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‚ clubbing of the fingers‚ chest tightness‚ weight loss‚ cyanosis‚ difficulty breathing with a higher rate of respirations and difficulty sleeping (Weber‚ 2008). It is common for patients suffering
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Initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of microsurgical patients Giang Nguyen Ngan BSN‚ Ha Nguyen Hông Ph.D‚ Thai Pham Hong BSN Abstract Aim: To summarise the initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of patients undergoing microsurgery. Methods: The study design was a retrospective descriptive analysis. Subjects were patients that underwent reconstruction of amputated body parts and free tissue transfer by microsurgical technique from August 2007 to August 2010
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Otorhinolaryngology‚ also known as ENT‚ is the surgical specialty within medicine that is responsible with conditions of the ear‚ nose‚ throat (ENT) and related structures of the head and neck. In this field‚ swallowing‚ smell‚ hearing‚ breathing‚ and taste are the main concerns. Otorhinolaryngologist also treat tumors‚ taste dysfunction‚ balance problems‚ trauma and deformities in the face and neck‚ and problems in structures of the neck‚ such as the tracheobronchial tree‚ esophagus‚ larynx‚ tonsils
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or To Not Disclose: Nursing and the Ethics of Nondisclosure in the Dying Patient Kally L. Price Samuel Merritt University Abstract In nursing‚ the practice of nondisclosure is an ethical issue that calls into question the founding principles of trust‚ integrity‚ and autonomy in the nurse-patient relationship. Although the decision of nondisclosure to the terminal patient is the physician’s‚ the nurse must follow and support this decision. The right of the patient to have control over their
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Medical Surgical Nursing Assessment Skills A nurse’s proper neurologic assessment skills are vital in medical surgical. The nurse needs to know how to correctly assess and evaluate the patient’s neurological state in the acute care setting. In the article‚ Neurologic Assessment Skills for the Acute Medical Surgical Nurse‚ of Orthopaedic Nursing‚ Janet T. Crimlisk‚ and Margaret M. Grande (2004)‚ explain the proper nursing assessment skills for the acute medical surgical setting. This includes
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ICO1 The principles of infection prevention and control Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections 1.The main roles and responsibilities of the employee in relation to prevention and control of infection are as follows: To use protective clothing when needed to stop cross contamination. This includes gloves‚ aprons and masks. To wash hands regularly and effectively. This needs to be done after handling food‚ personal care‚ toileting etc. To ensure
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Reflective Essay Word count 1‚000 Placement ‚ Infection Control Team Dip/HE Adult Nursing 02/09 This reflective essay is based upon my experience working alongside the Infection Prevention and Control Support Nurses at the general hospital. As part of my learning experience as a 2nd year student nurse is to accompany the infection control nurses when visiting the wards The role of the IPCSN involved teaching‚ educating and advising all disciplines across
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to fend off certain diseases. The environment plays an important role as well. Children in day care centers and in school pass infections around and then take them home and pass them to siblings and parents. This is a cycle that is difficult to break. Children also don’t always practice good hygiene and that makes them both susceptible to as well as good transmitters of disease. Many human infections are caused by either bacteria or viruses. Immunisation is available to prevent many important bacterial
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Critical Care Nursing: Sickle Cell Anemia Critical Care Nursing 10/15/2009 Sickle cell anemia affects millions of people worldwide. Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which your body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells. They don’t last as long as normal‚ round red blood cells‚ which leads to anemia. Sickle cells contain abnormal hemoglobin that causes the cells to have a sickle shape. Sickle-shaped cells don’t move easily through your blood vessels. They’re
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In nursing the quality of care we delivery is very important not just to the patient‚ but also the nurse. When we care for patients it is important to make the patients the priority and make their clinical experience a good one. A nurse usually develops their plan of care to satisfy the patients needs‚ so we call that patient-centered care. Dabney and Tzeng (2013) describes patient-centered care as a therapeutic relationship that occurs among health care providers and the patients that are receiving
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