Collection of Blood Cultures Tracy Evidence Based Practice for The Baccalaureate Prepared Nurse Abstract Proper collection of blood cultures are necessary and the most direct method of determining whether or not a patient is septic. The purpose of obtaining blood cultures is to identify and isolate the bacteria that are causing an illness and then determine the best course of treatment based on the sensitivity of the bacteria to particular antibiotics. One of the most frustrating problems
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Outcome-based Education Denice Joan M. Montoya‚ R.N. Outcome-based education is the trend in today’s curriculum. It is currently favored internationally in countries such as Canada‚ South Africa‚ New Zealand‚ and United States (Malan‚ 2004‚ cited by Butler‚ 2004). Outcome-based education encompasses learning at the students’ pace to achieve a desired outcome. It is defined by Acharya (2003) as a method of curriculum design and teaching that focuses on what students can actually do after they
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Workplace Ethical Dilemma Elizabeth Tirado BSHS/332 February 4‚ 2013 Kathleen Roberts Workplace Ethical Dilemma I have often thought of myself as a good person. My parents raised me to respect my elders‚ be kind to animals and children‚ and to say always please. These are good qualities for a person to have‚ but it is important to know why people have these qualities. Showing common courtesy to someone may make an impact in that person’s day‚ but in the workplace common courtesy‚ especially
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• Ethical Dilemmas Patient 1: This patient is admitted to ER with Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock. The patient was transferred to LTAC for long term management of disease. Patient’s chart states that she has DNR/DNI order‚ but her son was disagreeing with that decision. One of the ethical principles that direct ethical decision making in health care is the autonomy-the ability of the individual to chose for him or herself. Patient 2: This patient was admitted with endocarditis and had a tracheostomy
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Resource-Based View IO vs. RBV Business Level Strategy How do we compete in a specific business arena? Four objectives of business-level strategy Generate sustainable competitive advantages Develop and nurture (potentially) valuable capabilities Respond to environmental changes Approval of functional level strategies Business-Level Strategy The primary objective of business-level strategy is to create “sources of sustainable competitive advantage”. What is sustainable competitive advantage
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There are several differences between cost-based pricing and value-based pricing. In this essay we will consider a few of them. Value-based pricing is based on the customer’s perception of value rather than the seller’s cost as the key. Cost-based pricing is based on the product. A company comes up with an idea of what they think would be a good product and sets the price after considering all the production costs plus a target profit. (Kotler‚ Armstrong‚ 2008‚ p. 285‚ 286) Instead of starting
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Pros and Cons of a Tech Based Society Pros Of Technology In the 21st century‚ technology has become an increasing crucial part of everybody’s life – whether they admit it or not. In some cases‚ technology completely controls a person. Cell phones‚ laptops‚ television‚ videogames have come to be an accepted aspect of our everyday lives. The debate we set out to resolve today is whether or not this surge in technology is more beneficial or harmful to our education. We will attempt to reveal the
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SEPTEMBER 2011 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of four (4) parts : PART A (20 Questions) PART B (20 Questions) PART C (5 Questions) PART D (2 Questions) 2. Answer ALL questions from PART A‚ B‚ four (4) questions from PART C‚ and one (1) question from PART D. i) ii) iii) Answer PART A in the True/False Answer Sheet‚ Answer PART B in the Objective Answer Sheet. Answer PART C and PART D in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. 3. Do not bring any
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A Communication Based Assignment (CBA) is “a two-way research method that the Development Communication Division has developed in order to assess the situation‚ the political risks‚ and the best option to support and achieve change.” When doing a Communication Based Assessment it is always importing to identifying “why” they are making certain choices. Without being able to answer six questions‚ “whom‚ what‚ when‚ where‚ why‚ and the how’s” then it will be hard to justify why you are doing a project
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Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit Carl Heneghan and Douglas Badenoch Centre for Evidence-based Medicine‚ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine‚ John Radcliffe Hospital‚ Headington‚ Oxford © BMJ Books 2002 BMJ Books is an imprint of the BMJ Publishing Group All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording and/or otherwise‚ without the prior written permission
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