Family Health Risks A nurse conducts an assessment on a young family with a new baby boy. The husband has recently been promoted to a higher paying position but is not sure if he will be making enough money to move a new apartment in a safer neighborhood. Based on this information‚ the nurse determines that this family currently has risk factors. Identify those risk factors associated with the young family. Discuss possible interventions or resources for the family using the resources available in
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Cultural Awareness: Nursing Care of Iraqi Patients” is an article explaining cultural differences that are broadly scattered affecting military nurses care for Iraqi patients. Shortly after this issue developed‚ a study was constructed in means to find barriers between Iraqi patients and their nurses. By utilizing topical examination strategies‚ the data was analyzed and results showed significant cultural variations in communication‚ diet‚ and reference to orientation and dependency. Furthermore
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This is the case of a patient who got admitted without proper evaluation to our psychiatric floor. She is a 18-year-old young female patient admitted with a suicide plan to our unit. Patient went to see her PCP for her routine checkup and‚ she was slightly anxious and told the PCP that she thought about suicide. Her PCP filed petition and did her first certification to admit her to psychiatric floor. Patient was explained that she will be seeing a psychiatrist for assessment and send her over to
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Sundus Siddiqui HSC 3211: Case study #3 11/18/12 1) In light of the new results‚ discuss the increased importance for Patient X to start a diet‚ quit smoking and increase physical activity in line with his doctor’s recommendations. It is very important for Patient X to start a diet‚ quit smoking‚ and increase physical activity. This patient has a history of hypertension‚ for which he is already on medication. To reduce blood pressure‚ it is essential to follow a diet that is low on salt intake
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SZT Task 3C Western Governors University Air Quality and Patient Care According to the U.S Environmental Protection Agency‚ or EPA‚ states “Information from clinical‚ epidemiological‚ and animal studies summarized above indicates that exposure to ambient ozone is a risk factor for triggering acute and chronic health effects. These include chest discomfort‚ cough‚ and shortness of breath and increases in daily mortality and hospital admissions for respiratory disease in the general population
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A case study of a professional cyclist with a fractured clavicle. The aim of the following case study is to describe the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system using a 20 year old professional cyclist who sustained a fractured clavicle during a race. The author will discuss the effects of the injury on the normal functions of the systems of the body‚ and the impact on his physical‚ psychological and social well-being. The author will also summarise the pathological changes that occurred
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Role of Nursing to Mitigate Uninsured Patients As a nursing profession‚ the American Nurses Association is advocating for a single-system payer to reduce inefficiency‚ simplification of rules for the health care reform that will provide a universal coverage‚ and curtail the increase cost of administration‚ as originally proposed by the Institute of Medicine in 2004 (Lopez‚ 2011; Groves‚ 2014). Nurses can stand together to petition the lawmakers in Texas to expand the current programs for Medicaid
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and Contrast – Essay To send your child to day-care or not to send your child to daycare: that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to enjoy the comforts of family‚ or to leave your child with daycare professionals. Leaving a child with a family member or in a day care is a tough decision and has many differences that impact your child. There are many factors to consider before choosing between family care and daycare centers such as your budget‚ safety‚ social‚ and educational
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Discuss three patient safety issues that are present in the scenario. 1) Sara signed off medications on the MAR but she did not actually witness the patient taking the prescribed medications. 2) Sara left the medications unattended at the bedside. This is a careless practice. She should have carried them back to the nurse’s station and reattempted to administer the meds after the patient finished bathing. 3) Unexpected change in the patient’s vital signs. The scenario reports there has been
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Educating individuals about any topic comes with numerous challenges. The diverse patient population being taught creates a challenge in developing a tool that would suit them all. Time constraints in developing‚ implementing and evaluating the effects of the teaching tool on the individuals coupled with best practice changes makes this even harder. These individuals have differing knowledge about the subject matter and also have different learning styles so the material may only be applicable to
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