The patient interviewed is a 72 year old Caucasian male. He was in the grocery business for 40 plus years and served in the Vietnam War in 1967-1968.The patient has suffered from back pain for many years‚ part due to war related injuries and part due to many years of heavy lifting in the grocery business. The patient is considered 100% disabled by the VA health care system. This pain has also increased pain in other regions of the body such as the neck and knees. When asked to rate pain using the
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affects of a brutal war. First we have Almasy the lead character and the main protagonist‚ he is Hungarian by birth‚ but has been raised and educated in England and thus his habits and mannerisms are English and so he is referred to as the English patient. Almasy works in the deserts of Africa far from the forces of civilization. There he creates for himself his own world without borders‚ a place where a person’s identity/nationality is not at all important. He forgets that at times of war the nationality
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their patients. In this regard‚ there are many fashions in which physicians may communicate their compassion and display their empathy. A compassionate physician treats the patient as a person‚ and not merely as a set of symptoms. A compassionate physician understands that their patient is a unique person‚ with a history that is more comprehensive than any simple set of questions and answers can reveal. Perhaps most importantly‚ the physician is not abstracted in the presence of the patient. They
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most common patient handling methods in the U.S consist of manual patient lifting‚ training in safe lifting techniques‚ classes in body mechanics‚ and back belts. Sadly there is convincing evidence that each of these commonly used approaches is ineffective in reducing caregiver injuries (2004). The question that comes to play is patient transfer equipment a cost effective method in reducing musculoskeletal disorder among healthcare providers? Evidences based practices including‚ patient handling equipment
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following approaches is best for a nurse seeking an answer to a clinical question related to patient care?| A)|using intuition to answer the question| B)|asking the clinical nursing supervisor| C)|reading a textbook about the subject| D)|reading current research on the topic| 2.|The conscious and intentional use of research and theory-based information to make decisions and answer clinical questions about patient care delivery is referred to as:| A)|research utilization review| B)|evidence-based
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barriers. Patient Advocacy According to Hanks (2010)‚ nurses define advocacy as “intervening on behalf of a patient within a system‚ resulting in nurses’ actions of speaking‚ fighting and standing up for patients” (pg.98). Nickitas‚ Maddaugh and Aries (2016)‚ expanded on this definition by including language related to ethical nursing practices
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced in its caring attitude toward the patient‚ patient safety should be our number one priority. This article is very important to the nursing profession in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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I recently admitted a 59 year old male with suicidal ideation. As I was assessing my patient‚ he told me that he was a type 2 diabetic who checks his bloodsugars with meals and uses Insulin for coverage. He was concerned that his readings at home have been elevated and has not had an appetite for the last two days. I used the glucometer to check his chemstick which was 285. I called the admitting doctor and the Hospitalist to report my findings and the result of the bloodsugar. As a nursing
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Before a patient or doctor can go into surgery‚ there are many steps you must go through first. Both patient and doctors must put on a clean gown‚ scrub cap or hairnet‚ and specially for the doctor‚ scrub in. This is an important task to do‚ the insure bacteria does not spread. When a patient prepares for their surgery‚ there are informed to start weeks or days prior. Normally it begins with the patient to stop taking a blood thinning pain medicine (if they use it) such as Advil to prevent your
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ASSESSMENT: NURSING HEALTH HISTORY COLLECTING AND CLUSTERING SUBJECTIVE DATA (Initial Interview – Comprehensive) BASED ON GORDON’S FUNCTIONALHEALTH PATTERNS I. BIOGRAPHIC DATA Name: ____________________________________________________________ ___ Age: _______ Sex: ___________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ Race: ________________________ Marital Status: ___________ Occupation: _________________________ Religious Orientation: ________________
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