elderly patients discharged from hospital will experience an adverse health event within thirty days of hospital discharge. These events may have serious outcomes‚ which may include a need for care in an emergency department‚ readmission to hospital‚ admission to a nursing
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practice of providing care for the sick and infirm”. However‚ that is not everything. A nurse is a caregiver‚ a provider‚ a supporter‚ and a friend. A nurse is a mediator‚ working as the middleman between the family and physician. Not only do nurses physically help save the lives of their patients‚ but they also provide emotional support to the patient and the patient’s family. Being a nurse reaches far beyond the scope of simply administering medication and providing physical care; to me‚ a nurse is
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When I graduated my BSN program I knew that I would continue my education in a master leveled program but I was unsure where my heart would lead me. I started my nursing career in a level one trauma center ER in Spartanburg‚ SC. There I grew my knowledge by leaps and bounds. Due to a 64 mile distance between my home and that ER‚ two years later I moved from a PRN RN in a smaller ER to a FT position in Hendersonville‚ NC which is closer to home. In both the suburban and rural areas I noted the
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Throughout my entire life I have played soccer for the cities of Everett and recently the city of Malden. Since the majority of my playing career was in Everett up until the 11th grade when I chose to change teams to Malden for personal reasons. I have always helped Everett whenever I had the chance. I have coached the U6s and the U8s for a year during the spring and fall months every week‚ it was every Monday and Wednesday for the U8s and Saturday and Mondays for the U6s. Once I had to start working
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My Financial Career (after Stephen Leacock) My salary had been raised to fifty dollars a month and I felt that the bank was the only place for it. So I walked in and looked round at the clerks. I had an idea that a person who was about to open an account must necessarily speak to the manager. "Can I see the manager?" I asked the clerk and added "alone." I don’t know why I said "alone". "Certainly‚" said the clerk‚ and brought him. The manager was a calm‚ serious man. While talking to him I held
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The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health
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Intelligence. The Twelfth Edition “Becoming A Master Student” by Dave Ellis has identified the various Intelligences of mankind. “Becoming A Master Student” has eight Intelligences listed and of the eight‚ I can relate to three (Mathematical/Logical‚ Visual/Spatial and Intrapersonal.) Prior to re-starting my tertiary education at the International College of the Cayman Islands‚ I was the same person that questioned what I wanted to do with my life. I was and still am at the cross roads trying
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Job shadowing provides students with information and allows them to experience a career they might be interested in pursuing. For my job shadow‚ my mentor was Mrs. Ana Gonzalez in the Radiology department at Woodland Heights Hospital in Lufkin‚ Texas. I was able to learn about the work environment‚ the duties and skills needed to be successful in this career‚ and discover new things that I did not know about Radiology. With the help of my mentors‚ I was able to experience what I will be working with
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Health Care Administration is the field of choice I am choosing to go into. I chose this profession because I have recently been working in a physical therapy office. The current job I do have now contains a few different tasks that I do. A few of the duties I am responsible for is Veterans Choice Insurance‚ Medical Records‚ Paper Claims‚ First Party Collections and working directly with the collection agencies we have hired for third party billing. When I first accepted this position‚ I had not
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Concept Analysis of Patient Centered Care Monet J. Scott Chamberlain College of Nursing NR: 501 Theoretical Basis Advance Nursing May 2015 Concept Analysis of Patient Centered Care A concept analysis seeks to outline‚ distinguish‚ and enhance the clarity of the nursing profession as well as stimulate future research endeavors. Within the development of a concept analysis‚ notions and thoughts are outlined and examined through the fundamental features of that particular concept. According
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