complications of COPD‚ the most common are pneumonia‚ pneumothorax‚ cor pulmonale‚ atelectasis‚ and in severe cases there maybe respiratory insufficiency and failure (Bare‚ Cheever‚ Hinkle‚ & Smeltzer‚ 2010). Nursing management for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease begins with assessment; gathering information from the patient including detailed medical history‚ present symptoms and evaluate findings of diagnostic tests. Symptoms vary with each patient‚ but may include chronic cough‚
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Essentially‚ the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within
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New employees have a very difficult time figuring out the steps of processing a patient. Although‚ you take notes it seems to be confusing trying to figure out how to organize the steps in the proper order. Everyone does it differently; therefore‚ there is not a per-say right way to process a patient. First‚ the patient arrives at the office and signs in on our sign-in sheet. The registration staff scans in their insurance and driver’s license photo. Registration obtains and enters the patient’s
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Page 60 Patient assessment multiple choice questionnaire CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Page 61 Read Rose Gallacher’s practice profile on depression Page 62 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment NS750 Clarke C (2014) Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment. Nursing Standard. 28‚ 44‚ 52-59. Date of submission: March 10 2014; date of acceptance: April 17 2014. Abstract Recognising the deteriorating patient is an essential
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Nursing advocacy Introduction Nurses are bound to experience issues on a day-to-day basis where it becomes their ethical and moral obligation to provide advocacy for patients and their family. The concerns can be attributed to the unprecedented changes in the healthcare systems. The uncertainty results in new regulations being implemented‚ financial burdens on the patient and the trend of population rise. These challenges present an opportunity for the nurses to adopt a more responsible role of patient
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The nursing field is a dynamic‚ ever changing world. It is constantly changing and there is always room for improvement. Every day brings in new experiences and learning opportunities when working the floor as a nurse. You are challenged in every possible way‚ mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally. That is why I have chosen to expand my career in the nursing field. As a nurse you enhance the health and wellness of others‚ and that is such a privilege. Patients place their trust in nurses to deliver
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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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Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Neribel Claudio HCA 375 John Gomillion July 25‚ 2010 Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Patient safety is such an essential part of our health care system and it helps describe quality health care. Keeping the patients safe is a challenging issue because errors and mistakes can and do happen every day. Error occurs “when a process does not proceed the way that it was intended by its designers and managers” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny 2006)
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acquiescing‚ or yielding. The patient is passively abide by the advice and yield to the health care professional. It has a dictatorial connotation. The patient abides by the goals of the health professional. In contrast‚ the terms adherence and collaboration are used to describe implied that patients have more autonomy and independent in following their treatment planning. Adherence is based on patient-centered model; through research‚ it has shown to promote patient satisfaction and health outcomes
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Integrating Patient Safety in the Nursing Curriculum Ana Maria Y. Jimenez‚ RN‚ MSN‚ MAP‚ PGCE A. Introduction On the subject of Patient Safety‚ the National Institute of Medicine (2005) returns to the fundamentals of Medicine‚ reiterating what had been said over a millennia ago when Hippocrates saw the risk for injuries that arise from the good-willed actions of healers. Greek healers in the 4th Century‚ drafted the Hippocratic Oath and pledged to "prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according
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