Cultural Diversity and Patient Care Knowledge of cultural diversity is key to all levels of the nursing practice. Knowledge and skills related to cultural diversity can strengthen and broaden health care delivery systems. “In 1986 the American Nursing Association (ANA) issued its first intention to strengthen cultural diversity programs in nursing” (Lowe & Archibald‚ 2009‚ p. 11). Despite good intentions made by nursing‚ progress in the area of cultural diversity has been slow and sporadic.
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Introduction Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance that has its onset or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. Kuhl‚ Hornnes‚ and Andersen (1985) state that gestational diabetes occurs when the pancreas of a pregnant woman fails to increase insulin production to compensate for the natural decrease in cells’ sensitivity to insulin. The cardinal signs of diabetes are polyuria (related to decreased reabsorption at the renal tubules because of the osmotic activity of
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dissatisfaction and improve on patient care outcome. The data suggested that nurses and other healthcare workers must strive in a collaborative environment; that to strengthen the work force‚ there must be less incivility in the work place. Further‚ the findings revealed that race was a significant factor in the frequency of inactivity coupled with those nurses with more than 5 years of work experience.
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that remains unresolved is assigning patients to nurses based on acuity. This issue has been ongoing within the hospital and no one has been able to come up with a reasonable solution. The hospital has been faced several challenges due to the unsolved problem of unfair assignments by the charge nurse. Favoritism has been identified as the major cause of this ongoing problem whereby the charge nurse favors some staff by assigning them to lower acuity patients than other staff. Some charge nurses
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Health Education Plan: Teaching the Patient with Hepatitic C For years‚ nursing was a task-oriented career. A nurse’s primary responsibility was to provide for the physical needs of patients experiencing illness. Nursing has evolved into a profession‚ which holistically treats and educates patients in a variety of health situations including acute illness‚ chronic disease‚ and preventative care. The competent practice of patient education has become a critical element in nursing. This paper will
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Hospice Care Plan Walden University Hospice Care Plan Mrs. Thomas has a history of breast cancer and is status post bilateral mastectomies with subsequent radiation and chemotherapy treatments. She has recently been diagnosed with lung metastasis and further treatment is not recommended by her physician and due to a poor prognosis he is recommending palliative care. Mrs. Thomas has been spending most of her days in her bed crying. She has had very little contact with her sons and
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stage will be a patient or have a significant other as a patient in a health care setting. It is the right of every individual to receive safe and quality in health care regardless of the health care setting. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the elements that constitute patient safety and the assessment of quality in health care provision within health care institutions‚ including organisational and nursing strategies for care delivery and evaluation of standards of care in relation to pressure
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The aim of this assignment is to critically discuss the nursing assessment individualised care and nursing interventions of the acutely ill patient. The patient discussed developed severe sepsis due to a urinary tract infection and her condition deteriorated during the recovery process in the nurse’s care. Lovick (2009) defines sepsis ‘as a known or suspected infection accompanied by evidence of two or more of the SIRS criteria’. SIRS is outlined as a ‘systemic inflammatory response’ consisting of
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Nursing Management of Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Anxiety A.C. is a 41 year old female‚ with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type II (T2DM)‚ anxiety‚ hypertension (HTN)‚ cerebrovascular disease (CVD)‚ end stage renal disease (ESRD)‚ bacteremia‚ diabetic gastroparesis‚ and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)‚ who was admitted to the hospital for a fever. The patient is allergic to penicillin and Regland6e. The patient had a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
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every 30 minutes until pain is relieved. a burning sensation before taking nitroglycerine indicates medication potency. Mr.Ali has an ICD implanted in the left lower quadrant of his abdomen. When obtaining his history‚ you find out that the patient also had CABG surgery at the time of ICD lead implant. You do not see any incision lines at the subclavicular area. What kind of leads does Mr. Ali have? Transvenous sensing with “hot can” Transvenous sensing and epicardial patches Epicardial
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