Assessment Tools Analysis Rochelle Evans Nur 440 January 23‚ 2009 Assessment Tools Analysis The nursing process is the framework to providing nursing care. Assessment is the first step in the nursing process. To ensure a holistic view of the patient is obtained‚ an assessment of the client’s entire well-being must be done. Using Watson’s theory of caring along with assessment tools‚ nurses can ensure that a holistic approach for caring for clients is maintained. Assessment tools are instruments
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an abortion just because your child was going to be born with Down syndrome? Patricia Bauer didn’t; she raised her daughter with Down syndrome because she felt that is was the right thing to do. Down syndrome children should be treated like the equals they are‚ not like some sort of alien. In the very beginning of Bauer’s article she is simply explaining the abortion rate these days‚ and how it is mostly children with down syndrome that get their life terminated. She is able to write this article
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Madeline Stuart an inspiring teen model with Down syndrome has just landed her first major cat walking event and nothing less than at the New York Fashion Week. Madeline’s story is making headlines and winning support because of how she is expanding people’s ideas of what a model can be. The fashion industry is often seen as exclusionary yet models of diverse body types are increasingly breaking those long-erected barriers. Story of Model With Down Syndrome is Going Viral For All the Good Reasons -
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indicator for pain. 6. Recall question for initial pain assessment. Where is the Location of the pain‚ Duration: is the pain consent‚ does it keep you awake‚ quality: what does the pain feel like is the pain dull‚ burning‚ aching? Intensity of the pain: how strong is the pain on a scale of 0-10 zero being no pain and 10 being extreme pain. What makes the pain worst? What makes the pain better? 7. Select pain assessment tools that are appropriate for
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selected items are included in assessment tools that are used frequently with LBP patients. Five items were derived from SF-12 41 which is a generic assessment tool‚ 2 items were derived from the BPI 38‚ a clinical pain tool‚ and one item was derived from ODI 41‚ a LBP functional disability assessment tool. However‚ there is no available LBP-specific HRQOL assessment tool; the tool developed in this study is considered to be a LBP-specific tool. Having a specific assessment tool (i.e. LBP-HRQOL) is likely
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Running head: HERITAGE ASSESSMENT. Benchmark Assessment Ifeyinwa Alozie. Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0500 02/22/15 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT Identifying common Health Traditions Based on Cultural Heritage. Cultural heritage is the endowment of tangible artifacts and intangible characteristic of a group or society inherited from past generations‚ preserved in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generation. Due to the growth of cultural diversity in the United
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Heritage Assessment Tool Samantha Rich Grand Canyon University May 21‚ 2013 The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a way to asses an individual’s ethnic‚ religious‚ and cultural heritage as well as health traditions. Using this tool allows healthcare providers to deliver high quality patient care as well as develop a therapeutic relationship and healing approach. Being able to deliver high quality care to patients and families is of utmost importance for nurses. In order to be
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The Heritage Assessment Tool Jenna Franz Grand Canyon University Family- Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Melinda Darling April 20‚ 2013 The Heritage Assessment Tool Do to changing in the ways of communication and different cultures no longer having restrictions of geographical areas‚ health care is having to make changes in the way patients are assessed and treated. “Adapting to different cultural beliefs and practices requires flexibility‚ and respect for other viewpoints.”("Cultural
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Science – Down syndrome Group 1 Down syndrome is a genetic condition that causes a delay in a child development mentally and physically. In every Eight hundred babies one is effect by Down syndrome. Down syndrome can form widely from child to child. Down syndrome has two affects to the person meaning that the child might need a lot of medical attention or lead healthy lives. Down syndrome cannot be prevented but can be discovered before the child is born. The condition of Down syndrome can
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kid with Down syndrome a bad thing? I would have to tell you that it is not. Kids with Down syndrome are so much fun to be around and they make your day feel better after people with them. There is a lot of challenges that comes from having a kid with Down syndrome‚ some challenges that are hard to deal with and some challenges that you face with any kid without a disabilities except there will be much more of it. Before I get started I’ll inform you about what Down syndrome is. Well‚ Down syndrome
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