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Nursing Clinical Placement Report, 2006.
An example of a clinical placement report for a hospital-based nurse.
781 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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This report is a clinical placement report for a nurse working at Charters Towers Hospital in Queensland, Australia. The author describes the services provided by the nursing staff to the patients in their care, as well as her personal contribution to the nursing team.
Table of Contents:
Describe the Complex Nursing Interventions Delivered By the Service
Describe How the Service Promotes Client Health and Positive Lifestyle Choices?
Describe How the Service Ensures the Safe Administration of Medications to Clients
Describe the Strategies Used to Ensure Nursing Practice is Performed Within Legal Requirements and Ethical Frameworks
Describe How You Contributed to the Nursing Plan of Care For a Client With a Chronic Health Problem.
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"The service promotes clients well being by adopting the concept of the community as a client (Caretto & McCormick, 1991). This means that nurses seek to focus on not only individual and family care but also focus on health care at the community level and providing hands on experience to all clients in the health care setting. This means the service works toward providing hands on nursing interventions at the collective level, identifying the needs, health patterns and risk factors for illnesses within a given community and making appropriate diagnosis, planning and implementing treatments based on the needs of a group or subgroups as well as the needs of individuals (Caretto & McCormick, 1991)."
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Clinical Pathways, 2002.
A discussion of clinical pathways, their development, implementation and the role of the clinical nurse specialist.
4,597 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 31 sources, MLA, £ 82.95
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This research examines clinical pathways which chart and document the care and expected outcomes of care for patients. It evaluates how clinical pathways represent a procedure in contemporary healthcare with a potential to both improve the quality of care and reduce the cost of care. A focus is placed on clinical nurse specialists who are well positioned to play critical roles in their use.
Outline
Introduction
Overview of Clinical Pathways and their Purpose
Clinical Pathways as Multi-Disciplinary Documents
Specific Statements and Flexible Application
The Development of Clinical Pathways
Resistance to Collaboration in the Development of Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways and Diagnosis Groups
Consensus Development
Dealing with the Resistance through the Application of Change Theory
Clinical Ethics by CNSs in the Application of Change Theory to Improve Collaboration in the Development of Clinical Pathways
Practicing Patient Advocacy by CNSs in the Application of Change Theory to Improve Collaboration
The Implementation of Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways and Holistic Care
Clinical Nurse Specialists as Case Managers in the Implementation of Clinical Pathways
Conclusion
References
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"Important in the definition of clinical ethics is an emphasis on clinicians, not only physicians, thus underscoring the fact that clinical ethics needs to be a multi-disciplinary endeavor that encompasses the range of clinician expertise involved in patient care. The central goal must be the resolution of ethical dilemmas through a process that promotes cooperation and collaboration among those parties involved. Clinical ethics holds that, while the traditional patient-centered approach is dominant, there is a need for the pragmatic acknowledgment that decisions about patient care take place in a context that of necessity involves the interests of others, such as institutions, families, and caregivers."
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Communication in Nursing, 2004.
This paper discusses communication in nursing, specifically the use of Gibbs?s ?Reflective Cycle? in a nurse?s first placement.
2,060 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 40 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper explains that dealing with people?s lives can be a tremendous personal experience for those who are new to the profession and who are learning that communication can be a vital ingredient in life-saving health care procedures. The author points out that Gibbs?s ?Reflective Cycle? defines six communication stages through which one may be able to learn a great deal from an experience in order to prevent unfavorable outcomes in subsequent experiences, such as a nurse experiencing a gastroscopy for the first time. The paper stresses that there needs to be a greater emphasis on the way that trained staff communicate with patients, particularly those that are distressed, thus setting a good example for nurses in their first placements.
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"Though gastroscopy is a fairly simple process to undergo examination of the chest and upper abdominal region, several patients are afraid of it. In a manner of speaking they may be rightly afraid because of the fact that the process can be likened to a minor operation This is because of the fact that the patient has to be sedated for a successful gastroscopy to be conducted. Sedation as a requirement significantly disturbs children; they may feel drowsy up to 48 hours of the gatroscopy has been conducted. However, whether patients feel this way or not, the risk of undergoing gastroscopy is minimal. Hence, in order to make sure that patients undergo the required smoothly in the future, it would be advised that nurses in their first placements should apply Gibbs (1988) ?The Reflective Cycle?. This Reflective Cycle aids them in understanding completely what course of action to undertake in future placements."
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Nursing Homes, 2003.
A discussion of the corollary between nursing home placement and incontinence.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper examines whether there is a corollary relationship between nursing home placement and incontinence. This paper, which includes several on-line sources, review the various factors involved incontinence.
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Nursing Care, 2008.
A case study presentation discussing the role of the nurse in caring for a patient's overall well-being.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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This paper presents a case that occurred during the writer's clinical placement as a second year nursing student at Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) orthopedic/rheumatoid medical-surgical unit. The writer discusses the patient's case and describes her role and involvement with the patient. She then presents a reflective analysis related to caring, attentiveness and nursing presence in an acute care setting. The paper contains a full original source at the end.
