SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT GUIDE REFERENCE MANUAL INTRODUCTION The Suicide Risk Assessment Pocket Card was developed to assist clinicians in all areas but especially in primary care and the emergency room/triage area to make an assessment and care decisions regarding patients who present with suicidal ideation or provide reason to believe that there is cause for concern. This reference guide provides more specific information and the rationale for the sections on the pocket card. The sections
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Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor Degree Nursing (BSN). It will also explore the competency differences between the ADN and BSN over the educational time frame for each degree. Also discussed will be a patient care scenario where both disciplines provide nursing care and how the care would differ. Education The profession of nursing began with Florence Nightingale in the 1800’s where she established the Nightingale School for Nursing in 1860 in London (Creasia & Friberg, 2010, p. 4)
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals A new prospective has been initiated for the future of nursing. With the common goal of patient centered care, that is created around a specific patient. The U.S Health Care System needs to be transformed, which will require development of new roles for nurses and many other healthcare positions. Nurses must recognize what this means for their specific role and what different educational changes need to be made. Nurses stepping into leadership roles
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users and uses” section. - Patient: uses their medical data to understand their health care and to become more active partners in maintain or improving their health. - Health care practitioners: uses it as a primary means of communications among themselves. - Health Care providers and Administrators: uses the data to evaluate care, monitor the use of resources, and receive payment for services rendered. Administrators analyze financial and patient case mix information for business
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Professional Development of Nursing Professionals | | | | CRYSTAL M FORE NRS 430V: Professional Dynamics 10/26/2013 | There has been a deficiency in the nursing practice as health care has changed and grown. Nursing has advanced significantly over the last 150 years and the days of Florence Nightingale, but nursing is still in its infancy in regards to its potential that needs to be for the changing population. The population in
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Reforming & Improving Emergency Care In October 2001, the Department of Health (DoH) document ‘Reforming Emergency Care’ took on the challenges of the emergency care system within Britain, stating that “too many people have to wait too long for the care and treatment they need” (DoH, 2001b, p. 1). The document outlined the key areas it felt represented the need for reform. Each stage of the emergency care system went under review, from access to GP services and ambulance response times, to the
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spreading awareness and getting vaccinated which provides a lifetime of protection. Description of Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a viral infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease. Acute HBV lasts less than six months and ones immune system is able to fight and clear the infection. Chronic HBV lasts longer than six months and the immune system is unable to fight the infection leading to liver failure, cancer or cirrhosis
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The 2010 IOM Report And The Focus On Changes To The Nursing Profession Amber L. Boyd Grand Canyon University NRS-430V Professional Dynamics February 2nd, 2014 Change is always vital to progress and the field of nursing is constantly in change. The world that we live in today is creating a higher need for more nurses, changing the way that nurses are educated and creating new approaches to utilize nurses out in the field. On October 5th, 2010, the Institute of Medicine
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home, the only thing on my mind was “who is waiting for me today”? Is the patient going to be a toddler, infant, or adolescent? Can he or she speak English? If not how am I going to communicate with him or her? My heart started beating even faster, while I was waiting for my instructor to come and take us to the patient floor. At 6:30, we went up to the 3rd floor and our instructor assigned each of us a patient. My patient Flora, is a thirteen year old adolescent female from Guatemala. She has sustained
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Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor Degree Nursing (BSN). It will also explore the competency differences between the ADN and BSN over the educational time frame for each degree. Also discussed will be a patient care scenario where both disciplines provide nursing care and how the care would differ. Education The profession of nursing began with Florence Nightingale in the 1800’s where she established the Nightingale School for Nursing in 1860 in London (Creasia & Friberg, 2010, p. 4)
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