As a future adult/gerontology nurse practitioner (AGNP)‚ my role will be focusing on helping patients to manage chronic illnesses‚ illness prevention‚ and health promotion. In addition‚ The AGNP collaborate with other health care providers such as physicians and specialist to better manage and treat patient illness. The problem am really interested in researching is catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in older adults. Working as a registered nurse in a medical/surgical unit I have
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26 year old Native American female admitted with the diagnosis of Cellulitis. Her chief complaint of fever and vomiting that started at 1600 on 11/2/2016 with pain‚ swelling and redness in the right and left forearm. Patient reported shooting up Opana and using cocaine in the last 12 hours. Patient cleans her needles with Clorox and believes she may have injected Clorox into her right forearm. She also reports pain in the left forearm as well. The patient has no known drug allergy‚ no past medical
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The ethical dilemma This case presents an ethical dilemma‚ a situation which arises when one must choose between mutually exclusive alternatives (Beauchamp& Walters‚ 2003). Decisions may have results that are desirable in some respects and undesirable in others. In Juana ’s case‚ her decision to refuse the blood transfusion had the desired outcome of allowing her to remain true to her religious beliefs. However‚ her choice also resulted in her death. If she had followed the recommendation of
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Clinical Case Study Nursing is a complex and ever expanding profession. Nursing care mainly focuses on the patient’s physical care‚ which allows nurses to be with their patients for much longer than many other health professionals. Systematic patient assessment is an integral part of a nurse’s job as it permits patient care to be prioritized according to severity of condition‚ and also molds the basis of care plans (Anderson‚ 1998). Through early detection of a deteriorating patient‚ appropriate
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the hockey cap‚ which ought to be the most evident bit of security gear‚ wasn’t generally piece of the standard uniform. While the first hockey player to wear a defensive head protector stays open to verbal confrontation‚ Boston’s Eddie Shore turned into the first prominent National Hockey League star to wear a protective cap. In December 1933‚ Shore‚ a rebuffing safeguard for the Bruins‚ violently checked Toronto’s Ace Bailey‚ sending Bailey’s
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Intro 350 In this assignment‚ I selected a case study (refer to appendix) in which I will be linking my Sam to the legal‚ ethical‚ professional and personal factors that are raised in the scenario. My essay will relate back to my Sam throughout while linking to relevant legislations and guidance stated by the nursing and midwifery council. In my chosen scenario‚ this issues of consent and mental capacity and a potential safeguarding concern are raised. I have decided to use the issue of consent
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explore the above statement in relation to the role of a student nurse and what actions the student would be expected to take adhering to the Nursing and Midwifery Code (NMC‚ 2008). It will discuss the professional values and behaviours associated within nursing and the interpersonal skills required to develop and maintain the therapeutic
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about medical dilemmas‚ it is the right of autonomy. Open and honest communication between health care providers‚ nurses‚ and patients is necessary when discussing effective care. The most critical role of a nurse is as a patient advocate. In this case study‚ Carolyn is a twenty-one year old female who wants to know what is happening to her‚ while her mother wants to keep her daughter uninformed of the situation at hand. In the Code of Ethics‚ Provision 3‚ it states‚ “The nurse promotes‚ advocates for
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Nursing shortage and turnover is a continuous struggle throughout health care facilities. This in turn affects the quality of patient care and the workload of other nurses‚ causing an increase in nursing burnout. Nursing shortage occurs when there is a smaller amount of nurses who are employed at the time when the demand for them is drastically higher‚ where turnover is defined as the loss of an employee due to any number of reasons (Huber‚ 2010). Numerous studies have been done and it has been found
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Cap and Trade: The Cap and Trade idea is defined as‚ “a regulatory system that is meant to reduce certain kinds of emissions and pollution and to provide companies with a profit incentive to reduce their pollution levels faster than their peers.” I simpler terms this means that the government rewards businesses that lower pollution. They government will set a limit or “cap” on the maximum amount of a certain emission that is permitted to be produced in a business. Then companies are allowed
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