Approach to Care of Cancer Cancer is considered the second leading cause of death in the United States resulting in about 25% of deaths (Copstead‚ & Banasik‚ 2010). The term cancer encompasses a cluster of more than one hundred diseases. Though there are various kinds of cancer‚ all cancers start due to abnormal cells growth. The typical characteristic of a cancerous cell is that they grow out of control and invade other tissue through the bloodstream or lymph vessels. If untreated‚ cancers can
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Throughout the therapeutic relationship‚ the principles of the Care programme approach (CPA) were applied. As Ann was already involved in Mental Health services she already has co-coordinator allocated. Additionally‚ throughout her hospital she had allocated named nurse‚ responsible for care planning and implementing CPA reviews. CPA help to facilitated effective metal health assessments‚ allowing for underpinning of knowledge for care planning and CPA to influential and meaningful exercise. To Make
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Case Study Pg 204: Essentials of Critical Care Nursing Mrs. K.‚ A 68 year-old white woman‚ has been admitted to the critical care unit with shortness of breath at rest. Vital signs are BP‚ 218/100 mm Hg; HR‚ 110 beats/min; and RR‚ 3 breath/min. She has run out of her antihypertensive medication for the fourth time this year and only came to the hospital because of her breathing difficulties. On examination‚ Mrs. K. is pale and clammy sitting upright in a chair. She has bibasilar crackles to
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Report)‚ the lean approach is best known for successful application and leaving lasting changes. Therefore‚ if the approach is well crafted and applied in a patient-centred healthcare environment‚ it helps in bringing dynamic improvement and changes to the healthcare sector that would result in patient satisfaction and improved clinical outcome. Some of the direct benefits of applying the lean approach in a healthcare environment include‚ improve the quality of care‚ improved patient care‚ decreased wait
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Congestive heart failure‚ also known as CHF or heart failure transpires when your heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should‚ various conditions like high blood pressure‚ escape your heart to weak or stiff to fill and pump correctly. Heart failure is caused by many ways one of which includes‚ coronary artery disease‚ a disease of the arteries to supply blood and oxygen to the heart‚ causes decreased blood flow to the heart muscle. CHF is also caused by a heart attack which‚ happens when
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recreational activities generate psychological functions. "Individualistic Approach" This individualistic approach defines subculture as the outcome
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Congestive Heart Disease The main function of a healthy heart is to ensure proper blood flow throughout the body and supplying all the organs with the nutrients that are necessary for survival. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is also known as Congestive heart disease‚ but for this paper we will use failure‚ Consistent with the research. Congestive heart failure is a disease that primarily causes the heart to be compromised. This leaves the heart unable to perform the main function of pumping blood
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heart failure (CHF) is a situation where the heart is not able to pump adequate blood to the other organs of the body. Causes of CHF are coronary artery disease‚ past myocardial infarction‚ hypertension‚ heart valve disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ congenital heart defects‚ endocarditis and myocarditis (American heart association‚ 2013) .In the case scenario of Mr. P 76 year old man comes with the history of cardiomyopathy and CHF and in the past repeatedly admitted for the management of CHF symptoms. This
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social care. For the Humanistic approach I will assess the usefulness of a care assistant in a care home treating the whole person and in a hospital a nurse’s ability to ensure a patient’s physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social needs have been met (P.I.E.S). For Social Learning theory I will evaluate a nursery assistant in a nursery capability of being a positive role model and in a hospital a nurse’s role of carrying out anti- discriminatory practice. For the Behaviourist approach I will judge
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health care entity to focus on‚ this could be a clinic or hospital of your choosing. Review the debate that is discussed between Sandra and Juan and answer the following questions. If you were the supervisor of Sandra and Juan‚ how would you guide their discussion in determining the best improvement strategy? The healthcare entity that I would focus on would be a healthcare clinic. The Six Sigma approach that Sandra chose can be effective in the healthcare clinic. The Six Sigma approach can
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