Nursing management for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease begins with assessment; gathering information from the patient including detailed medical history‚ present symptoms and evaluate findings of diagnostic tests. Symptoms vary with each patient‚ but may include chronic cough‚ clubbing of the fingers‚ chest tightness‚ weight loss‚ cyanosis‚ difficulty breathing with a higher rate of respirations and difficulty sleeping (Weber‚ 2008). It is common for patients suffering from difficulty
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Dealing with Depression in the 1800’s William Faulkner and Charlotte Gilman are two well known writers for intriguing novels of the 1800’s. Their two eccentric pieces‚ “A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” are equally alluring. These authors and their works have been well recognized‚ but also critized. The criticism focuses on the society that is portrayed in these novels. The modern readers of today’s society are resentful to this dramatic society. These two novels are full of tradition
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Medication errors remain the most preventable cause of injury in healthcare today impacting and influencing all six QSEN (Quality & Safety Education for Nurses) competencies; Patient Centered Care‚ Safety‚ Evidence Based Practice‚ Quality Improvement‚ Informatics‚ Teamwork‚ Collaboration‚ and Professionalism. The effective implementation of medication reconciliation is an effective tool in reducing medication errors‚ eliminating costly mistakes‚ fostering teamwork‚ collaboration and professionalism
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Biophysical medication resolves around the central theory of treating a behavioral or emotional disorder with appropriate physical interventions and methods. Teachers are often the first adults that notice when a child has a physical ailment. Whether it is stomach ache or a cold‚ a very observant teacher notices when a child is not behaving like his or her normal self. Likewise‚ the teacher is often the first adult that is able to give a valuable opinion on the effectiveness of medication on a student
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Teenagers deal with more problems than people may think. One teenager‚ as described by an article‚ dealing with depression was sixteen and is named Jennifer. Jennifer is older now but the memories of her depression will stick with her the rest of her life. The cause of depression can be many different things that are going on in their lives. In Jennifer’s case it was the way that she looked‚ so she took diet pills. Something inside of her was missing‚ so Jennifer took diet pills to fix the emptiness
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Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Neribel Claudio HCA 375 John Gomillion July 25‚ 2010 Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Patient safety is such an essential part of our health care system and it helps describe quality health care. Keeping the patients safe is a challenging issue because errors and mistakes can and do happen every day. Error occurs “when a process does not proceed the way that it was intended by its designers and managers” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny 2006)
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Stress is a term that is commonly used today but has become increasingly difficult to define. It shares‚ to some extent‚ common meanings in both the biological and psychological sciences. Stress typically describes a negative concept that can have an impact on one’s mental and physical well-being‚ but it is unclear what exactly defines stress and whether or not stress is a cause‚ an effect‚ or the process connecting the two. With organisms as complex as humans‚ stress can take on entirely concrete
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Patients with AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV causes the human immune system to be altered‚ causing the human body to be vulnerable to infections and diseases. AIDS is a growing virus in the human race affecting men‚ women‚ and children. Target Population In the past‚ white homosexual males and intravenous drug users were people who were known as targeted population for Aids
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Treatment Depression is complex; therefore‚ treatment is multilayered. Before considering a treatment a professional must consider how depression effects how this individual function daily (Kashdan‚ McKnight‚ 2009). Education is an important element of treatment. In addition to tacking symptoms‚ relationships must be analyzed‚ biological factors considered‚ actives the person engages in looked at‚ and economic influences (Kashdan‚ McKnight‚ 2009). Different types of talk therapy can be valuable
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Depression Unipolar depression and bipolar depression both run in the same family of mental disorders. They are however‚ both very different with unique individualized characteristics. They both do cause a person to experience severe and very debilitating bouts of depression‚ clinical or major. As stated in the prompt‚ “many people become depressed at some point in their lives‚ but when these feelings interfere with an individual’s ability to live a normal life and persist for an extended period
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