Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs Schizophrenia means “the splitting of psychic functions.” It is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment‚ by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life‚ and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling‚ thought‚ perception‚ and behavior. The first symptoms start to appear in young adulthood. “Its symptoms are complex and diverse; they overlap greatly with those of other psychiatric
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The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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The nursing shortage impacts the world in a prodigious way. The nursing shortage has an adverse impact on patient care‚ as well as on nurses. The causes of the nursing shortage are multi-faceted and there is no single measure that influences the declining issues. The most concerning issue of the nursing shortage is the decline in patient care‚ and positive outcome (Buchan‚ 2010). The research question in this study is the following: How does the nursing shortage affect quality of patient care
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In this essay I will be discussing the difference in nursing practice regarding manual handling and how it has evolved over the years. Extensive amounts of thought‚ new equipment and procedures have gone into the present manual handling practices. Many injuries have occurred over the years due to lifting‚ twisting and bending the wrong way. There are constant improvements being made to assist workers with manual handling and avoid further injuries. In past nurses had minimal aids to assist them
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This was the first day in the psychiatric unit. I worked with adolescents. I think working in a psychiatric unit is similar to any other floor. Nurses are charting‚ passing medications‚ assessment and discharge. On the other hand‚ there are some differences in this unit‚ eg‚ they have a lot of paper work to fill them out‚ therapy groups and the patients have schedule that they should follow through the day. It was a good experience to work in a psychiatric hospital because I need to improve my skills
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decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method used‚ and the application
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PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY Cognitive impairments: None reported Psychotic Symptoms: None reported Dissociative problems: Pt is observed with bruising on her wrists‚ in which pt claims she has no bones in her wrist Irrational anxiety Unusual fears: Pt reports fear of Repetitive thoughts or actions Paranoia Avoidance Increased arousal Hyper vigilance Flashbacks: Pt reports having flashbacks of her attempted suicide‚ although pt denies taking a bottle of aspirin with Vodka Mood problems/changes:
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tells him to do. She does not agree with this and confides that she hopes to find a way to prevent her father from seeing this person and wants to know if the nurse can have her father’s discharge canceled and to ask the doctor to admit him to a nursing home where they can ensure he eats right and takes his medicine and not the herbs he has been using. Then she pleads‚ “Please just tell the doctor he won’t take his medicine.” Many years ago he was diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type II and has
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A Head-to-Head Comparison of Aripiprazole and Risperidone for Safety and Treating Autistic Disorders‚ a Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial citation rationale subjects measures results Outcomes/ conclusions Ghanizadeh‚ A.‚ Sahraeizadeh‚ A.‚ & Berk‚ M. (2014). A head-to-head comparison of aripiprazole and risperidone for safety and treating autistic disorders‚ a randomized double blind clinical trial. Child Psychiatry and Human Development‚ 45(2)‚ 185-92. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/10
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excellent nursing care (Srivastava‚ 2007). However‚ health care provider’s roles and responsibilities in meeting health care needs of the clients in consideration to cultural perspective and diversity are getting more challenging and complicated due to increased number of people from a group of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society‚ which‚ in turn requires health care providers to acknowledge and understand variations of cultural healthcare beliefs‚ values and practices. Transcultural nursing is essential
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