Nursing care study M10/558712 Catherine Williams 27/06/2011 SHN/252 Word Count: 4‚270 Introduction: This assignment will mainly focus on the immediate post operative care following a patient having undergone a unilateral total knee replacement. The aim of this assignment is to enable me as a student nurse to develop the knowledge needed to understand the role the nurse undertakes in providing holistic care for a patient. I will look at the nurse’s role in the postoperative care of a patient
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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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This assignment aims to implement a hypothetical nursing care plan for a patient that I been involved with recently whist on clinical placement. I have used a published nursing model in order for me to apply an appropriate nursing care plan for my chosen patient. I will explain my reasoning for the purposed care‚ whilst also including an explanation of how pathophysiology contributes to the patient experience. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008) and the Data Protection
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Abstract The following is a case summary on United States Supreme Court case 03-633 Roper v. Simmons. Even though many disagree with the death penalty all together‚ even more disagree with the death penalty for juveniles. It is my opinion that anyone over the age of 16 who can premeditate and act upon an event so gruesome that includes either or both rape and murder should be subject to the death penalty. Juvenile offenses continue to rise in number and severity and many of those are because
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assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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The purpose of this assignment is to identify one client problem and provide an evidence-based plan of care for the individual. The purpose of care planning is to show a logical and systematic flow of ideas through from the initial assessment to the final evaluation (Mooney and O’Brien‚ 2006). The nursing model that will be incorporated in this care plan will be the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney’s model (2000). This model was chosen because is it extremely prevalent in the United Kingdom and is
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The Death Penalty is a controversial topic on its own. However‚ if you add the possibility of a minor receiving the death penalty it gets even more interesting. The Supreme Court case of Roper v. Simmons was a perfect example of that. Roper v. Simmons presented the Supreme Court with two questions: 1) whether or not the execution of those who were sixteen or seventeen at the time of a crime is cruel and unusual punished and 2) does is violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment. The main audience
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Acute Care: Care Implementation and Evaluation. This assignment will be based around the care that is implemented and evaluated‚ within a National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (FT). The focus of the assignment will be to discuss two health problems that a selected patient has and has been admitted to the FT with. The selected patient had been admitted into FT with breathing difficulties and also suffering from dehydration. The assignment will focus upon the goals that are set for the
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Part A This portfolio entry requires an assessment and care plan to be presented incorporating the nursing process based on a client that I assisted in the care of during my clinical placement. The patient on which the care plan will be assessed will be a 72 year old female‚ May Watters who I assisted in the care of during clinical placement in the Emergency Department (ED). May Watters is a pseudo name to ensure confidentiality to An Bord Analtrais standards (ABA 2000). May was brought in by
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