11 Ardmore/Medical-Surgical Unit at Wake Forest Baptist Health utilizes the team nursing model in implementing effective patient care. There is a charge nurse each shift with the coordination of the RN team and assistive personnel (LPN‚ CNA‚ UAP‚ etc.)‚ and each staff member functions directly under their Scope of Practice. On this 30 bed unit‚ each assignment is divided so that an RN is responsible for the care of 5-6 patients‚ and a CNA may be assigned 10 patients and work directly under the
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Comfort Care Theory Introduction An anonymous author once said‚ "In the last stages of a final illness‚ we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family." The comfort care theory by Katharine Kolcaba exemplifies this by creating a baseline of quality care that both nurses and doctors can utilize in providing care to a dying patient. Comfort has been called a distinguishing characteristic of the nursing profession yet‚ until Katharine Kolcaba‚ had never been conceptualized within a theory
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Medical Diagnosis #1: Multiple coronary artery disease Chief Complaint #1 Use Quotes: ”Shortness of breath and chest pain for over a month now” on 2/6/13 on day of Admission Chief Complaint #1 Use Quotes: “Pain 8/10” on day of your nursing care Prior Illnesses Hypertension‚ coronary artery disease‚ obesity‚ angina Family History Father passed away from a heart attack; Mother had a stroke General Survey Sex M Race Caucasian Age 74 Height 175cm Weight 90.7 kg
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Community Health Nursing SZT Task 2 Jennifer Ramey RN July 28‚ 2014 As a registered nurse of only three years‚ I am often referred to by my peers as a “baby” nurse. However‚ in those short three years of practice I have learned and continue to learn many things whether medical‚ personal‚ or humanitarian. My personal nursing experience has been in surgical care services. The vast majority of the patients I have cared for are those undergoing elective procedures. They have chosen to have joint
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NU 306 Mental Health Nursing *Reflections: Clinical Experiences in Community - Gero 1. Describe characteristics of clients served by this program. The clients at Shoals Hospital in the geriatric psyc. Unit were obviously old. I think the youngest person was a 60 year old female. All had psychiatric disorders but the disorder that seemed to be most prevalent was Major Depressive Disorder. I also got to talk to the oldest living person with Huntington’s disease which was very cool. 2
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HOW MY CREATIVE THINKING IN NURSING CARE HELP ME SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH PATIENTS IN LONG TERM CARE When we have made a commitment to work with and develop nursing theory‚ it is important to keep in mind that this activity is crucial to establish scientific foundations in nursing. The first line of teaching and learning in nursing is based on linear thinking‚ arguing to promote the student’s vision of cause / effect when‚ for example‚ this is in the process of providing the patient with an anticoagulant
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SAMPLE FAMILY NURSING CARE PLAN Health Problem | Family Nursing Problems | Goal of Care | Objectives of Care | INTERVENTION PLAN | | | | | Nursing Interventions | Method of Nurse-Family contact | Resources required | 1.Family size beyond what family resources can adequately provide | Inability to make decisions with respect to taking appropriate health action due to lack of knowledge as to alternative courses of action open to the family. | After nursing intervention‚ the family will provide
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The assessment of patients forms a major component of the nursing role. It allows the nurse to gain vital information to base the planning and implementation of prioritised care on. A systematic method of assessment is required‚ that ensures that all areas of assessment are covered and that the assessment and subsequent interventions are as effective and efficient as possible. One method that can be followed for patient assessment is the primary and secondary surveys‚ with an additional assessment
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Change and Nursing Theory The change theory that would work well with implementing a nurse residency program would be Lippitt’s Theory of Change. This change theory goes through a step by step process with the ultimate goal of providing actions that are gear towards the overall outcome of the patient. The first step is to diagnose the problem which in this case is retaining new graduate nurses after one year. Learning about why nurses are leaving after the first year would be beneficial. If people
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Evidence Based Nursing Practice Shallie V Witt‚ RN‚ COHN Submitted to Jo Ann Wegmann‚ RN‚ PhD. in partial fulfillment of NR 460R Evidenced Based Practice Regis University 12/6/10 Evidence Based Nursing Practice The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of Evidence Based Research (EBR) on nursing practice. Included in the review will be research examples as related to the author’s field of practice in occupational health‚ both qualitative and quantitative. Also reviewed will be
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