| 3 | DEFINITION OF LAW | | 4. | SOURCES OF LAW | | 5 | TYPES OF LAW | | 6 | SELECTED CATEGORIES OF LAW AFFECTING NURSES | | 7 | SELECTED LEGAL ASPECTS OF NURSING PRACTICE | | | COMPONENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEGAL PROCESS | | 8 | LEGAL PROTECTIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE | | 9 | | | 10 | NURSING PRACTICE AND THE LAW | | 11 | LEGAL ISSUES IN PRACTICE | | 12 | NURSE–CLIENT RELATIONSHIP | | 13 | LEGAL ROLES OF NURSES | | | SUMMARY | | | CONCLUSION |
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and motivated for treatment. Her weaknesses consist of being depressed, abuse of substance, irritated, and impulsive. Her major source of income is Social Security. The patient
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numerous studies to differentiate the health problems associated with homeless veterans compared to health problems faced by homeless individuals who did not serve in the military. Veterans by comparison are more susceptible to a co-morbidity of substance abuse, physical, and mental health disease and disorders than the general homeless population and their inability to obtain or refusal to obtain treatment compounds their susceptibility to complications (Goldstein, 2010, pp 311-1312).
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answers into the table.) (10 points /.5 each) |Vulnerable Population |Common Health Problems |Identify Health Strategies to improve health | |Poor and Homeless |HIV/AIDS; substance abuse;depression;COPD;Musculoskeleral|Preventative services related to homelessness | | |problems; malnutrition; tuberculosis; mental/psychiatric |include providing adequate housing, education | |
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Baby Boomers In order to gain insight on the needs of the baby boomers, a BSN prepared nurse who cares for this population was interviewed. This nurse earned her degree from Seton Hall and is currently matriculating towards her Master of Science Nursing degree. She works full time at a major medical center and works part time for a home health agency. During her home health visits, the predominant age group requiring care is the over-65 population. According to this nurse, the older generations
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Nurse practitioners can prescribe medication, including controlled substances, in all 50 states and Washington DC. That said, the degree of independence with which they can prescribe drugs, medical devices (e.g., crutches) or medical services varies by state NP practice authority. Practice authority is the ability of an NP
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same, but there are some differences in various levels. In simple terms ADN is a “technical” nurse and BSN is a “professional” nurse. This difference is because ADN is trained mostly on clinical skills, while BSN training is focused on leadership, nursing research, management as well as clinical skills. Currently in United States Associated degree nurses usually receive this in 2 years on a community college settings. The Associate degree programs are designed to train students to provide entry
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Windshield Survey for Zip Code 77004 Eugene Harris NUR/405 Healthy Communities: Theory And Practice November 28th, 2011 Beth Meadows Community health nursing has become a focal point in healthcare since the 1960s-70s when the civil right movement shifted the goal from a charitable concept to a political commitment in order to rectify racial injustices of the past (Stanhope and Lancaster, 2008). Many programs came about with the goal of addressing inequalities in the delivery of healthcare
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Paranoid schizophrenia, what must the nurse assess? How do they go about assessing? Upon assessing, how will the nurse manage the outcomes of the assessment? These important questions are what this paper will resolve. Through review of recent literature into the assessment and management of individuals affected by paranoid schizophrenia, this paper will discuss in detail how the nurse goes about assessing the patient, why assessment is vital, common outcomes of the assessment and finally go into
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E P I DE M IC: R E SP ON DI NG T O A M ER ICA’ S PR E S CR I P T ION DRUG A BUSE CR I SI S 2 011 Background Prescription drug abuse is the Nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in 2009 began by using a prescription drug non-medically.1 The same survey
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