Table of Contents:
Looking Back: The Situation
Elaboration
Reflective Analysis
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"Certain realities should remain the same. Nurses are still compassionate and caring. They no longer have time to do incidental things. I strongly suspect there is no time for reflective practice. The first change is to ensure that nursing is reflective and to be sure the patient's viewpoint comes first. Mr. H was having an angioplasty and angiogram, and there would not have been time to properly explain the procedures or to reassure him. Nurses are increasing patients' suffering by not attending to their anxieties and questions. In the future, I would spend a brief time with Mr. H and use therapeutic communication to listen to his needs and concerns."
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Clinical Trials, 2002.
A discussion of clinical trial management practices in the United States and Europe.
1,495 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper examines clinical trial management practices and how they vary in the United States and Europe as a result of wide-ranging governmental bodies and regulations. It compares and contrasts the rules of the the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States and its equivalent in Europe, the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA). In particular, it provides a brief analysis of several areas involved with oncology clinical trial management in the United States and Europe, including a discussion of medical ethics, the role of the Institutional Review Board in clinical trials, quality of life issues and health economics in oncology studies. It also looks at investigator attitudes towards clinical trials, clinical trial length, compliance and decisions regarding new drug applications (NDAs).
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"Investigator attitudes towards clinical trials vary widely and are often dependent upon the investigator?s direct involvement in the clinical trial as well as the balance between routine patient care and clinical trial management. According to Abelson, Welch, and Lynch (86), ?In a trial, the clinician?s judgment carries a lot of weight. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration bases approval of drugs upon a clinician?s judgment of who should be in the trial, how to categorize adverse events, whether there is a drug interaction and the interpretation of specific parameters. These judgments are critical.? Investigators are ultimately responsible for all areas of the study, from recruitment and participant selection to event reporting and monitoring."
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Clinical Judgment, 2005.
This paper discusses clinical judgment and critical thinking skills used by nurses.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper uses the definition by Benner, Tanner and Chelsea that clinical judgment is often based on patterns of responses, the specific case and the people involved in the situation. The author points out that making a clinical judgment requires nurses to use critical thinking skills. The paper relates that often clinical judgment is based on the patient, family, diagnosis and the situation.
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"What is clinical judgment? How does a nurse decide what clinical judgment to make in different cases? The definition by Benner, Tanner, and Chelsea states that clinical judgment is often based on patterns of responses, the specific case, and the people involved in the situation. Making a clinical judgment requires nurses to use critical thinking skills. Often clinical judgment is based on the patient, family, diagnosis, and the situation. The definition of clinical judgment by Benner, Tanner, and Chelsea makes common sense. This definition of clinical judgment most nurses will agree that it is the best definition because past experiences and knowledge mixed with the relationship the nurse has with the patient and family are combined in making clinical judgments. "
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Clinical Audit, 2006.
A review of the the concept of a clinical audit.
3,468 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 67.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the clinical audit introduced in 1993. According to the paper, the clinical audit is a quality improvement process aimed at improving patient care and outcomes through a systematic review of care according to or against explicit criteria and the implementation of change.
Outline:
Leadership Attribute of Credibility
Leadership Attribute of Influence
Application of Attribute of Influence
Leadership Quality of Communication
Application of the Attribute of Communication
Leadership Strategy of Personal Vision
Application of the Strategy of Personal Vision
Strategy of Interpersonal Leadership
Application of the Strategy of Interpersonal Leadership
Strategy of Emphatic Communication
Application of the Strategy of Communication
Conclusion
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"A leader with personal vision will monitor and supervise the doctors and hospital staff for their public service ethos. He will check out if they are doing what they deem best according to their individual inner light. Clinical experience is no longer sufficient in service delivery today. Regulatory bodies now consider individual competence. Training standards are now inspected to see if they come up to standards. Clinical performance, which includes the number of deaths in the hospital, prompts the head of a clinical audit to immediately seek out complete and updated information on the incidents. He does not tolerate the number of medical errors and near-misses and will come right to the bottom. It may be traced to organizational problems, clinical incompetence or merely bad media publicity by competitors. But he confronts and contends with the true cause or causes of the mishaps."
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Clinical Decision-Making Skills, 2007.
This paper is a research proposal to study the relationship between levels of knowledge and clinical decision-making skills in third-year nursing students in pre-registration degree and diploma programs in a U.K. university.
2,835 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 58.95
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This paper explains that novice nurses cannot come forth with any type of intuitive judgment without first having gained experience but the novice can bring to the clinical situation the years of experience gained in multiple clinical and life situations. The author proposes using a phenomenological interpretive methodology, which is based on the principle of hermeneutics and is of an interpretive qualitative nature. The paper discusses the procedure for using this focus group methodology with paired interviews of novice and expert nurses.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Strengths/ Weaknesses or Limitations
Procedure of Focus Group Interview
Summary
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"Through use of this analysis, the competencies required as the individual moves from the stages of novice to expert are easily identified. Benner discovered through listening to expert nurse narratives that the key to their development of expertness was based in their ability to 'experience' nursing, and to integrate this experience into both existing and new knowledge. From this integration of experience and knowledge, new paradigms are developed and available in future 'like' situations."
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Psychiatrists and Clinical Social Workers, 2004.
