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    Clinical Documentation System Excelsior College October 6‚ 2013 Clinical Documentation System Clinical information system (CIS) collects patient data in real time‚ stores healthcare data and information using secure access to the healthcare team.  (McGonigle & Garver Mastrian‚ 2012‚ p. 554).  The CIS that is used at Texas Health Dallas is CareConnect.  CareConnect is used by all of the Texas Health Resources (THR) encompassing 25 hospitals‚ affiliated physician

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    Vulnerable Population

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    Vulnerable Population: Homeless Priscilla Cabreza HCS/531 January 23‚ 2012 Debbie Vaughn Vulnerable Population: Homeless Introduction Many factors can affect the delivery of health care. It is believed that environmental‚ political‚ economic‚ medical‚ demographic location‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors can affect certain population groups and can make these groups more vulnerable than the general population. The question of who is vulnerable and what makes an individual vulnerable

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    University of Phoenix Material The Practice of Clinical Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions. Your response to each question must be at least 150 words in length. .1 What are at least two legal issues associated with clinical psychology? Provide an example of a situation that could be legal but unethical. Explain your response. The first legal issue associated with clinical psychology is confidentiality. Whenever a patient seeks help‚ everything that is said in the sessions

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    CLINICAL ASSESSMENT

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    CLINICAL ASSESSMENT 04/02/2015 PSY/270 CATHY MATRESSE Other information I would require in the assessment of Clara’s diagnosis‚ and question’s I would ask of the parents‚ would be for instance: “How long has Clara been in their personal care? When they adopted her‚ was their anything

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    Population Assessment

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    Practitioner (ANP) when assessing and analysing the health needs of a specific population. The author will focus on one specific disease‚ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in relation to South Asian men living in both the United Kingdom (UK) and in South Asia. In view of the large demographics of South Asia the author will specifically focus on Indian‚ Pakistan and Bangladeshi groups also making a comparison with the population residing in Ireland. The author will provide a critical and analytical

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    Food Habits of the Elderly

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    : Food habits of the Elderly Definition of foodways : it “...generally refers to ways in which a distinct group selects‚ prepares‚ consumes and otherwise reacts to and uses portions of the available food supply” (Wahlqvist et al.‚ 1991:164) Objectives: * Analysis of the meaning of foodways for social actors in general * Significance of food for the elderly (migrants )focusing on their marginalized social location * Implication of foodways of the elderly * Meaning of the dominant

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    Starting a Computer The process of starting or restarting a computer is called booting. When turning on a computer that has been powered off completely‚ you are performing a cold boot. A warm boot‚ by contrast‚ is the process of using the operating system to restart a computer. A warm boot properly closes any running processes and programs; however‚ it does not save any unsaved work. Thus‚ always remember to save your work before rebooting (restarting) a computer. Warm Boot versus Cold Boot With

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    Clinical Attachment Essay

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    During my clinical attachment‚ I will be posted to polyclinic‚ community hospital or restructured hospital. I will learned something different that I learned in school as I will explore to new culture and environment and meet different healthcare workers such as doctors or pharmacist and they will be my future colleagues or superior. I think clinical attachment is important for a nursing student because clinical attachment can prepare us as a student nurse to acquire practical skills when facing

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    and under-nutrition is a rising problem for the older adult population. Approximately 35%-85% of residents living in a long-term care facility‚ 60% of hospitalized older adults‚ and an estimate of 5%-10% of older adults living in community settings are malnourished (Maher and Eliadi‚ n.d.). These statistics sadly show that hospitalized and long-term care patients are more likely to become under nourished compared to the elderly population in the community. According to the Joanna Briggs Institute

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    Clinical Practices

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    Clinical Practices Tammy Turner ABA RN‚ BSN Hsn 552 November 4‚ 2013 Susan Dolinar PhD‚ RN‚ CNE Clinical Practices For the needs of the patients‚ families‚ and the health care consumers‚ and health care practice current assessment practices should be maintained by using evidence –based practices. Health care professionals are expected to demonstrate competent practice within the society. Determining sufficient of clinical assessments and the evaluation of the nursing students has redesigned

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