Nursing research focuses on the creation and promotion of increased levels of standards of care related to higher quality of life during chronic illnesses and to help in the promotion of healthy lives and decrease complications that may cause a decrease in the quality of life (Leeton‚ 2006). According to the CDC there is an estimated value of more than one million cases of people living with HIV in the United States with new cases of infection rates and deaths increasing to a high estimated level
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NURSING CARE PLAN Nurs 326 SFSU Student Name: Alena Makarava Instructor/Clinical Site Gerardo Caritan‚ RN‚ MSN Date: 2/26/2015 Ms. X is a 34 year old female. The patient is a G3 P2‚ with both children delivered by C-section‚ with the only complication in both being low birth weights. Ms. X has a longstanding history of hypertension‚ anxiety and depression. Additional health history includes a vitamin D deficiency‚ back surgery in 05/06 due to a herniated disc‚ and two previous cesarean
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al. 2011). Thus‚ theory based intervention which is also known as evidence based interventions are widely recognised as the gold standard for the provision of safe and effective health care (Brown et al. 2009). Evidence-based practice in psychiatric nursing refers to a synthesis of clinical expertise‚ research of evidence‚ and client preference to create effective client care strategies (Underhill et al. 2015). Moreover‚ evidence based practice has been shown to have a capacity to improve patient
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Many years ago‚ people focused on disease and illness and not staying healthy or preventing illness from occurring. People did not go to the doctor for wellness checks but rather only if they had an ailment. Immunizations have removed some of the diseases that were causing death among the individuals that had contracted the illness. Health promotion has come to the forefront in medical practice since the movement of Healthy People that focuses on health and not
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Pico v. Board of Educationn The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Board of Education v. Pico discussed the issue of whether the school’s board acted morally. The school board decided to remove nine books that they deemed to be anti-American‚ anti-Christian‚ anti-Semitic‚ and just plain filthy. The Supreme Court was asked to decide if the school board had valid reasons to remove these books from the school’s library. The books weren’t required readings and were optional information for the students
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Sciences Mental Health Nursing Diploma September 2009 Cohort Describe the key issues surrounding reliability‚ validity and trustworthiness as applied to Evidence Based Practice The findings from good‚ current‚ reliable‚ valid or trustworthy research are the basis for maintaining high standards of care and all nurses must practice based on the most up to date evidence (NMC 2008). It is now an important part of nursing to actively participate in research and evidence based practice in order to
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Nursing care study In this assignment I will document and reflect on the care that I gave to one of the patients I was looking after while on clinical placement. I will be referring to the patient as ‘Mr x’ for confidentiality reasons. ‘Mr x’ was 69 years old. He initially presented with left sided unilateral weakness‚ expressive and receptive dysphasia‚ slurred speech and he suffered from nocturnal incontinence. He had been transferred from A&E to the ward. He had a provisional
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Please complete all questions in this worksheet and answer the questions thoroughly‚ with the use of sources where indicated‚ and wherever else you feel is necessary. List an issue you believe will have a profound impact on the future of healthcare in the US. An issue that will have a profound impact on the future will be caring for the elderly‚ especially those who suffer any chronic condition‚ and those who need to stay in a nursing homes or received home care. Why do you believe
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Bachelor of Nursing Studies RESEARCH PROPOSAL Title: A quantitative study of the attitude‚ knowledge and experience of staff nurses on prioritizing comfort measures in care of the dying patient in an acute hospital setting. Research Proposal submitted to the University of Dublin Trinity College‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor in Nursing Studies 9th March 2011 I hereby declare that this research proposal is entirely my own work and has not been submitted as
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The study was chosen because patient-focused redesign models are becoming increasingly popular and little research has been conducted regarding the results of these models on nurse leaders/managers. A review of published studies of Patient-Focused Redesign (PFR) suggests that models differ across institutions and that findings are preliminary and measure short-term effect only. Management theory is notably absent from the reports‚ and the extent of implementation of PFR principles differs according
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