Dr. Bruce D. Perry was invited by the staff of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to evaluate six year old Justin, who kept on throwing his feces and food at the staff. When Dr. Perry arrived at the PICU, he heard the loud screaming before he found the boy who was obviously malnourished and was wearing a loose diaper while sitting in a cage. The crib looked similar to a dog cage with iron bars and plywood wired to the top. Justin was being treated for severe pneumonia and would fight the staff when they would try to draw blood and he would tire out his IVs. Dr. Perry knew that the more anxious someone is then the harder it is for them to express their true feelings, thoughts, and history. He also knew it is much more difficult to form a positive relationship with a child who is anxious (Perry & Szalavitz, 2009). Instead of rushing in to question Justin, Dr. Perry wants to give him the opportunity to meet him and let him have control.…
My report on an issue/area of public concern related to the care profession – The death of Baby P.…
Our future is built upon our children. If we want to achieve as a nation in our older years we must make sure that the children of our future are taken care of. There are five levels of health an individual must take care of; emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual and social. As children are too young to ensure all of these levels of health are met and maintained by him/her it is up to society and adult figures in each individual child’s life to ensure that these levels of health are met. There is no one type of health that stands alone and it is through taking care of all aspects of health that aids in…
Komiske, B. K. (2011). Designing the World 's Best Children 's Hospitals 2: Children 's hospitals : the future of healing environments. Mulgrave: Images Publishing Group.…
Children in their early years may have a range of needs and the way that we work together as practitioners can have a positive impact on their health, development and learning. For example, a teacher may have noticed that one of the young children in the class may not respond sometimes when their name is called and they sometimes do not do their work but when they are shown what to do they carry out their work perfectly. The teacher suspects that the child may have difficulty hearing but without the help of a medical professional she would not be able to check the child’s hearing and try and find an outcome helpful to the needs of the child and vice versa. If the teacher did not pass on information to the medical representative they would not be aware of any problems. Therefore just even two agencies working together and sharing information can have a positive outcome.…
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Focuses on improving outcomes for children in the early years through the ‘five outcomes’ of Every Child Matters (including ‘being healthy’ and ‘staying safe’).…
* Babies and young children are vulnerable and very dependent on their parents and carers. Therefore as well as provide and children’s learning and development it is also essential that we support the physical care, keep them safe and meet their nutritional needs.…
In “Bundles to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: How valuable are they?,” Charity Wip and Lena Napolitano present the results of a qualitative study to determine the value of different care bundles in preventing the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). In fact, the authors concede that VAP is often resultant of the ventilator care plan, and that the ventilator bundle would be critical in reducing the occurrence of VAPs among the intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Of important is the fact that a range of care bundles are present, each differing in its specific care process that focuses on VAP prevention and even mortality when VAP occurs. Using the information submitted in the research article, ICU medical personnel can refine their care plans for increased effectiveness in the reduction of VAP rates in the ICU. In addition, such an understanding would ensure better overall medical care outcomes in the ICU (Wip & Napolitano, 2009). Therefore, the problem addressed by the article is the determination of the best care bundles for reducing the occurrence of VAP among ICU patients.…
Aylott, M. (2006b) ‘Observing the sick child: part 2c respiratory auscultation’, Paediatric Nursing, 19(3), pp. 38-45.…
Nordby,K. Kjonsberg, K. Hummelvoll, J.K.(2009) Relatives of persons with recently discovered serious mental illness: in need of support to become resource persons in treatment and recovery.(Appendix 1). Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing. 17, 304-311.…
Moules, T. 2009, "They wouldn’t know how it feels . . .’: characteristics of quality care from young people’s perspectives: a participatory research project", Journal of Child Health Care, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 322-332…
First the most prominent part of the metaparadigm addressed was that of nursing. The entire article was based on trying to find a more efficient way to promote healing and caring for nurses. Without nurses there is no nursing, therefore this article brings to light one of the main concepts in the metaparadigm. Along with nursing this article also addresses person within the metaparadigm, this article looked at the way nurses provided care to children in six different units of care. Examining the ways, the nurses and other staff interacted with patients but also with each other in an attempt to promote higher quality of care for patients, along with providing better care for them as people, was a common area throughout this article. Environment was also addressed within this article because as stated before the main goal or achievement of this study was to improve care and healing within the environment’s these nurses worked in every day. Last but not least, health was also addressed the entire goal of the study was to improve the way health can be achieved for nurses, patients, and anyone else involved in the care of…
Executive Summary This guide to using qualitative research methodology is designed to help you think about all the steps you need to take to ensure that you produce a good quality piece of work. The guide starts by telling you what qualitative methodology is and when to use it in the field (understand people’s belief system, perspectives, experiences). It also flags the most important ethical issues that you will encounter (consent and confidentiality). The second part of the guide tackles how you can concretely develop qualitative research designs; starting from clearly defining your research question (one of the most important steps in your research!), to how to develop a research protocol; and finally giving you tips on the sampling methods which are available and how to use them. The third part details how you can actually obtain the data - what methods can you use to get the information you want? The three main methods (individual interviews, group interviews and observational methods) are explained, and the steps to build these different methods are outlined (How to do a topic guide? How to ask questions? How to develop interview skills and manage expectations? How to run group discussions? etc) Finally, the fourth chapter looks into how, once you have collected all the data, you can manage it and analyse it. For the management of data, a few practical issues are addressed, such as confidentiality and security, translation and recording. The analysis section will give you clues as to how to use thematic or narrative analysis, what validation strategies you need to think of, what good practice guidelines you should follow, and whether or not to use a computer software. Case studies will be developed throughout the year and put on the open repository.…
The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Hospital. With more than 10,500 births in 2004 in a hospital that was designed in 1989 for a capacity of 6,500 births a year, the newborn intensive care unit was stretched to the limit. Moreover, with continuing strong population growth in central Florida, the hospital was often full. It was clear that new facilities were needed. After much analysis, forecasting, and discussion, the management team decided to build a new 273-bed building across the street from the existing hospital. But the facility had to be built in accordance with the hospital’s Guiding Principles and its uniqueness as a health center dedicated to the specialized needs of women and infants. Those Guiding Principles are: Family-centered environment, a healing environment where privacy and dignity are respected, sanctuary of caring that includes warm, serene surroundings with natural lighting, sincere and dedicated staff providing the highest quality care, and patient centered flow and function.…