Encouraging patients to help themselves has positive effects Whilst caring for a lady in her seventies‚ one student nurse realised that there must be a clear rationale for everything in her nursing practice. About two weeks into my first placement on a stroke ward‚ I was asked by a nurse to help Ms B get dressed. Ms B was in her seventies. She had experienced a mild stroke and had made a full recovery. However‚ she had early dementia that had existed before her stroke. At times‚ this caused
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------------------------------------------------- MidAmerica Nazarene University ------------------------------------------------- School of Nursing and Health Science ------------------------------------------------- RN-BSN Program ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- NURS 4703: Nursing Research/Informatics ------------------------------------------------- Take-home Quiz #1 – Due January 23‚ 8:00 am -------------------------------------------------
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Emerging Care models 1. Unit-Based Care Manager - Serving as both a facilitator and mentor‚ the Unit-Based Care Manager serves as the unit’s “attending” nurse with respect to triage‚ communications‚ and all clinical needs. The Care Manager is staffed by a Clinical Nurse Leader 2. Care Transitions Intervention - The Care Transitions Intervention was developed to help improve patient quality and safety during significant transitions in care. 3. Hospital at Home - Hospital at
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Although the issue of Patient Safety is on growing evidence‚ it cannot be considered as a novelty. More recently‚ we have followed the disclosure of news involving errors during health care in the media‚ with the connotation that they are always associated with neglect or lack of preparation‚ as well as with bad professional practices. Although errors are undesirable‚ there is no denying that they occur and have an impact on patients‚ professionals and institutions. Contextualizing patient safety in the
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Evidence based patient care becomes a life long approach to clinical decision making to improve clinical outcome‚ and includes use of best evidence clinical outcome values of patient and there families. The purpose is to help bedside nurses determine the strength of evidence on the bases of the research methods. Evidence based nursing care is informed by research finding use of research evidence in clinical practice is an expected standard of practice for nurses and healthcare organizations. It determines
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proficiency of a registered nurse in a given area of nursing specialty. Multiple studies indicate that nurses that have been certified in specialty areas enjoyed higher rates of patient satisfaction while they also had fewer errors in their nursing practice as well. Many healthcare facilities‚ nursing organizations and agencies recommend certification for those who have a longer nursing practice history so that they enjoy better progression in the nursing profession. It is a step for new grads to look
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Delivering patient care is intertwined with communication and person centred care. It entails understanding that healthcare professionals put patient’s needs at the centre of the whole process of their care. However‚ care is achieved by providing patients with the best treatment for their illness‚ give them the choice of treatment‚ respect their decision making and maintain confidentiality of their information (NMC‚ 2010). My observations during practical placement in care of the elderly ward in
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Pre-warming patients to prevent hypothermia in recovery: A literature review Every day patients undergo surgery with general anesthesia for simple procedures like hernia repairs or breast biopsies. Loved ones are escorted into cold preoperative areas where nurses have them remove every stitch of their own clothing and replace them with a chilly‚ threadbare piece of fabric which ties together a handful of times and falls‚ for most‚ to the knees at best. The preoperative nurse then has them
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Nursing research focuses on the creation and promotion of increased levels of standards of care related to higher quality of life during chronic illnesses and to help in the promotion of healthy lives and decrease complications that may cause a decrease in the quality of life (Leeton‚ 2006). According to the CDC there is an estimated value of more than one million cases of people living with HIV in the United States with new cases of infection rates and deaths increasing to a high estimated level
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1. The nursing process is the core for the nursing care plan and enables one to think like a nurse. The nursing process is important as it is a systematic problem solving approach which involves the partnership with both the patient and their family. It serves as an important tool to improve practice‚ quality care and promote good health. The nursing process has four phases include assessment‚ diagnosis ‚planning‚ implementing‚ evaluation. 2. One of the components of assessment would be the Chief
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