Mental health nursing is a career that requires commitment‚ patience and empathy‚ which could be rewarding in helping people. Even though this branch of nursing is very demanding and challenging‚ I feel the satisfaction is great in helping the most vulnerable in society such as the mentally ill. I will like to study mental health nursing because I feel that will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling careers‚ as well as‚ giving me the opportunity to help people’s mental well-being
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occlusion of the duodenal lumen. I met AG on 2-23-12 when she was three weeks post-operative (post-op)‚ gastrojejunostomy‚ resection of the pancreatic head mass biopsy‚ and gastrostomy tube (gtube) placement. The patient had her first episode of acute pancreatitis in 2006 with four recurrences over two years. In 2007 she underwent Laparotomy and had a biopsy of an inflammatory periduodenal mass. She was treated with radiation and chemotherapy for a short period. In 2008 following several episodes
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Acute renal failure is the sudden loss of the kidneys ability to function; affecting more than 100‚000 people in the United States alone each year (NIDDK‚ 2008). This paper will discuss the basic pathophysiology of acute renal failure‚ including its cause‚ disease mechanisms‚ symptoms‚ some of the treatments and pharmacological therapies. Pathophysiology Acute renal failure (ARF) is the rapid loss of kidney function occurring when high levels of uremic toxins accumulate in the blood
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HEAL THE WORLD Of all the problems facing the environment today‚ global warming is the biggest and most serious problem that we need to take care of. Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth ’s atmosphere‚ which results in changes in the climatic conditions. As greenhouse gasses such as Carbon dioxide‚ Methane‚ and Nitrous Oxide in the Earth’s atmosphere increase and gets in our Ozone Layer‚ it creates a blanket of gas that traps radiated heat and prevents it from exiting
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I have chosen to critique Rydon’s (2005) article ‘The attitudes‚ knowledge and skills needed in mental health nurses: The perspective of users of mental health services’ because I am interested in finding out service user’s outlook of mental health nurses. When I qualify as a mental health nurse I would need to acquire the correct attitudes‚ knowledge and skills as this would make the nursing process more effective‚ because as McCabe and Timmons (2006) suggest I will be more sensitive to the client’s
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Chapter 68: Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. To evaluate the effectiveness of ordered interventions for a patient with ventilatory failure‚ which diagnostic test will be most useful to the nurse? a. Chest x-ray b. Oxygen saturation c. Arterial blood gas analysis d. Central venous pressure monitoring ANS: C Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is most useful in this setting because ventilatory failure causes problems with CO2
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Personal Philosophy of Mental Health Nursing Bonnie K. Wright University of Charleston Each individual has their own personal philosophy of mental health nursing. Throughout this paper there will be facts‚ and my personal thoughts. This is including the following topics; mental health‚ mental illness‚ continuum of mental health/mental illness‚ defense mechanisms‚ therapeutic tools‚ and self-awareness in the nurse. The words mental health placed together creates a definition
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Care Plan 2 Psychiatric/Mental Health PATIENT CARE PLAN Client Initials: H.C. Admission Date: 01/14/13 Unit: 4 South Age: 28 Sex: Female Race/Culture: Caucasian ASSESSMENT Presenting Problem: This is a 28 year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to Doctors Hospital Psychiatric Unit 4 South due to an overdose on multiple medications. The patient was found by the police on January 13th picking through garbage near
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← Definition of health: “A state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well-being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”(WHO‚ 1948) ← Definition of illness: “A highly personal state in which person’s physical‚ emotional‚ intellectual‚ social‚ developmental‚ or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished. ← Definition of wellness: “Wellness is a state of well-being .It defines by each person relative to his or her own values and beliefs *(Environmental‚ social‚ emotional
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The passage “Jesus Heals a Paralytic” is the last of four consecutive healing stories in this gospel. The healing stories prior to it are entitled “The Man With an Unclean Spirit‚” “Jesus Heals Many at Simon’s House‚” and “Jesus Cleanses a Leper.” Following the four healing stories are another set of four passages‚ these however are classified as controversy stories. They are named “Jesus Calls Levi‚” The Question About Fasting‚” “Pronouncement about the sabbath‚” and “The Man With a Withered Hand
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