Chapter 48: Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 22-year-old patient is being seen in the clinic with increased secretion of the anterior pituitary hormones. The nurse would expect the laboratory results to show a. increased urinary cortisol. b. decreased serum thyroxine. c. elevated serum aldosterone levels. d. low urinary catecholamines excretion. ANS: A Increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the anterior pituitary gland will lead to an increase
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Macro Systems Paper Victoria Torrain BSHS/325 Human Systems and Development May 11‚ 2015 Marianne Bernaldo Macro Systems Macro Systems are the division of the broad practices of Social Work. The divisions of social work are often divided into three practices which include the categories of macro‚ mezzo‚ and micro. Often commended as being a system which provides intervention services that affect entire communities and their systems of care and concern‚ Macro level social
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In this security survey I will be using predominantly examples from the staff’s interviews and other security elapses that present two perspectives on these complexities. First is to present critical human error infrastructures as complex adaptive systems‚ which share certain characteristics that policy makers and managers need to account for. Secondly‚ the balance of the paper outlines will focus on improvements of the analytical and decision-making complexity‚ and presents the research and policy-making
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Nursing Essay: Sample Reflecting on one’s Communication Skills Introduction Nursing students can enhance their learning through reflection that is‚ reflecting on a situation that involves nursing care (Parker 2006‚ p.115). In line with this thought‚ I shall reflect on an experience and discuss the communication skills I used or should have used during the patient encounter. I will use the three what model based on the work of Borton (1970) and Boud (1985) to help structure my reflection. Before
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Philosophy of Nursing Walden University Application Assignment 1: Philosophy of Nursing Nursing philosophy is a professional belief system that provides guidelines for practice‚ learning‚ and inquiry (Gortner‚ 1990). Several factors and influences in life help foster development of one’s own personal belief system. This belief system then guides his or her actions in professional practice. Over the years‚ certain key elements have directly and indirectly contributed to my personal philosophy
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Development of Nursing Timeline Since the beginning of the Nursing profession‚ many theorists have presented multiple theories. Nursing theorists have used many definitions to develop and support their work. Their views of nursing theory are based upon their spiritual‚ personal‚ educational‚ political‚ and socioeconomic experiences. Credited with the first nursing theorist‚ Florence Nightingale believed in well-educated nurses practicing independently. According to Schulyer‚ 1992 “In the 1800’s
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Dorothy Orem Orem’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory description of category of theory is a set of broad concepts‚ definitions‚ relationships developed and assumptions or propositions created from nursing models or from other disciplines and projects of purposes that are required for care of by individual patient‚ family and community (Current Nursing‚2013). Orem ’s approach to the nursing process provides a method to determine the self-care deficits and then
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Comparing relevant theories‚ principles and models of reflective practice In this evaluation I will analyse and compare relevant theories‚ principles and models of reflective practice and explain how they relate to my practice and development. Reflective practice is an evolving concept. In the 1930s‚ John Dewey defined reflective thought as: ‘Active‚ persistent‚ and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the further
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Culture Competence in Nursing Shannon Karlsson California State University‚ Chico Introduction According to the United States Census Bureau (2010)‚ over 30% of the total population in the United States is comprised of various ethnicities other than non-Hispanic Whites. This statistic highlights that the United States (US) has a significant multicultural population today. These diverse cultures bring with them new languages‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ social structures‚ and health care
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According to Solution Based Casework‚ the Solution Based Casework (SBC) is an evidence-informed casework practice model that prioritizes working in partnership with families‚ focuses on pragmatic solutions to difficult situations‚ and notices and celebrates change (2018). After watching the SBC video‚ I noticed that many welfare agencies did not have an integrated practice model‚ instead the caseworkers particularly abide by values and principles that are under their agencies guidelines and policies
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