Introduction There is an increasing emphasis of the importance of the role of nurses as educators and therefore is important to have an understanding of how to implement a teaching plan in clinical practice. Education of patients and family is the professional responsibility of the nurse. The nurse should aim for the patient to achieve independence in the management of their own health. This assignment will compromise of a proposed teaching plan regarding self-administration of sub-cutaneous insulin
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English 12 Period 3 December 11‚ 2013 Inside the Job of a Nurse Practitioner Whenever people are sick or have an emergency and have to go to the hospital‚ nurses are always there to comfort them. Nursing is a fast growing occupation here in the United States and makes up the vast majority of the healthcare industry. Nursing is a career that allows people to care for others. Aside from the greatness of helping others‚ it also comes with stressful situations that require plenty of responsibility
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Health Patterns: The Belanger Family Teresa Jo Cox Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health promotion NRS-429V-0104 Marcy Engebretson October 06‚ 2013 Health Patterns: The Belanger Family Marjorie Gordon in 1987 recommended functional health patterns as a model for launching a comprehensive nursing data base. The eleven groupings make possible a methodical and systemized approach to data collection‚ and facilitate the nurse to establish the following characteristics of health and
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GPT Task 2 Community Health WGU Abstract A terminal illness can have a devastating effect‚ not only on the patient‚ but the family as well. Caring for the patient does not just involve physically caring for the patient‚ but rather involves the holistic care‚ which is “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association‚ 1998). The nurse becomes the therapeutic partner‚ which involves the care of the mind‚ body‚ and
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Roles Nicolle Durfee Introduction to Leadership Maria Rosario D. Gonzales September 15‚ 2011 The American Nurses Association defines nursing as ‘‘the protection‚ promotion and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities and populations (Cox‚ & Werner‚ 2009).” The roles of employees throughout the hospital range with specific
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Windshield Survey Community assessment is crucial to planning‚ implementation‚ and evaluation of programs to improve the health of a population. A windshield survey is an informal method used by community health nurses to obtain basic knowledge about a given community. It provides a subjective view of the various physical characteristics of a communal area as observed while driving or walking through a neighborhood. Community Community assessment is an essential function of community nursing. Understanding
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What Registered Nurses Do? Registered nurses (RNs) provide and coordinate patient care‚ educate patients and the public about various health conditions‚ and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members. Duties: Registered nurses typically do the following: * Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms * Give patients medicines and treatments * Set up plans for patients’ care or contribute to existing plans * Observe patients and record the observations
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Danielle Rudolph Position Paper #1 A nurse is someone who has the knowledge and capability to take care of those in need. Nurses manage‚ maintain‚ or recover health and quality of life. This means providing care in not only a vital/physical manner‚ but in ways such as comfort‚ confidentiality‚ teaching‚ and advocacy. Nurses strive to achieve the best quality of life for their patients regardless of their ailments‚ culture‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ age and so on. Nurses are capable of assessing‚ planning
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Every since I was a little girl I dream of becoming a Nurse. The idea of helping people and working in a medical environment has always been intriguing me. On my journey of becoming a nurse‚ I learn you need to acquire a skill set that involves active listening‚ reading comprehension‚ and critical thinking. Active listening is important because you learn to gather information quickly and precisely. Reading comprehension is important because it’s the act of understanding what
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task for today is to enlighten you about what Inclusive Education is and what intrinsic and extrinsic barriers to learning and development are. One of the many challenges facing education in post-apartheid South Africa is that of realising the constitutional values of equality‚ freedom from discrimination and the right to a basic education for all learners‚ including those who experience barriers to learning. Under apartheid‚ learners were not only educated separately according to race‚ but a separate
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