...Module 2 DQ 1 How does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice demonstrated by the interactive timeline. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? Having knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing helps one to understand how nursing evolved and developed as a profession throughout the centuries. Basic knowledge about the history of nursing is necessary to understand what nursing is today. The study of nursing history helps the nurse better to understand the issues of autonomy (being self directed), unity within the profession, supply and demand, salary, and current practice. Learning from the role models of history, nurses can increase their capacity to make positive changes in the present and set goals for the future. The major reason for studying history is to learn from the past. By applying lessons learned from history, nurses will continue to be vital force in the health care syste (White, 2005 p.41). One of the trends in the nursing practice demonstrated by interactive timeline is the decision making process. Nurses make decisions every day that affects the health of the individual, family and community they serve. They continually reinvent themselves and their practice at the expense of their history. In 1939, nurse historian Mary Roberts wrote that “trends and events of today are the results of past...
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...to a patient, the key components and contributing factors need to be assessed. The procedure would be to identify if the patient is a new or established patient, where the patient is being seen, is this a consultation, is the patient being seen for an illness or preventive care, determine the level of history, the level of examination, the level of medical decision making (MDM), then assign the proper code (Abraham, 2011). Evaluation and management service levels are based on any and all documentation found in a patient’s medical record. There are different levels of service for which key components are based on; history, examination and medical decision making. These three components are a reflection of what occurred and is recorded by the doctor in the patient’s medical record. You will find these key components in every patients case with the exception of counseling encounters. By using these key components, you are able to decide what level of service to use (Abraham, 2011). History is what the patient tells the doctor, There are four elements of a history; Chief Complaint (CC), History of Present Illness (HPI), Review of Systems (ROS), and Past, Family, and/or Social History (PFSH). By reading notes the doctor has written in the medical record, a coder would be able to identify the elements...
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...Seldom Make History Questions 1. How are historians supposed to approach history when no material records are left behind? Historians are supposed to approach history with no material record by viewing events in the perspective of those during the period of time. In the article, “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ulrich stated that “Until recent times most women (and a great many men) were illiterate. As a consequence their activities were recorded, if at all, in other people’s writing. People who caused trouble might show up in court records, newspapers, or their masters’ diaries. Those who quietly went about their lives were either forgotten, seen at a distance, or idealized into anonymity.” With little or no, or even biased, accounts of information, historians would need to be able to connect different sources and find similarities and differences to make a...
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...The patient visits are the foundation for most physician’s practices. The E/M codes were designed to classify services provided by physicians in evaluating and managing patient’s medical care. E/M codes are categorized according to location and/or type of service provided for example, office, outpatient, consultation, emergency department. Within these categories, the codes are then subdivided according to new vs established patient. Within these categories, the codes are then listed based on the key components of service provided. The different level of care or complexity for E/M services is based on three “key” components: History, physical Exams, Medical Decision-making. However, there are six used in defining the levels of E/M services....
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...explore the concept of identity in Making History, looking at alternative viewpoints in your answer? Identity is the individual characteristics by which a thing or a person is recognized or known with, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/identity These characteristics are exposed through factors such as a person’s image,personality,where they were brought up and their accent. All the characters in the play, making history are identified through where they came from and their accent. Here Friel is attempting to illustrate the difference between class and social status in Ireland during the time of play. Friel has also used the crucial times of Hugh O’Neill post and prior to the Battle of kinsale.One of the key ways in which Friel succeeds in doing this is by implementing the theme of identity and O’Neill’s struggles with this issue of identity throughout the play. Other characters are shown to have split identities, which reinforces Friel ideas of how history will portray them. Making history is a play by, playwright Brian Friel. The play is set in the Elizabethan era, during the renaissance period. From the scenes of the play, Friel uses the events of O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone as his attempt to secure a deal with Spain that will drive the last of Elizabeth’s English forces out of Ireland. As this play is not exact history of Hugh O’Neill, Friel has used certain events and key characters, to explore the concept of identity in making history. Act 1 scene 1 the play begins with...
