Geriatric Project Patient L.G. is a 92 year old black female‚ born and raised in Augusta GA. L.G. is the oldest of 6 children and has an 8th grade education. She had to leave school at an early age to help her parents who were “Field Hands” with her young siblings. L.G. spent most of her youth picking cotton alongside her parents and tending to her younger brothers and sisters and was unable to complete her education. L.G. was a very quick learner and very good with her hands. She always envisioned
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IntroductionIn this assignment I will be exploring the legal‚ professional and ethical issues involved in bed bathing a patient/client in a hospital setting. I will be reflecting on a personal experience‚ experience during a seven week placement on a diabetic ward. I have decided to use a reflective cycle which is an adaptation from Gibbs ’ (1988) model.This reflection has provided a systematic approach to my learning and to my nursing practice. Within this essay I intend to discuss approaches to
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“Doctor in the House” by R. Gordon The text under analysis is taken from the book “Doctor in the House” written by Richard Gordon. Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his “Doctor” series. “Doctor in the House” is one of Gordon’s twelve “Doctor” books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s
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during these times. From line to line his style and wording made the poem flow beautifully enriching the story as the account continued. One distinct aspect about this tale which truly made me be fond of the story has to be the amazing way the Doctor used characterization to develop his characters. For instance‚ when depicting Sir Viginius’s daughter Virginia the Physician used nature promptly in the spectacular woman’s description‚ “It seems that Nature thus would say. This maid was fourteen
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many. The British show Doctor Who brings those‚ and many other dreams to life. For most any who have seen the incredibly genius show Doctor Who‚ it is hoped‚ dreamt‚ and wished to be real. The episodes are filled with suspense‚ humor‚ terror‚ and raw emotion. Everyone should watch this blockbuster show because it is entertaining‚ emotional‚ engrossing‚ educational‚ and some episodes are even eerie. To start of with some background on the show‚ it is about a man called the Doctor. To be perfectly honest
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Patient Education Project The digestive system is a very complex but efficient system that allows the intake and disposal of material that allows the body to perform routine daily activities. The digestive system allows the intake of food and water to be broken down to be used for energy. The digestive system is made up of the mouth‚ esophagus‚ stomach‚ small and large intestines‚ colon and the rectum. A Potential life-threatening disease of the digestive system is color-rectal cancer. Color-rectal
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ADULTS) -HISTORY- Learning Objectives: 1. To understand the content differences in obtaining a medical history on a pediatric patient compared to an adult. a. To understand how the age of the child has an impact on obtaining an appropriate medical history. 2. To understand all the ramifications of the parent as historian in obtaining a medical history in a pediatric patient. 3. To understand the appropriate wording of open-ended and directed questions‚ and appropriate use of each type of question
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According to Aristotle‚ the classical definition of a tragedy is a drama with a hero. Doctor Faustus is the protagonist and tragic hero of Marlowe’s play. He is considered a tragic hero because he brings his own downfall by the end of the play. Doctor Faustus is a contradictory character due to his high ambitions and then his blindness and willingness to waste his power. From the beginning of the story when Faustus is introduced‚ he tells the audience how he is usefully skilled in law‚ medicine and
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“Between a Woman and Her Doctor” “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” by Martha Mendoza is the author’s personal experience of a complex abortion while dealing with the difficulties of legal disputes and limited medical assistance during an emotional time in her life. Mendoza uses the expressive purpose as she writes her story to express her depressing and frustrating feelings she has during the death of her child as well as the challenging time as she tries to obtain a dilation and extraction procedure
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billed for the procedure/services 2 or 3 times. When in reality the procedure/service was only completed once. Medical error can occur with the copy/paste function‚ when a nurse reads a chart made by a doctor who copy/pasted instructions or initiates a procedure that was already completed but the doctor didn’t realize that they copy/pasted it again. Than the nurse completes the procedure again‚ which can have fatal results. Thus opening the door for malpractice and even criminal suits. Thus the integrity
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