Auscultation of the lungs should form part of the respiratory assessment as the stethoscope allows the practitioner to assess a patientâs cardiac, respiratory and intestinal state (OâNeill, 2003).
Home Â». At POLIS, ecological governance is the ground upon which theory meets practice and where, in turn, practice is informed by, and evolves, theory.he concept of ecological governance is exciting because it offers alternatives to linear, extractive, and unsustainable systems that continue to level ancient forests, displace Indigenous and local communities, clog and choke our global cities.
An eco-map (or ecomap) is a graphical representation that shows all of the systems at play in an individual's life. Eco-maps are used in individual and family counseling within the social work and nursing profession. They are often a way of portraying Systems Theory in a simplistic way that both the social worker and the client can look at during the session. These ecological maps, or ecomaps, were developed by Hartman in 1975 as a means of depicting the ecological system that encompasses a family or individual (Hartman, 1995). An ecogram is a combination of a genogram and an ecomap. The terms ecogram and ecomap are often used interchangeably, however.