Word Count: 1499 In this assignment I have chosen to discuss manual blood pressure a clinical skill‚ I performed whilst on placement as part of a community mental health team. I have chosen this skill as I was nervous about performing it in practice and could reflect on my experience. The aim of this essay is to reflect and discuss learning achieved and my application of the clinical skill in practice. The NMC require that as a nurse “you must have the knowledge and skills for safe and effective
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person must display the six nursing ethics; veracity‚ autonomy‚ non-maleficence‚ justice‚ beneficence‚ and fidelity. While most of these can be improved‚ nurses are the kind of people born with these qualities. A kind‚ tender hearted‚ generous‚ and understanding individual is exactly what patients need. School and experience will grow a nurse but the attribute of caring is not taught‚ it is within the person of that nurse. The University of Central Oklahoma‚ Department of Nursing holds the belief that
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Ethics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_ethicsThe nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than ’curing’ by exploring the relationship between the nurse and the person in care.[1]Early work to define ethics in nursing focused more on the virtues that would make a good nurse‚ rather than looking at what conduct is necessary to respect the person in the nurse’s care. However‚ recently‚ the ethics of nursing has also shifted more towards the nurse’s
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Ethics is part of the framework in the practice of every profession. The term ‘ethics’ has several meanings associated to it. It may refer to a method of inquiry that helps people understand the morality of human behavior‚ beliefs and practices of a group or the expected standard of moral behavior of a specific group as described by their code of professional ethics (Berman 83). With nursing being a reputable profession‚ it is but expected that it has its own set of ethical standards thus called
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morals‚ decisions and behaviors. Nurses are accountable for judgments made and actions taken in the course of nursing practice‚ irrespective of healthcare organizations policies or providers ’ directives‚ which may not always be in the best interest of the patient. It is a nurses’ obligation to decide what is in the best interest of the patient. Using the Josephson Institute of Ethics ’ "Five Steps of Principled Reasoning" (Model‚ 2007) helps a nurse to encounter such dilemmas. The first principle
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moral norms which nurses are expected to adhere to and embrace. In a nursing profession‚ daily decisions have real impact on other people’s lives. The responsibility of such decisions creates the need for nurses to have knowledge and skills that enable them to not only provide physical and psychological care‚ but also to critique and reflect on the standard of health care practices. For the nurses to do this‚ they must understand ethics and ways in which to utilize this knowledge in a constructive and
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Acute transfusion reactions occur as adverse symptoms and signs following a transfusion or within 24 hours. The most common‚ frequent reactions are chills‚ fever‚ urticaria or pruritus that typically resolves quickly without complications or treatment. Other signs‚ that may have a relationship with blood transfusion‚ is shortness of breath‚ high fever‚ red urine and loss of consciousness. These signs are an indication of severe‚ potentially fatal reaction. Acute Hemolytic reaction is rare and has
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(1989)‚ Principles of biomedical ethics‚ third edition‚ Oxford University Press * Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582 * British Medical Association (2007) Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing‚ Decisions relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation‚ BMA. * Campbell A‚ Grant G and Jones G‚ (2005) Medical Ethics‚ Fourth Addition‚ Oxford publishers * Castledine G‚ (1993)‚ The Nursing Way of Death‚ British Journal of Nursing‚ 16: 138-146. * Degrazia D‚ (1999)
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CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT S I N G A P O R E N U R S I N G B O AR D CONTENTS PAGE I II A Preamble Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct Nurses/Midwives and their clients Value Statement 1: Value Statement 2: Value Statement 3: Value Statement 4: Respect clients’ individual values and needs Respect and promote clients’ autonomy Respect clients’ right to confidentiality Respect and preserve clients’ privacy and dignity B Nurses/Midwives and their practice Provide care in a responsible
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problem without a satisfactory resolution. The significance of ethical decision-making lays in the fact that very different ethical choices regarding the same ethical dilemma can be made resulting in neither choice being a “right or wrong” decision. Ethics involve doing “good” and causing no harm There are many ethical issues nurses can encounter in the workplace. These include: * quality versus quantity of life: Quantity may address how long a person lives or perhaps how many people will
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