this essay will be discussing a patient with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and will also be discussing the nursing care that will be received by the patient following a hypoglycaemic attack. The patient being described is a fictitious seventy year old lady called Mabel Gordon; she lives in a flat in a city centre with her husband Bert. Mabel has had type 2 diabetes for years which has been poorly controlled by medication and diet. Mabel’s diabetes has now progressively worsened; she has been commenced
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Spiritual Needs Assessment Spiritual assessment tools are essential for evaluating spiritual needs to a patient. The intention is to evaluate patient spiritual and psychological needs. Finding these tools is not an easy task because it is the best way in which patient spiritual needs can be observed. However‚ spiritual assessment tools are use to collect information that will promote the healing process of the patient. This paper will emphasize on the creation of the tools with five questions
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nursing care. Nursing students must achieve a comprehensive understanding of critical thinking in order to understand the nursing process. The purpose for this paper is for nursing students to learn how to use the nursing process‚ how to properly document their findings and assessments‚ and correctly implement APA formatting in a formal paper. HK passed away October 25‚ 2009 at the age of 87. He was a Caucasian male. He was married but his wife passed away before him. He had one daughter‚ who took
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Community Assessment: Reading‚ Pennsylvania Judith Giorgio Western Governor’s University Abstract This paper is an assessment of the city of Reading‚ Pennsylvania. It will describe the city with a focus on the population‚ economic situation‚ culture‚ neighborhood and safety factors. It will also look at what the city has in place in case of a disaster. From this data‚ I will interpret the overall status of the community and formulate a logical community diagnosis. Community Description
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Management Theory & Practice Chapters 1 & 2 Reading Assessment 1) A ________ is an example of a first-line manager. A) division manager B) store manager C) regional manager D) shift manager 2) ________ have titles such as executive vice president‚ chief operating officer‚ and chief executive officer. A) Team leaders B) Middle managers C) First-line managers D) Top managers 3) ________ involves ensuring that work activities are completed efficiently and effectively by the people
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SHORTAGE The shortage of RNs in the United States has fluctuated over the years‚ dating way back to the 1960s . The declining demand for RNs in the past few years is evidenced by a decrease in the number of applicants admitted into nursing schools in the early 1990s ( American Association of Colleges of Nursing‚ 2010b). In this paper‚ I am going to discuss the factors that contribute to the nursing shortage in the United States of America and discuss possible solutions to this ongoing problem. The
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Bruce Hatch HR592 Mini Paper Professor Introduction: In this paper I will complete a needs assessment and explain how I used the assessment to help complete my course project. By doing so‚ I hope to help the reader understand the process involved in developing a training strategy to address the needs that will be identified. Establish Content I am currently employed as an independent contractor with Four Feathers Counseling LLC. Four Feathers Counseling was established on November 2
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CURRICULUM BASED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT DESIGN Curriculum Based Summative Assessment Design Rosalind Rogers EDU645: Learning & Assessment for the 21st Century Dr. Amy Gray December 22‚ 2014 1 CURRICULUM BASED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT DESIGN Part 1 2 The Summative Assessment Design is to develop the students with addition and subtraction by having multiple strategies to addition by placing together and understanding‚ and also
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published in the year 2001‚ titled ‘Strengths-Based Social Work Assessment: Transforming the Dominant Paradigm’ (100)‚ discusses some of the differences and conflicts between the relatively recent strengths based approaches and the traditional problem-focused and deficits based assessments. The author also proposes useful methods of incorporation of client centered and strengths based practice which may be used by social workers rather than assessments based on the pathology and medical model. The author
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Diabetes Scenario Failing to double check the name of a nursing home resident‚ a student nurse accidentally gives 13 units of 70/30 insulin to a patient who also received glipizide this morning. * What should the student nurse do when she realizes the error? * Report the error to her preceptor Nurse‚ along with the Nursing Supervisor. * At what point would the insulin peak and when should blood sugars be checked? * 70/30 insulin has a peak of 2-12 hours.
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