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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Developing future nurse leaders is a great challenge in today’s nursing profession and powerful leadership skills are needed by all nurses in every aspect of the profession. Leadership quality is the way an individual inspires a group of nurses to achieve greatness in the established goal that has been set in front of them (Sellgren‚ Ekvall‚ & Tornson‚ 2006). According to Hood (as cited in Agnes‚ 2005) “Leadership is defined as a process of influencing others or guiding or directing others to attain
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The Nursing Process is a patient centered goal oriented method of caring‚ that provides a framework to nursing care. It involves five major steps of Assessment‚ Nursing Diagnosis‚ Planning‚ Implementation/Intervention and Evaluation. This is known as “ADPIE”. Nurse Assessment is the first step of the nursing process. We can view this step as an interview process in which the nurse is trying to gather information from the patient. This information is gathered by two steps‚ observation and asking
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• What nursing knowledge is needed or determined at each step of the nursing process? • Describe the scientific basis of the nursing knowledge at each step. Evaluation The nurse requires an extensive knowledge base in order to accurately evaluate the effectiveness of the goals set forth in a nursing care plan. The knowledge a nurse gains is not solely based on the extent of her or his education. In addition‚ the experience and ability to recognize changes which require intervention are
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430V 11/16/2013 Professional Development of the Nursing Professionals Introduction Today’s healthcare system is going through different transformations and changes for many reasons because of the growing demands of medical professionals. The Institute of medicine worked with other agencies and came up with a report to face the demands and needs of the present healthcare system. The IOM report provides abundant opportunities for nurses to advance in education‚ improve nursing practice‚ and progress
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those who surround us. This is true in our role as nurses. As nurses we play a significant role in our patient’s diagnosis‚ treatment‚ and recovery. This role defines the boundaries between nurse-client relationships. According to Black (2014)‚ professional boundaries are the areas between the power of a nurse and the vulnerability of their patient. The nurse’s power comes from the extent of confidential information that the nurse knows about the patient. Patient confidentiality is also a major boundary
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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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Krautscheid (2014) suggests that professional nursing accountability is an aspect that underpins professional nursing practice and is frequently described by professional nursing organisations however it can be difficult to describe and define with no consistent language or definition available in the literature. Kozier (2012) suggests it is the ability and willingness to assume responsibility for your actions and accepting consequences of your behaviour. The development of the role of the clinical
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B. Parker Prof. Fern Baudo December 4‚ 2013 Nursing Process Paper ! Managing ineffective health maintenance in a patient with multiple chronic illnesses. Overview. M.E.P. is a 37 year old African-American female who came to the ER on September 20‚ complaining of widespread severe body pain‚ shortness of breath‚ weakness‚ extreme fatigue‚ and a fever. In the ER‚ the physicians admitted her to inpatient care with two diagnoses: sickle cell anemia crisis and mycoplasmic pneumonia
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ENDOMETRIOSIS: THE NURSING PROCESS Abstract This paper will focus the nursing process of endometriosis‚ including the pathophysiology‚ etiology‚ risk factors‚ signs and symptoms‚ assessments‚ diagnostic testing‚ interventions‚ medications and teaching. Therapy for a client with endometriosis will be individualized depending upon the severity of the disease‚ however‚ the basic information will be covered here. Endometriosis: The Nursing Process Endometriosis
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