of this assignment is to demonstrate how Peplau’s concept of the nurse-patient relationship can be used to influence an incident in practise. I have chosen to focus on the nurse-patient relationship‚ as I am in the early stages of my adult nurse training and I feel it would be beneficial to understand this relationship more accurately. The first part of this assignment defines a concept and briefly outlines the nurse-patient relationship as a concept. The second part focusses and outlines Peplau’s
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Furrow et al. (2013) noted the physician-patient relationship is primarily an implied contract because a written contract is not standard practice for delivery of health care. According to O’Connor (2010)‚ the basis for medical negligence for physicians‚ is the physician-patient relationship‚ which can become a contractual relationship if all elements of a contract are present including an offer‚ an acceptance‚ and consideration. For example‚ when a patient contacts a doctor’s office for an evaluation
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Is Boxing a Safe Sport? The safety of boxing has been a controversial issue for over a century. The answer to that question is somewhat obvious to common knowledge. Boxing is a very dangerous sport that involves multiple head injuries over a boxer’s career. The level of dangerousness should never be overlooked when a person is thinking about starting a career in the sport. Boxing is often considered an art‚ doubling as a sport. There are people that participate in this art‚ or sport. These people
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Handling emotions and expressing feelings in relationship TABLE OF CONTENTS |Contents |Page | |I – Definition of feeling |3 | |II – The importance of expressing feelings in relationships |3 | |Saying
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DIVERSITY IN PATIENT CARE Diversity in Patient Care Cami Meadows Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion June 17th‚ 2006 Diversity in Patient Care The field of nursing is complex with a considerable amount of knowledge needed to provide quality of care for patients. With that in mind‚ understanding each individual can contribute to optimal care. In any hospital‚ a variety of
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care. This allows patients to make competent and well- informed decisions about their health. In an effort‚ to reduce costly and unnecessary hospital admissions among seniors in Montgomery County Maryland‚ The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) in conjunction with Nexus Montgomery Regional partnership established a program called WISH. This program stands for Well and Independence for Seniors at Home. The primary goal of the program is to actively engage patients in taking an active
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and stuporous patient with a diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident. He has no family members‚ but did have one friend visit him all day‚ every day from home. In a few days‚ the staff found out that the friend has growing dementia. The main ethical dilemma here is the lack of a capable person to make the decision about the patient’s medical condition. The solution to the problem should be based on the best interest of the patient. In hospital setting‚ the principle theme is patient and family-centered
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Argumentative Research Paper Final Draft ENG1121 1 Dec. 2010 Chiropractic Work: The Safe Choice “Get knowledge of the spine‚ for this is the requisite for many diseases.” –Hippocrates‚ 460-377 BC. If a Greek physician could make this statement over 2300 years ago‚ why is it such an under-exposed theory today? As stated in Chiropractic First‚ written by Dr. Rondberg‚ a chiropractor of 35 years and founder of the “Chiropractic Journal‚” Hippocrates “believed that only nature could heal and it was
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Better Safe than Sorry You should be cautious—if you are not‚ you may regret it. It is wise to be careful and protect yourself against any risk rather than be careless. Cautiousness is indeed a must in every actions and decisions we make in our everyday living. We must always think twice before making decisions that might bring back a big change in our lives. Generally speaking‚ most of the times people tend to be careless. Some people‚ especially the young‚ act with reckless attitude regardless
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therefore promoting safe participation. - Within school and junior sports specific rules are implemented to promote safe participation. An example of this includes: a) AFL is a physical contact sport in which many aspects of the game can cause injury to a participant if rules are not implemented. Protection of the ball player is a rule in which umpires in AFL (all levels) are instructed to award free kicks against any player who sits on a players
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