is to evaluate Holistic care approaches used in healthcare within the acute care setting specifically relating to the role of Assistant Practitioners. Holistic care takes into consideration an individual’s psychological‚ sociological and mental health needs. Using a holistic approach to care enhances the experience for my patients and families (Erickson 2007). The Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010) defines holistic medicine as a system of comprehensive or total patient care that considers the
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Professional Conduct (Nursing and Midwifery Council‚ 2008). For this reason‚ the patient included in this case study will be given the pseudonym of Sam Jones. The purpose of this assignment is to identify one client problem and provide an evidence-based plan of care for the individual. The purpose of care planning is to show a logical and systematic flow of ideas through from the initial assessment to the final evaluation (Mooney and O’Brien‚ 2006). The nursing model that will be
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Growing up I was always the child taking care of others. When I was a child‚ I was the first one grabbing the bandaid and taking care of my siblings when they were sick. Even to this day in college I am known as the mom of the group because I am always making sure everyone is safe and happy. Becoming a nurse never crossed my mind till I volunteered at the VA hospital when I was in Junior High School. The more time I spent with the nurses in the ICU unit the more I started to fall in love with the
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HOLISTIC NURSING Suggesting that holistic nursing care should be introduced in postgraduate critical care nursing‚ Lane et al (2005) point out that critical care education is an important aspect of professional development for a critical care nurse. Interdependence between physiological and psychosocial theories and concepts is important for the development of critical care educational programs. A multidisciplinary educational framework provides a deeper understanding of all those factors that
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NEEDLESTICK INJURY |Specific Objectives |Contents |Preceptor’s Expectations |Learner’s Expectation |Value Integrated |Evaluation | |Safe and Quality Nursing Care |A. Introduction to Needlestick Injury: | | | | | |
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The nursing process is described as being an individualised problem solving approach in which patients receive nursing care. The nursing process consists of four distinct phases‚ each having a discreet role in the process‚ theses phases of the process are: assessment‚ planning‚ intervention and evaluation. (Oxford Dictionary of Nursing 2003) It is important that the four stages of the process from assessment to evaluation are carried out sequentially because each phase follows logically from
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principles of each element of The Nursing process help the nurse to achieve holistic patient care’. The nursing process is used by nurses every day to help patients improve their health and assist doctors in treating patients. Nursing requires the use of this process day in and day out. It is a form of problem solving. The nursing process is made up of a series of stages that are used to achieve the objective - the health improvement of the patient. The nursing process can stop at any stage as deemed
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC‚ 2008) highlight that the care of patients must be a priority and to treat them as individuals. In order to achieve this nurses must use a systematic technique known as the nursing process when planning and delivering care. It originated in the USA and was introduced the UK in the 1970’s in an attempt to move nursing away from traditional and task oriented care‚ to more evidence based and holistic approach to care (Castledine‚ 2011). It was clearly defined in
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Holistic approaches to Health The diverse effects that holistic approaches to health have. Definition: The word ‘holistic’ is defined as being “the treatment of the whole person‚ taking into account mental and social factors‚ rather than just the symptoms of a disease” (Pearsall‚ 2013). Therefore‚ a holistic approach to health can be defined as approaching health in a more open manner and not solely focusing on just the illness‚ but the individual’s mental/emotional‚ physical‚ social and spiritual
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From my viewpoint nursing’s biggest challenge today is the issue of safe staffing . This topic has been an issue for a long time‚ and still is. Reductions in nursing salaries has led to the nursing shortage. Nurses have also been in shortage for a long time because of the educational/personal requirements. Nurses are having to work longer hours and this can lead to ineffective care because nurses are overworked and underpaid. State nurses associations are required to staff each unit appropriately
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