impairment chronic confusion r/t impaired decision making ineffective coping r/t impaired information processing noncompliance with nursing staff r/t behavior problem due to mental decline impaired verbal communication r/t aphasia-speech deficit risk for falls r/t muscle weakness risk for impaired skin integrity r/t bedridden/chairbound - History of Trauma - Time‚ cause‚ direction and force of the blow - Loss of consciousness‚ duration Assess LOC - Glasgow Coma Scale
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qualitative research that differ from each other. Phenomenological Research The goal underpinned by phenomenological research method is the description of a lived experience entrenched in a phenomenon. It is qualitative analysis utilized for narrative data. However‚ methods for the process of analysis of its data can differ from more traditional or quantitative methods of research. In addition to this‚ the underlying purpose of this approach is to give an insight of a specific phenomenon for its
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Walking into work I smell the aromas of a nursing home. I hear the sounds of wheel chairs and walkers scraping against the hard wood surface. As I walk to station one‚ I stop by the break room to store my food. The room is full of people charting the prior shift. Walking out of the room‚ I continue to station one. Finding the cork board with the neon green paper‚ I see what hall I am working. There is only my name and one other on spring hall. I know it is going to be a rough night; but at the end
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Nursing professionals are to be advocates for patients and always looking out for the patient’s best interest. Likewise‚ nurses should use the same example in their daily profession and strive to be the best professionally as he or she can be (ANA1). In doing so‚ nurses act as a leader without holding a leadership title. Leadership is defined as the use of individual traits and abilities to adapt to the environment or a particular situation and the ability to creatively solve problems identified
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Personal health is something that everyone needs to be concerned with‚ but not many people are. I’ve noticed that in the recent months‚ my personal health has not been what it used to be. I’ve only come to this conclusion after starting to track a few health aspects in my life. The aspects of my personal health that I chose to track for a month includes nutrition‚ physical health issues‚ and alcohol use. I chose to track these three specific parts of my personal health because they are the most
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population of the U.S. keeps increase to be a diversity nation. As they emerge to one nation‚ they share common concerns about life such as health and quality of life. Providing effective health care to diverse ethnic group‚ cultural minority group‚ need to have proper assessment tool for assessment for their cultural needs‚ beliefs‚ and their traditional health care practice. The Heritage Assessment Tool create effective assessment of background of people include age‚ gender‚ family structure‚ nationality
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Competence in Nursing Shannon Karlsson California State University‚ Chico Introduction According to the United States Census Bureau (2010)‚ over 30% of the total population in the United States is comprised of various ethnicities other than non-Hispanic Whites. This statistic highlights that the United States (US) has a significant multicultural population today. These diverse cultures bring with them new languages‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ social structures‚ and health care beliefs
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career in the health and science field. I came to admire dentists because of the experiences I had with people in the particular field. Some skills I have to help me prosper are my analytical thinking and how I relate and connect with others. My ultimate goal is to help people feel and look better‚ a happy smile can make a difference. My strengths from strengths-quest are important so I can be able to act on them and be aware for my future career. Being analytical is great in the health field; it means
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Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients
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positive path to follow. To illustrate‚ I demonstrated leadership when I was in high school since I was president of the Health Academy. The positive leadership moves persuaded and motivated my classmates and underclassmen to follow my steps. Although being president of the health academy was very time consuming I managed to multi-task. There was a point that being a president of the Health Academy made me feel confused and had to deal with my emotions outside of the Academy. Since I did not want others
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