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5. Spiritual care competence of nurses and spiritual wellbeing of patients with cerebral stroke- pilot study 5.1 Introduction Spiritual care is an inevitable part of holistic care. Nurses are expected to provide holistic care as per the standards and guidelines given by professional code of ethics. Accrediting agencies mandates inclusion of spiritual care as a part of quality care to patients. Chronic illness can impose long term suffering and stress for patients. Patients with…

include Clostridium difficile and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus rates, and the microsystem is consistently under the organization’s benchmark. In regard to patient satisfaction, the overall microsytem rating is consistently in the ninety percentile (see Table 5). On the other hand, the hospital environment, cleanliness question, quietness question,…

Throughout the semester, I have been working with Jake: a delightful and driven third grade boy at Osceola Elementary School. He has remedial reading problems, for which I am there to help him work through. For this second case study, I administered additional reading assessments to Jake in order to gain further evidence for his instructional needs. The first test I administered to Jake was the Informal Reading Inventory. One section of the Informal Reading Inventory dealt with reading…

Under the field of nutrition, researchers have found that nutrition is one of causes of weight gain and obesity among immigrants and refugees in the United States. They studied the causes of weight gain and obesity in immigrants and refugee communities in the United States. According to five research studies (Bhatta et al. 2014; Caspi et al. 2016; Cespesdes et al. 2013; Olson et al. 2016; Rondinelli et al. 2011), poor nutrition is the major cause of weight gain and obesity among immigrants and…

he was then asked to select the pictures they saw in order from a larger picture array. Julian verbalized strategies to remember the pictures order shown on the task. Overall, he obtained a Working Memory score of 79, which is ranked at the 8th percentile and is classified as the Very Low range. Julian has a weakness in his…

and his lowest index (96 on the VCI) =44points. This value is more than 23 points, so his FSIQ is less useful and cannot be validly interpreted. His FSIQ is ranked at the 77th percentile, indicating that he scored higher than 77% of other individuals the same age in the standardization sample. WAIS RESULTS: ACSS Percentile Qualitative Arithmetic 12 75 High Average Symbol Search 16 98 Very Superior Cancellation 19 99.9 Very Superior Block Design 7 16 Low Average Matrix Reasoning…

The issue of obesity in children has increased dramatically over the years and it will continue to increase unless action is taken. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see overweight children who are between the ages of five and seven. Fast food restaurants, such as McDonald’s and Burger King, encourage children to eat these unhealthy foods by giving them a free toy with their meal. Schools also have an impact on children’s eating habits because it’s where they spend most of their time. Many school…

limited to recurrent episodes of wheezing, chest tightness, coughing and breathlessness. Now what classifies one as being obese? Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile, whereas just being overweight is above the 85th percentile, but still under the 95th percentile (Strunk, Colvin, Bacharier, Fuhlbrigge, Forno, Arbelaez, & Tantisira, 2015). Worldwide, there are more than 40 million overweight children below the age of 5. Obese and overweight children…

The study of Veterinary Medicine involves diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases in animals. Veterinary medicine is a broad field. There are different positions that are within the veterinary field. An interesting one to me is a veterinarian technician. There are many opportunities available for veterinary technicians. Veterinary Technicians can go from performing duties such as; caring for patients in different facilities, working in the office of veterinarians, and even performing…

liability concerns (Patterson, 2016). These standards have been assigned point values consistent with the percentile scores in each exercise (ex. 5 points is equal to the 50th percentile, 6 points are equal to the 60th percentile, etc.) (Cooper Institute, 2006). The maximum score on the complete assessment is 40 points. The overall score needed to pass the assessment is 22 points (equal to the 55th percentile of the law enforcement norms). As you look at the point values assigned to each test,…