Nursing Management 1 Running head: OVARIAN CANCER Nursing Management of a Patient with Ovarian Cancer Jane A. Student Pasadena City College Nursing Management 2 Nursing Management of Patient with Ovarian Cancer H.S., a 57 year old female with a medical history of hypertension and chronic kidney disease, was diagnosed with a Stage IIIB clear cell carcinoma of the ovary and had surgery in April of 2007. When the patient began to have physical discomfort, an exploratory lapartomy was performed
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Journal Today I felt like I am not ready for the clinical. I was worried about tomorrow exam and my focus was more on exam then clinical. We had a pre-conference as usual which gives us information on what we are going to focus on while taking care of a client. We discussed about oxygenation and about medication. I was assigned with a client who has pneumonia, seizure disorder, and second degree MVA. Soon I entered the client room I washed my hand, introduce myself, checked client id and started
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Data Analysis-Why? A. To study and examine data collected 1 Synthesis of data B. Identify community strengths C. Identify community health needs D. Determine need for further data collection: 1. find if research has been done. 2. Data gaps: determine need for further data collection. Make sure you can support data gaps with information from assessment. E. Look for trends/patterns; how often do you see a recurrent theme? F. Discovery of causative relationships: the R/T portion. I. Basic
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history of the community: City in Wayne County with a population of 9,132. Population includes 93 % Caucasian, 2.6% Hispanic, 1.5% Black, 1.5% Asian and 1.4% other. Total square miles of 2.22 (2.21 is land and 0.01 is water). Community health nursing assessment (Priority problem for this zip code and justification for the identified problem): The priority problem for Plymouth, MI 48170 is heart disease. During my survey of the community, I did notice a lot of people dining in restaurants/bars
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Braden Scale Assessment Tool for Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk(copyright Barbara Braden and Nancy Bergstorm, 1988) | Sensory PerceptionAbility to respond meaningfully to pressure-related discomfort | 1. Completely LimitedUnresponsive (does not moan, flinch, or grasp) to painful stimuli caused by diminished level of consciousness or sedationOr Limited ability to feel pain over most of the body. | 2. Very LimitedResponds only to painful stimuli. Cannot communicate discomfort except by moaning
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1.1 – Person-centred care is a way of thinking and doing things. It means putting the individual and their families at the centre of decisions and seeing them as experts, working alongside professionals to get the best outcome. Person-centred practise is all about having a focus upon individual’s needs. Every individual has different needs, wishes, choices, likes and dislikes. We must treat everyone fairly and respect their dignity and privacy at all times. We cannot stereo-type or tarnish everyone
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FLORENCE SMYTH 09TH MARCH 2015 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LEVEL THREE. Unit 3 ENABLE RIGHTS AND CHOICES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA WHILST MINIMISING RISKS 1. UNDERSTAND KEY LEGISLATION AND AGREED WAYS OF WORKING THAT SUPPORT THE FULFILMENT OF RIGHTS AND CHOICES AND THE MINIMISING OF RISK OF HARM FOR AN INVIVIDUAL WITH DEMENTIA. 1.1 EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF KEY LEGISLATION THAT RELATES TO FULFILMENT OF RIGHTS AND CHOICES AND THE MINIMISING OF RISK OF HARM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DEMENTIA
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Concepts and Theories in Nursing Module 8 November/2014 Running Head: EVALUATING THEORY7 C-BaC Model Evaluation The criterion-based critique model (C-BaC) was designed to assist in the identification of connections between nursing practice and various theories. The design of C-BaC is to utilize eight standards (or criteria) to help you make judgements about the value and use of a theory (Johnson & Webber, 2010). This paper will view the theory of self-transcendence
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theory provides a systematic approach to nursing practice known as the nursing process. Ram utilizes a bi-level assessment to problem solve the nursing process in everyday patient care. Assessment of Behavior * The first step of the nursing process, which involves gathering data about the behavior of the person as an adaptive system in each of the adaptive modes("Nursing Theories", 2012). Assessment of Stimuli * The second step of the nursing process involves the identification of internal
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Rio Hondo College Associate Degree Nursing Program Master Text List Summer Fall 2014 |Course |Text |Edition |Author |ISBN |Publisher |Req / Opt | |ADN 151 |Student Handbook |Current |ADN Program | | |Required
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