Discussion To grant a restorative nap or sleep to a night nurse is the way to combat sleepiness and fatigue at work. No amount of technology or incentives can fight the problem of fatigue at work but sleep. As long as the practice of nap break is ignored‚ the danger to patient’s safety‚ nurses’ health‚ and decreased nurses’ job satisfaction will continue to be the major issues in the community and health organization. To understand the challenge in implementing the practice‚ one can summarize
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hospital. American Journal of Nursing‚ 119(11)‚ 21-25. Retrieved from http://www.nursingcenter.com/pdf.asp?AID=940556 Ellis‚ J. (2008). Quality of care‚ nurses’ work schedules‚ and fatigue. A White Paper: Washington State Nurses Association. Retrieved from website: http://www.wsna.org/Topics/Fatigue/documents/fatigue-white-paper.pdf Idaho Department of Labor. (2010). Guide to Idaho labor laws. Retrieved from http://labor.idaho.gov/pdf/wagehour.pdf Joshi‚ M.‚ Currier‚ A.‚ O’Brain‚ K. (2011) Bedside
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1.Fatigue Patients that have been diagnosed with breast cancer and the ones that have defeated it experienced fatigue and that makes fatigue the most common symptom in breast cancer. The fatigue that occurs because of the breast cancer cannot be alleviated by resting or sleeping. The fatigue caused by this type of cancer comes along with other symptoms such as pain‚ depression‚ high levels of distress and sleep disturbance. The fatigue is extremely severe and that many
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starving the body of sleep. Sleep is the body’s way of ensuring the body can function properly Not getting good night’s sleep is more detrimental than people realize‚ depriving yourself of a good nights sleep can impair your concentration‚ cause fatigue and make you less productive. When the body is sleep deprived it adapts to the condition‚ the effects sleep deprivation can cause may go unnoticed even while the body’s cognitive performance declines. “The human brain is only capable of about 16
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Fatigue not only causes physical distress on the body but also mental distress on the mind. "Fatigue significantly impairs a patient’s quality of life‚ bearing negative effects on performance at work and on the patient’s social and private life" (Hanken‚ Eling‚ and Hildebrandt 1). Since MS is a highly variable disease‚ the severity of fatigue is highly dependent on the severity of the MS in the individual. MS is considered
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Daniel Webster College 02/05/2014 Abstract I will provide a review and analysis of the publication “The handbook of aviation human factors”‚ specifically chapter 11 Fatigue and Biological rhythms. BM555 Media Critique of Human Aviation Factors The main consensus of Chapter 11‚ Fatigue and Biological Rhythms‚ is that fatigue‚ whether caused by lack of sleep or by the disruption of the circadian rhythms are a significant human factor that severely affects performance and safety within the aviation
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Introduction There are two groups of reflexes in the human body‚ with two ways to categorize each of them. Reflexes can either be inborn and connected through the nervous system‚ or they can be learned through practice. Another way to explain a reflexive category would be autonomic reflexes or somatic reflexes. Autonomic reflexes are those which are unaware to us and act on visceral organs of the body‚ whereas somatic reflexes involve skeletal muscle stimulation. Both types of reflexes are put into
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(Federal Aviation Administration‚ 2013).” FATIGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP The human body heavily relies on sleep to maintain a healthy‚ functioning life. . “Sleep isn’t exactly a time when your body and brain shut off‚ actually‚ while you rest‚ your brain stays busy‚ overseeing a wide variety of biological maintenance that keeps your body running in top condition‚ preparing you for the day ahead (Help Guide‚ 2013).” FATIGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP CONT’D Sleep Deprivation
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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphoid system affecting approximately 9000 new patients each year in the United States (Ansell‚ 2016). The following paper is intended to research Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and will provide a description of the disease including statistics‚ risk factors‚ signs and symptoms‚ and tools used for diagnosis. Medical treatment‚ medications used in treatment‚ and nursing care provided for the treatment option utilized‚ will be researched and discussed
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LEGISLATED? Identify the problem/concern: Fatigue (commonly compassion related) among caregivers in the health care industry. Many nurses who work in palliative care or with terminally ill patients often suffer from compassion fatigue and burn out. This leads to less motivation among nurses and nurses becoming unsatisfied with their career and or workload. State your proposal/idea. Nurses of all types‚ not those just experiencing compassion fatigue‚ should be offered and engaged within higher
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