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HIV/AIDS

Discuss the potential controversy when considering a patient’s right to know whether a caregiver has AIDS, and the caregiver’s right to privacy and confidentiality.  Consider the following: A physician cut his hand with a scalpel while he was assisting another physician. Because of the uncertainty that blood had been transferred from the physician’s hand wound

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Health Assessment

 CASE SCENARIO Severely underweight 12-year-old Hispanic girl with underweight parents who has been bullied in school just recently. Assignment (3–4 pages, not including title and reference pages): · An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned. · Describe additional information you would need in order to

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ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE ISSUES

Quite often, nurse leaders are faced with ethical dilemmas, such as those associated with choices between competing needs and limited resources. Resources are finite, and competition for those resources occurs daily in all organizations. For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work

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nursing

 The theoretical foundations of qualitative and quantitative methods are very different, but many researchers believe both methods should be used in the research study to increase validity and reliability. What advantages or disadvantages do you see in using both types of methods in a nursing study? Support your answer with current evidence-based literature. 

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Empowerment

How does empowering and decision-making as a nurse leader relate to client safety outcomes?  When would you use empowering strategies?  Why is empowerment so challenging to implement as nurses?  Next, create an Empowering scenario using the following features: The scenario must involve a client safety concern (QSEN)Links to an external site. or issue (e.g., medication administration,

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