Assessment 1 Essay – Critical Incident Evaluation Newcastle Shipping Fatality Abstract On the 19th January 1998‚ Malcolm Dennis Phillips drowned after the truck he was driving tumbled into Newcastle Harbour (Mulley 1998). The organisation Phillips worked for‚ Forgacs Engineering Pty Ltd‚ were subsequently fined after pleading guilty to breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983‚ Section 15(1) (NSWIRC 2000). Forgacs acknowledged that the incident occurred due to failures on their
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navigation‚ search Palliative care (from Latin palliare‚ to cloak) is an area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice care‚ palliative medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages‚ including those undergoing treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases‚ as well as patients who are nearing the end of life. Palliative medicine utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care‚ relying on input from
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I have a patient coming to ICU from emergency department with diagnosis of severe hypertension and history of ischemic heart disease. The patient was started with infusion GTN at 1cc/hours. In intensive care‚ the BP persistently increasing and my doctor ordered to increasing the dose of GTN infusion to 5cc/hours. The BP was decreasing down to 120/90mmhg in 15 minute later. The dose of infusion will reduce to 1cc/hours. BP was persistently decreasing to 70/40mmhg. All the team were query why the BP
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Critical reflection Assignment 2. Critical Reflection (50%) Part A. 1250 words Due date: Monday 14 October 2013 (hand in during tutorial) References- a minimum of 7 current and relevant references required and used within the critical reflection to support discussion. Three of these references need to be recent peer reviewed journal articles outlining research in this area. Task: Students are to critically reflect on the professional responsibilities of managers and leaders in early
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What is the research question? In "Palliative Care Nurses ’ Views on Euthanasia"‚ Verpoort et al (2004) are inquiring "what are the views of palliative care nurses about euthanasia"? "It is essential to know how nurses‚ who are confronted with terminally ill patients every day‚ think about it." (Verpoort et al‚ 2004‚ p. 592). Verpoort et al have taken the stance that nurses are scarcely heard in debates on the legalization of euthanasia in Belgium‚ and that nurses "are in a position to offer valuable
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senior responder. I would need to implement the Incident Command System. I immediately requested six additional law enforcement patrols‚ four EMS Paramedics‚ The State Department of Transportation Public Works HAZMAT Team from the Highway Department‚ and the Fire Department to include fire suppression‚ fire rescue‚ and hazardous material cleanup team. I am now the incident commander‚ and for the time being‚ I will use my patrol car as the Incident Command Post. My highest priority is to look after
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Here is a way to look at the notion of critical reflection. I invite you to add your own ideas‚ arguments‚ and examples… First‚ reflection. We could think of this as a second consideration of something‚ another look. To adopt‚ and adapt‚ the metaphor of the mirror‚ perhaps we could say that reflection processes our original thoughts through the ‘mirror’ of distance in time from the precipitating event and our reaction to it‚ and through the multiple mirrors provided by various other lenses through
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Eng 111: Critical Reflection 10/26/11 Critical Reflection In the portfolio we were told that we had to pose a problem with adult education. My instructor told us about the portfolio during the first week of class and we spent several weeks preparing for the portfolio. She helped us to develop our critical and rhetorical analysis skills which would be a big part of the portfolio‚ especially the use of critical analysis. When it was time to begin to write our papers‚ we‚ as a class‚ came up
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CRITICAL INCIDENTS 1. Wayne Calder‚ a recent Harvard MBA graduate and one of his organization’s most innovative planners‚ was assigned to the Paris office for a two-year period. Wayne was particularly excited about the transfer because he could now draw on the French he had taken while in school. Knowing that his proficiency in the French language would be an excellent entrée into the French society‚ Wayne was looking forward to getting to know his French colleagues on a personal level. During the
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This essay will focus on an incident that I have reflected on in my previous critical reflection. I shall use this as the basis for this essay and expand on and explore the issues that arise from the topics uncovered. During the break of a lecture on genograms‚ I was prompted to give input regarding a conversation that had arisen between two of my peers‚ upon hesitating I was quizzed by the one of them: "Why are you always so quiet . . . ". As soon as I heard this‚ I was reminded of my family‚ memories
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