What is COPD? Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a progressive disease that constricts airways and dramatically hinders a person’s ability to breathe. It affects around 13% of Australians aged 40 or over. It causes mucus or blood-filled coughing‚ chest tightness and severe shortness of breath. The disease is comprised of Chronic Bronchitis‚ Asthma and Emphysema‚ with the seriousness of it being judged by four levels‚ each level increasing in severity. To this day‚ there is no known cure
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evidence based nursing intervention in the care and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in an acutely ill patient. The acutely ill patient involved in this essay was admitted to hospital due to cerebrovascular accident and had a past medical history of myocardial Infarction‚ left Ventricular failure‚ peripheral vascular disease and duodenal ulcer as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This essay will provide a rationale for the chosen aspect of care (COPD) and reason
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Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Tiara Graham Linn Benton Community College Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Patient Description Patient is a Caucasian 83 year old female that came into the emergency department from Wynwood assisted living facility with an increase of fatigue‚ worsening confusion and a 1 day history of a fever. Patient weighs approximately 90 pounds upon admission with a height of 64 inches. Patient has known COPD and is a former heavy
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Patient abuse in nursing facilities is becoming more prominent. Abuse is not only physical‚ but emotional‚ sexual‚ neglect and financial exploitations. The elderly are the most vulnerable and least likely to complain‚ so unfortunately they are the targets. Most families research in depth about the nursing facility that they will place their loved one‚ in hopes that abuse doesn’t occur. Although the research is done‚ families should still look for signs and symptoms of abuse since they are leaving
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Disease (COPD). This will be achieved by bringing the reader through the patients’ illness journey. The assignment will begin by defining COPD and briefly going through the pathophysiology and incidents of the condition. From there the reader will embark on the journey‚ starting with diagnosis. The author will attempt to give an in-depth exploration of the next stage‚ living for today while also discussing the Health Care Professionals’ role in providing a holistic approach to care. As COPD is a
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In the 1800’s an effort to redefine nursing‚ by improving upon patient care‚ Florence Nightingale stands as the patron leader. She went onto grapple with the task of improving upon deplorable hospital conditions; while‚ measuring patient’s outcomes in a statistical method. Over a hundred years later‚ more recent compiled research related to a link between hospital staffing issues and adverse patient outcomes grabs the attention of internal and external healthcare populations. In the 90’s and early
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Pulmonary Disease Word count:1‚905 The Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC 2008)states that a nurse should be able to protect and promote the health and well-being of those in their care. This essay will be discussing the health promotion role of a nurse looking after a patient that has Chronic Obstuctive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) .The essay will focus on a 65 year old gentleman Mr Abraham who has been admitted into a general medical ward‚with an acute exacerbation of COPD. Mr Abraham is well known to the
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why developing this with patients is important. Firstly‚ Communication is verbal and non-verbal. It is‚ therefore‚ defined as an act of conversing with people‚ to pass information‚ to consort‚ to express thoughts‚ to send a message across and being understood. However‚ it is a process that involves both patient and nurse actively. Consequently‚ nurses need to create a positive emotional atmosphere for the patient to relax and happy to communicate. Additionally‚ Nursing is a science which focuses
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a slow and progressive obstruction of the airways. There are two categories of COPD. These are emphysema‚ a condition where there is abnormal and permanent destruction and enlargement of the alveoli. Chronic bronchitis is a productive cough and inflammation of the bronchi and other lung changes. Smoking and second hand smoke exposure are the main contributors to this disease. Other contributing factors can be environmental air pollution and genetics
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Care Planning Proforma 5NH008 Patient/Client…………………………………………………………………………………… PBL Group/Site/Facilitator………………………………………………………………… Problem/Need Outcome Nursing Care Interventions Evaluation Write a problem statement identifying an actual or potential need How does this impact on the patient/user? Ensure this statement is personalised Patient problems should have been identified with the patient/carer/parent following holistic assessment Identify a short term and long term goal
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