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  2. Roper–Logan–Tierney model of nursing - Wikipedia

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    The original purpose of the model was to be an assessment used throughout the patient's care, but it has become the norm in UK nursing to use it only as a checklist on admission. It is often used to assess how a patient's life has changed due to illness or admission to hospital rather than as a way of planning for increased independence and ...

  3. Evidence-based nursing - Wikipedia

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    One method of research for evidence-based practice in nursing is 'qualitative research': The word implies an entity and meanings that are not experimentally examined or measured in terms of quantity, amount, frequency, or intensity. With qualitative research, researchers learn about patient experiences through discussions and interviews.

  4. Principle of least privilege - Wikipedia

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    In information security, computer science, and other fields, the principle of least privilege (PoLP), also known as the principle of minimal privilege (PoMP) or the principle of least authority (PoLA), requires that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing environment, every module (such as a process, a user, or a program, depending on the subject) must be able to access only the ...

  5. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act - Wikipedia

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    If peer review protected information is transmitted outside an individual hospital, the peer review privilege for that information is generally considered to be waived. This limits the potential for aggregation of a sufficient number of patient safety events to permit the identification of patterns that could suggest the underlying causes of ...

  6. Acute care nurse practitioner - Wikipedia

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    The scope of practice for the specialty ACNP outlines clinical functions and tasks that may be completed and are specific to the service team. [18] For example, an oncology ACNP has knowledge that spans the cancer trajectory, from high-risk cancer clinics to hospice and palliative care. Role settings may include outpatient clinics, ICUs, or ...

  7. Nursing theory - Wikipedia

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    Nursing theory is defined as "a creative and conscientious structuring of ideas that project a tentative, purposeful, and systematic view of phenomena". [1] Through systematic inquiry, whether in nursing research or practice, nurses are able to develop knowledge relevant to improving the care of patients.

  8. Privilege separation - Wikipedia

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    A common method to implement privilege separation is to have a computer program fork into two processes. The main program drops privileges, and the smaller program keeps privileges in order to perform a certain task. The two halves then communicate via a socket pair. Thus, any successful attack against the larger program will gain minimal ...

  9. National Council Licensure Examination - Wikipedia

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    After graduating from a school of nursing, one takes the NCLEX exam to receive a nursing license. A nursing license gives an individual the permission to practice nursing, granted by the state where they met the requirements. NCLEX examinations are developed and owned by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN). The NCSBN ...