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...l The History of the Japanese Samurai and Sword Brandon Stepka SOCI306 The history of the Japanese samurai and sword has always been an interesting topic to me. I will not only be discussing the correlations between the two, but also the evolution of each. Along with that, I will be expanding upon how the Japanese sword was created, how it became popular, and lastly, how it is link to Japanese culture. I would now like to start by giving you a background of the Japanese samurai. The Japanese warrior, also known as the samurai, appeared during the Heian Period (794-1185). They initially started out as warriors and protectors for wealthy landowners. This is partially where the name ‘samurai’ came about, meaning “those who serve”. The samurai truly began to grow during the Kamakura period, where the “establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate, a hereditary military dictatorship, shifted all real political power in Japan to the samurai.” This power was forged by leader Minamoto Yoritomo, who pushed vigorously to establish a high social status for the samurai. Without the acknowledgement of Yoritomo, you would not be considered a samurai; he had the final say. Now that I have given you some basic history of the samurai, I would like to give you some interesting facts that I found to be very cool. First, the Japanese samurai’s would burn incense into their helmets before battle, because of the possibility their heads would be cut off it would not smell. This...
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...blow the reader’s mind away.There are many fictional books that give joy to the children and excitement to the elderly. An example of fiction filling in the gaps of history can be found in the selections of Fences, Of Mice And Men, The Things They Carried, and Night. Which these books filled in the gaps by using symbolism, exaggeration, and the act of just making things up, to just get their theme and point across to the reader. The definition of a symbol is a representation of something. Fictional books fill the gaps by using symbolism. For example, in the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there were many factors of symbolism throughout the book, but the main one would be the title itself. Night was about a young kid named Eli, that went through a horrifying experience that he will never forget due to the Holocaust. The title relates by being the darkest moment of his...
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...Sarah Jones family has history of diabetes, hypertension, constipation, alcoholism and long history of smoking. Sarah Jones has history of diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a long 2 history of smoking cigarette ,chronic back pain, insomnia,depression and she weighs 300lbs and height 4.5ft tall , has never being married and has no children. Sarah Jones lives with her parents and she is an unemployed student, Sarah’s parents are retired. Health perception and Health Management In regards to the data collect on Ms Jones , it is noted that she has a long family history of smoking . Sarah Jones also has history of smoking cigarette, Sarah Jones has history of congestive obstructive pulmonary disease, which will result in failure to nourish tissues(Gordon, 1987). Nutrition and Metabolic Ms Jones data collected indicated a history of being obese and diabetes and she is unemployed and lives with her parents who are retired , Sarah Jones has problem of insufficient fund which makes it difficult for her to purchase food that are recommended for diabetic client and also she is unable to make good selection of food choices, with this Sarah Jones is not able to have adequate food to provide the energy for her to perform the activities which includes normal internal physiology functioning of the organ and external body movement.(Edelman & Mandel, p. 152). FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Elimination The data collected from Sarah Jones of family history of constipation shows...
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...History 46 Fall 2014 MW 3:00-4:15 pm Ayesha Jalal Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy Bounded by the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean the vast South Asian subcontinent contains a teeming population that constitutes a fifth of humanity. Boasting one of the world's oldest civilizations it has had a tumultuous modern history. In the living museum of the subcontinent's history there are paradoxes galore. A common heritage and environment notwithstanding, South Asia presents a picture of social complexity, economic disparity, cultural diversity and political heterogeneity. This course will examine the formation and the shifting contours of the rich mosaic of modern South Asia. A semester's study permits an analytical rather than a comprehensive survey of the society, economy and politics of the subcontinent. Beginning with a rapid overview of India's premodern and early modern history, the bulk of the course will concentrate on the changes and continuities during two centuries of British rule from the mideighteenth to the midtwentieth centuries. A short concluding segment will be devoted to postindependence developments. Primarily a lecture course, time will be available at the end of each class for questions and discussion. It is important to read ahead in order to participate in some of the major debates in South Asian history and historiography. The following books have been ordered for purchase at the College Bookstore: Required: ...
