the constant interactions with death or dying situations. It is critical for nursing to recognize and identify the emotional, as well as physical, barriers to care, and intervene before burnout or compassion fatigue is able to occur. This study looks at the collaboration of a mid-Atlantic University NCI (National Cancer Institute) teaching hospital and affiliated school of nursing , to research their oncology nursing population, and create a plan to manage work-related bereavement, specific to work
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The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimate that 45% of these veterans are also living with a mental illness and half suffer with substance abuse problems like drug addiction or alcoholism. This population is predisposed to a number of medical, psychiatric, and social problems such as tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, alcoholism and substance use, skin and foot disease, schizophrenia and related psychoses, malnutrition, and trauma. Many of these veterans have lost their families
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nurses confidence in triaging clients with mental health problems and to do intervention by clinical nurse specialists (McDonough et al., 2004). Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) plays a unique role in providing high quality of nursing care (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN],
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There are many issues that arise when the patient privacy is concerned. In August of 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) were passed into law (Van der Aa, 2000). The law is intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by standardizing how to exchange data for specific administrative and financial transactions, while protecting the security and confidentiality of that information (Van der Aa, 2000). The areas addressed for HIPPA are:
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Nurses Association and American Health Ministries defines Faith community nursing as a nursing practice with an intentional focus on spiritual care which is central to promote holistic health with the purpose of preventing illness”( Stanhope). Parish nurses play a vital role providing holistic health care for patients and community using nursing
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scope of the “nurse practice act” and “board of nursing”. Most questions are focused on safety. Safety depends on the nurse’s knowledge, training, and skills. A nurse has a duty of obligation to her patients and to herself. She has to protect her license and integrity as a nurse and deliver competent and knowledgeable services to her clients. One rule of the RN is to delegate duties to other registered nurses and licensed practical nurses and nursing assistants. Many times the nurse questions if
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Case Summary The patient, a 23-year-old male (date of birth September 30, 1994), presented to the facility’s Emergency Department on February 27, 2018, with a history of schizophrenia, seizure disorder, polysubstance abuse (ETOH, marijuana, heroin and BZDs), opiate intoxication, depression and suicidality. The patient was admitted to the Medical Center on February 27, 2018. The following diagnoses were submitted: Admitting Diagnosis of altered mental status; Principal Diagnosis of seizure disorder;
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One-third of individuals over the age of 12 who have used drug for the first time, started by using prescription drugs for non-medical purposes (The National Survey on Drug use and Health, 2010). The epicenter of an epidemic of prescription drug abuse in United States is the State of Florida. The sales of prescribed pain killer per person in Florida is three times higher than the sales of Illinois that holds the lowest sales rate (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010).
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mental health. With age comes health concerns due to the fact that all organ systems in the body undergo an aging process. Mental illnesses in older adults include, but are not limited to: depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This paper will discuss the raising concern of mental health and aging, new treatment options, approaches to mental health in the elderly, and recent studies conducted on each of these critical and debilitating
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because I now realize that she was not alone and the numbers of people just like her are growing ever larger. The media report explosive numbers of new street drugs that people are addicted to with disastrous results to both them and others. The Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling Graduate Program would prepare me to be involved in some way with the process of rehabilitation. My personal experiences, the education that I have already received and the education that I will receive in the graduate
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