In the healthcare professions‚ it is imperative to keep up to date with current health care‚ expanding research‚ and ways in which patient care and treatment outcomes can be improved. This is especially important in the nursing field‚ in which the main focus is holistic and patient-centered care. There are constant research studies being conducted which introduce new ways to treat and approach patients. Three articles that talk about prevalent healthcare issues in modern society are: The Primary
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having a more holistic view of a patient based on the patient-centered care model that is taught really jumped out at me. Merriam-Webster defines holistic as relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of‚ treatment of‚ or dissection into parts (Merriam-Webster‚ 2015). With a little research‚ I discovered that there is‚ in fact‚ an American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) that was established in 1981. The AHNA strives to lead holistic nursing by assisting
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The Patient Affordable Care Act also known as the Obamacare was created on March 23‚ 2012. The Affordable Care Act is a health care law that aims to ensure that all Americans have access to quality‚ affordable healthcare by increasing access to health coverage for Americans and introducing new protections for people who already have health insurance this law will hopefully create the transformation within the health care system necessary to contain cost. The ACA law puts in place comprehensive health
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Hospice Care Plan Walden University Hospice Care Plan Mrs. Thomas has a history of breast cancer and is status post bilateral mastectomies with subsequent radiation and chemotherapy treatments. She has recently been diagnosed with lung metastasis and further treatment is not recommended by her physician and due to a poor prognosis he is recommending palliative care. Mrs. Thomas has been spending most of her days in her bed crying. She has had very little contact with her sons and
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In this journal‚ five RNs use the nursing process to put together a care plan for an elderly patient. Pedro Ruymán Brito-Brito‚ Cristina Oter-Quintana‚ Ángel Martín-García‚ Mª Teresa Alcolea-Cosín‚ Susana Martín-Iglesias and Domingo Ángel Fernández-Gutiérrez are the RNs who have developed a care plan for Mr. A who has “urinary incontinence” and has developed “social interaction problems” after his “prostatectomy”. Mr. A is a retired 75 year old man who has developed a urine leakage problem due to
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residents living in a long-term care facility‚ 60% of hospitalized older adults‚ and an estimate of 5%-10% of older adults living in community settings are malnourished (Maher and Eliadi‚ n.d.). These statistics sadly show that hospitalized and long-term care patients are more likely to become under nourished compared to the elderly population in the community. According to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI‚ 2007)‚
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Health Education Plan: Teaching the Patient with Hepatitic C For years‚ nursing was a task-oriented career. A nurse’s primary responsibility was to provide for the physical needs of patients experiencing illness. Nursing has evolved into a profession‚ which holistically treats and educates patients in a variety of health situations including acute illness‚ chronic disease‚ and preventative care. The competent practice of patient education has become a critical element in nursing. This paper will
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Autonomy which is within the context of patient care has replaced paternalism which was the formal approach to patient care in healthcare practice (DH‚ 2010). The respect for autonomy which advocates for patients’ decision making rights (Gillet‚ 2008; Walker‚ 2009; Beauchamp and Childress‚ 2009) and discourages paternalism which has been the norm in the nurse-patient relationship for decades‚ permits Miss KK to decline surgery which she considered more
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Running head: HOLISTIC 1 Holistic Health Essay Jeff Rubel Ohio University HOLISTIC 2 Holistic Health Essay Originating over five thousand years ago in China and India‚ holistic health focuses on considering all potential contributing factors
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individualise patient care. In the 1970s this became more structured when the nursing process was introduced by the general nursing council (GNC)‚ (Lloyd‚ Hancock & Campbell‚ 2007) .By doing this their intentions were to try and understand the patient in order to give them the best care possible (Cronin & Anderson‚ 2003). Through the nursing process philosophy care plans were written for patients. It was understood that this relationship would ensure the patient received the best care possible to suit
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