Pyschiatric Nursing Case History with Diagnosis‚ HPI‚ ad Diagnostics 1. Identifying Statement 59 year old‚ married white female who was brought to the Emergency Department by the police by herself because of public intoxication with suicidal ideations. Chief complaint was “I was depressed and wanted to kill myself”. 2.Admitting diagnosis (DSM IV-TR classification): Axis I : Bipolar Disorder Axis II : None noted Axis III : Kidney disease‚ Liver cirrhosis Axis
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analyse the legal and professional issues involved within a critical incident observed whilst in clinical practice and to discuss the interprofessional workings of the professionals involved. A critical incident is an event which has left either a negative or positive impact on the observer or participant‚ this information can then be used to inform future practice (Flanagan 1954). This assignment will first describe the critical incident witnessed‚ the legal and professional issues will be briefly
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Critical Thinking and Nursing (Penny Heaslip‚ 1993‚ Revised 2008 Thompson Rivers University‚ Box 3010‚ 900 McGill Road‚ Kamloops‚ BC Canada‚ V2C 5N3 pheaslip@tru.ca ) To become a professional nurse requires that you learn to think like a nurse. What makes the thinking of a nurse different from a doctor‚ a dentist or an engineer? It is how we view the client and the type of problems we deal with in practice when we engage in client care. To think like a nurse requires that we learn the content
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Vbg Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Article in Press‚ Corrected Proof - Note to users http://www.sciencedirect.com/science doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2011.01.001 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. | Permissions & Reprints | Original article The experiences of patients and their families of visiting whilst in an intensive care unit – A hermeneutic interview study References and further reading may be available for this article
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This essay sets out to discuss the importance of comprehensive and accurate assessment on a registered nurses’ ability to make excellent clinical decisions. It will examine what factors can change a nurses’ capability to be aware of‚ and act on abnormal assessment findings. As well as assessment being part of the nursing process that is used in every day nursing‚ it is also a critical part of patient safety (Higgins‚ 2008). Assessment findings are used to determine what needs to be done for the
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Reflecting back on all the different situations I have been involved with or experiences I have witnessed‚ there are many amazing moments I can remember‚ but there are also equally as many‚ if not more‚ challenging circumstances and obstacles as well. A common denominator in almost all of these different reflections of the past is TRUST. This word has a different meaning to everyone and effects people differently in the way it guides or directs them in their everyday situations. It influences how
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Critical Analysis of a Personal Experience in Nursing Susan Main 66819440 Faculty of Nursing University of Manitoba November 17‚ 2010 NURS 3430 Ruth Dean Nurses must think critically when making decisions in their daily practice to provide effective care in our health care environment. Critical thinking begins by asking questions about any situation. In this paper I will describe my most memorable experience in nursing and then I will conduct a critical thinking analysis using the “IDEALS”
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Introduction It is widely accepted that clinical interviewing is the fundamental diagnostic tool in psychiatry. Indeed‚ Schreiber states that “the psychiatric interview is the essential vehicle for assessment of the psychiatric patient.” Unlike other areas of medicine‚ psychiatry lacks external validating criteria‚ such as lab tests or imaging‚ to help confirm or exclude diagnoses. With the clinician’s diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan being determined by the clinical data obtained from the
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Mapping Psychiatric Nursing Skills Mapping Psychiatric Nursing Skills Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2012) defines escalation as “An increase in extent‚ volume‚ number‚ amount‚ intensity‚ or scope.” (Escalate‚ para. 1) Escalation is commonly used to describe the behaviors of psychiatric patients as they become increasingly agitated. Delaney and Johnson (2007) describe escalation as “a linear trajectory of behavioral eruption beginning with agitation and proceeding until the patient is out
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Macomb Hospital In nursing school‚ we as students learn that critical thinking is an essential component in providing quality nursing care. According to Bittner and Tobin critical thinking is defined as being “influenced by knowledge and experience‚ using strategies such as reflective thinking as a part of learning to identify the issues and opportunities‚ and holistically synthesize the information in nursing practice” and we as nursing students learn this each and every day
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