nursing intervention on promoting self-care ability in breast cancer patients after breast surgery Background Self-care is one of the most important parts in post-operative patients’ further life and health recovery. Specific nursing intervention in the post-operative period is essential in promoting healing and improving patient’s quality of life. The purpose of this research is to analyse the effect of a nurse-directed intervention on post-operative self-care ability in breast cancer patients to
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promotes safe and appropriate nursing care and meets professional and legal standards (CRNBC 2008). These purposes and other important functions of record-keeping will be described in this assignment. The professional and legal implications of poor record-keeping will also be outlined. The topics will only be briefly and broadly discussed due to word count limitation so further reading is recommended. Record keeping may be defined as information that outlines any care or service provided to a patient/client
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S SITUATION NAME: Robert DeBourgAGE: 62 GENDER: Male Patient’s main concern is Uncontrolled Blood Pressure and occasional Tachycardia. B BACKGROUND Patient is a smoker with 20 years of smoking ½ pack of cigarette per day. Diagnosed with Heart Murmur at age 12. Diagnosed with High Blood Pressure in 2013. Mayocardial Infarction on 4/13/2014‚ Patient was admitted at St. Rose Hospital and received Cardiac stent placement on 4/14/2014. Patient is on multiple cardiac medication and following up
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The debate about health care reform rages on with little discussion about the negative effects that all of us are likely to see. While the goals of health reform seem noble‚ an in-depth look will reveal the unintended consequences. Higher cost - Health reform focuses on forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions and a myriad of other mandates for the benefit of those that have been irresponsible. Maintaining health insurance coverage long term eliminates any problems with pre-existing
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an orderly and logical way (Hogston et al. 2002). A nursing framework is a structure used to organise care given to patients (Siviter‚2))000) This essay will explore a needs orientated approach to the care that is delivered to a patient and examine the significance of the use of models and frameworks in the nursing process. The nursing process is a framework for organising individualised care. It involves four phases: assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation (Richards and Edwards 2003)
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What is Person Centred Planning Person centred planning is a set of approaches designed to assist someone plan their life with support. It is most often used as a model to enable people with disabilities or otherwise requiring support to increase their personal self determination and improve their own independence. It discovers and acts on what is important to the person. In dementia care is a key aspect of best practice. It is a way of caring for a person with dementia as an individual with
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This newborn photographer was overjoyed to be taking little Whitaker Graham’s picture‚ since he was as handsome as his name. His parents‚ Lance and Belle‚ named him Whitaker after his grandfather. The day of the shoot‚ handsome Whitaker was just 8 days old having been born on December 7th. On the day of the shoot‚ I had the pleasure of meeting four-year-old Avery‚ who has been delighted to be a big sister to little Whitaker. While she wasn’t interested in kissing her little brother for the camera
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differences that we are not familiar with or understand. Yes‚ our patients will have different cultural values‚ beliefs and practices from our own‚ but we must still show them respect. In the following case study we will look at the best ways to provide care based up the Giger and Davidhizar Model and Dr. Campinha-Bacote Model of transcultural nursing. Giger and Davidhizar believe that each individual is culturally unique and should be assessed according to the six cultural phenomena (Giger and Davidhizar
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Therapeutic Communication Jane Vuong‚ a 24 year old Vietnamese undergraduate student was admitted into the hospital Emergency Department presenting with anxiety‚ difficulty speaking‚ breathing and dusky lips following severe chest tightness during an exercise session at the local martial arts school. On examination she had a wheezing sound when breathing. She has no history of asthma but says she has some allergies which she treats with herbs. Her colleague who brought her to the emergency room also
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End of Seminar Project: Apex Care Pharmacy Seeks to Increase Revenue and Reduce Competition from Chain Pharmacies by Focusing on Mental Healthcare Facilities AMBA 604 Section 9046 Professor Sundar March 15‚ 2009 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Project Management Plan 4 I. Project Overview 4 Project Goal 4 Project Manager 4 Project Team 4 Team Contract 4 Project Deliverables 5 II. Project
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