Psychotherapeutic Drugs and the Nursing Process Psychotherapeutic drugs are used for treating patients with various degrees of mental and emotional disorders. These disorders can interfere with their ability to function in society and limit their ability to perform normal everyday activities which may require the use of psychotherapeutic drugs (Lilley‚ Rainforth‚ Collins‚ & Snyder‚ 2017). There are many different categories within psychotherapeutic drugs that may be prescribed depending on the type
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PROCESS RECORDING Case Analysis A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Nursing – Graduate School Saint Louis University School of Nursing Baguio City In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Practicum in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Submitted By: Alfred D. Waldo‚ RN‚ RGC MSN1 12 May 2013 I. INTRODUCTION: In any human endeavor‚ in medicine as a cardinal example‚ when ever facts are sparse‚ strongly held theories proliferate. Because the
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For the hospital reflection journal‚ I chose to discuss my experience in the place I could perceive myself working in during my nursing career – the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). My NICU hospital experience occurred on Sunday‚ March 26‚ 2017 at the Honor Health Scottsdale Shea center. My nurse and I were assigned to two premature infants – a 4-week-old female and an 8-week-old male. The infant I decided to do my assignment on was the 4-week-old female. She was born on 02/20/2017 at 25 weeks
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defined caring as a nurturing response to a patient with whom the nurse feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility (Nursing Theory and Theorist‚ 2008). Jean Watson began developing her theory in 1979. She published her first book in 1979‚ her second in 1985. Her intention was to develop and define caring as a science. She wanted to separate the nursing process from the practice of medicine. Through research and experience‚ she intended to prove her theory (Quizon‚ Panganiban‚ Pecson‚ Pecson
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Reflection of a Critical Incident I chose to write about this incident because I feel it emphasizes the risks to which the patients can be exposed while receiving care in a health care facility. It shows how policies and procedures can be neglected by the healthcare professionals‚ placing the patients at increased risk of getting hospital acquired infection. According to Statistics Canada one in nine patients admitted to Canadian hospitals acquire an infection as a result of their hospital stay
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Reflection The incident that I am going to reflect had happed during my nursing studies. I was posted in a busy emergency care (EC). My role was to observe and assist a RN. Ms. X came to EC with severe abdominal pain. After the initial assessment Doctor ordered a list of blood tests. I accompanied RN to observe blood sampling procedure. Ms. X was clearly not cooperating for the procedure and was screaming. I helped to position the patient with the help of family members so that the RN could carry
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The nursing role is rapidly evolving as nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and care centers around the US‚ nurses are rising to meet these challenges. Today’s nurses are not just caring for the sick; they are changing our very notion of modern medicine and health care delivery. A nurse’s role is about being a more effective member of the health care team and navigating clinical systems. No matter the work environment‚ all nurses are
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I had learned so much from this class that I will take with me into my nursing career. During this course‚ I was able to think critically and tried understand what is like to be old. I am happy to say that my results were outstanding and I think the information that I had acquired from doing the internet explore on many different topics will be useful to me in the future. I work in a nursing home and I love helping people with their activities of daily living. Many people that I helped have a great
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This process recording will be a reflection a conversation that transpired between the student social worker and the client. This client is an African American female with a terminal cancer. This process recording will also discuss the student’s assessment of this client and plan for the next visit. The purpose of this process recording was to offer patient support. The intent of this session was to offer companionship and build a relationship with this client. Reminiscing‚ on the previous session
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this week’s lesson‚ Hebda stated that she is “biased‚ but any opportunity to discuss nursing informatics is exciting…” Speaking of this excitement‚ when the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment assignment was given to me in the first week of this course‚ most of the information that was presented for us to complete‚ I end up with a very low score. Also‚ I did say that I was interesting in the Telenursing position. Nursing informatics had opened many avenues to my career pathway‚ but I am more focus on
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