"Stroke patients’ informal caregivers patient‚ caregiver‚ and service factors that affect caregiver strain." Stroke 30.8 (1999): 1517-1523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1517 2) Indicate the research questions of the article. - What is strain level of caregivers for stroke patients in the early phase after stroke? - What patient and caregiver factors are accountable for caregiver strain levels? 3) Which sampling methodology has been used in order to recruit participants. Stroke patients were
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range of external factors such as nursing shortage‚ changing patient needs and expectations‚ decrease patient safety‚ and increased the economic inflation and a lack of internal revenue to the States. As a great disadvantage‚ the nurse-to-patient staffing ratios point to research indicating an association between nurse workload and patient mortality and morbidity. The model of the synergy model in the policy change of nurse-to-patient ratio should be carefully implemented to reduce all the external
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principles‚ varied learning styles (for both the nurse and her patients)‚ and teaching methodologies impact the quality of such education? How does understanding a patient’s view of health promotion and disease prevention guide you in teaching them? Provide an example. Nurses working in a hospital setting are confronted daily with the diversity of their patients. Being mindful of the culture‚ level of education and learning style that patients present with is challenging. To deliver adequate health
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Patient safety is to minimize and prevent the risk of harm ensuring effectiveness and exceptional quality in patient’s care. The importance of patient safety to professional nursing is to give the best possible care‚ preventing errors‚ having continuous education and appropriate training‚ receiving and giving adequate communication‚ and utilizing ways to prevent fall and injury of the patient in order to have a safe outcome. Prevent errors Reporting mistakes and near-misses are fundamental to preventing
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Patient S cannot hear well and requires whoever is speaking to him to face him so he can see the lips move and hear more clearly. The patient also wears bifocals and requires them for reading. Patient S also claims they help him ‘watch his feet while walking.’ The patient explained that the best way for him to learn is to perform activities and receive written information about medications‚ diet‚ and exercises that should be continued throughout his life. The patient also expressed interest about
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Medical Paternalism or Patient Autonomy Elizabeth Russell D’ Youville College PHI: 312 Bioethics Julie Kirsch October 29‚ 2014 A common and controversial issue facing many medical professionals is medical paternalism versus patient autonomy. At the heart of every practitioner/patient relationship is trust‚ and the duty to uphold the patient’s best interest both ethically and privately. These foundations seem basic on the surface‚ but underneath lies a much more complex issue. Medical paternalism
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Patients and healthcare professionals would agree that nursing care is a fundamental for achieving optimistic goals and improving patient satisfaction. Whether it being an acute setting of maintaining care plans with patients‚ nurses play an important role within a multidisciplinary team to help achieve better patient outcomes. Principles The key to patient centred care is not only to build “expert” patients‚ but to improve common ground with them for an integrated management plan. The aim is to
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Working with Terminally Ill Patients When we pass on‚ into the later life we often think that our dying wishes would be our last words. However‚ that is not always true. While reading an article titled “Psychopharmacological Agents for the Terminally Ill and Bereaved.” Written by Goldberg‚ Ivan K.; Malitz‚ Sidney; Kutscher‚ Austin H. The above-mentioned article states that the last wishes that a human being cares for are not always followed. While reading this article‚ the theory used‚ is
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ethical and legal duty to respect confidentiality of patients. I am going to give details of a case study I came across and then outline the issues surrounding confidentiality referring to it. The case study is about a man (Mr X) who is in a relationship with a drug representative. He discovers that one of the drugs he is researching is produced by another subsidiary of his girlfriend’s drug company. As part of the research‚ he has access to 1325 patient records. His girlfriend asks if she would look
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Patient Safety plays a major component in providing a safe and accurate care. And (JCAHO) Joint Commission and Accreditation on Healthcare Organization plays a significant role on quality‚ safety and improvements. The accuracy and safety of the patient is at the top priority of any organization and nursing personnel. When patients walk into a health care facility‚ the patient must be identifying by a certain criteria. Most hospital has what they called patient identifier. It is most often an account
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