assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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DEM 313 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in dementia care practice 1.1 Explain why it is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage An individual’s heritage is about his culture‚ history or personal experiences it is important to recognise and respect them because it is what makes him individual and unique. If we know them we provide a person centre care and focus on individual’s choices and preferences‚ he will then feel valued and included. For example Muslim doesn’t eat pork
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Non-preventable and Non-reversible: Lewy Body Dementia On April 10th 2010‚ my dad informed me that my grandmother had passed away. She was 90-years-old‚ and although she may have lived a long life‚ the last eight or so years of her life were very rough. The official reason she passed away was because of Lewy Body Dementia. This degenerative disease‚ meaning it is not reversible‚ is thought to have sprouted from an infection she had in her kidneys in 2002. She lived at home for a while after her
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Health Care Access Options Michele Frizzell HCS/490 February 2‚ 2015 Matt Jette Health Care Access Options Community can be defined as a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality‚ share government‚ and often have a common cultural and historical heritage (Dictionary.com‚ 2015). The health care needs of a community are contingent upon age‚ gender‚ race‚ and social class. This paper will address the marketing strategy of a web-based resource‚ walk-in clinic‚ and a retail
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Scenario of accountability without authority or power that nurses have encountered in the past. Mr. Philips is an 86 year old man admitted psychiatric ward with multiple co-morbidities including significant dementia. He is combative and often kick or punches those who attempt to taking care for him. Moreover‚ he also tried to commit suicide by trying to eat pesticide. These occur due to his disease process. It may developed flat mood and personality changes if not manageable well. In fact‚ one
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Scenario 4 Austin is a middle-aged man with Cerebral Palsy. He is feeling very frustrated because he thinks people in his family don’ take his feelings into account when making decisions. His occupational therapist has come to the house to discuss available support. The occupational therapist will be communicating with the family and with Austin himself. So it will be group communication with the family and then the occupational therapist will have one-one communication with Austin. The reason for
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The simulation exercise titled “Anatomy of Care: Janice” presented a complex situation when Janice didn’t have enough nurses in her unit and the VP called and reminded her about the scheduled meeting. At the start of the shift‚ she responded unprofessionally to the situation by giving directions to her staff while on a personal call and reacting negatively to any patient update provided by staff. Janice also created bad impression to Elise (the new nurse) when the latter asked about her assignment
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of an individuals with Dementia would be to make sure the individual is involved as much as they can with things that involve themselves‚ involve families and carers who know the individual well‚ look at care plans and look at there history of what the like and dislike. Whilst working that relates to individuals rights and choices you must also make sure you stick to and follow all procedures and legislations in place to make sure that the individual is getting the best care possible and the decisions
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The premises of "Trump immigration policies disrupt health care: Column." is the constant lack of physician shortage that the United States has faced. This is not just a current problem‚ getting trained physicians to help in poor urban areas has been a problem for decades. Preisedent Trump’s new travel ban has blocked thousands of Visa holders from entering the country or causing a delay upon their arrival. Foreign doctors have helped in rural urban areas because they came to the US to recieved other
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Changing Landscape of Health Care HCS/490-Health Care Consumer: Trends and Marketing July 15‚ 2014 Ms. Lisa Sanders Changing Landscape in Health Care Unless you have been living on another planet somewhere‚ the changes in health care taking place in this country have become hard to ignore. With all the debate over recent health care reform‚ it is sometimes difficult to know who is right‚ and who is wrong. How can there be such a wide gap in opinion on “Obama care”? How are these reforms changing
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