Introduction A guide to taking a patient’s health history is an article published in Nursing Standard in the August 2007 issue‚ written by Hiliary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. In this article Lloyd and Craig outlines the process and rationale for taking a health history. Also‚ this article provides different methods to taking a comprehensive history. Summary of Article Taking a successful history includes preparing the environment‚ effective communication skills‚ and order. It is the most important
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9.3 RESEARCH RELATED TO CONCEPT Research on the importance of history taking by Tonks Fawcett and Rhynas Sarah Their studies revealed that history taking is a vital component of patient assessment‚ because it ensures delivery of high quality care. Understanding the processes and complexity involved in history taking allows nurses to have a better knowledge of patients’ problems. Care priorities can be identified and the most appropriate interventions commenced to optimise patient outcomes. 9.4
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CLINICAL SKILL LEARNING (FFFF1521) REFLECTIVE WRITING ON HISTORY TAKING By Fatin Nur Liyana Binti Mohd Zain‚ MD UKM (BMD 205312) The first lecture on history taking that I had attended was conducted by Dr Yambao. It was an introductory lecture in understanding the basis of taking history from the patients and the effective skills on how to come out with a complete history of patients in order to identify one’s disease. It was an interesting lecture to me but far more interesting when I entered
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History and Examination of the Reproductive System Female reproductive history: - Age‚ gravidity (no. of pregnancies‚ including miscarriages/ectopics/stillbirths)‚ parity (no. of livebirths)‚ LMP (last menstrual period) - History of presenting complaints: o Nature and duration o Relation to menstrual cycle o Vaginal discharge o Vaginal bleeding o Urinary symptoms (dysuria‚ frequency‚ urge/stress incontinence) o Bowel symptoms - Previous gynaecological history: o Periods – regular
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or her clinical judgement when interpreting patient data and implementing nursing interventions. In the clinical setting‚ clinical judgement is defined as "an interpretation or conclusion about a patient’s needs‚ concerns‚ or health problems‚ and/or the decision to take action (or not)‚ use or modify standard approaches‚ or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient’s response” (Giddens‚ 2017). When narrowing down this comprehensive definition‚ it remains evident that clinical judgement
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History of Nursing in China SUNY Delhi NURS-300: Professional Issues of nursing June 11‚ 2011 Abstract The history of nursing in China did not start until the 19th century. Modern nursing was introduced into China as part of the westernization in to Chinese culture. In this paper I will discuss the Chinese philosophy on religion and various treatments. I will discuss the Leninger transcultural model and how it relates to Chinese culture. The Chinese culture continues to influence American culture
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making big decisions Clinical and Nursing Services have greatly benefited from the use of computers . As technological progress takes place it promises to revolutionize healthcare completely . It will provide quicker and direct solutions to patient care . For e .g . it will shorten the time period of documentation and access to data of patient . The implementation of light pens ‚ touch screens ‚ handwriting ‚ voice recognition applications and bar codes ‚ in hospitals will make using computers easier
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Nursing Process and Clinical Decision-Making The nursing professional faces a myriad of decisions on a daily basis. The effectiveness of the decision-making process is crucial to ensuring positive outcomes in the clinical setting. If the nursing process is misunderstood or misapplied to the decision-making process by a failure to use critical thinking skills‚ the results can be catastrophic to the anticipated outcomes. Furthermore‚ an immaturity in critical thinking may influence decisions because
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Effects of Clinical Instructors on Nursing Students The effects of nurse instructors -- or preceptors‚ as they are called in the nursing field -- on nursing students in clinical settings can range from helpful to detrimental. Depending on the preceptor‚ the student may come away from the clinical teaching experience either confident or uncertain about herself as a nurse and her skills and may view nursing as either a positive or negative experience. Effective characteristics of clinical instructors
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My clinical experience began at seven o’clock in the morning on Thursday September 8‚ 2016 in the nursery of Yale-New Haven Hospital. During my experience in the nursery my student nurse colleague‚ Melina‚ and I were able to perform a full newborn assessment and each administer a Hepatitis B intramuscular injection under the supervision of Professor Connery. Our experience began when Melina and I were introduced to the two nurses that we would be working with and our patient‚ M.B. M.B. had been born
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