The Wind in the Trees In the late 1950s, Peter Nowell and David Hungerford, two pathologists from Philadelphia had found an unusual chromosomal pattern in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells. In CML cells, Novell found that one copy of chromosome 22 had its head lopped off. Novell called this abnormality the Philadelphia chromosome after the…
Essay on Nursing Education
As the profession of nursing continues to evolve, from a profession of ensuring that patients are well fed, clean and are healing in a clean environment to one of technical and life-saving interventions, nursing education must also change from a face to face experience to one that delivers information quickly and with a dash of…
Application of Groupwork Theory to Discharge Group
Identify an intervention with a service user or service users from your own practice. Discuss the theories for practice that informed the chosen intervention. Illustrate your answer with examples from your practice and evaluate the outcomes of the practice. Any names used have been anonymised and I have used pseudonyms throughout to ensure confidentiality. In…
Acquisition of Nursing Critical Thinking Skills Strategies
Aims Aims are general statements of the expected educational intentions of the subject taught (Butt, 2006). The aims of the lesson are: 1. To provide nursing students with opportunities to acquire critical thinking abilities necessary for distinguishing genuine patients 2. To enable students to apply and implement the learnt critical thinking strategies learnt in actual…
Colorectal Cancer Screening – Importance and Strategies
The transformation of the United States healthcare system aims to advance and enhance the quality of healthcare delivery and patients’ health (Krist). Preventive care is a significant aspect of the transformation of healthcare. Cancer remains a top source of the number of deaths in the United States, although colorectal cancer (CRC) is a preventable disease….
Aims And Benefits Of Performance Appraisal In NHS
The performance of staffs in an organization needs to be evaluated over a period of time on a regular basis and one of the ways to review, is by the process of performance appraisals (Mullins 2002).Performance appraisal in an important part of performance management, it is not performance management in itself but an important process…
Case Study: Elderly Person With Diabetes
This is a case commentary about a diabetic patient, in regards to the patient interviewed in a clinic setting. The case is studied in a holistic manner, where medical and non-medical aspects were fully covered. A detailed account of the people involved and thoughts are also included. Patient History Ms Linda Mogen*, 76, is a…
Case Study: Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes
Mary is 19 old female as she just come for higher studies in university. She was diagnosed diabetes type 1 at the age of 11. Her objective data shows the symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes. Diabetes have many complication include diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemia, hyperosmotic non-ketotic state, and hypoglycaemia. In Australia 3.2% of female and 4.0 %…
Assessing Care Plan Benefits for Diabetic Review Appointments
Abstract Diabetes is a growing endemic and places a significant financial burden on the NHS. NICE guidelines recommend using a patient centred approach and individualised management plan. Annual review appointments with a doctor or a diabetic nurse are an ideal opportunity to address various factors, but the impact can be limited due to time constraints…
Developing Patient Choice In Nhs Health And Social Care Essay
This essay investigates how patient choice in the NHS has been developed by New Labour and coalition government. I will do this by first defining the term ‘choice’ and then providing some background information on the emergence of choice agenda under the 1979-1990 government of Margaret Thatcher. . I will then go on to discuss…