Psychosocial Factors and Patient Education 09 Oct 11 Zahava Ohana Homework Week Two (1) Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on the patient education; Patient’s background. For example‚ that patient came from a background that does not believe on any medicines. They go to a “voodoo doctor” for some spiritual interventions and they are content on that. Because they are not too well educated or maybe it is
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Watson: A Caring Moment Christie M. Ishman RN NUR/403 Theories and Models of Nursing Practice April 4‚ 2011 Stephanie Merck‚ APRN‚ MS‚ CS Background of theory The caring theorist‚ Jean Watson‚ first developed her theory and published the philosophy and science of caring in 1979 (Current Nursing‚ 2011). She describes nursing as a process of caring not curing‚ and that it is effectively practiced and demonstrated interpersonally only. Her theory also “suggests that caring is a different
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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Kristen Swanson’s theory of caring is similar to Watson’s theory of caring‚ except I believe that she defines the theory in a simpler and clearer fashion. Swanson uses five processes instead of Watson’s ten carative factors. However‚ I believe that she simplifies the theory by grouping Watson’s factors together. Swanson’s five factors include: “Knowing‚ Being With‚ Doing For‚ Enabling‚ and Maintaining Belief.” For example under the first process of “Knowing”‚ Swanson grouped Watson’s carative factors
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Alzheimer’s and dementia can affect anyone‚ regardless of their intellectual capabilities or physical prowess. At Memory Care Home Solutions in Saint Louis‚ MO‚ the compassionate staff knows how challenging it is for families to watch their loved ones experience the debilitating effects of diseases that affect cognitive function. Pat Summitt and Muhammad Ali were just two of the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from Alzheimer’s or dementia‚ but their stories are inspirational to all. Pat
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Bride burning: An example of violence against women Imagine the horror of being forcefully tied down‚ drenching in kerosene oil and being set on fire alive. It would not be a surprise if the mere thought of it is already disturbing to you. How much more so would it be that this bitter fate is truly faced by many married women in India not at the hands of some psychos or strangers‚ but by their own so-called beloved husbands and or in-laws? A young woman is either being burnt alive‚ beaten to death
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The author proposes introduction of social dancing in Golden Age senior residences in order to prevent or delay the onset of dementia among their residents. For this he cites that according to 21 year old study which states only frequent dancing offers protection against dementia. I find his claim specious and unreliable on many grounds. Firstly‚ the authors claim depends on a study that is statistically unreliable. There is no mention of when the study took place‚ the sample size of the study
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medical record indicates that her onset of Alzheimer’s dementia started 8 years ago. She has now progressed in her dementia to been a Fast 7E. She has had multiple hospitalizations for recurrent pneumonia and UTI’s. She was recently discharge from hospice due to a prognosis of greater than 6 months. At today’s visit she is accompanied by her husband and private caregiver. She is alert and nonverbal. She is a poor historian due to her advanced dementia. The husband reports that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
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Caring Science Integration Paper: Promoting and Accepting the Expression of Positive and Negative Feelings Hirschsprung disease‚ or Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon‚ is a congenital anomaly that comes from a physical obstruction due to the intestines not performing peristalsis. It accounts for ¼ of all cases of neonatal intestinal obstruction. The pathology of HD is because of the absence of ganglion cells in the affected areas of the intestine which results in a loss of rectosphincteric reflex
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Frontotemporal dementia is a common and severe neurodegenerative disorder and is estimated to account for 20% of cases of degenerative dementia with presenile onset. People with Frontotemporal dementia usually affect people in the age range of 35–75‚ and head trauma is identified as a risk factor‚ there is an increased positive family history. There is a 2.5 times increased risk due a positive association with Thyroid disease and FTD. (Weder‚ Aziz‚ Wilkins‚ & Tampi‚ 2007) People with Frontotemporal
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