Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care November 01‚ 2010 Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background‚ religion and/or beliefs‚ greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector‚ 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten‚ living arrangements made‚ medications taken and medical advice listened to. A nurse must be knowledgeable and respectful of these
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Nursing Practice and Palliative Care Palliative care is a specialized segment of health care which involves minimizing and preventing the patients’ pain and suffering. Patients suffering from chronic illness‚ end of life or curable illness may be placed in palliative care. The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for the patient and family. The role of the BSN prepared nurse regarding palliative care is to be knowledgeable on palliative and gerontologic nursing practice. The
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Nursing advocacy Introduction Nurses are bound to experience issues on a day-to-day basis where it becomes their ethical and moral obligation to provide advocacy for patients and their family. The concerns can be attributed to the unprecedented changes in the healthcare systems. The uncertainty results in new regulations being implemented‚ financial burdens on the patient and the trend of population rise. These challenges present an opportunity for the nurses to adopt a more responsible role of patient
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decline‚ losing Lady Macbeth’s motivation and starting to assess situations blindly with a lack of motivation halted his good leadership qualities. Originally‚ Macbeth’s loyalty towards Duncan is apparent and selfless‚ that “the service and the loyalty I owe in doing it pays itself” (Shakespeare 1.4.25-26). His initial ambition and motivation to stay loyal to Duncan is what he used in killing Duncan— that there is a “vaulting ambition” (1.7.27) that he must apply. His strong motivation to kill Duncan
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interests and that you know very well the company goals to make that everyone go for the same way. Day: Excellent‚ I think that if everybody has the same goals‚ the company would be more efficient and it can avoid conflicts. Den: Yes‚ that’s exactly what we try to do‚ for this reason now we are going to make a route. First we are going to see the manager and she is going to explain you some general aspects of the bank and then we are going to go to your workplace. Day: Ok perfect. Den: Hey are you
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YM: Thank you secretary for bringing in the light refreshment. Gentlemen‚ let the meeting commence. We would discuss about the causes and effects of haze in Malaysia. I hope to hear much of your ideas‚ information from you guys and no falling asleep during this discussion meeting. YM: As we are all well aware that haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust‚ smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky. Seen from afar by approaching fei jis‚ sorry I mean airplanes
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The conductor has many roles but the role of leader is perhaps one of the most important. A conductor leads by “their technical ability‚ their musical knowledge and their personal charisma” but the path to performance is different for each conductor. Many consider the traditional role of a conductor to be that of a domineering presence‚ willing to do anything to reach the potential of the ensemble for a performance. Leadership is considered by John Maxwell to be “influence- nothing more‚ nothing
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organisations. Such as the following: Data Protection Act‚ 1998 The information heel in a health and social care sector can ruin lives of individuals so it is important that all data is confidential information is protected. All organisations holding personal data has to abide by this act. This act also helps the health care professionals by guiding them on how to keep information private and what type of information is allowed to be passed on to other professionals so that the service users’ needs can
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Civil Obedience Questions 1. What was his position on the Mexican War? He was in the position of authority. Thoreau asserted that the United States government lacked moral power because it overlooked slavery‚ and he saw the Mexican War‚ as an attempt to extend slavery to the western United States. Thoreau believed that publicly disobeying the laws of an unjust government would bring other people to oppose that government’s actions. He refused to pay a poll tax and he considered the law to
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Nursing Care Plan As soon as the history and head-to-toe assessment were completed nursing priorities focused on alleviating pain‚ preventing infection and urinary obstruction‚ and providing information about disease process and treatments. Physical assessment data included: vital signs B/P 87/51‚ HR 110‚ T 99.7 F; weight 160lb‚ height 5’8”. MK presented to the ED with acute severe right colicky flank pain that radiated into the abdomen and lower back‚ guarding his abdomen‚ and moaning. MK rated
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