irresponsible actions of a few impact the lives and rights of others who are responsible about their alcohol intake. In July of 1984‚ the US government under the presidency of Ronald Reagan enacted the 21 Minimum Drinking Age law (MLDA) requiring every state to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21 or that particular state’s highway construction grant would be denied (MADD.org). The underlying purpose of the act was to reduce the amount of deaths related to alcohol‚ more specifically‚ the amount
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School of nursing and midwifery BSc (Hons) Bridging Programme 2012-2013 Nursing expertise Std No. 11003677 Introduction: In their seek to improve the health care delivery systems many countries are in the tract of developing new roles for the health care professionals‚ Nursing as a key component of the primary health care is nonetheless involved. (Hinchliff et al 2003 p15‚ 19) In recent years‚ new and innovative nursing roles have
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References: BALZER RILEY (2008) Communication in Nursing‚ 6th edition .MOSBY ELSEVIER. GOLDSMITH‚ MALCOM (1996) Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia HARGIE‚ O (1986) The hand book of communication skills‚ 2nd edition LEY PHILIP (1990) Communicating with Patient Improving communication satisfaction and compliance NORTH WALES DEAF ASSOCIATION‚ (2001) Good communication with people who have a hearing disability NURSING &MIDWIFERY COUNCIL‚ (2004) the Code of Professional
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Should drinking age be increased to 21. It is no secret‚ that people drink alcohol before they turn 21. Stories about drinking on college campuses and high school parties are very easy to find. That is why underage drinking can be stopped if the law were changed. The major reason that people drink at an early age is because they feel it is fun and exciting to do something they are not supposed to. However‚ if it would be lowered to 18‚ then the trill of doing something illegal would vanish
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The article I chose discusses the continual change in the roles of nurses. The article also poses a concept that nursing now is not based on caring‚ but medicine. "By accepting continual changes to the role of the nurse‚ the core function of nursing has become obscured and‚ despite assuming medical tasks‚ the occupation continues to be seen in terms of a role that is subordinate to and dependent on medicine." (Iley 2004) Nurses are taking a more professional role‚ and more tasks are being delegated
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pharmacy304: Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice Maier-Lorentz MM. Reference: Maier-Lorentz MM. Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice. 2008 [updated Spring; cited 2010 May 01]; 2009/01/29:[37-43]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19172978. Transcultural nursing is a vital part of healthcare in the present day. The forever increasing multicultural populace in the United States
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This course focuses on transition from technical nursing to professional nursing. The course addresses the scope and standards of nursing practice‚ ethical and legal components of practice‚ information management and application of patient technology‚ and inter- and intra-professional communication and collaboration for improving patient health outcomes. Prerequisites The student must: 1. Be admitted to the Ohio University School of Nursing; and 2. Hold a current license to practice
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This essay is going describe the skills that student nurses need to demonstrate to show that they have a clear understanding of good nursing practice. This essay will focus on four inter-related skills that complement each other in achieving goals (Barker 2007). The goal that these nursing skills seek to achieve is good nursing practice as according to Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC 2008) mission of protecting the health and welfare of the public. NMC is the National Regulatory body that
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parents and nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing‚ 36(4)‚ 591-599. This study looks at the views of parents and nurses about the involvement of parents in the management of their child’s pain during the first 48 hours after surgery. The second piece of research is a quantitative piece by Dekyser F.G.‚ Cohen B.B. & Wagner N. (2001). Titled: knowledge levels and attitudes of staff nurses in Israel towards complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 36(1)‚ 41-48. The purpose of this
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elderly nursing is a place for people who don’t need to stay in a hospital‚ but they do need specially care. But who should be responsible for our old people? It’s well known that when somebody gets old‚ in our country‚ that person stays at home under some relative’s care‚ specially the sons or daughters‚ but most of the time only one spends all the time attending the old man or woman. In other places‚ specially at developed countries‚ the inclination to leaves their elderly in nursing houses is
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