delicate in the sense that over the years quite some medical conditions that affect its state have risen. These conditions may pose little effects on one’s daily routine but when severe can completely alter one’s daily life. One such condition is Dementia which has been found to be closely linked to Alzheimer’s Disease. Various studies conducted have pointed out the condition to be the leading killer in the elderly and thus is a serious condition. To understand the condition further‚ it’s important
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nursing care is aimed at caring for the needs of a machine rather than considering the needs of the patient attached to the machine. According to Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Care‚ “Nursing is concerned with promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ caring for the sick‚ and restoring health (Nursing Theory‚ 2016).” Watson believes that caring is the essence of nursing practice‚ and promotes health changes. The profession of nursing requires that nurses show compassion to patients within their care to promote
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Caring‚ central to nursing practice as it promotes patient health outcome spiritually‚ physically‚ and emotionally. Society sees nursing as a caring profession and it is also a reason why many of us chose this career path. Caring is one of the main reason why I decided to pursue nursing as my profession. Earlier this year in my intro to nursing class‚ I presented on the Watson’s Caring theory for our class project. It was also where I discovered that Kaiser Permanente whom shares the same belief
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------------------------------------------------- Student Nurses’ Perception on the Caring Attributes of their Clinical Instructors ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- A Synthesis Paper ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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On Caring The metaphor of caring is the cautiously attentiveness carefulness of mindfulness of supervising of strangers. The metaphor of caring if the trust‚ professional‚ mutual respect‚ caring‚ partnership the giving of self to others to regain their trust for us to do our duty as a registered nurse to provide for our own survival while hoping to get a flow of a great amount of people at risk of their survival for us not to be sent home for not being busy with‚ dying‚ sick‚ patients is to truly
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Dementia is a progressive disease found in mostly Older people. It is described as the deterioration of brain function. It will affect memory‚ thinking‚ judgement‚ behavior and other every day life skills. It can be caused by different medical conditions‚ along with other factors that occur through out someone’s life. Dementia is broken down into three stages based on progression. There are many interventions used to slow down the digression of the disease‚ one being Music Therapy. Dementia
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1.1 Understanding Dementia and Necessity to Provide Care. Dementia is a progressive disorder of a mental condition in which a person loses its ability to think appropriately‚ to make decisions. Patients of this disorder suffer from chronic confusion. They tend to forget the things very easily. The condition usually get worsen with the passage of time due to the destructions of the brain cells. With the accordance of research‚ 50-75%
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Alzheimers/Dementia Awareness I’m going to start by giving a few definitions on Alzheimers and Dementia‚ so that up front we can learn that these two things are different. Many people use the two terms interchangeably but they actually are not the same thing. Dementia is a general term used for memory loss which is severe enough to interfere with daily life. Dementia is a very broad term‚ so you may think you’re using it to describe Alzheimer’s disease when really you’re using a broad term which
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Caring for Our Elderly Caring for Our Elderly It is estimated that the number of Americans over the age of sixty five years old will multiply times four in the next thirty years. With this being said many of us will be faced with providing care for our loved ones ("Elderly Caregiving‚" n.d.). The current research studies completed in geriatric studies indicate that currently family members are providing approximately eighty two percent of the care for their elderly family member. Generally
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suffering from dementia. This is where the loss of thinking‚ memory‚ and reasoning skills are taking place‚ and a person is significantly impaired to carry out their daily tasks. Symptoms include the inability to remember information‚ asking the same questions over and over again‚ becoming lost or confused in familiar places‚ being unable to follow directions‚ or neglecting personal safety‚ hygiene‚ or nutrition (National Institute on Aging‚ 2009). Some types of dementia include; vascular dementia which is
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