Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting Grand Canyon University Introduction to Nursing Research NRS-433V Debbie Beck July 14‚ 2014 Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting The article that I choose for this assignment will review the interventions and prevention of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. Unfortunately nausea and vomiting are one of the unexpected result of chemotherapy that can affect the physiological
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of the patient with acute abdominal pain Karen DeLawder Chamberlain College of Nursing NR305: Health Assessment Spring 2011 Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain Introduction Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain is an article published in the Nursing Standard Journal in the June 2006 issue‚ written by Elaine Cole‚ Antonia Lynch‚ and Helen Cugnoni. This article gives an in depth look at common diagnosis associated with abdominal pain. With each diagnosis the
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Postoperative Nausea Vomiting Working in the recovery room I see more often than not a significant amount of postoperative patients who suffer from nausea resulting in vomiting. As a nurse my ultimate goal for these patients is to decrease their recovery time and speed up the healing process. According to Hambridge (2013)‚ “Post-operative nausea and vomiting is a common complication for many surgical patients‚ causing anxiety and distress” (p. 35). This anxiety or distress caused from nausea and vomiting
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in last week’s issue. I t is reproduced here in full. Please use this version when referencing the article. Page 76 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain NS344 Cole E et ai (2006) Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain. Nursing Standard. 20‚ 39‚67-75. Date of acceptance: October 10 2005. Summary Abdominal pain has many causes‚ from simple to complex presentations. Patients with abdominal pain may have a number of physiological
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Emergency Department Northeastern Intermediate Clinical Practice 04/23/2013 Emergency Department Experience I started my day in the emergency department (ED) by meeting the staff. One charge registered nurse (RN)‚ five staff RN’s‚ four paramedics‚ one patient care technician‚ and one doctor. Jennifer Thomas was also in the ED today and informed me that to get the best experience I should invite myself into the rooms as the patients arrive. Most Common Medical Diagnosis The first patient
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is the most important phase of treating medical emergencies‚ despite all the efforts of prevention emergencies will still occur. An emergency is a medical condition that requires immediate treatment. Emergencies do occur in the dental offices. A survey of 4‚000dentists conducted by Fast and others revealed an incidence of 7.5 emergencies per dentist over a 10 year period. Here are three steps to prevent medical emergencies in the dental office: Medical History‚ Patient Evaluation‚ and Staff Training
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La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences Undergraduate Nursing Program Spring 2014 COURSE NUMBER: NUR 316 TITLE: Care of Older Adults in Health and Illness CREDIT/CLOCK HOURS: 5 credits 3 hours theory per week; 8 hours of clinical practice for 9 weeks‚ 4 hours Hospital Orientation + Lab day: (84 clinical hours) PRE/CO-REQUISITES: NUR 304‚ NUR 305‚ NUR 307‚ NUR 312‚ NUR 310 Class Day /Time: Class Location: Faculty: Denise Pruskowski Kavanagh‚ MSN‚ RN Office
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School Year 2013 – 2014 Case Study: Management of Patients With Dysrhythmias and Conduction Problems Abby‚ is 21 years of age and is a female patient who received a permanent atrial-ventricular pacemaker for the diagnosis of sick sinus rhythm‚ a disorder that leads to periods of tachycardia and periods of extreme bradycardia or sinus arrest. The nurse received the end-of-shift report and arrives at Ms. Abby’s’s room where she assesses the patient’s incision dressing on the upper left chest and
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the intruders from the nose‚ coughing from the lungs and throat‚ diarrhea from the intestines‚ and vomiting from the stomach. Vomiting is a forceful action accomplished by a fierce‚ downward contraction of the diaphragm muscle. At the same time‚ the abdominal muscles tighten against a relaxed stomach with an open gastroesophageal sphincter. The contents of the stomach are propelled up and out. As part of a bodily reflex‚ you may produce more saliva just before vomiting. Vomiting is a complex
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spiritual problems as well as control of pain and other physical symptoms; to improve pt and family’s quality of life hospice- care provided to terminally ill patient’s and their families; death has been accepted‚ bereavement for family; generally associated with palliative care that is delivered at home or in special facilities to pts who are approaching the end of life(type of palliative care provided at end of life) * Death must be accepted * Pain and other symptoms of terminal illness
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