will reflect on the palliative psychiatric nursing care for terminally ill patients‚ families and caregivers. As Clark (2003) stated this is an emerging role for nurses and that the support for the acute mental health needs of patients‚ families and caregivers‚ going through the grieving process of terminal illness are not being met. The role of the psychiatrist in terminal care is limited in the availability of these services within the health care system (Clark‚ 2003). Nurses need to be aware of
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suffering in the any phases or stages of disease. 2. The duty and responsibility of the doctor and medical team is taking the psychological‚ social and spiritual aspects when dealing with patients who complain of any chronic illness. 3. Palliative care help the patient through an combined team containing a doctor‚ nurse‚ social worker‚ psychologies‚ religious-oriented pharmacist‚ and physiotherapist. 4. It is very importance for the medical team to improve the communication skills with the patient
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readings: Andersson S‚ Sundberg T‚ Johansson E‚ Falkenberg T. Patients’ experiences and perceptions of integrative care for back and neck pain. Alternative therapies in health and medicine. 2012 May 1;18(3):25. • The researchers try to examine the impact of integrating integrative approaches into the more traditional western based pain management plans. 15 patients received integrative care vs. 11 patients in the traditional intervention group. Authors found improvement among the integrative arm compared
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Running head: COORDINATING CARE 1 Coordinating Care COORDINATING CARE 2 P.C. is a 60-year-old Caucasian female. She was hospitalized on January 17‚ 2012 with a chief complaint of “shortness of breath.” After examination she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure‚ (CHF). P.C. had two CT’s performed and they showed as follows: cardiomegaly with no signs of pleural effusion or pneumothorax and an embolism to the left upper lobe. P.C. had oxygen
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In chapter 5 we have reviewed major elements of ambulatory (outpatient) care and discussed changes supported by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Ambulatory care encompasses a diverse and growing sector of the healthcare delivery system. Ambulatory surgery is a continuously expanding component of ambulatory care‚ as new technology allows an increasing number of procedures to be performed safely and efficiently outside of the hospital
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1. Why is understanding of health care financing important for nurses? Understanding the finances behind health care allows the nurse to compare cost to benefit of procedures with clients‚ which empowers the client to make a more educated decision about which route they should choose for their care. With this knowledge nurses must also understand the importance of providing quality care in a cost efficient manner by reducing the number of hospital acquired conditions‚ preventing readmissions‚ preventing
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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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Have you ever been taken by (defects) foster care. Well‚ foster care is a temporarily arrangement in which adults provide for the child or children whose birth parents are unable to care for them. To determine whether Phony boy Curtis goes to foster care or stays with his brothers will have to acquires him of staying out of jail‚ correcting his bad habits‚ and having a stable environment. One way that Phony boy Curtis goes to foster care is that he will have to stay out of jail. There will not
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times‚ the word “tender” is quite rare. The most common use of the word is the one printed on the dollar bill‚ which states‚ “This note is legal tender for all debts‚ public and private.” The word will also be used to describe something such as food. For example‚ “crisp outside‚ yet with a tender center.” The final popular usage today is in describing an emotion‚ or a loving way of treating someone rather‚ often heard on oldies radio stations. Shakespeare repeats the word “tender” throughout the
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though‚ you might not agree with how they live their lives‚ it’s still your duty as their nurse to take care of them. 1. Identify the purpose and functions of the agency. Tennessee Quality homecare provide nurse care in the home setting. They offer care whether you are suffering a short-term illness or disability‚ or need more advanced care for a long period of time. They care all the way from newborns to seniors‚ seeing mostly seniors though. 2. Identify the implications
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