Electrical Safety in the Operating Room Perioperative Staff Education 01/04 Winifred Wilt‚ RN‚ MSN‚ CNOR Education Required by JCAHO Required during orientation Annual review required Electrical Hazards Fires Burns Electrical shock Explosions Power failure Outcomes Damage to or malfunction of equipment Possibility of patient and staff injury‚ disability‚ or death Electrical Shock Shock occurs when a person becomes the final component
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Health and Social Care Level 3 Task 4 P5- Explain the concept of Homeostasis. Homeostasis describes how your body regulates its process to keep its internal conditions as stable as possible. Human cells are efficient but very demanding so the homeostasis is needed. Temperature and blood PH change slightly while others such as blood glucose very considerably throughout a normal day without producing any harmful effects. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment in the response
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mountains‚ they came across a sadhu. Stephen had been showing symptoms of altitude sickness and they had decided to rest for a bit‚ when one of their fellow hikers found this man. The sadhu was barely clothed‚ and was consequently suffering from hypothermia. The man who found the sickly sadhu grew irritated‚ as he wanted to continue on because he “[did] what he [could do].” He left soon afterward‚ leaving the sadhu in the hands of Buzz‚ Stephen and a few other hikers. We are all less likely to take
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The Sugar Glider‚ also commonly known as the Sugar bear or Honey Glider ‚ refers to the Australian marsupial mammal that is a part of the Pertauridae family. The Glider’s scientific name Petaurus breviceps is Latin and translates into ‘short-headed rope dancer’ describing the animal’s 15-21cm length and 95-160g body covered in light blue-grey fur with a white underside. It is naturally found in Northern and Eastern Australia‚ sections of midland Australia‚ Tasmania‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Indonesia
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School of Health & Social Care Reflection of experience as a Student Nurse Every student has their own experience as a college student that they will never forget in life. Just like me as a student nurse‚ I also have my own experience and that was exciting. In that time when I was in Semester 3 at Hospital Kulai‚ Johor I got posting in pre and post natal ward. For the first I came in ward‚ my clinical instructor ask me to do assignment. She told me to choose any patients as long as not
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I’ve encountered an ethical dilemma situation in my recent capstone clinical. My clinical preceptor and I caught in the concepts of the principles of autonomy‚ veracity‚ and nonmalifecence. This occurred when we provided nursing service to a 30-years-old male patient who was taken to the ED as a post-code patient. The EMS team arrived in the scene and initiated CPR and defibrillated a client (on the floor of his room). The client ended up in the ICU with a diagnosis of hypoxic- anoxic injury (HAI)
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Makary‚ M. A.‚ Mukherjee‚ A.‚ & Sexton‚ B. J. (2007). Operating room briefing and wrong site surgery. Journal of American College of Surgery‚ 204‚ 236-243. Retrieved from http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=4853 The Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses. Position statement on correct surgery site. AORN February 2001. Available at:http://www.aorn.org/PracticeResources/AORNPositionStatements/PositionCorrectSiteSurgery/. Accessed August 10‚ 2010. The Joint Commission on Accreditation
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References: BattiÉ‚ R. N. (2013). The IOM Report on the Future of Nursing: What Perioperative Nurses Need to Know. AORN Journal‚ 98(3)‚ 227-234. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2013.07.007 IOM scholars focus on empowering nurses‚ shaping policy. (2013). American Nurse‚ 45(6)‚ 11. Lacasse‚ C. (2013). Developing Nursing Leaders for the Future: Achieving
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Spiritual Needs Assessment Nursing promotes a holistic view of care‚ one that incorporates the patient’s mind‚ body‚ and spirit. Many studies have found that patients consider physical and spiritual health equally important‚ and that patient outcomes are positively correlated with spirituality (Oakley‚ Katz‚ Sauer‚ Dent‚ & Millar‚ 2010). While the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) requires an initial spiritual screening for patients‚ it does not provide process
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Title: Everest Trilogy Author: Gordon Korman Name: Brandon Wright Teacher: Ms. K. McRae Class: ENG4C Date: Summary The Setting: The story takes place on Mount Everest. Mount Everest is a real mountain‚ it is one of the biggest mountains on earth‚ which is located in Nepal. The Time Period: This story takes place in the present day era. I think this because back in the day I don’t think they have discovered Everest yet and I wouldn’t think they would let people climb the mountain.
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