III. Reflective Thinking: While reflecting on the event described above address the following questions: These questions are designed to help you do some honest and focused reflection on the incident, its significance, what you learned, and how it can be used in the future. 1. What did you think at the time of the experience? This week I cared for a donor patient. At first, I did not know what to think as the care and interventions were completed to preserve the organs versus the body
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Watson's Theory of Human Caring The nursing profession has undergone a multitude of changes throughout its long and storied history; the profession has transformed from a job typically taken by women to care for sick members of their families into the science and art that it is today. Nursing practice and education has used numerous theories over the years some written by nurses, some by other professionals, and they differ in what the nature of nursing is or should be. In this paper I will demonstrate
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and Huai, B.S., 2016. Calibration power of the Braden scale in predicting pressure ulcer development. Journal of wound care, 25(11), pp.655-659. Dougherty, L. and Lister, S. eds., 2015. The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures. John Wiley & Sons. Dumville, J.C. (2015) 'Negative pressure wound therapy for treating pressure ulcers', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (6). Griswold, L.H., Griffin, R.L., Swain, T. and Kerby, J.D., 2017. Validity of the Braden
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1 Self – Report Scale and Reflection Natalie Drone HCS 350 June 22, 2014 2 Communication in the work place is important between all team members and families when taking care of patients. During the self-report scale assignment, I realized how much communication is important during my everyday job. As an emergency room nurse, you can become very task oriented because things are happening at a very fast pace. These are the times that things can go wrong if we are not careful and question
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______________________________________________________ Names of other FGRHS students who also served with you ____________________________________________ REFLECTION: On the back of this paper write a paragraph about what you did, another paragraph about how Christ was reflected in your work and a third paragraph about how Christ was reflected in those you served. Approval of hours is contingent upon a well written reflection. Part II: To be completed by adult supervisor (not a parent): What assigned tasks did the student complete? MERCY
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What is your view of “Professional Nursing”? Nursing is a profession that has its depth and breadth in meeting different health care needs of the population (American Nurses Association (ANA), 2010). What is it that makes a professional nurse? Is it caring for the patient with compassion and devotion? Based on the interviews conducted among the three categories of staff, it was echoed that professional nursing takes a lot more than just attending to the needs of patients. From
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than a surplus in the United States. There is no denying the fact that there has been a dramatic surplus of employment in a diversity of categories, in the health sector in the United States over the last 30 years, which is a astonishing reflection of the essential place health and health care possesses in the lives of Americans, yet traditional health care occupations- physicians, dentists, and pharmacists- have declined, some dramatically. In regards to physicians, the picture is not so
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Windshield Survey and Reflection Tiffany Moore NSG/420 5/20/2016 Jenny Abbott A windshield survey was conducted in a low-income community of Fresno, California to retrieve a detailed assessment of a community, community health, and community as client through visual observations within the surrounding of the community. Community can be defined as a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure
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respect and dignity whilst being cared for in a hospital or in the community?” Providing dignified care is at the very heart of nursing and is the responsibility of everyone (Royal College of Nursing (RCN) 2008). Nurses play an important part in the care of older people and quality nursing care can make a substantial difference to physical and emotional well-being (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2008). 'Dignity' as defined by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) (2009) is ‘A state,
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registered nurses with advanced credentials; they are also certified by the relevant certification bodies (Hoyt, Proehl & Jean, 2012). The common places where APNs work include schools, clinics, health centers, physician offices, hospices, and nursing homes. APNs also work in the business environment to promote the health of the employees’ (Johns, 2000). Far too often, APNs, health care agencies, and health professional do not work together. A consistent and combined effort is needed across the
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