While most of those providing care may focus on a system or type of problem‚ the genetics nurse is able to address the impact of the condition as a whole and the issues that arise from the potentially inherited nature of the condition(ANA‚ 2004). Furthermore‚ the genetics nurse offers holistic family care that addresses the needs of the affected individuals‚ family members at risk for
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Death. I’m surrounded by it‚ surrounded by life fleeing people’s lungs at the Hospice and Palliative Care in Columbia MO. For the patients in this center‚ their days have become numbered. I can hear the machines churning away‚ a machine that has become most of these patients single life source. A realization then quickly hits me‚ I’m breathing in the same air that others in this very building are using to take their last. Families rush in and out of the rooms‚ franticly getting in their last
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This essay will discuss the plan of care I developed for Mr X while he was under my care in a post anaesthetic unit. It will discuss my nursing assessments‚ and what diagnoses I developed from this. It will then discuss the rationale behind my nursing interventions using relevant literature. My plan of care will be analysed throughout while identifying how my nursing care meets best practice guidelines. A nursing care plan is begun at a patients admission. In this case Mr X was booked in for
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Running head: HOLISTIC 1 Holistic Health Essay Jeff Rubel Ohio University HOLISTIC 2 Holistic Health Essay Originating over five thousand years ago in China and India‚ holistic health focuses on considering all potential contributing factors
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Transforming the moment: Humor and laughter in palliative care Publication info: The University of Manitoba (Canada)‚ ProQuest‚ UMI Dissertations Publishing‚ 2003. NQ90475. ProQuest document link Abstract: The purpose of the research was to develop an extensive description of when and how humor and laughter are present in palliative care; to determine what functions are served by humor and laughter; and to identify circumstances where humor and laughter may be observed or experienced by patients
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Holistic approach: Meaning: Holistic approach to patient care incorporates the mental‚ emotional‚ physical and spiritual health of the individual. It explores the connection between mind‚ body‚ spirit and environment. Holistic healing includes a wide range of therapies with inherently complex philosophies about the prevention and treatment of illness. Questions still exist as to the safety of complementary and alternative medicine (otherwise known as CAM)‚ which are an integral part of holistic
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This assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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NURSING EXAMPLE A Summary of Proposed Research Program for Master of Philosophy Title: The Delivery of Quality Nursing Care: A Grounded Theory Study of the Nurses ’ Perspective Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the delivery of quality nursing care from the perspective of practising nurses working in the acute public hospital setting of Western Australia (WA). The study will examine the actions and interactions attributed to quality‚ and factors identified as enhancing
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Nursing Critique Since the early 1900’s nurses have been trying to improve and individualise patient care. In the 1970s this became more structured when the nursing process was introduced by the general nursing council (GNC)‚ (Lloyd‚ Hancock & Campbell‚ 2007) .By doing this their intentions were to try and understand the patient in order to give them the best care possible (Cronin & Anderson‚ 2003). Through the nursing process philosophy care plans were written for patients. It was understood
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HISTORY OF NURSING 1. In 1200 B.C.‚ the ill were treated with a mixture of physical‚ prayer‚ and magic spells. Temples were health centers. From the 1st-10th century initial care was at the local bishop’s house. They had deacons and deaconesses. In the 19th century‚ nurses cared for patients while at the risk of exposure to disease. Nursing in hospitals expanded in the 19th century‚ but nursing the communities did not increase significantly until 1893 when the Henry Street Settlement opened and
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