some cases‚ to slow down the progression of the disease process. However‚ patient education goes beyond the main objective. An informed and educated patient can actively contribute in his or her own therapy‚ improve results‚ help detect mistakes before they happen‚ and decrease length of hospital stay. There are several patient education opportunities that a respiratory therapist (RT) can initiate‚ including but not limited to: diagnostic procedural‚ home care‚ pulmonary rehabilitation‚ COPD exacerbation
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Case studies have been great tool for me to learn evidence based nursing that will be put into nursing practice. Retrieving information‚ recognizing deviations from “normal”‚ interpreting and prioritizing data to plan patient specific interventions are all skills that I have developed from case study analyses. Different from SIM where we have to think on our feet and rely on the skills that we have learned‚ theory case studies are written‚ allowing us to track a nursing issue through all the stages
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Patients who present to the ER with abdominal pain are often complicated cases with the abdomen housing so many organs. Trying to figure out what is going on with your patient is made more difficult because of referred pain. When trying to figure out where to start remembering your ABC’s will assist in determining if your patient is stable or unstable. Remembering which organs are located within each abdominal region will assist you in narrowing down the potential diagnosis. With the ER patient
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Patient is a 65- year- old‚heterosexual‚ upper middle class‚ a caucasian female who has been fighting esophageal cancer for the past year and a half. The patient is married with two adult children. She resides at home with her husband and has an exceptionally supportive immediate family‚ friends‚ and relatives. Patient has an older sister whom she is very close with. She reports having a job that she takes great pleasure in. Patient has experienced a difficult time coping with her cancer diagnosis
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COM155-University of Phoenix COPD and Heart Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and heart disease are two of the deadliest chronic illnesses affecting the world’s population. These diseases have caused hundreds of thousands to lose their lives. With the death rate of heart disease and COPD rising‚ attention should be focused on these diseases and how we can prevent fatalities throughout the world. Educating the public about these diseases is vital in lowering the
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reference to previous studies such as practical reports of nursing teachers who were in charge of Pediatric Nursing Practicum‚ especially the qualitative study conducted by Shiba and Yamaguchi (2012). We created two sub-concepts‚ “judgments on the necessity of intervention” and “educational intervention” (Figure 1) from nursing teachers’ judgments and behaviors for supporting the construction of relationship between nursing students and child patients‚ clarified by a previous study (Shiba & Yamaguchi
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George is an adult male who has chronic renal failure as well as the co-morbidities of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and diabetes. As George is indigenous and lives on social assistance‚ these determinants have likely contributed to the development of his co-morbidities and chronic renal failure. Additionally‚ George has been on dialysis three times a week for 15 years but has lately been missing his dialysis appointments and calling the clinic the next day calling to be dialyzed
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Legal Issues Case Study for Nursing Case 2 Nursing Situation: Cindy Black (fictitious name)‚ a four-year-old child with wheezing‚ was brought into the emergency room by her mother for treatment at XYZ (fictitious name) hospital at 9:12 p.m. on Friday‚ May 13. Initial triage assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from a sore throat‚ wheezing bilaterally throughout all lung fields‚ seal-like cough‚ shortness of breath (SOB)‚ bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on admission were pulse
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During March 2013 I suffered a serious paranoid psychosis and was forcibly held at the KGV Hospital’s acute ward‚ under the Mental Health Act 1984. Actually‚ ten RGP officers‚ in full riot gear with shields‚ raided my home and in a very violent and aggressive manner‚ even though I was lying face down on the floor and offering no resistance whatsoever‚ abducted me and took me in handcuffs to the police station. There I was seen by two psychiatrists and a mental welfare officer and sent to the KGV
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Reshelle is an outgoing 13 year old girl. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. Reshelle is described as lvoing and caring. She enjoys playing yahtzee‚ card games‚ and doing crafts. She enjoys being active by playing at the park. Reshelle does very well in the prospective adoptive home of her maternal grandparent. Reshelle can be stubborn‚ but he is easily redirected when given one on one time to talk about any issues she is having. Reshelle was a 7th grader at Coolidge Junior High School. She
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