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Lia’s seizure disorder along with cultural and language barriers ended with Lia not receiving the care she rightfully deserved. Firstly, Arthur Klienman suggests that ‘compliance’ should not be used. Compliance suggests cooperation, and “it’s a lousy term.” He states that colloquy will work better for the Lia Lee’s parents and medical personel, which is a conversational exchange. He suggests that using force to obtain compliance would not benefit either side. Negotiating with both parties…

In this ted-talks video, Dishman strives for patient empowerment and ensuring that patients participate in decision-making regarding their health during the decision-making process. Such a process would entail the physician and patient contributing to the decision-making process, and health care providers explaining treatments as well as alternatives to patients in order to provide the resources required for patients to choose the treatment option that most likely aligns with their distinct…

additional issue is the possible impact of the level of burden on the partner’s perception of the patient. Partners are often requested to make proxy decisions on behalf of patients, such as those patients who are incompetent by reason of mental illness, brain damage, and/or dementia (Wakefield, et.al, 2011). These judgments can be, and typically are, influenced by the partner’s own interests; that is, a partner may covertly request care and treatment options he or she wants for the patient,…

In recent years, our ever increasing information and technology has played a vital role in changing nursing practice. Evidence based practice (EBP) will continue to have a positive impact on the care that we provide our patients and will continue to advance our healthcare system. There have been various quality improvement initiatives that have been adopted to advance patient care and safety. In these articles, a major goal that has been identified in the hospital setting is effective…

Kenneth Zapata NUR3846 Professor- Dr. Violeta Aguilar-Figuly Dorothy Johnson's Behavioral System Model Dorothy influenced the nursing practices throughout her career. She emphasized the significance of research-based information on effects of the care given to patients by the clients. She also argues that nursing was both an art and science. She insisted that nurses had to implement both their science and art knowledge when handling patients. She proposed that the knowledge of science was…

In the book and movie Flowers for Algernon, Charlie, a mentally handicapped man, has a surgery to make him smarter, but later finds that it is temporary. When Charlie begins to get smarter, he starts to get rejected by his friends at the factory. All he wanted was to fit in, but when he became smart, he was treated as though he was an alien. Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss begin to argue and everything isn’t what Charlie thought it would be. Then he slowly begins to go back to who he was before. I…

This issue includes an On Being a Doctor essay, titled “Our Family Secrets,” that we think, and hope, will make readers' stomachs churn (1). In this essay, the author describes teaching a medical humanities course to senior medical students and asking, “Do any of you have someone to forgive from your clinical experiences? Did anything ever happen that you need to forgive or perhaps still can't forgive?” One of the students— clearly distraught—recounts lacking the courage to object to a surgeon's…

Imagine if every person in the world was the same. No problematic situations in our genes. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for little Aidan. He was bought into the world with a blood sugar dilemma. At four months of age, he was brought to the hospital to repair mishaps. The quick glance when the mother saw little Aidan, she immediately had an alarming feeling. Her mother instincts detected something wrong with Aidan. When the doctors examined Aidan they discovered his back had a dimple and…

Are you having second thoughts about a nursing career because of something a friend or relative said? Don't abandon your dreams before you know the truth. It's easy to become discouraged when you hear myths and rumors intended to dampen your enthusiasm. Unfortunately, many misconceptions about the nursing field are accepted as common knowledge, but they're relatively easy to debunk. Some of the most common are listed below. A Nurse Is Just a Doctor's Gofer Some people mistakenly believe that…

My area of specialization is Marriage and Family Therapy. The association for my profession is the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). This association has a code of ethics that was updated in 2015. The code of ethics covers a variety of subject matter from advocacy, personal relationships, and supervision, just to name a few. There have been several updates to the 2015 and new additions. One of the new additions to the code was 6.1 Technology Assisted Services.It…