A case manger is a professional that handles and works with specific populations. Populations in need are multiple‚ and various; a case manger helps them to achieve their goals‚ see the brighter side of their obscure‚ and complicated situations‚ and directs them to the right resources and workshops. The professional supports abandoned‚ and abused children to become a reliable and functional element in the society. A case manger helps also people with disabilities to regain their routine movements
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Shaquille Martin (Under the feet of Jesus) Helena Maria Viramontes’ Under the Feet of Jesus shows the maturing of Estella is a young Latina that seems to blend in many different phases of her life. The author‚ Helen uses Estrella give the book its quality and energy. Estella is a friendly character‚ who is used to symbolize the small amount of strength that waits at a person’s weakest point. Throughout the entire novel‚ Estrella serves as the tough base for the family and through the setting
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Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness The Healthy People 2020 initiative includes goals to increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare providers listened to them carefully to 65% and increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare provider explained things so they could understand them to 66% (United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ 2010)
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have provided end of life care to dying patients for centuries. The impact of death on families has been well documented‚ but there is very little information regarding the impact of death on nurses (Gerow et. al. 2010). Gerow et. al. (2010) conducted a study to describe the lived experiences of nurses dealing with the death of patients. The research question or purpose of the study involves the concept of the nurses experiences related to the death of patients. The study followed a qualitative
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to provide a comprehensive individualised patient assessment‚ identify three patient problems and needs and outline the goals formulated as a result of the assessment. The assessment was guided by the Roper‚ Logen and Tierney Model of nursing ( Roper et al. 1990). Patient Profile My preceptor and I decided on a suitable candidate for this assignment. Consent was obtained from the patient and an appropriate pseudonym (Mary) was decided for the patient that would ensure her identity is protected
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Critique of Health Education Most patients forget 40 percent of what their physicians told them (Lay‚ 1985) To improve compliance and retain information written educational and informational materials are “an important and potentially useful means to complement verbal instructions‚ assure that consent for tests and procedures is informed‚ and enhance compliance with treatment ‘ (Zion & Aiman‚ 1989). However‚ most often health care provides are faced with challenges to determine which written educational
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the person to die? Would not euthanasia--or mercy killing as it is termed--be acceptable to the suffering patient as well as to those who are close to him? mercy killing causes no harm to anyone. in fact‚ it provides a relief to the realtives of the victims as they undergo immense agony‚ seeing a dear one suffering. Euthanasia is an act of professional support to the terminally ill patient and hence canot be held as a cruel act on the part of the person who commints it. On the other hand‚ there
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THE ENGLISH PATIENT Book Review The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka in 1943‚ moved to England in 1954‚ and settled in Canada in 1970. He is a Canadian poet and novelist. Ondaatje’s work includes 13 books of poetry and 5 novels. Among them‚ The English Patient won him the Booker Prize. Though Michael Ondaatje is a really good poet‚ he does not have an extensive popularity among readers. Even after his novel The English
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HS711 CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND PATIENT SAFETY Student no 1106154 UP:12/04/2012-07:22:52 WM:12/04/2012-07:23:40 M:HS711-4-SP A:11a1 R:1106154 C:247CF1EADC9DA0F26065022703A21C45C87E8E62 The aim of this assignment is to explore the clinical governance in connection with the provision of patient safety when administering drugs‚ study will relate to an incident in the author workplace (See appendix 1). The author presents the outcomes of Care Quality Commission (CQC 2010) related to this situation
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The Emotional Effects of “Euthanasia” Among Healthcare Providers and Patients Lindsey Dukes HPEB 550 April 25‚ 2012 Ken Watkins Introduction Euthanasia is generally defined as the act‚ undertaken only by a physician‚ which intentionally ends the life of a person at his or her request in which the physician administers the lethal substance ending the patient’s. On the other hand‚ physician-assisted suicide is when a person self-administers a lethal substance that is prescribed by a physician
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