Application exercise #4: Self-assessment I choose to do a complete self-assessment as a start to think about my next job as I will need to make a change from LPN to RN soon after I finish my BN program. Self-assessment: my personality is pleasant‚ sensitive‚ honest and caring. I value dignity‚ independence‚ fairness and enjoy treating everyone equally. I believe everyone has a side of kindness regardless of their behavior‚ and it is God who created everything including human. I like a friendly
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There are two distinct models of disability that seek to empower those with disabilities- the medical model and the social model. The medical model refers to a disability as a “physical or mental impairment of the individual and its person with social consequences. It regards the limitations faced by people with disabilities as resulting primarily‚ or solely‚ from their impairments” Wasserman et al (2011). Under the medical model people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The medical
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Topic: My Health Assessment Ashleigh R. Holden Kean University Abstract This assessment was performed on a 41 years old female with an average health. The patient is having some right hip pain and some limited ROM. She was a pleasant woman with a great understanding of her own health and her family health history. CK is slightly overweight‚ smokes and does not exercise enough. She is the mother of two children and the wife to RK for 15 years. Her mother is still alive and in healthy
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this in such a way as to help him to gain independence as rapidly as possible -the concept of nursing according to Virginia Handerson (1958) The essential components of professional nursing practice (according to ANA) include care‚ cure and coordination. Nursing is based on scientific principles and an art i.e. composed of skills that require expertisedness and proficiency of their execution. Nursing is a dynamic‚ therapeutic and educative process in meeting the health needs of the society‚ assisting
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment The geriatric assessment is a multidimensional‚ multidisciplinary diagnostic instrument designed to collect data on the medical‚ psychosocial and functional capabilities and limitations of elderly patients. Various geriatric practitioners use the information generated to develop treatment and long-term follow-up plans‚ arrange for primary care and rehabilitative services‚ organize and facilitate the intricate process of case management‚ determine long-term care
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Using the guidelines in Wilson & Giddens ’ Ch. 11 and videos‚ perform a respiratory assessment process on a patient or a significant other. Write up your findings following the guidelines and post them here. It is important for nurses in all practice settings to be able to perform a basic respiratory assessment. This includes taking a pertinent patient history and using the techniques of inspection‚ palpation‚ percussion‚ and auscultation. Immediately upon meeting a patient I am looking to
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT My family health assessment was conducted using the 11 Gordon functional health pattern. Marjorie Gordon’s functional health pattern is a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing date base‚ using the 11 categories enable nurses determines the following aspects of health and human function (Gordon 1987). The Gordon 11 functional health patterns are health perception/health management‚ nutrition‚ elimination‚ activity/exercise‚ cognitive
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many other symptoms. Exacerbation refers to decline in expiratory airflow‚ which can bring mild to life threatening conditions in the patients. This essay will discuss the assessment done considering the health issues of Mr James Saunders. Assessments that will be carried out for Mr Saunders will be the detailed respiratory assessment for his diseases condition‚ Asthma. Mr James Saunders a 36-year-old man has been admitted in the ward with his exacerbation of asthma. The subjective data (data collected
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Note: The greater the number of positive responses‚ the greater the person’s identification with a traditional heritage. The one exception to positive answers is the question about family name change. This question may be answered negatively. 1. Where was your mother born?__Ethiopia 2. Where was your father born? Ethiopia 3. Where were your grandparents born? (1) Your mother’s mother? Ethiopia (2) Your mother’s father? Ethiopia (3) Your father’s mother? Ethiopia (4) Your father’s father
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