providing skilled nursing care to individuals with profound disabilities. Most residents at Hattie’s were on neurological meds, therefore, I learned a great deal of seizure meds and their mechanism of action. I obtained several new skills and sharpened existing ones. I was trained to perform peritoneal dialysis, care for tracheostomies, sterile technique for baclofen pump refill procedures, VNS magnets, tube feeds via pump and bolus, wound care, transcription of physician, delegation of tasks, and how
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Personal and Professional Health Care Commuication HCS/ 350 Feburary 24, 2014 Tracy D. Anderws, DNP,ACNP,CCRN Personal and Professional Health Care Communication Personal and professional health care communication plays a major role in the care of the patient and how information is transmitted from one health care provider to the next. Collaborating with all members of the interdisciplinary team ensures that care will be provided at the highest level and patient safety will be first
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Standards for medicines management a We are the nursing and midwifery regulator for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands. • We exist to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public. • We set the standards of education, training and conduct that nurses and midwives need to deliver high quality healthcare consistently throughout their careers. • We ensure that nurses and midwives keep their skills and knowledge up to date and uphold the standards of their professional
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Effective communication is about transmitting messages to others plainly and explicitly. This practice usually entails a sender, a recipient, a message, and transactions. Those transactions can be verbal or nonverbal, oral or written, personal or impersonal, and issue oriented or relationship oriented, to name a few of their characteristics (Northouse & Northouse, 1998). The objective of this paper is to present information on health care communication and how the relevancy of effective personal
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short it is the service directed towards a clean, safe and mentally comfortable environment. Organizing a Housekeeping Department: The Housekeeping Department serves all areas and departments of a hospital. Interaction with medical faculty, nursing, Engineering and maintenance department, materials management department, Human Resources Department, Security, Laundry and general administration in matters relating to Housekeeping and infection control. Hence the Housekeeping Department needs to
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Caring in nursing Name Professor Institution Course Date Introduction Concept analysis can be referred to as the activity where different concepts, their characteristics as well as their relations with other concepts are brought out clearly and evidently (Fawcett& Desanto, 2012). The creation of a distinct conceptual clarity about the different concepts proves to be of great importance to all the forms as well as the kinds of research. The general outlined guidelines of research
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ROLES AND VALUES CORINNE BRONKEMA WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ROLES & VALUES PROJECT My personal nursing mission statement is changing and developing as my career advances, however, one core piece will remain constant. I will strive to provide the best, safest, most ethical and compassionate nursing care that I can for all patients and family members with whom I come in contact. I began my post-high school academic career as an accounting major
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Professional Roles Mission Statement Name University Professional Nursing Mission Statement Many things can be learned when a person’s formative years are spent in a small town with minimal resources for the community. High on that list is an appreciation for the influence people can have on each other’s lives, for both positive and negative aspects. Speaking from the perspective of someone who spent twenty-five years of her youth living in a New Mexico village of about 3,000 people, I have
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This assignment will evaluate and explore the experience of mentoring a student in practice, critically analysing topics that will reflect on the role of the mentor, within the context of the nursing profession. The placement area concerned is a 14 bedded acute elderly assessment ward, which caters for both male and female patients. Several students have been placed on our ward over the years, it is the mentors responsibility to provide students with appropriate support, guidance
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Health Department Chamberlain College Of Nursing MEMORANDUM FOR CATEGORY 1 From: SUBJECT: Ethical And Responsible Indications For Organ Delegation 1. Patients who are in need of Heart transplantation must have need due to life or death scenarios in conjunction with quality of life dynamics. In the Utilitarian view one will make this decision based on how many people are affected both in a negative and positive outcome. The goal or initiative of this decision is to provide a heart
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