George is an adult male who has chronic renal failure as well as the co-morbidities of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and diabetes. As George is indigenous and lives on social assistance‚ these determinants have likely contributed to the development of his co-morbidities and chronic renal failure. Additionally‚ George has been on dialysis three times a week for 15 years but has lately been missing his dialysis appointments and calling the clinic the next day calling to be dialyzed
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WHO‚ (2015) added that‚ nurse should obtain an informed consent from the patient or his family (signed consent) before blood transfusion. Informed consent is very important for both patient and nurse but the need for consent must not prevent or delay urgent transfusion‚ patients transfused when it is not possible to obtain prior consent and provided with information retrospectively. For the same reason‚ patients who have given consent for possible transfusion during surgery should be informed if
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How would you develop a realistic plan to help this patient reduce his blood pressure and prevent complications? Primary hypertension affects millions of people in the United States and billions around the world. Furthermore‚ it is likely to be the most common all health problems among adults and the leading cause and risk associated with cardiovascular complications. Multiple factors are known to contribute to the development of this cardiovascular disorder‚ some of them are modifiable and have
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Should I Study Nursing Overseas? Introduction Critical thinking is an essential process in daily life since it allows people to participate in deliberative and self-determining thinking. According to Joe Lau (n.d.)‚ it is used to qualify our thinking procedure by understanding and identifying the vague concepts‚ evaluating and discussing the related debate. In this assignment‚ I would like to illustrate and evaluate the critical thinking skill I have applied in my daily life with a decision-making
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Alicia V.‚ based on her symptoms‚ is diagnosed with PCOS. This is based on the findings that she is experiencing weight gain‚ unwanted hair growth‚ acne‚ a normal external genitalia‚ cervix‚ and vagina‚ and amenorrhea. Alicia has secondary amenorrhea because she has high levels of prolactin‚ which suppress GnRH and FSH. This is demonstrated by her low FSH levels. Alicia has hirsutism as insulin producing cells are overactive and create too much insulin. This increase in insulin causes her ovaries
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I found your post about the lean methodology intriguing and informative. It helped me to have a better understanding of a clinic use for this type of approach to quality improvement in nursing care. Working for the state government means that budgets are tight and there is no room to be wasteful with resources. Richardson et al. (2014) identify certain principles of the Lean process that can be transposed into the healthcare setting. The principles of waste elimination‚ consistent workflow‚ staff
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interact in acute settings? In this study‚ I would like to use ethnography. When compared to other qualitative methods like ;phenomenology or grounded theory‚ethnography is a systematic approach‚which includes observing‚detailing‚describing‚and analyzing the patterns of culture(Leininger‚1985).The key feature of ethnography as a qualitative research methodology is that‚ it involves long term study of a
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Research is defined by Parahoo (2006‚ p. 472) as “the study of phenomena by the rigorous and systematic collection and analysis of data”. Nursing research is necessary as up-to-date knowledge is vital for appropriate nursing and midwifery decision making. In order to improve upon health outcomes and provide effective care‚ research should inform best practice and provide an evidence base with which to underpin nursing care. The two studies to be analysed in this assignment are‚ ‘Final-year student
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New Hampshire Board of Nursing‚ the Oncology Nurses Society‚ the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics‚ Kristen M. Swanson’s (1999) middle range Theory of Caring and Florence Nightingale influence or influenced my nursing career. Functional Differences There are functional differences between the New Hampshire Board of Nursing (NHBON) and the Oncology Nurses Society‚ (ONS). NHBON protects
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comprehensive nursing care to patients but their families as well. The Nurse Practice Act defines the LVN and the Professional Nurse. “‘Vocational nursing’ means a directed scope of nursing practice‚ including the performance of an act that requires specialized judgment and skill‚ the proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application of the principles of biological‚ physical‚ and social science as acquired by a completed course in an approved school of vocational nursing”(Texas BON
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