The goals of IMF are: The IMF was founded more than 60 years ago toward the end of World War II. The founders aimed to build a framework for economic cooperation that would avoid a repetition of the disastrous economic policies that had contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s and the global conflict that followed. Since then the world has changed dramatically‚ bringing extensive prosperity and lifting millions out of poverty‚ especially in Asia. In many ways the IMF’s main purpose—to
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Patient Educational Plan Nur/427 Monday‚ March 29‚ 2010 Sara Gerrie‚ MSN Introduction Prolonged and chronic ethanol (ETOH) use has devastating effects on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. ETOH is easily absorbed from the intestine and diffuses quickly throughout the body. The bulk of the ETOH is metabolized in the liver. ETOH abuse produces functional and structural changes in the GI tract‚ such as in the stomach‚ small intestine‚ liver‚ and pancreas (Geokas‚ Lieber‚ French‚ & Halsted 1981)
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In order to capitalize on patient engagement‚ medical organizations must understand the term‚ and how proactive patients directly and indirectly impact the revenue stream. Vincent Dumez‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Université de Montréal describes robust engagement policies as not just developing a patient-centric healthcare model‚ but welcoming patients into the care-team‚ giving them an integral role in their own medical care. This version of care brings together all the stakeholders‚ health care professionals
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Health Education Plan: Teaching the Patient with Hepatitic C For years‚ nursing was a task-oriented career. A nurse’s primary responsibility was to provide for the physical needs of patients experiencing illness. Nursing has evolved into a profession‚ which holistically treats and educates patients in a variety of health situations including acute illness‚ chronic disease‚ and preventative care. The competent practice of patient education has become a critical element in nursing. This paper will
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Patients can be harmed from health care‚ resulting in permanent injury‚ increased lengths of stay in hospital and even death. Over the past 15 years‚ adverse events occur not because people working in medical professions intentionally hurt patients‚ but rather due to the complexity of health-care systems‚ where treatment and care depend on many factors‚ in addition to the competence of health-care providers. When so many and varied types of health-care providers‚ such as dentists‚ dieticians‚ doctors
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Abnormal Psychology Assessment. Abnormal Psychology. For this assignment I have chosen a patient ‘Mary’ who was diagnosed with ‘Anorexia Nervosa’‚ from a clinical placement‚ on an adult acute ward. In order for me to ensure confidentiality has/will be maintained throughout the assignment I have used an assumed name for my selected patient as well as keeping the trust anonymous. The assignment is divided into several different sections‚ the first part will be a description of the disorder‚
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to the patients’ perceived positive experience (Karlsson‚ Lindahl‚ & Bergbom‚ 2012; Samuelson‚ 2011). Increased physical activity made them believe of recovery‚ and involvement in planning made their time pass quicker. The patients felt being treated as a human with respect when they received an explanation of the procedure and own condition. Familiar faces and objects remind them of value and confident‚ and calm nursing cares that met the patients’ needs made them feel secured. Patients appreciated
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Running head: PATIENTS’ DIGNITY AND THE EFFECTS OF NURSING CARE Patients’ Dignity and the Effects of Nursing Care Patients’ Dignity and the Effects of Nursing Care Introduction Modern healthcare is moving toward a patient-centered care‚ emphasizing patients’ autonomy‚ and participation in decision making about treatment. Despite these expectations‚ patients feel vulnerable not only due to disease process‚ but also due to the power exerted by the hospital system
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The Patient Safety Movement Florida Institute of Technology According to patientsafetymovement.org (2013)‚ over 200‚000 patients die each year due to preventable causes. This is more than the number of deaths from lung‚ breast and prostate cancer combined. With such a high number of patients at risk of preventable death‚ the idea of patient safety moved to the forefront of medical discussions in the early 1990’s with the release of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err is Human. The
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A reflective overview: Developing knowledge on the assessment and intervention of asthmatic patient focusing on adult Introduction In this essay‚ I need to reflect on the situation that taken place during my clinical assignment to develop and utilize my experiences on the assessment and intervention of asthmatic patient in my work place. In this reflection‚ I am going to use Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle. This model is a recognised framework for my reflection. Gibbs (1988) consists
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