Joanne’s GP requested that she has some community care The G.P Joanne first went to her GP because she felt a pain in her right breast‚ she had a feel of the breast and came across a lump‚ The GP examined the breast and referred her to the specialist breast clinic When the wound has healed‚ Joanne can begin radiotherapy 5x week for 4 weeks. This will be done to ensure that all the cancer cells have died. This treatment will be done by a therapeutic radiographer Pharmacy for her repeat
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Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan for Pain Response NURS 4005 Section 04‚ Topics in Clinical Nursing 09/21/2014 Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan for Pain Response In information technology‚ a dashboard is a user interface that‚ somewhat resembles an automobile’s dashboard‚ organizing and presenting information in a way that is easy to read. Healthcare dashboards are designed to show the performance of key activities that directly or indirectly impact patient satisfaction
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Global Health Nursing Primary Health Care/Primary Care This discussion will cover the demographic trends that impact global health today‚ look at patterns of health and disease that impact global health‚ explain the difference between primary health care and primary care‚ and review the World Health Organizations (WHO) priority for global health. There are many factors that affect global health including population‚ environment‚ and disease. One of the greatest pressures on the global community
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Running head: FUTURE OF NURSING Nursing Education and the Future of Nursing September 9‚ 2013 GCU Education is a vital factor in the field of nursing. Nursing is one of the biggest workforces in the United States‚ and in the health care field specifically‚ “with more than 3 million members‚ the nursing profession is the largest segment in the nation’s health care workforce” . For this reason‚ the Institute of Medicine has worked to make recommendations on
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dictionary‚ the term advocacy is derived from the legal definition of advocate‚ which is defined as “a person who assists‚ defends‚ pleads‚ or prosecutes for another.” This legal definition is the springboard for the larger definition of nursing advocacy. Nursing advocacy has multiple roles such as communicating with‚ informing‚ and educating patients‚ protecting patients‚ speaking out for patients and building relationships (Hanks‚ 2013). It is common knowledge that wealthier patients have more support
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Palliative care is a new topic that I am learning about this semester. Initially‚ when I would think of palliative care I would think of the nurse who was taking care of someone in there last hours. I identified palliative and hospice care as the same service. I now understand palliative care as the care one receives after you are no longer trying to cure a disease‚ but are treating to provide comfort as the disease progresses. Palliative care takes place for an undefined amount of time. Whereas
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HLTEN505C L.G. Due Date: Week 11 (13 May)‚ 2013 As per Ehow web and Nursing Times.net‚ the following table compares the neurological and neurovascular observations. | Neurovascular Observation | Neurological observations | Why to observed | Nerve function and blood flow to an injured extremity | Examination of patient’s nervous system to assess the responses to various stimuli. | What & how to observe | 5 P’s: pain‚ pulses‚ paraesthesia‚ paralysis and pallor | Vital signs and
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* Health Care Paper * Health is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “the condition of being sound in body‚ mind‚ or spirit; especially: freedom from physical disease or pain”‚ but it is much more than that (Merriam-Webster‚ 2013). Health is one of the main components of living a long and happy life. Without our health‚ we could not live our daily lives in the manor that we normally do. Health care is imperative to ensure a healthy community and a healthy nation. One may assume that the
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IOM Future of Nursing Nurses are in an ideal position to propagate changing within the health care workforce‚ with three millions nurses to effectuate change‚ and the objectives within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) providing the largest overhaul within medical care since the inception of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) in 1965 (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2010). The intent of this paper is to discuss the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report regarding the future of nursing as it pertains
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Physical therapy consult to establish PT plan. Give pain medications prior to physical activity as pain impairs mobility and the patient is more likely to succeed in reaching her physical activity goals if her pain is under good control. Impaired physical mobility R/T recent surgery 2° right intertrochanteric hip fracture AEB pt. only being able to ambulate 40 ft with walker & assist x 1. Acute pain R/T recent surgery 2° to intertrochanteric right hip fracture AEB pt. rating pain as a
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