Psychiatric Nurses Student name School name Course name or course # Date Abstract There are many different types of nurses all over‚ but each has a different task to follow. Nurses in general are trained and set out in the world to generally help others. Nursing is at such a high demand nowadays that it’s really attracting a lot of people who don’t even have a career choice set coming out of high school. Psychiatric nurses are trained in behavioral therapy‚ which basically allows them
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The role of a nurse An bord altranais (2000) believes that‚ The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment
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Nursing is one of the most stressful careers in healthcare. Long hours of direct patient care take its toll emotionally and physically. While the profession is rewarding for most‚ the constant stress can become a catalyst for all kinds of self damaging behaviors. The American Nurses’ Association estimates between ten and twenty percent of nurses will abuse drugs within the workplace at some point during his/her career (ANA‚ 2002). This percentage is similar to that of substance abusers within
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eing a Nurse Is More Than a Job‚ It’s a Treasure To me‚ being a nurse is far more than a job or even a career. It’s an adventure‚ a continuous learning process that I embark on bravely each day‚ in search of life changing events and miracles. Touching the lives of others is a treasure chest overflowing with metaphorical gold‚ whether the help I provide is of great measure or remains unnoticed. The pride I hold in saying‚ "I’m going to be a nurse‚" is immeasurable. Nursing is more than a profession
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interventions and outcomes Initiates communication with patients before screening and diagnostic procedures/treatments Informs patients of services and resources Increases health awareness in individuals The Patient Navigator will establish early contact with cancer patients within the community to eliminate the barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment. This position will compassionately provide patients with resources‚ support programs and services available through
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solving skills. Reasoning is inductive. Can use numbers beyond 100 with understanding. Can do simple fractions. Patient is talkative and understands the hospital setting and his illness. He speaks about his personal life and communicates his needs. Patient was in pain and did not want to ambulate; however‚ he had been told that he needed to walk in order to go home. Patient used logical thinking and ambulated so he
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Patient Centred Approach. DOCTORS AND SOCIETY Patient empowerment—a patient-centred approach to improve care Introduction Health care managers in different parts of the world are facing similar challenges of increasing demand for health services‚ pressure to improve the quality of service for patients‚ to create more responsive organisations‚ and to contain costs. This paper examines the patient empowerment concept and how this important concept can be translated to improve the delivery of
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Understanding the unpopular patient. The intention of this reflection is to raise a personal awareness of patients who have a chronic diagnosis and the importance of identifying potential issues surrounding their care. The model of Bowers (2008) will used to structure and guide the reflection as it allows for an accurate analysis‚ whilst acknowledging both good and bad practice. This model promotes forward thinking as well as retrospective study by future recommendations and the use of an action
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The Board of Registered Nursing defines the nurse practitioners as “registered nurses who are prepared by advanced education to provide primary care including medical procedures that may be required for a specialty area “(BRN‚ 2012). Additionally‚ nurse practitioners must ”possess additional preparation and skills in physical diagnosis‚ psycho-social assessment‚ and management of health illness needs in primary health care and who have been prepared in a program conforming to board standards” (BRN
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The purpose of this essay is to describe a situation from practice related to communication between nurse and patient. The Department of Health (2003) defines communication as ‘a process that involves a meaningful exchange between at least two people to convey facts‚ needs‚ opinions‚ thoughts‚ feelings and other information through both verbal and non-verbal means.’ Communication occurs when a person (the source) sends a message via a particular medium (the channel) so it is received by a recipient
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