Intervention Paper: Treatment Paradigm of Elderly Trauma Patients N569 Darren J Hunt‚ RN College of Nursing University of New Mexico Abstract As the population of our world grows older on average‚ the question of how to care for them becomes increasingly complex. With the longer life expectancy there exists a kind of Achilles heal regarding elderly trauma patients and the response to treatment for life-threatening injuries. The older trauma patient is often times a victim of slow trauma (occurring
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This essay will reflect on my personal and professional development during my first year on the nursing diploma programme. I will do this by discussing my experience with the five essential skills clusters which include care‚ compassion and communication‚ medicine management and nutrition and fluid management. I will relate the five skills by showing an understanding of a recognised model of reflection. Reflection‚ is a way of analysing past incidents to promote learning and improve safety‚ in the
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creates a potpourri of cultural attitudes‚ beliefs and values unlike the dominant Westernised view. The cultural differences impact on how people understand and experience end-of-life in the country. Customary practices of caring for the terminally ill that permeates in most African communities differ vastly from that of Australian’s individualistic culture (Hiruy & Mwanri‚ 2013). African culture is of a collectivistic nature whereby autonomy is devalued and the communities or families are expected
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HUMANISTIC NURSING THEORY By: MARY JOHN L. RENONG‚ RN August 10‚ 2013 Dr. Loretta Zderad Dr. Josephine Paterson I. BIOGRAPHY Josephine Paterson was born on the 1st of September of 1924 in Freeport‚ New York. Loretta and Josephine spent their early school years during the depression of the 1930’s. Josephine G. Paterson was also learning the role of a nurse as well as work responsibilities during this same time period. She had
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Abnormal Psychology Assessment. Abnormal Psychology. For this assignment I have chosen a patient ‘Mary’ who was diagnosed with ‘Anorexia Nervosa’‚ from a clinical placement‚ on an adult acute ward. In order for me to ensure confidentiality has/will be maintained throughout the assignment I have used an assumed name for my selected patient as well as keeping the trust anonymous. The assignment is divided into several different sections‚ the first part will be a description of the disorder‚
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always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes are in conflict with others‚ the nurse seeks to help resolve the conflict. Where conflict persists‚ the nurse’s commitment remains to the identified patient” (Code of ethics for nurses with
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Introduction The profession of nursing main factor is to improve the health and quality of life. That is geared towards individuals‚ families‚ and communities/ population depending on area of interest. Which allows certain skills and qualities that is required by nurses to be carried out by their roles and responsibilities. The foundation that represents the nursing profession is the conceptual framework pillars of nursing. For example‚ public health nursing to use the philosophical skills and practices
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Patients’ internet use and its effects on the healthcare professional-patient relationship The use of Internet plays an increasingly important role on receiving health information. About 50% of the people who were able to access to the Internet in the US sought health information during 1997(Eng et al‚ 1998‚ as cited in Cline and Haynes‚2001). The prevalence of searching health information from the internet by the patients has‚ without doubt‚ affected the healthcare professional-patient relationship
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Moules and Ramsay (1998) identify many areas for child health promotion. This includes smoking‚ exercise‚ diet and nutrition‚ sexual health‚ dental health‚ skin care and the sun‚ accidents‚ alcohol and drug abuse. As with the other branches of nursing‚ health promotion can take forms of primary‚ secondary or tertiary intervention. Interventions may depend on the age of the child. Younger children‚ for example pre school aged children will benefit form health promotion aimed at the parents. Health
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“Providing Culture-Sensitive Healthcare to Hispanic/Latino Patients” A Hispanic patient with a high fever may resist cold compress because their theory of “hot” and “cold” imbalance. They use hot things to cure cold and cold thing to cure the body being “hot”. For instance within the American medical field we use heat foe hot. If you’re running a fever things that makes you sweat it out are better. So the difficulties that the Hispanic patient will bring is simply not following the physician’s orders
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