Legal Issues Case Study for Nursing Case 2 Nursing Situation: Cindy Black (fictitious name)‚ a four-year-old child with wheezing‚ was brought into the emergency room by her mother for treatment at XYZ (fictitious name) hospital at 9:12 p.m. on Friday‚ May 13. Initial triage assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from a sore throat‚ wheezing bilaterally throughout all lung fields‚ seal-like cough‚ shortness of breath (SOB)‚ bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on admission were pulse
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Ethical Issues Paper Rhonda Hammer NUR/578 Victor Gibb The professional nurse is faced with ethical dilemmas as technological advancements improve and increase of cultural diversity. The increase of ethical dilemmas in health care systems has changed the nursing professions view toward ethics and shifted nursing toward a modern day nursing of respect to autonomy‚ maintaining patient dignity‚ and control over ones environment. Emergency room nurses often confronted with ethical dilemmas when
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and your assigned readings write a six (6) to ten (10) page paper (excludes cover and reference page) addressing the application of the nursing process to a patient care scenario. Use these directions and the scoring rubric as you develop the paper. Outlines and abstracts are NOT required with this paper. Do not include the scenario in the paper A minimum of three (3) current professional references must be provided excluding a nursing diagnosis book. Current references include professional publications
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Policy Development Paper Policy Development Paper October 07‚ 2009 Policy Development Paper This paper will be focused on a terrorism security policy for large events. This paper will also include statistical‚ factual‚ and public opinion history information which will support my policy claim. All stake holders such as: politicians‚ judges‚ prosecutors‚ defense attorneys‚ correctional officers and administrators‚ law enforcement officers and administrators‚ victims‚ law-abiding citizens
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Running head: NURSING INFORMATICS Nursing Informatics Jeannette Magbutay‚ RN Western Governors University Author’s Note: This paper was prepared for Nursing Informatics taught by Professor Mary Sizemore NURSING INFORMATICS 2 Nursing Informatics Before a healthcare provider sees a patient‚ they need to know the patient’s medical background. The providers need to see the patient’s laboratory results‚ medications‚ previous illnesses‚ and any prior surgical procedures. Researching
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environment scale. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1995;22:1166–1173. 2. Lindop E. Factors associated with student and pupil nurse wastage. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1987;12:751–756. 3. Beck D‚ Srivastava R. Perceived level and source of stress in baccalaureate nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education. 1991;30:127–132. 4. Hart G‚ Rotem A. The best and the worst: Students ’ experience of clinical education. The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1994;11:26–33. 5. Sheila Sh‚ Huey-Shyon
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Geriatric Nursing Paper Geriatric Nursing Paper The student was able to spend four hours during two different occasions with Thelma (alias) at her home. Thelma was a 72 year old female. She had many medical diagnoses’s‚ some of which include: osteoarthritis‚ diabetes‚ hyponatremia‚ and hearing loss. The student was lucky enough to perform an assessment of Thelma’s functional‚ environmental and psychosocial status during an interview type of process. The tools that were used to perform theses
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Running head: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS 1 Nursing Assessment and Interventions to Older Adults With Dementia Karen Montanez Trinitas School of Nursing Abstract This paper explores three published articles that report the different nursing assessments‚ strategies and interventions for patients with dementia. The paper explains the meaning of dementia‚ how to communicate properly with patients who suffer from the disease and techniques
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Policy Analysis I Paper Brenda Edwards CJA/464 January 3‚ 2013 Jeremy Claridge Policy Analysis I Paper Public Policy throughout the criminal justice system should substitute social change as it search to bring about a more civilized and unbiased society. There are various operative approaches that influence government policy and numerous ways to encourage change‚ including tactics that outline the system as well as those that strengthen the system. In this is a paper‚ I will discuss a current
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Background & Significance of the Policy Issue Diabetes is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease‚ blindness‚ lower limb amputations and kidney failure in the United States (CDC‚ 2013a; Green‚ Brancati‚ & Albright‚ 2012). Diabetes is also a major cause of diabetic neuropathy‚ retinopathy‚ stroke and the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S. (CDC‚ 2013a; O ’Connor‚ & Wellenius‚ 2012). The Centers for Disease Control estimated that diabetes would affect up to 33% of the U.S. population by
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