I am what you might say terrified of mentally ill patients‚ way more than I fear physically ill patients. I believe they are a danger to society. As said in the quiz‚ you can never account for what they can do at any given moment. Physically ill patients are less likely to cause pain on others than mentally ill patients. I would not trust a mentally ill person. I have seen the things they are capable of. They have no regard for anyone’s well being including their own. And I also believe a mental
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p37-41w29_ART&SCIENCE 18/03/2011 15:20 Page 37 art & science literature review & Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia Scrase W‚ Tranter S (2011) Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 29‚ 37-41. Date of acceptance: December 29 2010. Summary Fever or pyrexia is a common clinical condition which nurses treat regularly. Fever and hyperpyrexia are defined in this article with a physiological explanation for this adaptive response
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a point of time in my life they helped me. Nursing is a health care profession that involves taking care of another person in which a person needs the formal education and training in the art of science of nursing. Nurses help individuals‚ families‚ and groups to achieve health and prevent diseases‚ and they care for the sick and injured using procedures based on knowledge‚ skill‚ and experience. They work in hospitals‚ clinics‚ and other health care facilities‚ in physician’s offices‚ in private
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this modern time‚ the demand for care placement for elderly particularly with dementia patient is increasing thus‚ provision of proper nutrition is very vital. The rate of malnutrition for older people in care homes and hospitals are increasing especially those with dementia simply because the sufferers are not eating enough and this may cause difficulties for the carers. This article discuss some contributing factors that can seriously affect unplanned weight loss‚ how to overcome these problems and
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Volunteers worked with hospice patients to support their emotion‚ they engaged in conversation with patients‚ made them laughed‚ did relaxing things such as looking at old photos‚ and brushing their hair while they were in the hospice care. They mainly focused their attention on providing emotional support for the patient and their family member as they go through the hospice process instead of the patient’s problem. Some volunteers chose to volunteer with the hospice patients because they were motivated
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Patient Safety/Quality Care/Improvement Case Study 1. Overview of what are medical errors and possible consequences of such errors? The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines medical errors as “the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.” Medical errors do not all result in harm or injury. Medical errors that cause injury or harm are sometimes called preventable adverse events – that is the injury is thought to be due to a medical intervention
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and Pressure Area Care in a Nursing Home‚ Author: Sparkes K‚(2010)‚ Journal : Nursing Standard The purpose is to assess the gap and competency in nursing care‚ improve patient outcome by promoting standardized‚ assimilated care. Also‚ utilizing the best practice in wound care‚ and thereby reducing the severity‚ and number of wound in a community within a nursing home Qualitative and Quantitative Descriptive and experimental Two theoretical training sessions were delivered. One day on wound assessment
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Metaparadigm In order to provide the right dimension of care to meet the individual needs of each patient‚ each component of the metaparadigm of nursing must be considered. This metaparadigm was first developed by Florence Nightingale and is still a valid and important tool nurses use every day. Its four components are person‚ environment‚ health and nursing each works to help the other for a better understanding and application of proper care (Fawcett‚ 1994). The first paradigm refers not only to
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1RUNNING HEAD: PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING Kristen Bunge University of Phoenix NUR/391 February 20‚ 2008 PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING My philosophy in nursing is to uphold the dignity of my patients during their vulnerable time of need‚ care for the patients physically‚ emotionally‚ spiritually‚ and mentally; current beliefs and values that I try to uphold throughout my life. According to Chitty‚ "philosophy is defined as the study of the principles underlying conduct
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Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an irreversible debilitating disease of the airway that is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is rising. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is treatable but currently there is no known cure and it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. COPD causes reduction in airflow during the ventilation cycle due to the loss of air way elasticity
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