In their article published in the June‚ 2012 issue of Critical Care Nurse‚ authors Estilo‚ Angeles‚ Perez‚ Hernadez‚ and Valdez discuss the issue of pressure ulcers on patients in intensive care units. These patients are high risk for pressure ulcers for several reasons. They usually are unable to turn themselves from back to side to relieve pressure on bony areas of the back such as the tailbone. If caregivers do not turn the patient properly‚ friction and shearing can occur which can lead to
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consumer feels a sudden elevation of fear‚ may occur anytime. Consumer having the attack show’s physical symptoms such as dizzines and palpitation. How it relates to or affects my clinical practice: If the consumer is having panic attack the nurse can calm the consumer and the nurse can assisst the consumer through out the episode of the attack. Refrences: Barlow‚ D. And Durand‚ M. (2008). Abnormal psychologyan integrative aprouch. (Fifth edition
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The monthly quality improvement report comes across the desk of the primary care providers‚ and eyes immediately shift to the numbers of the disease that is at the forefront today‚ hypertension and diabetes. Although it may be these disease states that catch the providers’ attention‚ depression scores are equally as important. Chronic medical conditions and depressive disorder frequently occur together‚ so‚ what if the key to successful management of all disease processes was ensuring depression
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The Nurse’s Role in Supporting the Organization’s Strategic Agenda Walden University NURS 4005 Section 04‚ Topics in Clinical Nursing April 20‚ 2014 Nurses Role in Clinical Outcomes The improvement of quality and patient safety must be a coordinated and a collaborative effort that involves all clinical services across the continuum of care. There are many challenges in health care and the ability to address the quality and safety issues depend upon adequate levels of appropriately educated
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Introduction Teaching in clinical area High quality and safe patient care are of the highest importance in healthcare setting .Preparing student nurses for the role transition from student to nurse who can responsibly provide this type of care has always been a difficult job to be accomplished. Prior to this‚ though‚ faculty can use different types of evaluation methods to ensure that their nursing students are on the right track‚ there always a set back and challenges in aligning the path for
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evaluating the role and functions of the nurse and the effectiveness of nursing care within a rehabilitation context In recent years there have been an increasing number of people requiring rehabilitation in the UK (Jester‚ 2007). Rehabilitation can be defined as “an active process which seeks to reduce the effects of disease (in its broadest sense) on daily life” (Greenwood et al‚ 1993. cited by Davis & O’Connor‚ 2001‚ p.4). Rehabilitation nursing can be identified as a philosophy of care: an approach
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Death Investigations and the Role of the Forensic Nurse Death Investigations and the Role of the Forensic Nurse INTRODUCTION "Above all‚ realize that nursing care doesn ’t have to stop because a patient has expired. We can do so much more for people who suffered questionable deaths by focusing on forensics. Nurses can help families gain closure and assist law enforcement with their investigations because we have cared enough to maintain the integrity of the evidence." (Erricksen‚ 2008
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the home or outside the home - in institutional care. Perpetrators of elder abuse include relatives and family members‚ professional staff‚ paid care workers‚ friends and associates (Leuckenotte 2000). Nurses play an important role in protecting older people from abuse. Their roles include reporting the abuse‚ assessing the patient‚ ensuring there is a safety plan in place and assessing the frequency‚ severity and intent of abuse (Mauk 2006). Nurses need to be educated in abuse so they can clearly
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Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit The process of being born is a very shocking experience for the newborn. The change of environment‚ the amplified sounds and bright lights are stressful for the newborn. The preterm newborn is challenged with additional adjustments such as‚ difficulty breathing due to under developed lungs (Loewy‚ Stewart‚ Dassler‚ Telsey‚ Homel‚ 2013).The clinical question‚ Would the intervention of music therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) promote a newborn’s
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An in-depth analysis of three key aspects of the anaesthetic nurse role The relationship between the perioperative nurse and the patient has suffered a long process of mutation throughout the last decades. If before all the dynamics experienced within an operating theatre were based upon organizational and logistical aspects‚ these days the focus lies on the patient and all the comfort and security demanded throughout a process that already reveals itself aggressive for the patient. Being the
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