Patient Education Project The digestive system is a very complex but efficient system that allows the intake and disposal of material that allows the body to perform routine daily activities. The digestive system allows the intake of food and water to be broken down to be used for energy. The digestive system is made up of the mouth‚ esophagus‚ stomach‚ small and large intestines‚ colon and the rectum. A Potential life-threatening disease of the digestive system is color-rectal cancer. Color-rectal
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practices such as hygiene could have a cultural implication in relation to this particular population and the nursing relationship with the client. It is suggested that “some homeless people believe that a layer of dirt helps protect them from becoming sick‚” in this scenario it is essential for the nurse to be culturally sensitive and should not “express disapproval when caring for patients whose hygiene practices differs” from themselves. (Marshall‚ 2013‚ p. 771). According to Marshall (2013)‚ the
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suicidal ideation. As I was assessing my patient‚ he told me that he was a type 2 diabetic who checks his bloodsugars with meals and uses Insulin for coverage. He was concerned that his readings at home have been elevated and has not had an appetite for the last two days. I used the glucometer to check his chemstick which was 285. I called the admitting doctor and the Hospitalist to report my findings and the result of the bloodsugar. As a nursing intervention‚ I ordered a Nutrition consult
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In the United States‚ there are about 2.8 registered nurses (Nursing Statistics‚ Minority Nurse.com). There are nurses all over the world. They go to work almost every day to help people. A nursing career requires great responsibility. Nurses have many duties to complete daily. They carry mounds of stress on their shoulders. They also have an important role in clinics. However‚ as hard as this career may be‚ being a nurse is very rewarding‚ and one should consider becoming a nurse. People should
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WELFARE FACILITIES BRANCH Working paper CONDI/T/WP.4/1996 Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health Professor Tom Cox and Dr. Amanda Griffiths Center for Organizational Health and Development University of Nottingham with Professor Sue Cox Center for Hazard and Risk Management Loughborough University of Technology International Labour Office Geneva Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health Professor Tom Cox and Dr. Amanda Griffiths Center
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there is a striking question: should mentally ill offenders be held accountable for their actions? Now how do we consider some one mentally ill? To start off we define what a mental illness is which refers to a wide range of mental health conditions and disorders that affect your mood‚ thinking and behavior. The mentally ill are simply those who suffer such conditions and disorders that have made them somewhat outcasts of society. Those who are mentally ill may suffer from mental disorders such as depression
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Patient Educational Plan Nur/427 Monday‚ March 29‚ 2010 Sara Gerrie‚ MSN Introduction Prolonged and chronic ethanol (ETOH) use has devastating effects on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. ETOH is easily absorbed from the intestine and diffuses quickly throughout the body. The bulk of the ETOH is metabolized in the liver. ETOH abuse produces functional and structural changes in the GI tract‚ such as in the stomach‚ small intestine‚ liver‚ and pancreas (Geokas‚ Lieber‚ French‚ & Halsted 1981)
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my care for a dying patient with a lingering illness such as cancer because the patient and I may have a different definition or outlook on what quality of life means. To me this would mean making the best of what little time the patient has left to live. Most importantly is to keep the patient comfortable which may include positioning the patient in bed‚ giving a gentle massage and administering pain medications if necessary. It is also very important to provide the patient and the family with emotional
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The acuity of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) regularly requires extensive measures to provide necessary life supporting care. Very often this includes the need of mechanical ventilation. For obvious reasons‚ patients that require mechanical ventilation experience agitation and apprehension; because of this‚ these patients commonly need to be sedated. For many years different methods of sedation have been tried‚ such as intermittent boluses that may lead to indiscriminate arousal of the
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STRESS ON HEALTH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING" October 8‚ 2014 By: Becky Velez One of the definitions of stress offered in literature is: "Stress is the psychological and physical state that results when perceived demands exceed an individual’s ability to cope with them." The profession of nursing has thrived over the past century into a respected and necessary member of the health care arena. However‚ the future of the profession‚ and more imminently‚ patient care and the health of nurses‚ may be
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