CTR is a 51 year old woman who is divorced and lives with her son and granddaughter. She works a full-time job as well as a part-time job to make ends meet. She struggles everyday with high blood pressure‚ type II diabetes and multiple other musculoskeletal problems‚ but one thing she does not struggle with is her faith. Upon meeting with her and performing the spiritual assessment (Balzer-Riley‚ 2008) using the tool as assigned CTR consented to an assessment of her spiritual health. It was very
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This assignment will discuss and define the role of assessment as a vital tool in the provision of nursing care within the Nursing process. The author will describe sources of information which may inform the assessment process‚ identify a specific assessment tool used in my area of practice and identify ways of developing a positive professional relationship with the client‚ during the assessment process. The assessment process may be defined as the organized and systematic collection and assimilation
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involved in this model are assess‚ link‚ synthesize‚ design‚ implement and evaluate‚ and integrate and maintain. In this case‚ we have identified problem i.e. increased incidence of UTIs. According to the model‚ we will need to assess the need to change the current practice of the clinic. The data should be collected on the clinic’s current practice‚ which
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Case Study One In this case study I will use Gibbs (1988) model of reflection to write a personal account of an abdominal examination carried out in general practice under the supervision of my mentor‚ utilising the skills taught during the module thus far. What happened During morning routine sick parade I was presented with a 21 year old male soldier experiencing severe acute‚ non specific‚ abdominal pain. Under the supervision of the medical officer (MO) I proceeded to carry out a full
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Patient Y adjusted well on the postpartum unit with the help of the nursing interventions mentioned above. Patient Y’s pain score continued to decrease throughout her stay. She started taking medication for severe pain and by the third day she was only requiring mild medication to alleviate her pain. Patient Y’s following was discontinued the following day and she remained free from any urinary infections. In regards to reducing the risk of infection for the incision‚ the healthcare team performed
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1179 Assignment Word Count: 3435 As a student nurse you have approached a patient and their parent to inform them that they will be discharged from hospital in 2 days. The patients parent appears concerned at this news and explains that they are an only parent and are worried they will not be able to cope at home‚ they ask you if there is any help available to them. This assignment will explore the above statement in relation to the role of a student nurse and what actions the
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Legislative Assignment. APN Nursing is a large health care field that has enlarged its scope of practice over the years. In US history‚ the presence and influence of APNs was very important. The role of Nurse Practitioners has steadily expanded. First‚ was a horizontal movement to embrace expertise in medicine. Second‚ the scope moved vertically to encompass graduate nursing education. Since 1996 there has been a rapid‚ transformative evolution of the position APNs hold. Today APN Regulation
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SPD and MPD were analyzed two times for better statistical power. Participants within this study continued the treatment for the following five years. Participants assigned to SPD were positioned supine horizontal‚ prone‚ left side down‚ and right side down. For those assigned to MPD the previous four positions were modified to supine 30° head
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Faculty of Health Sciences School of Nursing & Midwifery Assignment cover sheet: online submission Complete this cover sheet and copy and paste the whole page at the beginning of your assignment. It should be the first page. The file name must have your FAN‚ topic code and the assignment name or number (for example‚ smit0034_nurs0000_ass1.doc‚ jone0024_nurs1111_ass2.doc). Instructions for submitting assignments in FLO can be found at: http://flinders.edu.au/nursing/studentsandcourses/handbooks-&-forms/general_forms
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Task Five Introduction Nursing theories are the guidelines to perform nursing practice effectively. Since the origin of nursing practice‚ there are many remarkable theories have been developed. According to Tomey & Alligood (2006)‚ these theories have been classified mainly into four different groups‚ which are‚ Philosophy‚ Conceptual model and Grand theories‚ Theories and Middle range nursing theories. Benner’s Dreyfus model of skill acquisition theory comes under the first category‚ which
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