ic Case 4: Brittany Long Guided Reflection Questions Opening Questions How did the simulated experience of Brittany Long’s case make you feel? Brittany Long’s case gave me the experience of providing care for a patient diagnosed with sickle cell. Initiallly‚ I was unsure on which pain medications to give being that she had orders for acetaminiophen‚ ibuprophen and morphine. I decided to stck with the morphine after retrying since her pain level was severe. Describe the actions you felt went well
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The evening before my father’s surgery they had him take a shower or bedside bath. They told him to use a special soap on his chest and legs. This special soap kills the bacteria on your skin and helps to prevent infection after surgery. The day of his surgery‚ he will have his body hair removed using a special "clipper" made especially for this purpose. After the hair is removed they told him to take another shower or bedside bath using a special soap. After he had cleaned with the special soap
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of Nursing‚ to initiate nursing programs that will allow nurses to graduate sooner and yet still be clinically prepared to care for wounded soldiers. The program was instilled with the idea that the United States would quickly produce “technical bedside nurses” working along with the more experienced‚ now considered as BSN nurses. This plan‚ thought to be temporary‚ quickly became the program of choice for many aspiring nurses. The idea of choosing a diploma program had many benefits. One can
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San Francisco‚ January 21‚ 2014 - The global market for portable X-ray and CT scan devices is expected to reach USD 8‚408.0 million by 2020‚ according to a new study by Grand View Research‚ Inc. Rising demand for bedside imaging‚ home healthcare and the growing use of CT scan devices for anatomical confirmation and to assess the accuracy of medical implants during and post interventional medical procedures are two of the most significant growth drivers of this market. The market will also be driven
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these imageries‚ Heaney challenges not only the audience’s visual imagery but as well as auditory‚ olfactory as well as emotional imagery. For example: “Counting bells knelling classes to a close”‚ “the corpse‚ stanched” and “candles soothed the bedside.” Throughout the poem‚ Seamus Heaney only used simile once to compare the coffin to a cot‚ “He lay in the four foot box as in a cot.” The poem is organised with three lines per stanza in which there are no specific rhythm or rhyme pattern. However
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implies accountability for one’s professional image (Essentials of Baccalaureate Education‚ 2008‚ p.9). In my career as a nurse‚ my role has changed many times and began as a provider of direct patient care. My first job after graduation I worked as a bedside nurse on an Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation floor in the hospital setting. As a rehabilitation staff nurse‚ I provided direct care and education on self-care including safe medication administration‚ sleep‚ nutrition‚ safety‚ bowel and bladder care
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Two Rooms‚ Two Truths “How are you?”‚ is a widely used greeting. It is usually one of the the first phrases one learns in any language‚ such as “Como estás?” in Spanish and “Comment allez-vous?” in French. The individual automatically replies with “Fine”‚ “Bien”‚ or “Bien”. This question does not require a truthful reply. At times‚ it is easier to hide the truth and reply that one is fine‚ rather than to explain or go into detail as to why one feels a certain way. Gregory Crewdson’s “Untitled”
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positive and negative means (Polit & Beck‚ 2012). Information technology has made improvements to patient safety. Access to patient information and records that is needed to develop and implement the plan of care can be obtained immediately at the bedside because of technology such as pagers and wireless devices. In some facilities‚ alerts are produced as “triggers” for patient safety concerns such as adverse drug reactions or abnormal laboratory data. These alerts are beneficial in oncology nursing
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medication‚ dose‚ and route against the MAR prior to placing it in the medicine cup‚ and third you should verify the patient using two patient identifiers‚ medication‚ dose and route at the bedside prior to opening it and administering it to the patient. Also‚ a nurse should never leave the patient’s medications at the bedside. If the nurse charts that the medications were taken‚ the nurse should witness that the patient took the
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learning I feel as though you are getting the best of both worlds. On-campus visits allow for face to face interaction and clinical simulations while the online portion of the program allows me to continue to work and gain more experience at the bedside while maintaining a flexible yet rigorous class schedule. The dual acute and primary care degree allows me to explore a number of options after graduation. This program gives me the ability to practice both in the hospital and primary care setting
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