NCLEX-RN® DETAILED TEST PLAN 2010 NCLEX-RN Detailed Test Plan ® Effective | April 2010 Item Writer/Item Reviewer/Nurse Educator Version Mission Statement The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, composed of member boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for public protection. Purpose and Functions The purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN ) is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together
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Marijuana versus America Sarah Marcum COM/156 8/7/2011 Crystal Darby
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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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pain. This is a condition that results from the amputation of a limb and is a combination of psychological and neurological factors. This condition can be treated using a number of prescription drug treatments but success rates are slim. There are several forms of treatment that do not involve prescription medication and have equal success. One of the more interesting treatments is mirror box therapy. This is an example of the inaccuracy of our senses. Using mirrors it visually appears that there
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chose to interview a male patient in his early fifties who was admitted to an impatient rehabilitation program. Throughout this paper I will refer to this patient as “Mr. Murph”. He was self-admitted with the help of his family, due to the abuse of prescription pain pills. Mr. Murph was in the program for almost a sixty-day period. This being his second time in a program, he decided to stay twice as long knowing that there would be a better chance to having a longer sobriety. This paper will synopsize
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What new information did you learn? I really learned a lot about substance abuse in this course and also during my readings. I always looked at substance abuse as someone who just uses drugs to get high. I never really thought about it being a brain disease. According to NIDA, “Addiction is similar to chronic diseases” while observing the brain and the heart addiction and heart diseases produce observational changes in the function of human organs. While all this information wasn’t too new to me
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For this matter, despite the fact that society considers drug abuse to be a crime; drug addiction is an illness and not a crime. Drug abusers should be punished for committing a crime in a way to help them with treatment to avoid them from relapse and committing the same old crimes over and over again. Definition of Drug Abuse Drug addiction is a compulsive craving for some type of street drug or some type of prescription medication. If a person becomes addicted, he will not be able to control
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Drugs A Term Paper Presented to: Mrs. Nora H. Cubal Mati School of Arts and Trades City of Mati, Davao Oriental In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements in English IV Presented by: Niño F. Sugaan IV-Zamora S.Y. 2012-2013 Table of Contents I- Introduction A. Statement of the Problem B. Significance of the Study C. Definition of Terms II- Discussion A. What is Drugs? B. Reasons why there are drug addicts C. How drug affects
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professionals. It also gives patients more control over their medical records. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act are used mainly to protect patient information in a health care setting. HIPAA is also used to reduce fraud and abuse from health care professionals. If HIPAA regulations are not met the consequences could be great. Electronic medical record (EMR) – An EMR is an electronic record of an individual’s health information that is generated, assembled, and managed by
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final exam. In order to grasp the ramifications of illegal drug use by public service employees and the necessity of screening for the abuse of such substances by these individuals, it is necessary to have an understanding of how illegal drugs first became a problem in the United States. While substance abuse has challenged society for centuries, the abuse of illegal drugs in the United States dates back to relatively recent history. In America, drug addiction was a problem as far back in time
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