Question 1. A. AIRWAY– Maintaining a clear airway is always considered a high priority because airway is essential for gas exchange (Ramkumar‚ 2011). However‚ the patient has a patent airway. Therefore‚ the nursing strategy is to conduct an airway assessment “look‚ listen and feel” continuously to detect any changes. This is to provide immediate respiratory care if the patient’s airway is compromised (Higginson‚ Jones & Davies‚ 2011). This is a low priority. B. BREATHING – Respiration is altered
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throughout this process in order to understand potential risks of having a surgical procedure and what should be done if complications occur. That being said‚ I don’t feel like I would really enjoy this type of nursing because a lot of skills were not used. The main skill was a thorough nursing assessment. I enjoyed being in the OR and acutally seeing the surgery but I did not like being in a standing position for a long period of time. I would rather be running around a unit checking multiple patinets
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The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Case Study 1. How did DFCI come about? The Dana-Faber‚ as it is commonly known‚ was originally established as the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation in 1947 by Dr. Sidney Farber‚ then a pathologist at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. In the 1940’s the only treatment for cancer were surgical removal of tumors and radiation therapy. Cancers that had metastasized were regarded as incurable. Dr. Farber’s vision was that children’s cancer‚ particularly systemic
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APPROACHES TO FAMILY NURSING All individuals are affected by their family (Kaakinen‚ Coehlo‚ Steele‚ Tabacco‚ & Hanson‚ 2015). Today nurses realize the importance of the family unit on the overall wellbeing of the individual and by including the family into the patients care‚ it increases the positive outcomes for both (Svavarsdottir et al.‚ 2015). We will review a patient I had many years ago and discuss the child and his health needs in regards to how it affects him‚ his family‚ the family functioning
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A REFLECTIVE PIECE ON A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. In this reflective piece of writing I will be explaining how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects the patient physically‚ psychologically ‚and socially ‚I will also explain how the disease affects his daily routine and how it impacts on his family life. I will give an overview of the clinical signs and symptoms‚ how the disease alters the pathphysiology of the lungs‚ and what these changes cause within
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Today marked my seventh clinical day on the floor at UH Ahuja. My patient assigned to me was a female admitted for hematemesis‚ which means the presence of blood in vomit. I learned that her hematemesis was caused by a GI bleed secondary to a gastric ulcer. The vomit was described as coffee ground texture and color. I looked into it and discovered that it could be an indicator of an upper GI bleed. I talked to Stephanie about this‚ and she confirmed this. She also asked me which labs to watch out
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CTR is a 51 year old woman who is divorced and lives with her son and granddaughter. She works a full-time job as well as a part-time job to make ends meet. She struggles everyday with high blood pressure‚ type II diabetes and multiple other musculoskeletal problems‚ but one thing she does not struggle with is her faith. Upon meeting with her and performing the spiritual assessment (Balzer-Riley‚ 2008) using the tool as assigned CTR consented to an assessment of her spiritual health. It was very
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presence of hereditary thrombophilia. (Schwartz & Rote‚ 2014) Does Mrs. X need to be further evaluated for a hereditary thrombophilia? Why or why not? Mrs. X definitely needs to be further evaluated for thrombophilia because she has a family history of cancer which she currently has; she has a history of thrombocytopenia and iron deficiency
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involved in this model are assess‚ link‚ synthesize‚ design‚ implement and evaluate‚ and integrate and maintain. In this case‚ we have identified problem i.e. increased incidence of UTIs. According to the model‚ we will need to assess the need to change the current practice of the clinic. The data should be collected on the clinic’s current practice‚ which
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Case Study One In this case study I will use Gibbs (1988) model of reflection to write a personal account of an abdominal examination carried out in general practice under the supervision of my mentor‚ utilising the skills taught during the module thus far. What happened During morning routine sick parade I was presented with a 21 year old male soldier experiencing severe acute‚ non specific‚ abdominal pain. Under the supervision of the medical officer (MO) I proceeded to carry out a full
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