Situation Whilst on clinical placement‚ a male resident with dementia and I were sitting in his room within the nursing home for which he resided for the past two years. The resident was becoming anxious about his family‚ stating that they lived far away and he missed them. He showed me a card from one of his daughters she had sent for his birthday. As I was reading what she had written I became overwhelmed with empathetic emotion and wanted to cry due to her emotive words. Target To maintain
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incidence of poor patient health outcomes in Australia as well as the whole world (Stempsey‚ 2009). Acute health care settings have recently catered to a larger proportion of patients with complicated health conditions who become gravely ill during their hospital stay (Charlin‚ Lubarsky‚ Millette‚ Crevier & Audetat‚ 2012). At the forefront of these dynamic health systems are nurses who provide direct care to patients. Experienced nurses are able to rise to the ever-changing patient conditions and challenges
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Reflective Essay This essay aims to critically review my strengths and weaknesses as a self-regulated learner‚ in relation to key skills which demonstrate my ability to use reflective practice. Also‚ the essay will identify and implement the learning skills required to complete the modules in Year 2 of the programme. It will produce and make use of individual learning plans that reflect how I could improve upon my interpersonal skills and implement a personal development plan. Furthermore‚ a demonstration
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unidentified. In acute bursitis‚ manifestations occur all of a sudden‚
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English Placement Assessment Describe Your Most Memorable Day Essay Assignment Arlene M. Dunmyer Allied American University June 24‚ 2014 Author Note This paper was prepared on June 24‚ 2014 for English Placement Assessment‚ Describe Your Most Memorable Day Essay Assignment April 30‚ 2011 will be a date forever forged into my memory. This date of the resolution to a long tragic story. The characters of the story are all members of my family and no one member suffered
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Clinical practice guidelines and evidence based medicine have become an integral part of respiratory care. With these policies in place‚ respiratory therapists are given clear‚ defined boundaries put in place by physicians‚ medical staff and hospitals to allow for flexibility in the assessment and treatment of their patients. Not only has this allowed for more freedom within their profession‚ it has also granted therapists the authority to collect clinical information regarding the respiratory status
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Summary of Clinical Supervision Cycle Introduction The clinical supervision model for conducting observations has been used in the education field for decades. Clinical supervision involves a teacher receiving information from an administrator‚ colleague‚ peer coach‚ or mentor‚ who has observed the teacher’s performance and who serves as both a mirror and a sounding board to aid the teacher in critical examination of a specific aspect of their instruction and possibly alter his or her own professional
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Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to prove an understanding of my perception of reflection and how reflective practice impacts on the clinical environment and the learning process. The essay is based on my practice and training in the cardiac ward during my Foundation degree in Health and Social Care. I have selected 5 extracts from my Reflective Journal concerning a patient experiencing shortness of breath which led to a cardiac arrest. In order to be able to use this situation for my
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clue you in. LTACH stands for long-term acute care hospital‚ and it’s a truly unique combination of hospital and nursing home. The definition of LTACH according to a white paper from Hospital Medicine is as follows: “A Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) is an acute care hospital that specializes in the treatment
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Acute leukemia is a form of blood cancer that is produced from the white blood cells in the bone marrow. Both chronic and acute leukemia forms make up 3% of all new cancer cases in the world. Acute leukemia in women has the same treatment and survival outcomes as it does for men. The chances of getting this disease are actually slightly higher for men than women. However‚ it causes many more challenges for women than men during therapy and more long-term health problems. The cells in acute leukemia
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