worldwide, nursing responsibilities and patient load have intensified. Nurses are expected to care for higher acuity patients in more complex health care situations. Despite increased hardships in the work place, nurses must continually try to find ways to preserve their caring approach. Jean Watson’s caring theory can be seen as indispensable to this goal. This paper will explain the background behind the theory and take a personal approach in showing how it can be applied to every day nursing care
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Rhea Acklin Grand Canyon University: NRS429V-Family Centered Health Promotion May 21, 2014 Instructor: Lori James Concepts of Health and Illness The most important goals of a nurse are to promote health, restore health, prevent illness, and to facilitate coping with illness, death and disability. Nurses maximize the health of patients of all ages, in many settings, and in both good health and illness. Health is not just the absence of illness, it is
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Give an example of how you implemented teaching in your patient care I implemented teaching to my patient who was diagnosed with chronic renal failure and she was suffering from metabolic acidosis. She was on an IV sodium bicarbonate to help correct her metabolic acidosis. The major nursing priority with her was signs and symptoms of fluid overload. This patient was very compliant with her health and she showed wiliness to learn. I was able to teach her about the
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and the age population can range from infancy to geriatrics on a moments notice. We also have a surgical cardiac team that performs bypass surgery and valve replacements on a wide range of patients with a multitude of comorbidities such as diabetes, renal disease, hypertension and liver disease. Yes we do some relatively “normal” surgeries also. Although we will tell you there is no such thing as a “normal” surgery. We are open for business 24/7 with staff in house at all hours of the day and night
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symptoms for a specific illness. Nursing care of an older adult requires a through assessment of acute, chronic or complex illnesses. Illness in older adults is complicated by numerous medical problems and the physical changes of aging. Identification of an illness can be overlooked simply because symptoms might be reported vaguely. Multiple overlapping factors such as environmental, sociologic, physiologic and psychologic aspects need to be considered in the nursing assessment. It’s essential that
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(Cherry & Jacob, 2011, p. 442). The participants during the root cause analysis would be the emergency room physician (Dr. T.), the Mr. B’s LPN and RN (Nurse J) during the time of the sentinel event, the emergency room nurse manager, and the chief nursing officer (CNO) of the hospital. These members would meet in a root cause analysis meeting to discuss the causative factors that created Mr. B’s sentinel event. The first step in a root cause analysis on the sentinel event that caused Mr. B’s death
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Page 1 of 14 NURSING LAW AND ETHICS JURIS OUTLINE ( Atty. Aleth Joyce T. Cubacub) Chapter 1- Overview Nursing Profession - Process of constant change - Etymological perspective it comes from the Latin word meaning NUTRIX or nourish Nursing - Art, a science and a social science - Being an art, deals with skills that require dexterity and proficiency - Science : systematic and well-defined body of knowledge which utilizes scientific methods and procedures in the application of nursing process - Social
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outcomes and promoting safety, and can serve as an indicator of quality in healthcare institutions; sustainable nursing workloads improve the quality of health care by reducing unsafe conditions, as well as reducing mortality and morbidity. Several literature reviews have clearly identified the consequences for patients when nurses are overtaxed or over utilized to bridge the gap of nursing shortages. According to Mckee et al, each patient added to nurses’ workloads (beyond four patients) is associated
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-[ \ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST SCHOOL OF NURSING MSC. ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE COURSE: ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICUM I AND II IN SPECIALTY AREA COURSE CODE: NUR 822S and NUR 829S PATIENT / FAMILY CASE STUDY (A NURSING PROCESS APPROACH) ON A CLIENT WITH GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASM BY: CHARLOTTE LAMPTEY SN/ADN/15/0030 AUGUST, 2016 CONTENTS * PREFACE * ACKNOWLEDGEMENT * INTRODUCTION
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Care of a Group Bluegrass Community and Technical College Critical Criteria #1: Assessment and Prioritizing Patient Care Client # 1 is a 71 year old female who was hospitalized on 1/23/13 with an admitting diagnosis of hyperglycemia, weakness and dehydration. This client has history of underlying lung cancer with metastasis to bone and was recently diagnosed with metastasis to the brain. Other history includes Hypertension, Hypothyroidism, Mitral Valve regurgitation and COPD. Chemotherapy
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