Essay #1- Diabetes Diabetes is a disease the body undergoes when it is unable to produce any or enough insulin‚ due to a high level of glucose in the blood. According to the website diabetes.org‚ statistics show that‚ “diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2010 based on the 69‚071 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death.” Diabetes was discovered in 1889‚ later on various types of diabetes were identified and classified based
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The patient intake process is gathering accurate information for billing and medical care for new and established patients. New patients are patients that have not been to the medical practice before or within three years. These new patients need to complete many forms before their first appointment with a physician. An established patient is a patient that has been to the practice and seen a provider within the past three years. Established patients review and update information that is on file
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PATIENT ASSESSMENT - It provides objective information about the person which is essential in the nursing process. Methods of Examinations: (IPPA) • INSPECTION - assessing by using the sense of sight. - used to assess: color‚ rashes‚ scars and body structures. • PALPATION – assessing by the use of touch. - used to assess: texture‚ temperature‚ vibration‚ position‚ mobility of organs‚ distension‚ peripheral pulse‚ tenderness and pain.
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INTRODUCTION: Diabetes plays a huge role in my family’s health history. It is not my mom or my dad or my brother who have it‚ but it still affects my life. My grandma‚ Sandy Soda‚ has diabetes. When I was little‚ I remember her pricking her finger and never knowing why. After my research‚ I now have a different perspective on what she goes through. My grandmother is a very strong woman and I look up to her because she never shows weakness. If you would look at my grandma‚ a person would never know
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Benner’s concept of the expert Studies have explored the claim that experienced expert practitioners are unable to articulate all they know‚ and that their theoretical knowledge and clinical skills are of a qualitatively different type from that of novice practitioners Benner (1984) states‚ beginners do not have enough experience upon which to base their expectations. Never the less I had certain preconceptions about the social‚ academic and knowledge-based aspects of the course One of the
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Outline the process for developing nursing standards of practice‚ and identify the different entities that might be involved in developing a standard of practice The American Nurses Association (ANA) advances the nursing profession by “facilitating development of the standards of nursing practice‚ promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace‚ projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing‚ and lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the public”
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The nurse-patient relationship has always been considered to be an essential aspect of the nursing profession‚ which has an impact on the wellbeing of both sides. The nurse-patient relationship has a unique purpose and is extremely complex and often difficult to understand from an outside perspective. The role played by the nurse is pivotal in patient care‚ as establishing a good relationship can be vital in helping the patient make clinical and psychological process. In the discussion that follows
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INTRODUCTION Diabetes is a disease that is frequently a cause of incapacity to work‚ disability‚ premature aging‚ and early death. The science has very powerful means to combat it‚ but it is necessary to follow a regime of life‚ and adequately feeding; the purpose is to prevent it‚ or in case that the disease exists‚ to make it more benign. Many doctors consider diabetes as a sick manifestation of a serious matter and very important‚ as is the human being is gradually lost as a result of living
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Clinical Reflection: Lab Skills Today was not the typical clinical rotation‚ in fact‚ we did not even get to go to the clinical site. There was no assessment form to be completed‚ no vital sign to be documented‚ nor chart to be investigated‚ but important nursing skills are needed to be practiced nonetheless. After a long grueling week of tests‚ deadlines‚ and mounds of study materials‚ the clinical serves as an inspiration to focus on what is ahead. I look forward to Thursdays with great anticipation
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Initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of microsurgical patients Giang Nguyen Ngan BSN‚ Ha Nguyen Hông Ph.D‚ Thai Pham Hong BSN Abstract Aim: To summarise the initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of patients undergoing microsurgery. Methods: The study design was a retrospective descriptive analysis. Subjects were patients that underwent reconstruction of amputated body parts and free tissue transfer by microsurgical technique from August 2007 to August 2010
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