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...INSURANCE BILLING FOR THE MEDICAL OFFICE CH 4 SHIRLEY QUAN | | Acute | A medical condition that runs a short but relatively severe course. | Attending physician | A medical staff member who is legally responsible for the care and treatment given to a patient. | Chief complaint (CC) | A patient's statement describing symptoms, problems, or conditions as the reason for seeking health care services from a physician. | Chronic | A medical condition persisting over a long period of time. | Comorbidity | An ongoing condition that exists along with the condition for which the patient is receiving treatment. | Comprehensive | A term used to describe a level of history or physical examination. | Concurrent care | The provision of similar services (e.g., hospital visits) to the same patient by more than one physician on the same day. Usually a separate physical disorder is present. | Consultation | Services rendered by a physician whose opinion or advice is requested by another physician or agency in the evaluation or treatment of a patient's illness or suspected problem. | Consulting physician | A provider whose opinion or advice about evaluation or management of a specific problem is requested by another physician. | Continuity of care | When a physician sees a patient who has received treatment for a condition and is referred by the previous doctor for treatment of the same condition. | Counseling | A discussion between the physician and a patient, family...
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...Continuing on, furthered his warning of an all-powerful government, by using themes. One of the themes, George Orwell uses is known as control of history and every single information. In the book, the party rewrote every content of newspaper and history for itself. If anyone can control history and rewrite it, no one can find any flaws for the government, making the people believe that everything the government do is right. In the book Orwell states “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” (Orwell 39). This quote means that controlling the past ensures control of the future, because the past can be seen as justification or encouragement for the future. The party takes control of this because they...
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...Recently I read the novel To kill a mockingbird, which raises the well known issue of racism. This issue has so many opinions and viewpoints focussed around it, considerably negative. My hypothesis was ‘is racism any better on global scale than it was in American history? I broke this into three key questions; what is racism like in American society today?, What was racism like in American history? And have people globally learnt a lesson from the events that took place during history? Has racism improved globally? What is racism like in American’s society today? Roydon Agent, who wrote a study of black civil rights in the USA, says “clearly life is better for African-Americans today than it was in the past. Many black Americans are living the the ‘American Dream’. Many have worked hard and found success, particularly in entertainment, sport and music”. I think that this book is a reliable source because it is an educational textbook for history students making it a secondary resource, I found this didn't have much bias in it due to it being a factual textbook, without much opinion. While furthering my research for this question, I found the source published by OHRC written by Amanda Nguyen, called Racism in North America, then and now. This source states “Police have been thought to be shooting black men for unlawful reasons such as Trayvon; Trayvon caused outrage throughout America as he was shot and killed because of an assumption that he was dangerous, only because...
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...What do you remember of your U.S. history class? Do you remember parts of history that parallel and or affected people like you? Schools curriculums are normally decided by states, More conservative states very much omit bigger issues like the civil rights moments or maybe they present a more compact and simpler version of events. Now while Racial movements while still not completely well represented are still a common scab on the public's mind, there are other movements that have completely vanished from the public's mind. LGBT History has completely been erased from common American knowledge, Important and crucial parts of history have been not only reduced to a sentence in a U.S. History Book while other movements have been had the spotlight shined upon to them for a long time. Important events like The Stonewall Riots were thrown on the back seat and icons like Harvey Milk were buried under the public...
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...even the history itself on how mankind was demolished? History, without us knowing, is being made every second that we are living. Unlike before, events now can be recorded in a blink of an eye. The development of technology allows individuals to update many events, some brilliant, some abysmal, with just a click of a button. It is exceptional to document many affairs going on in the world, but is it alright to have large historical data for future generations to access and scrutinize every little action we made through our time? A large historical records can lead to results to different effects and serious consequences. Not...
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...My family loves to party and have a splendid time every holiday my family loves to cook what they ate back home. I didn’t really ate what the rest of my family ate so I would always just say I’m full already. All the time I hear from my family is “you need to try new things.” I was very excited about genealogy because genealogy helps me find my family history. Genealogy is important because it helps everyone explore their family history which feels very amusing especially when I was figuring out about my family history. I am making this paper to tell my experience with genealogy that could help you. To begin with I would follow steps that would give me info. First I would gather info from my family by making a family tree and interviewing them. Then there would be visitors telling me how it was for them to be a genealogy researcher. I was also able to find info by going on these sites Surname,...
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