
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