Holistic health assessments are used in nursing to inform the nursing process and provide the foundations of patient care. Through holistic assessment‚ therapeutic communication‚ and the ongoing collection of objective and subjective data‚ nurses can provide improved person-centred care to patients. This essay will analyse why it is necessary to undertake a holistic approach during a nursing assessment and how it corresponds to the nursing process. It will also identify and discuss each element of
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Discharge Teaching Plan Patient History Patient is a white female admitted with Mood Disorder NOS and R/O Bipolar Disorder. She has a strong family history—mother is positive for Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorder and has attempted suicide 3X since January. Her uncle is positive for Personality Disorder. Patient was raped at her stepfather‚ sexually abused by her Grandfather whom she resides‚ and physically abused by her biological father whom she resided with for 6 months‚ prior to moving
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Nursing Care‚ Staffing‚ and Patient Falls Grand Canyon University Nursing Research Nursing:433-V Angie Lawson‚ RN March 9‚ 2014 Introduction Patient safety is a concern in the hospital setting. Missed nursing care due to high nurse patient ratios‚ or staffing issues leads to patient falls. Patient falls tend to be a big issue and expensive matter for hospitals nationwide. This paper will focus on a qualitative research article regarding missed nursing care‚ staffing‚ and patient falls. Included
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Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Tree Princess Jones Trends in Nursing Practice The Evolution of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery With the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the influx of complex patients expected to accompany it‚ nurses will soon be taking on a more active role in patient care. This paper will discuss how the role of nurses’ in the evolving health care system will be crucial in post ACA era in providing quality care across the continuum across the nation. Patient-Centered
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Family Health Problem | Family Nursing Problem | Goal of Care | Objective of Care | Nursing Intervention | Method of Family Contact | Resources Required | 1. Malnutrition as health deficit. | Inability to recognize the presence of malnutrition due to lack of knowledge. | After the intervention‚ the family will be able to recognize the problem. | After the nursing Intervention‚ the family will be able to plan and prepare balanced meals within the family’s budget.After the intervention‚ the family
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Improving Patient Satisfaction in Health Care Settings Quantitative Analysis of Business MBAM 5223B Session 7 Article Summary #1 April 05‚ 2014 Health-care managers are tasked with addressing many organizational aspects including patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is clearly one of the critical priorities for managers. There has been many patient satisfaction studies to respond to the need of improving patient satisfaction. In order to develop an effective intervention
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Patients that have Medicaid have poorer access to care and poorer health results than patients with private insurance. In this case‚ privately health insured patients are able to discover more opportunistic treatment options‚ swifter medical care and are able to access more primary or preventative care. Medicaid patients have a difficult time accessing health care from medical facilities due to the poor reimbursement for provided
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Massage Therapy Continuing Education CANCER AND MASSAGE NCBTMB Provider #451897-12 www.nirvanamassagecenational.com 1 CANCER AND MASSAGE 2 CEUs Content copyright 2012‚ 2013 Nirvana Massage CE National‚ LLC All rights reserved. All trademarks and/or copyrights are in effect. This course is for informational and continuing education purposes only. All information in this course has been thoroughly researched and referenced. It is accepted as factual at the time of publication
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The University of Phoenix: A Holistic Approach to Adult Learning University of Phoenix Certification Workshop July 7‚ 2003 The University of Phoenix: A holistic approach to adult learning. The University of Phoenix offers professional students in training an opportunity to further their education at an accredited institution‚ facilitated by working professionals who together develop reciprocal relationships. The purpose of this paper is to define the University of Phoenix Philosophy
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SPIRITUAL Prevalence and Associated Factors of Spiritual Needs Among Patients With Cancer and Family Caregivers Prevalence and Associated Factors of Spiritual Needs Among Patients With Cancer and Family Caregiver Problem Statement Identify cancer patients and their caregivers spiritual needs and measure the prevalence of these spiritual needs. The patients and their caregivers can have similar spiritual needs that may require care. However‚ a nurse’s help with these spiritual needs‚ may not always
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