THE OLDER POPULATION Gray is the new color of the world population. Today the globe is home to two billion people over the age of sixty‚ a group that is growing five times as quickly as the population as a whole. Of those‚ one hundred and eleven million are in the United States alone. With our elderly population increasing; we will have to find ways to care for them. According to the Census Bureau‚ more people were 65 and over in 2010‚ and increased at a faster rate than the
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Community Work Service with Adult Offenders Abstract The focus is on Community work service as an alternative sentencing. Community work service allows the offender to contribute to the community. This type of work can be considered a win-win situation‚ because the offenders provide the service and the community benefits from their work. There are all kinds of work activities for offenders. The points that are going to be addressed are: community work service‚ probation
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research concerned with establishing costs of nursing care‚ examining the relationships between nursing services and quality patient care‚ and viewing problems of nursing service delivery within the broader context of policy analysis and delivery of health services Generating‚ planning‚ organizing‚ and administering medical and nursing care and services for patients. Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organised under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has
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A Phenomenological study describing the lived experience of nurses caring for prisoner-patients by Christopher Veal i A Phenomenological study describing the lived experience of nurses caring for prisoner-patients ABSTRACT There are close to five thousand prisoners in custody in Queensland prisons and this number is on the increase. Prisoners have complex health needs and it is the role of the correctional health nurse to care for prisoner-patients and their health needs. Yet there
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Nursing care plan (Colonoscopy) S.E is a 59 year old African-American male admitted to the critical care unit because of his left lower quadrant (LLQ) abdominal pain. S.E had a colonoscopy 2 days ago. He has a family history of hypertension (HTN) and a medical history of HTN and anemia. He is alert and oriented ×3 (time‚ place‚ and person). S.E has no known drug allergy and he is NPO except for medicine. Problem: LLQ abdominal pain Acute pain | Assessment | Planning/Nursing Goals |
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After reviewing the post‚ there are many aspects that I agree and disagree about the nursing care method. I definitely agree on the first priority of nursing care should be to address the patient’s cramping and bloating. The cramping and bloating was essentially the primary concern of the patient and was the result of the constipation. Additionally‚ I agree that the SMART outcome should involve the goal of the patient having a bowel movement by the end of the nurse’s shift‚ because having a bowel
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Assessment | Nursing Diagnosis | Goals & Expected outcomes | Nursing Interventions | Rationales | Methods of Evaluation | Name of client: Mrs. Tam Age: 65 Sex: Female Student ID:1155016494 Assessment date: 29/11/12 Medical Diagnosis: 1. Lower limbs edema 2. Low albumin level 3. hypokalemia and hypocalcaemia 4. Anemia Nursing Diagnosis: Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to vomiting after eating as evidenced by food intake less than the recommended daily
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Wisdom I have learned from an older adult First of all I have to say that I’ve put quiet a bit of thought into who I’ve received the most words of wisdom from and I have chosen my adopted mother. Over the past thirty six years that I have been a part of my adopted family I have truly had some difficulties coping and dealing with the fact my biological mother abandoned myself and my four brothers when I was a baby. For many years I have questioned so many things‚ the reasons‚ the whys‚ the what
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DATE | CUES | NURSING DIAGNOSIS | KNOWLEDGE BACKGROUND | GOAL | NURSING INTERVENTION | RATIONALE | EVALUATION | | Subjective:“Medyo masakit ang dibdib ko pag umuubo ako.”as verbalized by the patientObjective:Productive coughYellow sputum dischargedPain scale of 10/10 | Acute pain R/T coughing | Acute pain is described as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage ;sudden or slow onset of any intensity from
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Karisa M. Young April 28‚ 2005 Nursing 374L Nursing Care Plan Twin ‘B’ was born on Monday February 14‚ 2005 at 35 weeks gestation. The mother was scheduled for a cesarean section at 38 weeks gestation‚ but presented in the hospital early with signs of labor. A cesarean delivery was performed. Twin ‘B’ APGAR scores at 1 minute and 5 minutes were 9 and the newborn weighted 4lbs 3 oz. Upon completion of the assessment‚ the newborn’s temperature decreased to 96.1 degree Celsius (axillary). Diagnosis
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