A 70- year-old woman admitted to the hospital with COPD that lives alone in a retirement community who recently lost her best friend of 40years. Her husband also died last year‚ they were married for thirty-five years. Her family lives one hour away. I think first in assessing her you would look for obvious physical signs of grief‚ loss‚ and even depression or anxiety. “Physical symptoms common of an acute grief response would be tearfulness‚ crying‚ loss of appetite‚ feelings of hollowness in the
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Advanced nursing practice is a broad field of nursing career path that expands a generalist nurse’s role to specialize in a field that is highly developed and complex. Their roles extend from being a frontline nurse who practises basic nursing skills at bedside or community to becoming a nurse practitioner‚ nurse educator‚ nurse researcher or a nurse manager. The foundation of their advance critical thinking stems from pursuing continuing education‚ research‚ trainings and studies. Advanced nursing practice
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sound argument‚ but if they are just on Milrinone to move up on the list‚ that is not ethical. As a bedside nurse I will be able to see organ transplant first hand. According to Ellen Beal‚ there is an attitude among nurses regarding transplant in which they are less likely to donate their or their family members organs. This could possibly be attributed to the idea that they are the ones at the bedside seeing organs and blood products wasted on patients that do not have good prognosis. (Beal‚
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ensure that optimal care is being given to the patient. With a lower patient load‚ there would be more time available to focus on the patient from all aspects of care. Implementing a discharge nurse to facilitate the needs of the patient in a timely manner would assist in keeping costs down. The collaboration of case management and the discharge nurse working together would help alleviate the need for readmission. These implementations would meet the goals of the IOM’s report. The demands of the
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My Personal Nursing Philosophy According to the American Nurses Association‚ nursing is defined as “protection‚ promotion‚ 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” (American Nurses Association‚ 2004‚ p. 7). However there is much more to nursing‚ as a whole and throughout this paper I will be discussing my own personal
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Barbara Norris Case Analysis Synopsis - Barbara month into a management position of a unit that is ‘Troubled’ she has had no experience in managing a large units which included managing‚ scheduling and budgeting. - The unit is short staffed‚ stressed and there is a high turnover with a poor culture. Indicated by the 29 one-to-one that were requested page 2 & top of 3. - Worst performing unit - John Frappewell (Nursing Director) needs her to ‘turn this unit around and do it fast’ could be
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Write about a TV Programme you either love or loathe There is so much TV on nowadays that you’d think I would find it easy to choose a programme to write about BUT I really struggled. There are some that I hate like reality TV‚ The Only Way is Essex and Made in Chelsea to name but two‚ with their ‘fake’ characters‚ ‘plastic’ Barbie Doll and Action Man personalities‚ looks and features. Then there is the ridiculous storylines‚ so unbelievable‚ anyone out there in the ‘real world’ agree with my thoughts
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A Brave Woman Queen Elizabeth was an ambition and outstanding woman. She had amazing ideas for her speech for the troops. Everyone wonder how Queen Elizabeth became queen. She was very good with her commands and how to control her troops in the battle. Finally how everything ended in the outcome of Queen Elizabeth. She was the fifth and last of the Tudor Dynasty‚ daughter of Henry VIII. She was born as a princess‚ but her mother was executed after her second birthday. Her half brother Edward
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Having difficulty swallowing can make each day feel like an eternity. Dysphagia‚ a problem most of us will not have to experience in our life time‚ that of not being able to eat or drink due to difficulty swallowing‚ but for those who have experienced a debilitating illness or trauma know all too well what that experience is like. Dysphagia occurs after damage to the sensory function of the muscles or nerves in the throat. Dysphagia can occur due to several reasons such as stroke‚ brain/spinal
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Socialization into Nursing Kimberly Grazier Winston Salem State University Abstract In this paper you will learn about socialization of nursing and the important role that it plays in staff retention. The goal of business’s that employee nurses are to not only retain staff but to keep them happy and satisfied as well. I have included several examples of how to do this. I have also included examples of the attitudes and values of a well socialized nurse and how this affects not only the nurse
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