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  2. Adaptation model of nursing - Wikipedia

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    Roy employs a six-step nursing process: assessment of behaviour; assessment of stimuli; nursing diagnosis; goal setting; intervention and evaluation. In the first step, the person's behaviour in each of the four modes is observed. This behaviour is compared with norms and is deemed either adaptive or ineffective.

  3. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering - Wikipedia

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    The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (pronounced / v iː s / "veese") is a cross-disciplinary research institute at Harvard University focused on bridging the gap between academia and industry (translational medicine) by drawing inspiration from nature's design principles to solve challenges in health care and the environment.

  4. Adaptive design (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Schematic block diagram of an adaptive design for a clinical trial [1] In an adaptive design of a clinical trial, the parameters and conduct of the trial for a candidate drug or vaccine may be changed based on an interim analysis. [2] [1] [3] Adaptive design typically involves advanced statistics to interpret a clinical trial endpoint. [1]

  5. National Council Licensure Examination - Wikipedia

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    This portion of the exam may also include questions pertaining to laboratory tests, test results, and unique nursing procedures that may be associated with test results; ethical and legal nursing problems; nursing management; and issues related to giving patients the best care. NCLEX questions on these topics are randomly spread throughout the ...

  6. Nursing ethics - Wikipedia

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    Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence and respect for autonomy. It can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care.

  7. Cultural lag - Wikipedia

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    In this example, the cultural lag is the fear of people to use a new possibly beneficial medical practices because of ethical issues. This shows that there really is a disconnect between material culture (Stem cell research) and non-material culture (Issues with ethics).

  8. Bioethics - Wikipedia

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    The two fields often overlap, and the distinction is more so a matter of style than professional consensus. Medical ethics shares many principles with other branches of healthcare ethics, such as nursing ethics. A bioethicist assists the health care and research community in examining moral issues involved in our understanding of life and death ...

  9. List of medical ethics cases - Wikipedia

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    A woman euthanizes her brother after he has medical problems. Jack Kevorkian: United States Michigan 1994 A medical doctor advocates for assisted suicide and the right to die. Robert Latimer: Canada Saskatchewan: 1993 A man euthanizes his child who has lived for years in pain. Karen Ann Quinlan case: United States New Jersey 1976