and friends to visit the patient Encourage to maintain communication by phone with others e.g. family and friends Ensure to establish rapport (therapeutic communication) one –on-one Ensure to encourage the patient to participate in the activities with co-patient if appropriate Ensure to encourage the patient to participate if appropriate in the support group activities To promote patient understanding and realising that she is not alone. To promote patient being actively busy and
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Reflective Writing Essay INTRODUCTION The following reflective writing essay will centre on a particular event that I witnessed. I will be using Gibbs’ model of reflection‚ from Gibbs‚ G. (1988). For confidentiality purposes‚ I will name my family member as Estelita who is a fifty five year old female. DESCRIPTION Estelita was experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain. She called an ambulance‚ whereby a FRU car arrived‚ followed by a backup ambulance crew. The FRU responder performed
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Reflection Competency in Communication Skills This reflective essay is based on my experience as a health care assistant in the operative theatre working as a circulating nurse for a vascular access list. It will also highlight the important aspect of communication within the theatre practitioners when working with patients who are under local or general anaesthetic. I will explore a critical incident and also reflect on my own personal experience. I aim to use this experience to bring out the
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Dementia Dementia The word Dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss‚ and difficulties with thinking‚ problem solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease or a series of strokes. Dementia is progressive‚ meaning that the symptoms will gradually get worse. Dependent on which part of the brain is affected a person will present differently. Area of the Brain Key Functions that could be affected Frontal Lobe
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Argyles communication cycle Argyles stages of communication cycle is were an idea occurs‚ message coded‚ message sent‚ message received‚ message decoded‚ message understood. The first stage where the idea occurs is when we think about the thing we are about to say and who to. The second stage‚ message coded‚ is when we plan to say it. The fourth stage is message received‚ this is when the other person hears what you have said. The fifth stage is message decoded‚ this is when the person you are speaking
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Although dementia as a whole is caused by brain damage‚ hindering the brains ability to communicate properly‚ subsets of dementia are linked with different types of brain cell damage according to the region affected (Alzheimer’s Association). Alzheimer’s contains a high number of hallmark abnormalities‚ including “deposits of the protein fragment beta-amyloid and twisted strands of the protein tau” (Alzheimer’s Association). Vascular dementia is typically caused by strokes and/or instances that cause
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Dementia awareness Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is 1. Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ Dementia is a non-specific illness syndrome with serious loss of global cognitive ability. It can be static or progressive. More common above the age of 65 but can occur before that age‚ when it’s called „early on set dementia”. It can occur becouse of a brain injury (e.g. stroke) or with a disease or damage in the body (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease‚ Parkinson disease). The main signs and symptoms
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for a patient with COPD: a reflective account Barnett M (2005) Caring for a patient with COPD: a reflective account. Nursing Standard. 19‚ 36‚ 41-46. Date of acceptance: October 15 2004. Summary Reflective practice has been a familiar topic in nursing journals and the term is regularly used in professional nursing practice. However‚ it was not until I used Johns’ (1994) model to analyse and explore my feelings and actions in daily practice that I fully understood the concept of reflective practice
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March 23‚ 2011 Psychology paper: Dementia The subject of a brain deteriorating disease is one we often avoid. Considering the fact that it is possible for a loved one to be a victim of a memory captivation is unbearable. Dementia is a term used to describe a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain‚ not so much a specific disease. People affected by dementia are disabled to the point where they may not be able to get dressed or eat. They have a total lack of problem solving
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Organizations are using computer-mediated communication (CMC) for an increasing range of communication activities‚ including marketing and consumer research. Asynchronous CMC applications—such as email and web forms—offer benefits of speed‚ low cost‚ and accuracy that appeal to organizational managers ([Chittenden and Rettie‚ 2003] and [Kent and Lee‚ 1999]). Yet results have been mixed where CMC has been applied toward organizational marketing and market research‚ especially where messages are intended
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