Nursing Assessment Form Medical Diagnosis: N/A Client Perception of Health Needs: Client believes herself to be healthy‚ however admits to unhealthy dietary practices and an over use of caffeine. Has been feeling that pressures of daily activities are building up. Client Goals for Health: Client wants to regain a sense of control over daily stressors and improve her overall wellness. Client would like to receive information on ways to improve diet and would like to incorporate physical activity
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healthy relationship that can last throughout his or her collegiate years (Shaw & Degazon‚ 2008). Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing. It is the freedom to make decision within one’s scope of practice without permission (Potter & Griffin-Perry‚ 2009). It is the ability to make independent choices when taking care of our patients. In addition‚ it includes skills like administering narcotics to a patient in pain; instructing the post-operative patient to do deep breathing exercise
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Primary prevention is ultimate health‚ it has no disease or dysfunction and is applied to people who are healthy. (Potter‚ P.‚ Perry Griffin‚ A. Fundamentals of Nursing‚ 2005). For example‚ it is aimed to improve the health of a population‚ community through education‚ prevention‚ immunization‚ physical and fitness activities. Its focus is on individuals at risk for disease
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REFLECTION ON DOCUMENTATION ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE I have come to learn that documentation is an important part of nursing practice‚ in the clinical setting (Perry & Potter‚ 2014). One of the fundamental aims for nurses in all areas is to safeguard the welfare of their patients through proper documentation ((Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Codes and Guidelines‚ n.d). This can be achieved by implementing and upholding good documentation practice through progress notes writing in every healthcare
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People undergo total knee replacement when arthritis or injury erodes the joint’s natural cushioning to the point where it’s hard to walk even short distances without severe pain. Knee replacements now cost the NHS more each year than total hip replacements. An ageing population and an increase in obesity-related conditions are placing an increasing strain on NHS resources‚ with the number of knee replacements performed rising by 15 per cent last year from 59‚391 to 68‚300. Doctors
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that should be addressed. For example‚ forgetfulness as an expected consequence of aging is a myth (Potter‚ 2013‚ pp. 178). Common conditions that affect cognition include delirium‚ dementia‚ and depression (Potter‚ 2013‚ pp. 179). Delirium is sudden and abrupt‚ dementia is slow and often unrecognized‚ and depression happens with major life changes‚ and can be either abrupt or gradual (Potter‚ 2013‚ pp. 179). Mr. Calderone could begin to suffer from depression if he begins to sense increased
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G. B. (2011). Nursing Diaagnosis Handbook. St. Louis: Mosby. Lewis‚ S. L.‚ Dirksen‚ S.‚ Heitkemper‚ M. M.‚ Bucher‚ L.‚ & Camera‚ I. M. (2011). Medical Surgical Nursing: Assesssment and Management of Clinical Problems. St. Louis: Elsevier. Potter‚ P. A.‚ Perry‚ A. G.‚ Stockert‚ P. A.‚ & Hall‚ A. M. (2013). Fundamentals of Nursing. St. Louis: Mosby. Ralph‚ S. S.‚ & Taylor‚ C. M. (2014). Nursing Diagnosis: Reference Manual. St. Louis: Mosby.
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reassurance‚ or probing‚ negative outcomes occur. Non-therapeutic techniques discourage further expression of feelings and ideas and provoke negative responses or behaviors in others (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert & Hall‚ 2009) On the other hand therapeutic communication techniques such as; using
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Nursing Theory Analysis Isaiah G. Wachira American Sentinel University N505 PE Theoretical Foundations July 27‚ 2014 Dr. Kehm Nursing Theory Analysis Nursing Theory Analysis – Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory Introduction As nurses‚ it is important to have a basic understanding of the nursing practice by reflecting on various nursing theories and principles used across a variety of clinical settings. Nursing theories serve as the foundation or the guiding principle of the nursing
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is relatively new in some ways but in other ways gathering-nursing knowledge has been going on since the early days of nursing. Women learned through watching and observing what treatments worked best. This is one particular kind of knowledge. Potter and Perry discuss this in Chapter 5 “Nurses Ways of Knowing”. Ethical‚ personal‚ esthetic knowledge was identified and scientific became one more way of knowing. In terms of nursing research we can return to Florence Nightingale who of course made the
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