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An event that was meaningful to me as a nurse happened during my clinical time at St. Michael’s Hospital when I did not wash my patient before 8:00 am in order to prepare her to go to a plastic surgery appointment later on that day. My patient’s 10:00 am Heparin administration was delayed by 45…

Essay Title: A critical examination of the Learning Disability Nurse (LDN) role in supporting an individual/young people with epilepsy and learning disabilities. Introduction This study examined epilepsy in young people, since the disorder remains a major chronic neurologic disease and affects many of the population between childhood and old age (Smeets et al., 2007). However,…

Evidenced-based Practice Proposal Using the Research Process Research is a systematic review of an issue using different approaches. It collects and evaluates data to support problem solving. It provides new data and information in solving problems. Evidenced-based practice combines clinical expertise with research. In this paper, we will discuss an overview of my selected EBP…

According to Hart & Ng (2011), “Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)”. Kavic (2015) explained, “This disease is characterized by periods of relapsing symptoms caused by immune mediated inflammation”. Around two million people in the world are affected by Crohn’s disease (CD) and includes anywhere of the gastrointestinal tract being affected by…

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery (CABG) is a medical procedure used in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD is a disease that causes narrowing of the coronary arteries (the blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle) due to the accumulation of fatty deposits called plaques within the walls of…

The Posterior Perforated Substance: A Brain Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma Abstract: IMPORTANCE: There is a dearth of published information on the posterior perforated substance (PPS) as compared to the anterior perforated substance.  We managed to glean facts about the PPS that can serve as a landmark for surgical operations in the adjacent regions of…

Reflective Analysis has gained a high level of recognition in higher education, it is now used to structure students learning ability, Reflective Analysis as helped me to be able to analyse and assess current and past events, situation and experience. Ann Mathews (2007) state that “it is a way whereby an individual turn out to…

C1 (4.1) Explain how the health and social care practitioner supports individuals with learning disabilities to overcome barriers. Work within policies and procedures Healthcare practitioner should support individual with learning disabilities to overcome the barriers they should work with the policies and procedures it allow them to understand what they should do when they are…

The purpose of this assignment is to critically reflect upon on aspect of my professional practice and development that arose whilst out in clinical practice. The paper will show emphasise based on communication. This reflection has been chosen to highlight the need for nurses to have therapeutic communication skills in order to provide holistic care…

Transdermal Fentanyl is a synthetic narcotic analgesic that is widely used in clinical anaesthesia which was originally synthesised by Dr Paul Janssen in the early sixties. It is approximately one hundred times more potent that morphine; which is thought of a the golden standard for opiods; this is where other opiods are compared and tested…