From the ward you are practicing in choose an operation that was done to patient for whom you have given nursing care. From your experience describe the indications and purpose for this operation and the salient post-operative nursing care. Arthritis is one of the leading causes of femoral fractures especially in the elderly. It may also be caused by trauma or injury‚ starting from simple falls to more extensive such as a fall from height. Indeed‚ a femoral fracture affects hip movement as it
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List A: Pharmacological and complementary treatment of knee pain Knee pain is an immobilizing symptom from various of diseases and particularly important to treat in the elderly population. Knee pain accounts for 1.9 million visits to general practitioners and 1 million visits to emergency departments annually. Through history taking‚ focusing on red flags that the patients might present with‚ through physical examination‚ and understanding knee anatomy‚ physicians are able to make the diagnosis and
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increase the risk of falling to Susan and resulting in hip dislocation due to flexing hip. Susan must not lean forward and downward over 90 degrees and avoid high risk position. Rationale: According to “the 90-degree rule”‚ patient who complete hip replacement should not bend the legs for over 90 degrees to the hip‚ which bending action can facilitate hip dislocation. For example‚ crossing legs and squatting down[4] are the high risk position to result in hip dislocation. Proper position
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data in the natural state of the nursing home. If they had intervened more than they had‚ they would run the risk of missing valuable information. 2. Who was responsible for the condition of the patient? Why? There were multiple people responsible for the condition of this patient. Although the nurses are ultimately responsible for the care of the patients they are assigned‚ the other staff at the nursing home must also be held responsible. The fact that the nursing home was severely understaffed
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improvements to be made. The first area of improvement that has got to be mentioned it the nursing shortage. In many health care systems there is a nursing shortage. Nurses often become overworked and underappreciated. When someone in any profession is overworked‚ accidents can happen‚ but within the nursing profession these overworked accidents can have detrimental consequences. With many shifts short-staffed‚ nursing managers face the dilemma of either overworking staff or having not enough nurses during
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Case Presentation William is a single‚ seventy- year-old Caucasian male‚ who resides in a nursing home. He has no children and his only close living family member is his sister. William was admitted to the nursing home three months ago‚ after having suffered a stroke and subsequent left side weakness in his leg and arm. Currently‚ William is undergoing physical therapy at the nursing home to improve his left side mobility. William was referred to the Nursing Facility Transition program
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passed in 2010. The nursing profession is one of the largest divisions in the healthcare workforce and requires large transformations in order to meet the goals that the United States has set forth. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a report in 2010 which laid out recommendations for health care professions in order to make the goals attainable. Transforming education‚ transforming practice‚ and transforming leadership are three areas that greatly impact the nursing profession (IOM‚ 2010)
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BSN-3B1 Critical Thinking Exercise Nursing Management of the Client with Total Hip Replacement Situation: A 72-year-old male client is being discharged home from the hospital following hip replacement surgery. In addition to the prevention of other complications‚ the staff has made every effort to prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: the two most common causes of postoperative mortality in older clients. Prior to discharge‚ the nurse gives the client a list of instructions for
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“Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages‚ families‚ groups and communities‚ sick or well and in all settings. The role of a nurse includes the promotion of health‚ prevention of illness‚ policy and education.” (Lankshear‚ S.‚ Personal Communication. 2015.) But a nurses’ most important job is to provide compassionate‚ and ethically- sound care to every client that comes into their wake while keeping a calming demeanor. This demeanor is known as mindfulness
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maintaining patient confidentiality and respecting their decision about what information they disclosed and withheld (Johnston 2016; Hann‚ Ivester & Denton‚ 2017). Autonomy is one of the four key principles in nursing (Johnston‚ 2016) respecting‚ which should be a nurses’ priority (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)‚
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