Reflection 1 I arrived on the ward at 7.00am ready to begin a 10 hour shift. After receiving handover my mentor assigned me the job of bed bathing Mr T with the help of a health care assistant. Mr T was admitted with a broken radius and ulna; this means that your forearm is made up of two long bones that sit side by side. The inside bone is called the ulna‚ and the outside bone is called the radius. You have broken both bones. A fracture means just the same as a break. The bone ends are out of
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as possible. To that end‚ this essay will be a critical reflection of my experience of mentoring a pre registration student nurse on a busy surgical ward. I will begin with a brief introduction to mentorship before covering my main topics which will be; The mentor student relationship‚ and the process of giving feedback. In order to maintain structure‚ reflect appropriately and learn from my experience I have chosen to use Gibbs model of reflection (Annex 1) to detail my experiences. One of the
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Your patient’s ECG shows depression S-T in leads V1–V2 and ST elevation in Leads II‚ III‚ and AVF. You realize that this indicates: Acute inferior infarction. Acute Anterior infarction Acute Lateral infarction Acute inferior-Posterior infarction The above ECG changes can be found if there is an occlusion of the: RCA LAD circumflex all of the above. the most complications associated with this problem is ventricular dysrhythmias. AV block. atrial flutter. hemodynamic
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quality of care‚ stimulating personal and professional growth and closing the gap between theory and practice (Benner 1984; Johns & Freshwater 1998). Central to Johns’ idea of reflective practice is the goal of accessing‚ understanding and learning through direct experience. It is this that enables the practitioner to take “congruent action towards developing increased effectiveness within the context of what is understood as desirable practice.” (Johns 1995‚ p 226). The model for reflection that
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Economics 1005: Economics 1 Midterm assignment 2009-2010 Assignment: Does it matter for tax incidence if the same amount of tax is imposed on buyers or sellers? If not‚ then what does matter? Introduction: Throughout my essay I intend to discuss how a tax on sellers or buyers affects the proportion of the tax each one will pay‚ this overall issue known as tax incidence will be discussed. The effects of elasticity (both perfect inelastic and perfect elastic) of demand and supply will be discussed
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Nurses play a critical role in the medical field as they assess‚ implement‚ and evaluate treatments for the patients. I had the opportunity to visit a facility composed of a long term‚ a short-term‚ and an assisted living section. The facility houses approximately 70 beds in a skilled nursing home environment. Their mission statement is treating every resident with respect by acknowledging their uniqueness and individuality. Additionally‚ the household model of care used‚ allows the residents to
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The intensive supervision model was adopted as an “alternative sanction” to assist in reducing overcrowding in the prison system and aid in the reduction of cost to house an already overcrowded inmate population‚ as well as reduce recidivism (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). Nevertheless‚ the concept was to allow convicted criminals that posed “less of a threat to society” the opportunity to be placed on probation‚ with the stipulation they be strictly supervised (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). This
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get their work done faster and easier for the both of them. This helped me decide that I wanted to become a Neonatal nurse. The main reason that I chose this was because I really enjoy helping people out and I also like being around babies which is basically all that you do in this career. To put a better summarization on what Neonatal nurses focus on is that they mainly focus on the care of newborn infants‚ not just the healthy babies but also premature or ill-newborn babies. During my sophomore
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1) Intensive farming practices include growing high-yield crops‚ using fertilisers and pesticides and keeping animals indoors. Food production is increased but there are unwelcome side effects. 2) Prevents energy being transferred from the crop to consumers. Reduces biodiversity. May poison helpful organisms. 3) Chemical insecticides (which kill insect pests). Herbicides which kill plants or weeds. 4) Ground water contamination: Chemicals can reach underground aquifers if there is persistent
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Introduction Critical care is a specific care of patients whose situations is life- threatening and who need comprehensive care and continuous monitoring‚ typically in intensive care units. As cited in American association of critical-care nurses (2015)‚ critical care settings are special areas of health care where patients require complex assessment‚ high-intensity therapies and interventions and advanced care quality from the health care personnel. Critical care nurses rely upon a specialized
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