This paper details the sociological differences between clinical social workers and psychiatrists.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper is a demographic analysis of the sociological differences between clinical social workers and psychiatrists. Issues discussed are gender and racial differences, average salaries, job availability, and licensure requirements. Includes tables.
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"Non-physician providers have become an increasingly larger share of the mental health system, producing a dramatic change in the mental health workforce over the past thirty years. As the population of psychiatrists has virtually remained the same, the number of clinical social workers in the United States has greatly increased. Despite the fact that psychiatrists and clinical social workers serve the same population and provide very similar services to that population, they share a very small number of sociological commonalities."
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Philosophy and Clinical Psychology, 2004.
Discusses philosophical dilemmas in the practice of clinical psychology.
1,152 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 27.95
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The author of this paper derives information from her own experience as a clinical psychologist, as well as the opinion of other psychologists such as Nathaniel Brandon, to address the issue of a pervasive sense of inner guilt and shame which originates, to some degree, in the Judeo-Christian religious upbringing of many patients. The author shows how she has developed a method of addressing these psychological issues in a manner that fulfills her professional and ethical obligations as a therapist, without inspiring unnecessary conflicts with the personal religious beliefs of the patients.
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"Since these revelations, she has been able to resist any temptation to use the excuse of intoxication to pursue sexual gratification and she has remained celibate, in keeping with her moral values and her conscious wishes. When she is unable to resist the (psychologically normal) urge to masturbate, she reminds herself that it is the ?lesser of two evils?, which her ?God? understands. Most importantly, from a therapists view, she no longer suffers from intense shame and guilt from her choices."
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Cultural Competency for Clinical Supervision, 2006.
A review of the relationship between clinical supervisors and supervisees.
6,350 words (approx. 25.4 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 102.95
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This paper discusses the correlation that is seen between the cultural competency that a clinical supervisor has and his or her understanding of racial and ethnic differences and issues. The paper further discusses how this racial and ethnic understanding is vital today in many businesses and occupations, due to the globalization that is taking place throughout the world.
Outline:
Chapter One - Hypothesis and Research Statement
Chapter Two - Review of Literature
Chapter Three - Research Design and Statistical Procedures
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"Interestingly, the study found that Japanese-Americans enumerated themselves as being bicultural, and an acculturation scale found that they saw counselors as being a more interesting and attractive source of help then did those Japanese-Americans who rated themselves in the high acculturation range. In other words, Japanese-Americans that have retained more of their Japanese heritage were more likely to seek out a supervisor 'like them' than those who found themselves to be what they would consider completely "Americanized." When this information is examined in light of other studies, there is a suggestion that acculturation may not have a direct relationship with the attitude of a supervisee toward their supervisor, even though this theory has been in the psychological and psychiatric communities for quite some time (Atkinson & Matsushita, 1991). Atkinson and Matsushita (1991) believe that their study based on Japanese-Americans is likely more credible than the previous study which discussed Asian-Americans. The reason for this is that the previous study did not take into account the acculturation differences of the Asian-Americans in question, where Atkinson and Matsushita did in fact make sure that the participants of their study rated their acculturation level before they began the research (Atkinson & Matsushita, 1991)."
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Admission Essay to Clinical PhD Program, 2008.
An admission essay to University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) Boston's Clinical PhD program detailing the writer's work experience and academic achievements.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper presents a personal statement and admission essay to UMASS Boston's Clinical PhD program. It describes the writer's first steps at interactively helping others, as well as the experiences that he had and how they improved his abilities. The essay also discusses the writer's volunteer and work experiences and his academic achievement and why the writer would excel in the PhD program.
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"Currently, I am an intern at North Suffolk Mental Health Associations (NSMHA). My primary work is with individuals diagnosed with various psychotic disorders such as Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder. Additionally, many of these individuals are diagnosed with personality disorders such as BiPolar Disorder. Having reviewed Dr. Roemer's research, I am excited and intrigued to find out more. Also, my work at NSMHA has heightened my interest in the study of emotion regulation, especially considering the population I work with. Often, clients have expressed to me their concerns with continuous mood alterations and their difficulties directing their behaviors and thoughts to deal with these changes. As I have observed, many of my clients have responded well to medication; however, there is still the need for strategic methods to control new moods that develop as a result of the medication."
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Clinical Psychologists and Paramedics, 2006.
Explains the similarities between a paramedic's profession and a clinical psychologist's profession.
2,036 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper begins with a specific description of the clinical psychologist's profession and the paramedic's profession and then takes a look at the similarities they share. They paper explains that, while on the surface the two professions appear vastly different, in reality they both share similar responsibilities toward their patients as well as feel similar effects from the responsibilities of their jobs.
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"A paramedic is a medical professional trained to respond to traumatic and emergency situations. The paramedic's primary goal is to stabilize the patient's condition before and during transportation to a medical facility. Paramedics, also known as Emergency Medical Technicians or EMTs, are skilled in a vast array of medical procedures, including but not limited to bleeding control, airway management, spinal immobilization, and splinting. On very rare occasions paramedics need to deal with psychological trauma, but they are generally not highly skilled in this area."
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