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    Description The patient presents with dementia‚ poor posture (her chin close to her chest) and dislikes solids‚ there for has to be assisted to feed and chooses only to consume liquids. Her communication skills are also poor and doesn’t have the capacity to engage in a flowing conversation but has the ability to answer a question using the words ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or by saying individual words. I was given the task of feeding the patient at lunch time as she requires one to one support at meal times

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    Putting elderly parents in a nursing home verses keeping them at home. Theresa Burroughs Composition I – 6 Instructor: Elaine Childs January 1‚ 2010 There will almost absolutely come a day when your parents will need you. When this time comes‚ they will probably not admit that they need you or anyone else for that matter‚ but in reality‚ they will definitely need someone. If you look back to your childhood it’s quite similar to those days they had to care for you. They took care of

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    Taylor Butler Young Children and the Elderly: High Importance in Receiving Influenza Vaccine The flu‚ or influenza‚ is a virus that hits the United States every year in the late fall and winter‚ and we can’t seem to break away from it. I will be discussing the controversy of parents not knowing what types of vaccine to give their children‚ what age to do it at‚ if they should even get the shot‚ and the side effects that go along with it. All my life I got the flu vaccine because my parents believed

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    Reminiscence and Life Review Group for Elderly People Shane Hyde Jane Westervelt University of Idaho Reminiscence and Life Review Group for Elderly People The population of the United States is rapidly aging‚ and as it does‚ concerns for the mental health and life satisfaction of the elderly is growing. The U.S. Census Bureau projects a 29% increase in the overall population from 2000 to 2030. In contrast‚ the number of people 65-84 is expected to grow by approximately 100%‚ and the

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    Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Paper Sandra Younge University of Phoenix NUR 403 Sharon Little-Stoetzel November 17‚ 2014 Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Paper Jean Watson began her theory of human caring in 1979 and over the years‚ she has been revising her theory to provide more specific explanations of her concepts and philosophy. The core of her theory remains‚ that human caring is based on values such as kindness‚ concern‚ and love of self and others.(Falk Rafael‚ 2000). This

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    Caring for Cooper City There are many factors affecting the health of this community. I believe lack of health education and access to health care are the primary problems. The problems of pinworms and anemia are most preventable with hygiene education and nutritional education. The high premature births and neonatal death rate can be addressed with pre-natal education and care. The ability for the mothers and care givers to access these services may be impaired because of lack of access to health

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    http://www.reshealth.org/aboutus/mission.cfm Watson‚ J. (1985). Nursing: The philosophy and science of caring. Niwot‚ CO: University Press of Colorado References: Watson‚ J. (1985). Nursing: Human science and human care: A theory of nursing. Norwalk‚ CT Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring Michelle Risquet Vincent Guerrero Marie-Beth Unsay-Hernandez Felician University Watson’s core belief is that caring is the essence of nursing. Her primary

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    characteristic that seems to be consistent through time is a nurse should be caring. Jean Watson incorporated a theory- The Theory of Human Caring. Watson (2002) developed a theory in which nursing is centered around helping the patient achieve a higher degree of harmony within mind‚ body‚ soul‚ and this harmony is achieved through caring transactions involving a transpersonal caring relationship. According to Watson‚ caring consists of carative factors that result in the satisfaction of certain human

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    and the things he can and will do for you. So the day I was working a little elderly woman came up to me and said “Bridgette‚ you should go out in the world and teach and help the less fortunate children and adults about his word.” I thought “Wow‚ this woman is right‚ I can do so much more out there then I can being in a building all day.” The problem that I was thinking is that I love my job and working with the elderly everyday ( I have been doing this since I was 17 or 18 years old) I really didn’t

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    Uses of Concept The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of Caring in the field of nursing. In considering the concept of caring‚ the following attributes immediately comes to mind which comprise of‚ but are not restricted to: kind‚ thoughtful‚ gentle‚ helpful‚ compassionate‚ considerate‚ loving‚ sensitive‚ concerned‚ caregiver. Together these words fit into the philosophies of nursing and the provision of care to individuals‚ which provide the marked distinction between the profession

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