Ernestine Wiedenbach Was born on August 18‚ 1900‚ in Hamburg‚ Germany Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Wellesley College RN from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing She died on March 8‚ 1996 Contributions to Nursing * She established the nurse-midwifery program at Yale University * Wiedenbach along with Virgina Henderson and Ida Orlando are known as the pioneers of nursing theory * She published books on topics including nursing communication‚ nursing theory‚ nursing philosophy and family-
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Maximising Health To protect the resident’s identity‚ the resident will be called Mrs Florence Nightingale. Mrs Florence Nightingale has been selected to demonstrate how to maximize health using the nursing process. She is a 77 year’s old elderly resident in a private up-market nursing home in an EMI unit‚ who’s unable to self mobilize and is dependent upon a hoist for transferring. She is unable to verbally communicate‚ or feed her self. Due to her restricted mouth movement‚ difficulty with swallowing
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During my first fortnight on the Access to HE Diploma - Nursing‚ Midwifery and Health Studies programme I experienced my first maths lesson in eight years. My class and I were introduced to our teacher and given a brief introduction to the subject; the teacher discussed several different types of numbers: squared numbers‚ cubed numbers‚ triangle numbers‚ integers‚ multiples and prime numbers. Throughout the lesson I struggled to understand what the teacher was trying to explain‚ as slides were shown
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Nursing Practice Disclosing patient information to a third party‚ without a patient’s consent or a court order is considered a breach of confidentiality. Legal liability for a breach of confidentiality covers a broader spectrum than ethical guidelines‚ which lend to doing what is morally right. Confidentiality in nursing comes with an ethical need for creating rapport with patients. Trust established facilitates increased communication and comfort
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Baker IDI heart and Diabetes Institute is the Primary healthcare facility which helps to maintain the health and well being of each individual in the community. This essay is focused on the services provided by Bakers IDI and describes the importance of service learning to the Nursing students. It also explains the aims and benefits of service learning to nursing students. Bakers IDI is one of the leading Diabetes and Heart institute of Australia which has the mission of reducing disability
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I have spent the past 3 years travelling the world‚ gaining insight into many different cultures and ways of life‚ encountering thousands of individuals from many diverse backgrounds. I am confident in the knowledge‚ that now is now the time for me to begin pursuing a career that enables me to utilise the variety of invaluable life experience skills I have gained. Midwifes play key roles in upholding autonomy and empowerment of women pre-natal onwards‚ I aim to honour this through commitment to the
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This particular class session started with Nicholas Kristoff’s Half the Sky documentary on FGM. It is difficult not to get too emotional in this course because the film showed how Ms. Edna Adan‚ an FGM victim herself‚ stood up against it and later on established an organization that works towards its elimination. Ms. Adan is a truly inspiring person. She worked at the United Nations (one of which was being the WHO representative of Djibouti) and used all her lifelong earnings and retirement benefits
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I believe if you want to succeed in the world that it lies with making your own opportunities as you live your life and the greatest advantage accrues by doing so . Inaction does not lead to a successful life while actively chasing your opportunities will prevent you from loosing out on many opportunities‚ grow your character‚ and show that waiting will not lead you anywhere successful. When we do not act and seize the opportunities that come our way‚ so many chances pass us by without us even
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experience may affect my future practice. Throughout the account‚ in order to protect the identities of people‚ trust and clinical setting involved confidentiality will be maintained via the use of pseudonyms or omission of names (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)‚ 2008a). The function of practice based learning is to provide experience‚ serving an important role in developing the skills of the student in interacting with patients and their families assisting in technical‚ psychomotor‚ interpersonal
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standards for mentors‚ practice teachers and teachers. London: Nursing and Midwifery Council. NMC (2008). The code: Standards of conduct‚ performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. London: Nursing and Midwifery Council. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2004). Standards of proficiency for pre-registration nursing education. London: Nursing and Midwifery Council. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) The Code: Standards of conduct‚ performance and ethics for nurses
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