electrolytes‚ promotes proper hydration to the integumentary system to maintain skin integrity. The rich protein diet will provide the essential building blocks for muscle and skin growth and repair. If pressure ulcers are developed‚ prescribed ointments and lotions are applied to the pressure ulcer and dry dressings. Then the dry dressing will be wrapped in dry gauzes to add additional relief of pressure. Furthermore‚ proper teaching of diet and medication regiment will support skin health and prevent
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Nursing care study In this assignment I will document and reflect on the care that I gave to one of the patients I was looking after while on clinical placement. I will be referring to the patient as ‘Mr x’ for confidentiality reasons. ‘Mr x’ was 69 years old. He initially presented with left sided unilateral weakness‚ expressive and receptive dysphasia‚ slurred speech and he suffered from nocturnal incontinence. He had been transferred from A&E to the ward. He had a provisional
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Anne-Kathrin Brill wrote in How to avoid interface problems in acute noninvasive ventilation that “Interface-related pressure ulcers are medical-device related pressure ulcers and the longer the treatment lasts the more likely they are to develop. A number of patient-dependent risk factors facilitate their occurrence‚ but the literature shows that the main cause for theses pressure ulcers is often associated with a lack of understanding of how and how often to remove devices and inspect the skin‚ and how
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Patient Centred Care Essay This essay is based on the Case study of a patient named as Mrs Ford. It will be written as a logical account‚ adopting a problem solving approach to her care. She is elderly and has been admitted onto a medical ward in the hospital‚ following a stroke. This essay analyses the care that she will receive and focuses on the use of assessment tools in practice. Interventions will be put in place directly relating to the assessment feedback and in line with best practice.
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blood flow to the heart. Diagnosis of a heart attack has to be made quickly to prevent further damage or death. Patients usually get medical attention when they experience chest pain. Many patients assume the chest pain is from indigestion or acid peptic symptoms. These patients waste time with antacids. Chest pain may be accompanied with vomiting‚ sweating and breathlessness. It is known that 15-20% of heart attacks can be painless especially in diabetics and elderly. Severe chest pain can be caused
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MEDICAL CENTER REQUEST FOR CONSULTATION 1 Patient Name: Gerald Edwards Hospital No.: 11058 Consultant: Gary Sheldon‚ Podiatrist Requesting Physician: Catherine Baker‚ MD‚ Emergency Services Date: 07/16/2011 Request for Consultation: Right foot ulcer‚ complications of diabetes mellitus. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient well known to me is pleasant 53-year-old diabetic male‚ with a one week history of a six cm diameter grade two diabetic ulceration beneath the medial cuneiform of the right
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Introduction In this assignment the author will explore Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the role of the community nurse. The author will explore the assessment‚ challenges and role of the community nurse in order to gain a better understanding of Community Health Nursing. The following is the case study to which the assignment will be based: Liam Byrne is an 8-year-old boy who lives with his parents Elaine and Michael and his two siblings Fiona aged 4 years and Deirdre aged 6 years. They
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Cited: 1. van der Werf TS‚ van der Graaf WT‚ Tappero JW‚ Asiedu K. 1999 Sep 18. Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. PubMed.gov. 2. Poraels F‚ Johnson P‚ Meyers WM. 2001. Buruli Ulcer: Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. WHO. 3-6 3. Johnson PDR‚ Stinear T‚ Small PLC‚ Pluschke G‚ Merritt RW‚ et al. (2005) Buruli Ulcer (M. ulcerans Infection): New Insights‚ New Hope for Disease Control. PLoS Med 2(4): e108. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020108 4. http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120419/BuruliVac-project-getting-closer-to-a-vaccine
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ABSTRACT: Image Processing is processing of the image so as to reveal the inner details of the image for further investigation. With the advent of digital computers‚ Digital Image Processing has started revolutionizing the world with its diverse applications. The field of Image Processing continues‚ as it has since the early 1970’s‚ on a path of dynamic growth in terms of popular and scientific interest and number of commercial applications. Considering the advances in the last 30 years resulting
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reflection I am going to discuss a procedure that I have carried out whilst I have been on placement and the importance of infection control using the Aspetic Non Touch Technique (ANTT). The procedure I am going to discuss is a dressing change to a leg ulcer which took place during a routine home visit with the community nurse. I am going to use Gibbs Model of Reflection (1988)‚ to reflect on the experience and evaluate my thoughts and feelings of the procedure‚ and to outline what I have gained from the
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