unit with the help of the nursing interventions mentioned above. Patient Y’s pain score continued to decrease throughout her stay. She started taking medication for severe pain and by the third day she was only requiring mild medication to alleviate her pain. Patient Y’s following was discontinued the following day and she remained free from any urinary infections. In regards to reducing the risk of infection for the incision‚ the healthcare team performed proper hand hygiene. Patient Y’s incision was
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passed in 2010. The nursing profession is one of the largest divisions in the healthcare workforce and requires large transformations in order to meet the goals that the United States has set forth. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a report in 2010 which laid out recommendations for health care professions in order to make the goals attainable. Transforming education‚ transforming practice‚ and transforming leadership are three areas that greatly impact the nursing profession (IOM‚ 2010)
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Moral distress can have negative impact on both professional and personal life of the nurses. de Veer et al. (2013) mentioned that the moral distress can lead to short temper‚ irritability‚ difficulty concentrating at work‚ and feeling of ineffectiveness. In addition‚ “moral distress is associated with decreased job‚ satisfaction
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maintaining patient confidentiality and respecting their decision about what information they disclosed and withheld (Johnston 2016; Hann‚ Ivester & Denton‚ 2017). Autonomy is one of the four key principles in nursing (Johnston‚ 2016) respecting‚ which should be a nurses’ priority (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)‚
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From the ward you are practicing in choose an operation that was done to patient for whom you have given nursing care. From your experience describe the indications and purpose for this operation and the salient post-operative nursing care. Arthritis is one of the leading causes of femoral fractures especially in the elderly. It may also be caused by trauma or injury‚ starting from simple falls to more extensive such as a fall from height. Indeed‚ a femoral fracture affects hip movement as it
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developmental process combining recommendations based on evidence and expert opinion. The process must be implemented with safe practice and with transformational nurse leaders. Training nurses to look for and appraise evidence is an important part of nursing education. The addition of specialized nurse educators and experts to provide seminars that are readily accessible could be utilized. Promotion of professional practice associations could greatly improve implementation of evidence based practice
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According to American Nurses Association website‚ nursing- sensitive indicators are defined as the structure‚ process and outcomes of nursing care (nursingworld.org). Quality care for patients in the hospital is important to their healing process. It is important to know what the nursing-sensitive indicators are and how they affect patients. The indicators are intended to focus plans and programs to increase quality and safety in patient care. In this scenario with Mr. J‚ many members of the
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ethics for the nurses rejects any attempt to perform activities that are contrary to the patient’s rights. These include the right to life‚ to self esteem and the right to respectful treatment (International Council of Nurses‚ 2006). In the case study situation the surgeon made a wrong recommendation for the patient. Mr. B was wrongfully scheduled for a tumor resection procedure yet the most appropriate course of treatment for him was a palliative treatment or limited intervention. Subjecting
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Psychiatric Nursing Case Study History The subject is a 52 year old divorce Caucasian female‚ of Poland origin‚ and has lived in the United States for over 20 years. She had been a patient at Tewksbury Hospital since July 2011. She reportedly has a long history of bizarre and impulsive behavior‚ but has had a steady decline since her divorce in 2004. The patient denies history of taking medication or hospitalization for mental illness. There is no history of mental illness in the family. The
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contamination that causes foodborne illness will be the focus of the study. Various researchers have studied food safety‚ personal hygiene‚ and hazard analysis critical control point or HACCP. Usually‚ they deal with food establishments in general like Jolibee‚ McDonalds‚ Bistro‚ and many others. However‚ what has not been done by any of those researchers‚ was to study the food handlers before they go into the industry‚ specifically‚ the study of the I-CATHY students of St. Scholastica’s College who aspires
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