cessation‚ diabetes and cholesterol management‚ nutrition planning‚ and personal training. HealthCentral.com which was founded by Jane M. Martin‚ a Respiratory Therapist with a degree in Elementary Education and over 30 years experience in respiratory care‚ who promotes understanding of COPD through posting educational materials that are easy to understand‚ and actively responding to patient posts and questions. BreathingBetterLivingWell.com was also founded by Jane M. Martin. The main patient
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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Sickle Cell Plan of Care Read the situation provided. Then‚ provide a brief description of the pathophysiology of sickle cell anemia and complete the nursing care plan by filling in the goals‚ outcomes‚ and nursing orders for the diagnoses provided in the table. SITUATION: Lavon is a 30 year old‚ single African American who was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when he was 4 years old. He works for a computer company and has been working 12 hour days to meet the deadline for a special project
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Nursing Care Model Nurses are the first line of defense in patient’s care and are essential in the healthcare system. They are not only delivering care to the patients‚ but they also teaching‚ advocating for their patients‚ and providing comfort and support for the patients and their families. The way the nurses deliver the care to the patients is guided by the nursing care model that is used in the facility. According to Finkelman (2016)‚ “nursing practice models have been used to implement recourse-intensive
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percentage left for the employee is increasing as many companies are paying less and less of the cost. In 2007‚ employer health insurance premiums increased by 6.1 percent - two times the rate of inflation. The annual premium for an employer health plan covering a family of four averaged nearly $12‚100. The annual premium for single coverage averaged over $4‚400[1]. The cost of family health insurance nationwide is increasing dramatically for employees without anywhere near an equivalent increase
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COMPLETING A CARE PLAN A document or a personal record of the health conditions which stands as a mutual agreement between patient and his/her health care professional is referred to as a “Care Plan”. Usually a person with a health condition of long term opts for a care plan as it is helpful in assessing the care required and to be provided. A care plan is generally opted by the patient by insisting it to their GP or any other healthcare professional as this could help in improving health conditions
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will demonstrate the ability to assess and develop a care plan for this patient. For this case study‚ the patient’s name will be changed to Paul and confidentiality will be kept at all times. The nursing process will be described and used to develop a nursing care plan for the above patient. The setting is an integrated hospital service made up of Older Peoples health which provides services such as assessment‚ treatment and rehabilitation care for the over 65 years old population. These services
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Nursing care study In this assignment I will document and reflect on the care that I gave to one of the patients I was looking after while on clinical placement. I will be referring to the patient as ‘Mr x’ for confidentiality reasons. ‘Mr x’ was 69 years old. He initially presented with left sided unilateral weakness‚ expressive and receptive dysphasia‚ slurred speech and he suffered from nocturnal incontinence. He had been transferred from A&E to the ward. He had a provisional
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benefits does not necessarily make the average cost of healthcare decrease as the benefits tend to be inefficient in fully covering all of the costs that factor into a healthcare plan. The average cost calculation also does not take additional financial responsibilities‚ such as paying for a nursing home or long-term private home care‚ into consideration. Here is a look
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A Marketing Plan for a Nursing Facility Name Institution A Marketing Plan for a Nursing Facility The new marketing director is at task to establish a reliable mechanism for the establishment of a market plan for the full service assisted health facility. The clients for the healthcare facility for the ageing are unsatisfied with the services provided to the company. The company does not understand the needs of the old generation. Meanwhile‚ the demand for the services at the nursing home by the
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