Surgical Nursing Care Impeccable nursing care is an essential contribution to the successful outcome of a patient scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure. An efficient preoperative nursing assessment includes that of the patient’s state of mind. Most patients are understandably nervous or anxious prior to surgery‚ however‚ significantly high levels of anxiety may have a negative effect on the surgical procedure and/or expected outcomes. “Preoperative anxiety may be an anticipatory response
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Reflection NUR/405: Week 7 – Assignment: Watson Job-Aid and Reflection August 5‚ 2012 Kim Hall University of Phoenix Introduction The use of theory and evidence-based research in nursing goes back many years. In an effort to legitimize nursing as a professional career nurses have worked very hard to provide information and verification of practice that works both academically and in reality‚ be it at the bedside or in the community. People like Jean Watson have dedicated their careers
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Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Tiara Graham Linn Benton Community College Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Patient Description Patient is a Caucasian 83 year old female that came into the emergency department from Wynwood assisted living facility with an increase of fatigue‚ worsening confusion and a 1 day history of a fever. Patient weighs approximately 90 pounds upon admission with a height of 64 inches. Patient has known COPD and is a former heavy
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GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Data Assessment and Care Plan Nursing Care Plan Instructions: Prepare a plan of care for your patient. The plan of care must include a complete DATA ASSESSMENT with all pertinent data and interpretation of data completed. Based on the data‚ formulate an individualized care plan using (1) priority NANDA diagnosis and (2) secondary NANDA diagnoses. Each diagnosis requires at least (5) interventions‚ (5) rationales and (5) outcomes
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First‚ Masters (2012)‚ in her book ‘Nursing Theories: A framework for professional practice’ describes a person as “individuals‚ families‚ communities and other groups who are participants in nursing” (Masters‚ K‚ 2012‚ P3). This statement refers to patients as individuals in need of the care of nurses. In fact‚ these individuals can have very complex needs and health problems requiring specialized and attentive care to facilitate healing and improvement of their condition. The term patient can
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Introduction Patient safety is a basic standard of health care. Every step in health care service contains intrinsic unsafe factors .The combination among newest technologies‚ health innovations and treatments have introduced a synergistic development in health care industry‚ and transformed it into more complex field. This rise health safety risks which may result from problems in practice‚ procedures and medicine etc .This Essay will discuss the relationship between human factors and patient safety
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Standpoint theory maintains that all claims to knowledge are situated in the experience and understandings of a person‚ and reflect the distinct set of relations in which they stand to it. In this sense‚ knowledge is shaped by a person’s cultural perspective and “social location” (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Situated knowledge not only shapes but also limits is one knows‚ while one’s social location is structurally defined in a hierarchical system of power relations (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Due to all claims
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Middle Range Theory Purpose of Study In the article‚ the purpose of the study is to test and evaluate the behavioral variation among the middle-aged and elderly people. The research also identifies the benefits and barriers associated with universal factors of health variables. Partial correlation and intervention were used during the research to enhance self-efficacy of health-promoting behavior that would influence healthy living adaptation by everyone (Arras‚ Ogletree‚ & Welshimer‚ 2006). The
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Theories of leadership have not been developed within the health care settings but were established in the business context and applied to the health care unit. So‚ the theories are dynamic in nature and will transform over the period of time. Health care organizations are composed of complex interfaces among large number of professionals with numerous roles. The unique structure of health care organizations usually follow the traditional or past practices that can resist to change (Kumar. R.D et
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Marras‚ 2008). The group of most likely causative bacteria in includes Streptococcus pneumoniae‚ Mycoplasma pneumoniae‚ Hemophilus influenzae‚ and Chlamydophila pneumoniae. This essay will appraise the treatment of CAP in an elderly patientwhose care plan can be found in Appendix 1. For the purpose of this essay we will discuss the severity assessment criteria‚ choice and effectiveness of antibiotics in treatment of severe CAP. We will examine also the management of severe CAP in renal impairment
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