Today‚ one of my patients presented to the ED with a 3cm laceration on his right hand that was three days old. He also reported a pain level of 7/10. First‚ my nurse preceptor and I had the patient wash his hands with soap and water to remove the dirt and bacteria from the wound. Thereafter‚ we sprayed wound cleanser to the wound and rinsed it with normal saline to further aide in removing debris and decreasing bacterial counts. After‚ I dried the wound edges with a sterile gauze. This is done in
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Black Lives Matter is a chapter based movement‚ meant to affirm the importance of black life. It hosts protests and voices against anti-black crimes committed against black people. “Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes.” as said by the Black Lives Matter website. The “extrajudicial killings” referring to the deaths of Black Americans caused by the police and independent persons. Black Lives Matter also stands
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Patient Privacy Destiny Hill HCS 335 October 2‚ 2011 Patient Privacy The law protecting patients’ rights and privacy known as Health Insurance Probability and Accountability (HIPPA) was enacted and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. HIPPA is created to help protect patients’ medical records and personal health records nationwide in addition to keeping all medical information confidential. Documents are filed and stored‚ but with technology evolving documents
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Election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President a Hostile Act" three days later. This resolution had stated South Carolina’s intention to secede from the Union. The General Assembly formed a convention‚ the Convention of the People of South Carolina‚ to discuss and vote on secession. The president of this convention was David Flavel Jamison‚ a former member of the S.C. House of Representatives. The first part of this quote states that “Written Constitutions are worthless‚ unless they are written‚ at the
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invented and have some side effects. The research assistance approach the patient and request his signature on an informed consent document to participate in the research protocol. Due to the brevity of the conversation‚ the research assistance was unaware of the patient illiteracy and did not use any translator to notify the potential risk and benefit of the participation. Patient though that it was the part of his treatment process and he willingly signed the document. When the patient came for follow
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Introduction to Computer-Based Information System Summary: Information is one of five main types of resources to which the manager has access. All the resources‚ including information‚ can be managed. The importance of information management increases as business becomes more complex and computer capabilities expand. Computer output is used by managers‚ non-managers‚ and persons and organizations in the firm’s environment. Managers are found on all levels and in all business areas. As managers
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Case Study : Ramesh is 45 year old Sri Lankan man who works as a telephone call centre agent. He was close to and lived with his mother‚ who died 18 months ago. Ramesh was recently hospitalised after a suicide attempt. He had been taking anti-depressants for several months before he took an overdose. According to his sister‚ he had become depressed and was drinking and smoking a lot‚ and hardly ever eating. He had been taking time off work‚ and was at risk of losing his job with BT. His sister
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and little did we know that 3 older teenage girls heard us and reported that they heard sounds from inside the building as they were riding bikes past it. A little while after the argument some police men came in searching the building. We didn’t have time to hide from them so we were arrested. We walked
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requirements contained in the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Specifically the policy should contain :- a) a General Statement of commitment to H&S‚ signed by Head/Chair of Governors or indicating that it has been endorsed by the committee of the Governing Body which has responsibility for H&S; b) details of individual responsibilities for H&S‚ under a heading of Organisation‚ together with a diagrammatic representation of reporting lines; and c) the Arrangements in place to ensure safety
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A “human resource category” (for example‚ consultant‚ programmer‚ etc.) is a way of classifying skills that is useful in matching resource requirements to particular people when developing the human resource plan for a project. The Human resource plan contains for each human resource category‚ information such as: • The number of staff required. • Costing information and assumptions. • When the staff are needed and for how long. • Any special skills required
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