Private Duty Nursing: Benefits of Care at Home The primary benefit of receiving care at home is just what it sounds like: your senior loved one get to receive their care in the privacy and comfort of their own home. Research suggests that in home care not only reduces stress and anxiety‚ but when seniors are recovering from an illness‚ injury‚ or surgical procedure‚ they heal more quickly and are readmitted to the hospital less frequently as well. Sometimes‚ standard home care services (bathing
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(LoBiondo-Wood & Haber‚ 2014). Nursing research is important because it gives evidence to why or why not a clinical practice is important. An example of nursing research would be nursing interventions to decrease urinary tract infections from foley catheters. Evidence-based practice in nursing‚
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Introduction Delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a common and clinically problematic condition that may increase the pressure of burden on the shoulders of the health system‚ and at the same time cause the process of healing derailed from its natural course. This rapidly developing and daily fluctuating disturbance of cognition and consciousness has four key elements according to the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV:
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people in the developed world.(NHS.UK). To identify the problem and provide necessary treatment at the early stage‚ a thorough physical assessment is necessary. In my placement area I came across many residents using incontinence pads‚ urinary catheters and incontinence sheaths. I understood that‚ incontinence was a major problem among the elderly and it made me select this as one of my learning outcome. I choose Gibbs Reflective cycle 1988 to write this reflective essay on assessment and management
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Without the cardiovascular system‚ we would not be alive. The cardiovascular system is essentially a synonym for the circulatory system which is "the system that circulates blood and lymph through the body‚ consisting of the heart‚ blood vessels‚ blood‚ lymph‚ and lymphatic vessels and glands" (Circulatory…). The cardiovascular system is crucial to have‚ as it supplies oxygen and gives nutrients to every part of our body. The cardiovascular system‚ in fact‚ is one of the most important systems consisting
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INDICATIONS: This 61-year-old white male presents with recurrent pneumothorax on the right and increasing subcutaneous emphysema‚ despite earlier insertion of two small caliber chest tubes. Also‚ interval change in position of the right lower chest tube catheter has been noted radiographically. DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE: Patient was placed in the lateral dicubidous position. The right hemithorax was prepared with Betadine solution and draped off with sterile towels and drapes in the usual manner. Xylocaine
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CASE STUDY 01 (POSTPARTUM) Assessment A 1‚000 ml bag of Lactated Ringer’s solution containing 10 units of Pitocin (oxytocin) is infusing via an 18 g peripheral IV in the left forearm at 125 ml per hour‚ with 300 ml remaining in the bag. The IV is patent‚ without redness or swelling‚ and can be discontinued when this bag’s infusion is complete. 1. Prior to discontinuing the IV Pitocin (oxytocin)‚ which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain? [pic]A) Vital signs. [pic]B)
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REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON THE LEARNING CONTRACT CONSIDERING THE SURGICAL AND ANAESTHETICS ROLES OF ODP FOR AN ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY. By AKINYEMI AKINTARO 0711964 Dip of HE (ODP) Enhanced Theatre Practice OPE09-1 REFLECTION ON THE LEARNING CONTRACT. This is a reflective essay based on my experience of participating in delivery of anaesthetic and surgical care to a patient undergoing abdominal hysterectomy under general and regional anaesthesia. I will be describing the process
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nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. It may be caused by any infectious agent‚ including bacteria‚ fungi‚ and viruses‚ as well as other less common types of pathogens. Use of some medical devices such as bloodstream‚ endotracheal‚ and urinary catheters‚ surgical procedures Injections‚ contamination of the healthcare environment‚ transmission of communicable diseases between patients and healthcare workers‚ overuse or improper use of antibiotics are some types of infections that can be acquired
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ECG criteria of multifocal atrial tachycardia Heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute. Discrete P waves with at least three different morphologies (including the normal sinus P wave). P waves which are separated by isoelectric intervals. P-P intervals‚ P-R duration‚ and R-R intervals which vary. The best initial treatment for multifocal atrial tachycardia is treatment of the underlying cause and correction of electrolyte abnormalities (e.g.‚ hypokalemia‚ hypomagnesemia). Acute COPD exacerbation
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