Nursing and Healthcare Essays

Qualities And Philosophy Of Leadership In Nursing
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Introduction: The first quality of a good leader is that he has passion for the craft and challenges me to be the best that I can be at whatever I am going to do. If things are made easy or handed to you, you won&#...

Data Collection Techniques And Analysis
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Introduction: The previous chapter has evaluated the secondary research available for the key topics discussed in this study; the focus will now be on primary research. This chapter aims to describe the research me...

A critical incident that occurred in practice
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Introduction: The aim of this report is look at a critical incident that occurred in practice and relate this to the theory and knowledge regarding communication and interpersonal skills, that is to say, what skill...

Differences in Competencies Associate vs Baccalaureate
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Introduction: Since the inception of the Associate Degree in Nursing there has been research and discussion as to whether this degree should continue. This is due to the adversity in the level of competency between...

The impact of clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea
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Introduction: The aim of this theoretical assignment is to discuss and analyse the impact of clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea; how it is spread and the prevention measures. Before introducing the organism...

Caring for patients under cardiac arrest
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Introduction: Though there has been a significant decline in the number of deaths related to cardiac arrest in the last decade, this disease still represents a major health problem in America. It has been reported ...

Study On The Alternative Medicine Reflexology
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Introduction: Presently there are various methods of treatment for different types of diseases, such as cancer, asthma, and multiple sclerosis, and alternative medicine is becoming more prevalent among people despi...

Patients' With End Stage Renal Disease
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Introduction: The chronic disease identified for this report is about patients with End Stage Renal Disease. state that ESRD is a progressive, irreversible deterioration in renal function in which the body’s ...

How income flows into the organisation
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Introduction: As a health care provider, describe how income flows into the organisation where you work (e.g. hospital, community setting, private company). Cash inflow, as defined by Brideau (2004) is the measurem...

Restraint On Dementia Elderly Patient
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Introduction: Nursing is a profession that involves a fusion of autonomy and collaboration in taking care of individuals of all ages who are not in a state of good health for promotion of a safe and healthy environ...

Journal Article Review | Essay
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Introduction: “A guide to taking a patient’s history” is an article published in Nursing Standard Journal in the December 2007 issue. This article was written by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. Th...

The role of stoma nurse specialist
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Introduction: The role of stoma nurse specialist is multifaceted; they have many challenges on a day to day basis. This assignment aims to identify the role of the stoma nurse specialist; it will give a brief expla...

Importance of providing an individual care plan
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Introduction: Health and care of a loved one is always a sensitive issue. Too often children make the difficult decisions for their loved ones, instead of having collaboration. It is important to provide an indiv...

Assessing student nurse in planning patient care
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Introduction: The focus of this assessment is to assess a service user who has been admitted onto a ward where a student was present and plan care, based on their needs that were highlighted in the holistic assessm...

The Chemotherapy Regime Of Bortezomib Valcade
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Introduction: I will critically discuss the use of this regime and its mode of action in relation to the cell cycle. I will identify the short and long term side effects of this regime and explore on particular sid...

Self Assessment Of My Skills
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Introduction: For work experience at the end of year 10 I worked, for two weeks at a vets practice helping to care for sick animals. Not only did this give me experience of helping others it also gave me experienc...

Definition Of Critical Review
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Introduction: To Critique research articles mean careful and critical appraisal of strength and limitations of a piece of research, rather than hunting for and exposing mistake (Polit and Beck 2008). A research cri...

Nosocomial infections
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Introduction: Nosocomial Infections 4 Running Head: NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS Nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections are those that result because of a treatment process normally carried out in a health care faci...

The Assessment Process Of Patients In Intensive Care
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Introduction: This essay will present a reflective account of communication skills in practice whist undertaking assessment and history taking of two Intensive Care patients with a similar condition. It will endea...

Behaviour change model of health education
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Introduction: This essay will discuss the, “Behaviour Change Model of Health education” or “The Trans-theoretical Model”, (TTM), in relation to smoking cessation. The essay will begin by giving the reader a...

Recovery Programme For Patients Undergoing An Anterior Resection
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Introduction: The topic I have chosen for my project is the Enhanced Recovery Programme (ERP) for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery, and whether this aids with early discharge from hospital. I shall d...

Medical Negligence And Malpractice Law
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Introduction: Protection of patients / clients’ rights under the care situation is an area of great importance in the work of care. All health professionals are obliged to patients / clients duty of care. Hea...

Personal and professional skills and achieving strategic goals
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Introduction: The following assignment is done on the basis of the skills review for the purpose of analysing my own personal and professional skills, which contributes to achieve strategic goals. It focuses on the...

Stages Of The Nursing Process
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Introduction: It is about planning and establishing the needs of the patient and helping to deliver these needs through planning and implementation. It does not only help the patient but also any family members. ...

Nursing staff experiences and responses
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Introduction: Abstract A major challenge faced by nursing staff face in nursing homes is dealing with aggressive behaviours exhibited by patients with dementia. Aggressive behaviours are common in patients with ...