Summary Sheet • Malpractice and negligence both concern actions that are results of omission and acting in way that causes injury to patient. Malpractice concerns professional. • Tart is a civil wrong made against a person or property. • Elements of malpractice: duty owed to patient‚ breach of the duty‚ foreseeability‚ causation‚ injury‚ damage. • Nurse Managers are responsible for ensuring that standards of care are current in policy and that nursing staff follow the standards. • Issues
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The first case of the day was will be referred to as T.O. This female registered nurse employed in Eureka‚ Missouri works overnight shifts. On August 20‚ 2014 to August 21‚ 2014 at approximately 1:15 am the Director of Nursing of the facility T.O works at was contacted by another Licensee’s coworker who reported that T.O was not acting right. T.O was reported of having slurred speech‚ was confusing coworkers’ names‚ appeared disoriented and staggered while working. The DON of the facility came in
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EXAM 2 Study Guide PSCI 3315 (Spring 2012) Anesthetics From a list of anesthetics‚ be able to pick out the general anesthetics and the local ones General Inhaled:desflurane Sevoflurane Isoflurane Enflurane Halothane Methoxyflurane a. IV i. Dizzepam ii. Loraepam iii. Midazolam (drug of choice for IV) Local anesthetics (esters and amides) End in –caine (lidocaine‚ buplvacaine‚ procaine‚ cocaine) Be familiar with the potential adverse effects of general and local anesthetics Local:
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nurse leaders make more time to mentor their staff and engage in unit conversations often‚ especially when changes are imminent. The ability to foster confidence and safety through leadership communication is a vital component in advanced practice nursing and helps ease transitions which can involve all the aspects of crucial conversations (Portoghese‚ Galletta‚ Battistelli‚ Saiani‚ Penna‚ & Allegrini‚ 2012). Mastering stories is a technique that helps communicate change by staying in dialogue when
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Nursing Implications For individuals that are in the pre listing stage of liver transplants one main aspect to address is educating the patient and the family. One of the main nursing interventions is teaching patients and their family the importance of abstinence from both alcohol and tobacco if it is used. The continued use of alcohol can cause worsening condition of the patient’s current liver in addition to being a reason as to why the patient is no longer eligible for liver transplant (NIDDK
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Evaluation Summary Ann is a 28-year-old Caucasian female who resides in Vancouver‚ BC. She is a married woman with no children. She came in for counselling because her husband wanted her to. He stated that she has bouts of crying‚ teariness‚ and is exhausted often. He feels she is grieving over the loss of her coworkers and friends who completed suicide. Ann reported feeling very sad and confused. The mental status exam‚ CAGE questions‚ and PHQ-9 suggests that Ann has moderately severe depression
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DOI: 8/16/2015. Patient is a 34-year-old female cabin cleaning supervisor who sustained injury while she was going up jet bridge stairs when she tripped and landed on her left knee. Per OMNI‚ she was initially diagnosed with left knee sprain/strain. She is status post left knee arthroscopy‚ partial lateral meniscectomy with chondroplasty of lateral tibial plateau and synovectomy of the medial and patellofemoral compartments on 12/01/15. Based on the follow-up examination report by Dr. Burszlyn
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Running Head: NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (my name) Western Governors University 1 NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS 2 Nursing-Sensitive Indicators In 1994 the American Nurses Association began work to demonstrate that the profession of nursing has many unique opportunities in which the practice of nursing may impact patient care (ANA‚ 2014a). This paper analyzes Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (NSI) and how they may have impacted patient care in a scenario involving a
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The findings were presented objectively. Their findings presented that there were lower fall risks during the structured nursing rounds implementation period compared to the baseline that was taken (Tucker et al.‚ 2011). However‚ the differences were not by a large amount. Also it was hypothesized that the structured nursing rounds would be continued after the study was completed‚ but this did not happen after the study was finished. Also it was founded that another hypothesis was not supported
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Throughout Mary’s nursing assessment many different skills and tools were used to complete a holistic assessment. The skills that were used throughout the assessment were communication‚ listening‚ care‚ compassion‚ respect‚ commitment and dignity. “As a nurse‚ you understand the need for effective patient communication. To provide ethical‚ high-quality care‚ you must be aware of and respond appropriately to your patient’s cultural beliefs‚ values‚ language‚ and literacy level”. (American Nurse Today
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