conducted on these two competencies to search for the best evidence-informed strategy interventions. The search terms used were interprofessional collaboration, interprofessional communication, team functioning and teamwork. The inclusion criteria was intervention studies which were published within the last five years and that were applicable to team functioning or interprofessional communication. The search started in the summaries level of evidence. The first strategy for team functioning was found within…
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Research literature indicates the importance of keeping the high-risk patient safe to prevent suicide and self-harm. One way to keep the patient safe is placing the patient on a twenty-four-hour monitoring schedule. It is the responsibility of the healthcare staff to monitor and safely care…
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contributor to mortality and health care utilization in both Canada and the US1,2,3. An estimated 50% of patients with chronic diseases are non-compliant to their medications and non-compliance costs Canada approximately $7-9 billion a year4. Thus patient education about their drug therapy program is very important. Pharmacist-led medication reviews have been implemented in order to try and improve healthcare delivery and health promotion. But how exactly do these medication reviews work and do they actually…
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Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report In 2010, the announcement of the Institute of Medicincine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, shook the whole nursing realm and brought an unprecedented impact on nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing workforce development. In addition, the IOM Future of Nursing report leads the current trend of nursing. The author of the essay will offer the summary of the IOM report and analyze, identify and discuss related information…
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Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams Neoma C. Jackson COUN5004 Professor Rosalyn Young Capella University November 8, 2015 Introduction Counseling is a therapy that involves talking. Counseling allows a person to share their feelings and problems to another (a counselor) in a dependable and confidential environment. Normally the counselor empathizes with the clients. Many types of counseling are evident depending on the type of problem one has. Counseling usually involves…
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new MD-granting schools have opened in recent years. This article chronicles the development of one of these new schools, The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC), a private, notfor-profit, independent medical college with a distributive model of education and regional campuses in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. TCMC is unique among new medical schools because it is not affiliated with a parent university. The authors outline the process of identifying a need for a new regional…
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one son, they both are married. His son lives in Australia and daughter lives in Manchester. Mr Kashem daughter visit him every month and other than he is totally alone. He is from Bangladesh and came to this country when he was 21 years old. His education was average and used to work as an official Clerk in London Muslim Centre. His weight is 75 kg and used in halal food. He is muslim and pray five time a day. I understand that as a social care worker being caring patients is an important thing and…
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Module Six: Caring for Patients with Mental Health Issues Part Four: Schizophrenia (Austin, pp. 311-358) (JW) I have done my best to include all pertinent information, but I would like to point out that, the reading being 47 pages long, all information is not included, and large portions have been briefly summarized → pink is power point info 1. Discuss psychosis and the lived experience of people affected by schizophrenia. Consider the emotional, physical, spiritual, and intellectual significance…
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Introduction A team consists of two or more people working together (Oxford University Press 2010). This could apply to many situations, however in a clinical setting a nurse must work effectively as part of a team (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008). Anyone can work with another but if they are not working effectively, the benefits of a partnership are lost. The profits gained from working effectively as a team are indefinite, such as, finishing the task more quickly, (making a bed is easier with…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND NURSE PRESCRIBING V150 CASE STUDY COURSE: NURS09125 BANNER NUMBER: B00113677 DATE OF SUBMISSION 13/12/10 COURSE LEADER FRANCES DOWNER WORD COUNT: 3745 CONTENTS PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION & GENERAL OVERVIEW, Pgs3-4. 2. ASSESSMENT PROCESS, Pgs 5-8 3. TREATMENT OPTIONS, Pgs 9-12. 4. EVALUATION, Pgs 13-16 5. CONCLUSION. Pg 17 6. COPY OF PRESCRIPTION, Pg 18 7. REFERENCE SECTION, Pgs 19-23 8…
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