Essays Tagged: "Nursing and Midwifery Council"

This particular study aims to evaluate the care given to a patient diagnosed with leg ulceration.

d with developing skills in the ability to relate theoretical knowledge and evidence, obtained from nursing literature, to a patient for whom caring for. This particular study aims to evaluate the car ... ionship (House 1996). This will be assessed to establish if the interaction between the patient and nursing team bore any influence in the care given.The patient will be called Geraldine, this is to a ...

(14 pages) 367 1 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Legal and Ethecal Issues that impacted on the delivery of mental health care.

ct all confidential information concerning clients obtained in the course of professional practice" Nursing and Midwifery Council ( 2002).Josh is a 54 year - old male of English ancestry. He lived in ... y, such as if someone's life is in danger, or if a person represents a serious threat to others.The nursing team supported the doctor and consultant (one of whom was section 12 approved) recommendatio ...

(9 pages) 430 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Using your past and present experience of nursing practice settings consider situations where you have helped to care or interact with children.

rred to as Ellie throughout this essay, in order to maintain confidentiality, as recommended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002).Ellie has a 5 year old brother and an 11 year old sister and li ... ssible affects that Ellie's chronic illness had on her, and on her family. I will also consider the nursing and organisational strategies available in the community, which are aimed at supporting fami ...

(7 pages) 59 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Principles and practice of adult nursing

al ward, which deals with Hepato-Biliary surgery. The patient will be referred to as Gill to ensure Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002) confidentiality guidelines are concurred.DescriptionGill is a 5 ... d on the floor after a fall, feeling drowsy, vague and confused and complaining of abdo pain. After nursing hand-over, a multi-disciplinary team embarked on a strategy to assess, monitor and resolve G ...

(15 pages) 532 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Emotional Effects of Hospitalisation on the Older Person

iality in accordance with the standards laid down in section 5 of the Code of Professional Conduct (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2002). Where reference is made to 'the student' it refers to an ... t home and did not receive many visitors whilst on the ward; receiving most of her support from the nursing and multi disciplinary staff. This reliance on the hospital staff appeared to foster a degre ...

(7 pages) 73 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

To demonstrate how your positive values were expressed when assisting a patient to achieve their personal goals.

lients name and the health care setting will not be disclosed as this would breach confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC], 2004). For this reason the client will be referred to as 'Maria ... arepdf[Accessed: 28th August 06]Dougherty.L , S.Lister 2005, The Royal Marsden hospital of clinical nursing procedures, Sixth edn, Blackwell publishings, Oxford.Henley.A,Schott.J, 1999, Culture, relig ...

(3 pages) 60 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Critiquing nursing research

Through the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct (NMC, 2004) nurses supply high stan ... itical analysis, this enables nurses to distinguish the relationship between theory and practice in nursing (Hendry & Farley 1998).This assignment will critique the research paper "Patients' case ... safeguarding high standards of care. Elcoat (2000) adds evidence-based practice and evidence-based nursing have very strong positions in the Clinical Governance agenda of quality improvement. Evidenc ...

(11 pages) 559 0 2.3 Mar/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Acute Care of Breathlessness

ar acute care problem. The acute care problem is breathlessness and this will be explored using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Additionally it will discuss ... onsider how this knowledge of this acute problem can enhance future practice.In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct (NMC, 2004) on safeguarding patien ...

(14 pages) 270 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Ongoing Health Needs Module: Client Study (Based on Care planning)

For the purposes of confidentiality all persons and places have been changed in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002)The client focussed on for this assignment shall be referred to ... 'a Care plan' was coined; what has changed is the method of planning. In the traditional system of nursing, care was planned round tasks, with the nurse in charge allocating a series of jobs to each ...

(12 pages) 172 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Adults, Families and Society Module: Client Study (Based on the role of the District Nurse.)

For the purpose of confidentiality all persons and places have been changed in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002)The client focussed on for this assignment shall be referred to ... . She lived with her husband in a warden controlled flat. Bess was first introduced to the district nursing service when she presented at her local G.P. with pain in her lower leg and breakdown of ski ...

(12 pages) 113 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Clinical audit

ed in this assignment, to protect their confidentiality, as referred to in the NMC Code of Conduct (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2004).Clinical governance is the term used to describe a systematic ap ... is an expectation that all qualified nurses will continue to update their skills and knowledge.The Nursing and Midwifery Council insists on a minimum of 35 hours of education every three years, as pa ...

(10 pages) 136 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Nursing ethics

For the purpose of this assignment, ethics in relation to nursing will be discussed. "Ethics; A code of principles governing correct behaviour, which in the n ... cludes behaviour towards patients and their families, visitorsand colleagues" (Oxford Dictionary of Nursing 2004).This assignment will consider autonomy as identified in a practice placement, but will ... this issue and will describe how the principles of ethics apply to practice. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2004).Any names of patients referred to in this assignment have b ...

(9 pages) 419 1 4.3 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Care delivery

this assignment, to protect their confidentiality, as referred to in the Code of Conduct Handbook. (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2004). The NMC states as a registered nurse you must guard against bre ... nment is an Elderly Mentally Infirm (EMI) home in the North West of England.According to the Oxford Nursing Dictionary, assessment is the first stage of the nursing process, in which information about ...

(9 pages) 231 1 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

PROFFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILTY

ould ensure that in their deliberation they make use of relevant principles in conjunction with the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct. Beauchamp and Childress (1994), ... ool of thought, a theory that can become difficult to follow when faced with a dilemma situation in nursing where Kant (1724-1804) cited in (Beauchamp and Childress 2002), said that if a rule or duty ...

(5 pages) 121 0 3.8 Nov/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Nursing Research

cal framework as guidance the student will critique and justify the article's relevance and current nursing pratice. Nursing research will briefly be defined and its importance and how it plays an ess ... nce and how it plays an essential part in nursing pratice will be explained. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct (NMC, 2005) regarding safeguarding ...

(12 pages) 253 0 0.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Critical Care

e how the student reflected on the experience of looking after this patient. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct (NMC, 2005) regarding safeguarding ... ys on nurses' tobacco consumption in 21 countries in the period 1959-1988. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 28, 361-375.Beard, J (2000). Abc of arterial venous disease; chronic lower limb isc ...

(11 pages) 140 0 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Accountable Practitioner - Consent; and Application to Practice - Dementia and ability to give informed consent.

Health (DoH), the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), alongside information from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the General Medical Council (GMC). All of these have been lo ... practitioner. I will also discuss the accountability of student nurses and reflect on my branch of nursing which is Mental Health. Towards the end of my assignment I will write a critical incident re ...

(15 pages) 69 0 3.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues