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Table of contents
Introduction...............................................................page3
Patient presentation..................................................page4
Diagnosis....................................................................page
Overview of nursing models and nursing process.....page
Roper, Logan, and Tierney
Model.............................................page
Assessment...............................................................page
Planning....................................................................page
Intervention..............................................................page
Evaluation................................................................page
Recommendations for practice................................page
Conclusion................................................................page
References................................................................page
Appendix 1................................................................page
Introduction
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive degenerative disease that affects the motor neurones in the corticospinal pathways, also those in the motor nuclei of the brainstem and the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. The autonomic nervous system and the sensory nerves are unaffected (MND Association, 2010). There are no known reasons as to why a person suffers with MND; research across the world is being carried out to find out why some suffer with MND while others do not. There are no specific tests carried out to diagnosis MND. The physician will go on the patient’s symptoms to determine a diagnosis.
There are three main types of the disease. Whilst the person may present initially with one type, they may later on develop a combination of two or even all three types of the disease. The common form of MND, which
Word count: 4,800.
Table of contents
Introduction...............................................................page3
Patient presentation..................................................page4
Diagnosis....................................................................page
Overview of nursing models and nursing process.....page
Roper, Logan, and Tierney
Model.............................................page
Assessment...............................................................page
Planning....................................................................page
Intervention..............................................................page
Evaluation................................................................page
Recommendations for practice................................page
Conclusion................................................................page
References................................................................page
Appendix 1................................................................page
Introduction
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive degenerative disease that affects the motor neurones in the corticospinal pathways, also those in the motor nuclei of the brainstem and the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. The autonomic nervous system and the sensory nerves are unaffected (MND Association, 2010). There are no known reasons as to why a person suffers with MND; research across the world is being carried out to find out why some suffer with MND while others do not. There are no specific tests carried out to diagnosis MND. The physician will go on the patient’s symptoms to determine a diagnosis.
There are three main types of the disease. Whilst the person may present initially with one type, they may later on develop a combination of two or even all three types of the disease. The common form of MND, which
References: Patient presentation Lucy Maynard (actual name withheld to maintain confidentiality) (NMC, 2013) is 42 and relatively healthy until three years ago Prevalence According to the Motor Neurone Disease Association the prevalence or number of people living with MND at any one time is approximately 7 in 100.000 (MND Association, 2010). Chosen model The model of nursing that familiar to nurses was developed by Roper in 1976 and was last updated and added to in 1980, 1981, and 1983 by Roper, Logan, and Tierney