Nursing care study In this assignment I will document and reflect on the care that I gave to one of the patients I was looking after while on clinical placement. I will be referring to the patient as ‘Mr x’ for confidentiality reasons. ‘Mr x’ was 69 years old. He initially presented with left sided unilateral weakness‚ expressive and receptive dysphasia‚ slurred speech and he suffered from nocturnal incontinence. He had been transferred from A&E to the ward. He had a provisional
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Laura L. Cooper Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V August 23‚ 2011 Family Health Assessment The term family brings to mind a visual image of adults and children living together in a harmonious manner‚ although this may not be the case for all. The “typical” family‚ two biological parents and children‚ has changed over time. Families are as diverse as the individuals that compose them‚ and clients have deeply ingrained values
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Community Health Nursing SZT Task 2 Jennifer Ramey RN July 28‚ 2014 As a registered nurse of only three years‚ I am often referred to by my peers as a “baby” nurse. However‚ in those short three years of practice I have learned and continue to learn many things whether medical‚ personal‚ or humanitarian. My personal nursing experience has been in surgical care services. The vast majority of the patients I have cared for are those undergoing elective procedures. They have chosen to have joint
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Teaching Care Plan Ativan Assessment Diagnosis Plan/ Goal Implementation Evaluation *Assess patient’s knowledge of lorazepam. *Assess knowledge of intended response of medication. *Assess knowledge of when‚ and how to take medication. *Assess knowledge of side and adverse effects. *Assess patient’s degree of anxiety. *Assess patient for alcohol withdrawl symptoms. Knowledge‚ deficient r/t non exposure of information. Noncompliance r/t medication misuse. Patient should understand
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Abstract National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has created a guideline for the care of adults that are in their last days of life. This was done by doing an analysis of a lot of different research articles on this topic and complying a list of recommendations that healthcare providers should follow and incorporate into their practice. There will also be a brief mention of some nursing research that can be developed from this guideline‚ and how this can be use in the clinical practice
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OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 101 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Health Promotion and Public Health Health • A State of complete physical‚ mental and social well- being‚ not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO‚ 1948). • A State of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent (Nightingale‚ 1969). • Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF) Determinants of Health (World Health Organization) • The health of individuals and communities
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Impact of Institute of Medicine on Nursing Ermina Rosic Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V December 14‚ 2014 The Institute of Medicine Report On Future of Nursing The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a national‚ independent‚ non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide guidance‚ advice‚ and analysis of the field of medicine. The recent IOM report regarding the future of nursing gives us a glimpse of the dynamic and progressive changes that the field of nursing will experience in the coming decade
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Confucius Teachings: Pillars in the Nursing Care Sandra Joy T. Dela Vega Wagner College Abstract “Thus‚ nurses serve beyond theories… that beyond the dosage of medicine they give‚ an ounce of humanistic touch must be extended to their patients.” Nurses serve the patient beyond theories. There must be a combination of heart and brain among the health care practitioners‚ particularly nurses. Caring people is human welfare and human welfare is no joke. It is a profession
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with patients that suffer from physical illness‚ have negative perceptions on mental health nurses‚ viewing it as less desirable‚ requiring little knowledge and giving no opportunity for professional progression. (Ng‚ et al. 2010) This is because mental health problems are harder to portray and understand than physical health problems‚ along with the fact it is easier to sympathise with someone who has a visible illness. (Angermeyer & Schulze. 2003) Students looking to move into a mental health nursing
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The purpose of this dissection is to talk about a family that I had in my nursing practice and discuss some health traits of a family for example how they communicate between granddaughter and grandmother and how she brought her grandmother a drawing and some homemade cookies. I had a very sweet elderly patient that was in the hospital for a bladder infection. She came from a nursing home and her family came to visit. The healthy traits that they exhibited were communication and listening. The
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