Geriatric Nursing Paper Geriatric Nursing Paper The student was able to spend four hours during two different occasions with Thelma (alias) at her home. Thelma was a 72 year old female. She had many medical diagnoses’s‚ some of which include: osteoarthritis‚ diabetes‚ hyponatremia‚ and hearing loss. The student was lucky enough to perform an assessment of Thelma’s functional‚ environmental and psychosocial status during an interview type of process. The tools that were used to perform theses
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Running head: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS 1 Nursing Assessment and Interventions to Older Adults With Dementia Karen Montanez Trinitas School of Nursing Abstract This paper explores three published articles that report the different nursing assessments‚ strategies and interventions for patients with dementia. The paper explains the meaning of dementia‚ how to communicate properly with patients who suffer from the disease and techniques
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environment scale. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1995;22:1166–1173. 2. Lindop E. Factors associated with student and pupil nurse wastage. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1987;12:751–756. 3. Beck D‚ Srivastava R. Perceived level and source of stress in baccalaureate nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education. 1991;30:127–132. 4. Hart G‚ Rotem A. The best and the worst: Students ’ experience of clinical education. The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1994;11:26–33. 5. Sheila Sh‚ Huey-Shyon
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Policy Analysis I Paper Brenda Edwards CJA/464 January 3‚ 2013 Jeremy Claridge Policy Analysis I Paper Public Policy throughout the criminal justice system should substitute social change as it search to bring about a more civilized and unbiased society. There are various operative approaches that influence government policy and numerous ways to encourage change‚ including tactics that outline the system as well as those that strengthen the system. In this is a paper‚ I will discuss a current
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Background & Significance of the Policy Issue Diabetes is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease‚ blindness‚ lower limb amputations and kidney failure in the United States (CDC‚ 2013a; Green‚ Brancati‚ & Albright‚ 2012). Diabetes is also a major cause of diabetic neuropathy‚ retinopathy‚ stroke and the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S. (CDC‚ 2013a; O ’Connor‚ & Wellenius‚ 2012). The Centers for Disease Control estimated that diabetes would affect up to 33% of the U.S. population by
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Obtaining BSN Degree for Self-Improvement Accomplishing goals of much value in life is very difficult without pursuing higher education. This paper will address upon the basic questions and topics related to obtaining my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree. The paper will answer the questions like my motivation to return to school for further education‚ the benefits that I hope to obtain from this education‚ my plans on implementing my knowledge into practice‚ the terminal degree that I plan
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Philosophy Paper Seminar January 13‚ 2011 In this paper I will explore the elements of nursing theory and how I believe they are all tied together. I believe that a man’s health will be directly affected by his environment and his nursing care. The four elements of Nursing Theory are man‚ environment‚ health and nursing; the most important of these is man. I believe that man is a complex being‚ and like the fingerprint‚ no two are alike. Although some can be placed into
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in the nursing process as “a discipline specific‚ reflective reasoning process that guides a nurse in generating‚ implementing‚ and evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and professional concerns” (Kozier‚ 2008). This definition is imperative to help a nursing student learn how to think in terms of nursing care. Nursing students must achieve a comprehensive understanding of critical thinking in order to understand the nursing process. The purpose for this paper is for nursing students
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The Future of Nursing: Leading change and Advancing health Cicely Leufroy Grand Canyon Universtiy October 19‚ 2014 Education and leadership is what drives nursing practice today. With the constant growth of the nursing profession education is becoming more important to keep up with the change. In order to make change happen as a nurse you must have leadership skills. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report addressing the future of nursing as we know it. This paper will focus on how
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A big policy issue in America is abortion on whether it should remain legal or become illegal. Abortion is the termination of a human pregnancy‚ which means to remove the embryo. Interest groups have an influence on the government’s decisions on policy issues. There are many interest groups who fight for and against abortion in America. Some interest groups promote giving women the legal choice of getting an abortion. Other interest groups fight to make abortion illegal. Abortion is a very controversial
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