I was able to manage my assignments effectively. I prioritized each patient that I should be taking care by their needs. I always started by listening to shift report and looked for a patient that has impairment with Airway‚ breathing and circulation. I took care of those patients who are unstable right away. For example‚ I took all my patients vital signs and reported the valued to the nurse. I informed her that one of my patient blood pressure was elevated and we gave him blood pressure medications
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Critically analyse the physical care‚ well being and interventions used in a client in your care Module: MHR4607 Physical Health and Wellbeing ‘Critically analyse the physical care‚ well being and interventions used in a client in your care’. This reflective essay focus’s on a 54 year old service user who suffers from schizophrenia. Coinciding with her mental health illness she has a diagnosis’s of diabetes type 2‚ she is obese‚ and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For the
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provide an evidence-based plan of care for the individual. The purpose of care planning is to show a logical and systematic flow of ideas through from the initial assessment to the final evaluation (Mooney and O’Brien‚ 2006). The nursing model that will be incorporated in this care plan will be the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney’s model (2000). This model was chosen because is it extremely prevalent in the United Kingdom and is the most widely used model familiar to nurses. The model of nursing specifies
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Introduction My placement with the Nursing home and Residential care home was to help me understand the concept of growing old in this country and what different family values have when it came to caring for their elderly‚ in comparing with what happens in southern Africa. My home fulfils my needs and holds some of our family memories and reflects my priorities and taste. The placement gave an insight into the necessities of the existence of care homes‚ as to balance a full life cycle of some aged people
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“A Distant Episode” written by Paul Bowles recalls the story of a professor who is captured by the Reguibats‚ a nomad tribe. As the story began‚ it focused on the professor and his journey to find an old friend; however it took a turn when the professor was turned over to the tribe. This short story has similar aspects when comparing it to The Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad. The ideas of cultural imperialism‚ the climax and the idea of people going insane are resembled in both pieces of literature
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The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health
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I have been working at Birthcare in Parnel for this clinical project. I wanted to immerse myself into a primary setting where I could focus on primary care and breastfeeding. My first impressions of birthcare were that it is more of a hospital than I had anticipated with women arriving with babies on blood sugars‚ AC T&R’s and other ‘cares’ that I had thought would not occur in a primary setting. I had this preconception because I am use to working at Waitakere hospital where we often transfer women
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Plot Summary (The Kugelmass Episode) "The Kugelmass Episode" opens with Kugelmass‚ a middle-aged‚ unhappily married humanities professor seeking the advice of his analyst‚ Dr. Mandel. He is bored with his life‚ and he needs to have an affair. His analyst disagrees‚ however‚ telling him "there is no overnight cure" for his troubles‚ adding that he is "an analyst‚ not a magician." Kugelmass then seeks out a magician to help him solve his problem. A few weeks later‚ he gets a call from The Great
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difficulties‚ particularly for those readers who aren’t familiar with the period in which this tale was created. One more specific passage from this poem that presents an obstacle is the "Finnsburg Episode." We begin to lose our understanding once the poet introduces us to the notion that the "Finnsburg Episode" is an offering to heroic Beowulf. It is apparently a custom to tell stories and sing songs at celebratory gatherings in this age. In our own modern way‚ it still is‚ which I think helps us empathize
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Reflective account 6 Description Throughout this reflective account i will refer to the individual I was working with as Gloria. I have not used her real name throughout this piece to protect her identity and to ensure that I am maintaining confidentiality. “You must respect people’s rights to confidentiality” (NMC 2013) Gloria is a 74 year old lady who lives at the residential care home at which I am currently on placement Gloria is under the Adults with Incapacity Scotland Act 2000 due to a diagnosis
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