This assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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Term Conditions (2005) defines a long term condition (LTC) as one which is incurable but manageable with therapeutic interventions. The patient’s name has been changed‚ and Trust identifiers’ removed to adhere to confidentiality as outlined in the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct 2008 (NMC 2010). The second component to be explored will be collaborative working between the members of the healthcare team (Appendix 1). This will be done in conjunction with exploring
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Alicia V.‚ based on her symptoms‚ is diagnosed with PCOS. This is based on the findings that she is experiencing weight gain‚ unwanted hair growth‚ acne‚ a normal external genitalia‚ cervix‚ and vagina‚ and amenorrhea. Alicia has secondary amenorrhea because she has high levels of prolactin‚ which suppress GnRH and FSH. This is demonstrated by her low FSH levels. Alicia has hirsutism as insulin producing cells are overactive and create too much insulin. This increase in insulin causes her ovaries
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hyperglycemia‚ and delaying the onset and progression of long-term complications Lewis‚ Heitkemper‚ Dirksen‚ O’Brien‚ and Bucher (2007). Standards of Care The ANA Scope and Standards of Diabetes nursing practice (2003) states that standards of care describe a competent level of practice demonstrated through the nursing process. Starting from adequately collecting patient health data‚ identifying potential problems with the physical or spiritual being (e.g safety environment‚ depression)‚ to formulating realistic
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I found your post about the lean methodology intriguing and informative. It helped me to have a better understanding of a clinic use for this type of approach to quality improvement in nursing care. Working for the state government means that budgets are tight and there is no room to be wasteful with resources. Richardson et al. (2014) identify certain principles of the Lean process that can be transposed into the healthcare setting. The principles of waste elimination‚ consistent workflow‚ staff
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interact in acute settings? In this study‚ I would like to use ethnography. When compared to other qualitative methods like ;phenomenology or grounded theory‚ethnography is a systematic approach‚which includes observing‚detailing‚describing‚and analyzing the patterns of culture(Leininger‚1985).The key feature of ethnography as a qualitative research methodology is that‚ it involves long term study of a
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Research is defined by Parahoo (2006‚ p. 472) as “the study of phenomena by the rigorous and systematic collection and analysis of data”. Nursing research is necessary as up-to-date knowledge is vital for appropriate nursing and midwifery decision making. In order to improve upon health outcomes and provide effective care‚ research should inform best practice and provide an evidence base with which to underpin nursing care. The two studies to be analysed in this assignment are‚ ‘Final-year student
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New Hampshire Board of Nursing‚ the Oncology Nurses Society‚ the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics‚ Kristen M. Swanson’s (1999) middle range Theory of Caring and Florence Nightingale influence or influenced my nursing career. Functional Differences There are functional differences between the New Hampshire Board of Nursing (NHBON) and the Oncology Nurses Society‚ (ONS). NHBON protects
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comprehensive nursing care to patients but their families as well. The Nurse Practice Act defines the LVN and the Professional Nurse. “‘Vocational nursing’ means a directed scope of nursing practice‚ including the performance of an act that requires specialized judgment and skill‚ the proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application of the principles of biological‚ physical‚ and social science as acquired by a completed course in an approved school of vocational nursing”(Texas BON
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Medication is the most important treatment for bipolar disorders. I will outline the medication listed in the textbook and state their potential side effects and limitations in point form. Drug: Lithium Lithium is the first choice of treatment for bipolar disorders and it is indicated that Lithium is effective in the alleviation of manic and depressive episodes. 75-80% of patients who take Lithium as directed show improvement. One patient‚ on page 177 of the textbook‚ states that Lithium prevents
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