Bachelor of Nursing Studies RESEARCH PROPOSAL Title: A quantitative study of the attitude‚ knowledge and experience of staff nurses on prioritizing comfort measures in care of the dying patient in an acute hospital setting. Research Proposal submitted to the University of Dublin Trinity College‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor in Nursing Studies 9th March 2011 I hereby declare that this research proposal is entirely my own work and has not been submitted as
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What is Customer Experience? Forrester Research defines customer experience as: “How customers perceive their interactions with your company.” Forrester did a fine job reducing the complex and multi-faceted integration of physical‚ emotional‚ and often‚ psychological processes that make up the customer encounter. Perception and interaction are the two essential elements of any customer experience definition. Perception is guided by emotional and psychological responses to stimuli presented during
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“Wrong Decision” In the short story “A & P” by John Updike‚ is about a young man that is miserably employed. The short story tells of a small town boy quitting his job for all of the wrong reasons. The story began with a description of a three girls who changed Sammy’s life. Sammy develops the setting to tell the story of how he is a discontent grocer‚ and he is put in to a situation of the harsh reality of the adult world after making a childish decision. Updike tells the story using the
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CONTRAST THE 1990 GULF WAR TO THE 2003 IRAQ INVASION. DID THE POSITION OF ARAB REGIMES DIFFER? The Gulf War in 1990 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003 both had a profound impact not just on the countries directly involved - primarily Iraq and the United States (US) - but also on the geo-politics of the world. Arguably‚ the War ended in a stalemate because the Iraqi regime that had started the War by invading Kuwait remained in power. Perhaps inevitably then‚ in March 2003 the US and its allies invaded
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controversial? In 1992‚ the BBC aired the British comedy Absolutely Fabulous‚ introducing viewers to two of the most self-indulgent and irresponsible women to have ever graced our television screens. This show which was created by the wonderful Jennifer Saunders‚ focused on two champagne-swigging‚ chain-smoking‚ outrageously past-their-prime characters – Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone. These two characters made popping pills‚ drink driving and harassing Edina’s straight laced daughter a regular occurrence
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to leave the group’s established rules of survival and confront the ferocious wolf that in reality is not found outside this comfort zone‚ but within the group itself if one even dares to oppose to the customary. In the short story‚ “Jon”‚ George Saunders reveals the fear that this eternally influential herd that we call society imposes to convince individuals to stay satisfied with their lives‚ and the coping strategies used to stay sane while facing all the
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States‚ whereas in other countries the terms palliative care and hospice are largely synonymous”(1) “The Institute of Medicine ([IOM]‚ 2003) defined palliative care as the total active care of the body‚ mind‚ and spirit. The aim of palliative care is to prevent or lessen the severity of pain and other symptoms‚ and to achieve the best quality of life” (IOM‚ 2003‚ p.2) throughout the course of any life –threatening or life-limiting healthcare condition.” (2) In providing palliative care to an individual
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multicultural care. The research by Driver‚ Molassiotis‚ and Weeks (2003) clearly shows the appreciation of differences between cultures as well as staff recognizing the individual nature of patients’ needs. The staff was supportive of the philosophy of individualized and customized care for each client. The staff also verbalized a desire for culturally specific knowledge to enhance their individualized care. Driver et al. (2003) stated some of the staff members noted they had not received training
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In this essay‚ I will define some terms and critically review key elements‚ principles and Holistic approaches in Palliative care in the process relate them to my practice as a generalist nurse in a hospital setting‚ its impact on palliative care‚ and finally discuss on findings and recommendations to my practices. Palliative care is one of the most sensitive specialists in nursing today. Hence the guidance published in nursing times [2012]recommends that trusts draws up a plan to raise awareness
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LITERATURE REVIEW ON END-OF-LIFE CARE Ever John N. Laingo‚ RN‚ MAN INTRODUCTION Death‚ the ultimate outcome of life‚ “an inevitable‚ unequivocal‚ and universal experience” (Eliopoulos‚ 1993) is at once a fact and a profound mystery. Caring for a dying patient is an essential part of every nurse’s duty‚ but it is already an established fact that caregivers often have difficulties in dealing with such experience. Nurses look at death as failure and therefore shy away from those dying patients whom
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