contribution to the care of an elderly gentleman‚ nursed in his own home living with his wife who provided him with nursing care between his private carer visits. The gentleman was also receiving care from a private agency and had district nurse involvement‚ as his condition worsened he had been referred by his doctor to a specialist palliative care team who assessed the patient and put him on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). The LPC is a best-practice model of care‚ supporting care in the last hours/days
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treatment in order to maximize therapeutic effect and facilitate healing. When a patient and their family are educated about illness‚ medications‚ and other treatments‚ they are more likely to be interested in their healthcare and comply with the plan. An infection of the lungs triggers an inflammatory response‚ which results in edema in the alveoli. As a result of pulmonary edema‚ gas exchange becomes impaired leading to decreased activity tolerance. At the end of the shift‚ pt’s pulse oximetry
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would be a challenging care due to communication and language barriers. Throughout this care I was able to practice my basic nursing skills and learn the importance of nutrition and hydration‚ especially in elderly patients. E Prior to feeding Mrs. K‚ I was told by my colleague that she doesn’t eat much and it’s difficult to understand her needs. I initially felt nervous and uncomfortable to feed Mrs. K due to my previous observations of other staff members providing care for her. However‚ I carried
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on my personal role in the inter-professional team and the delivery of healthcare that I have encountered during my duty as a health care assistant in one of the hospitals here in England. In accordance with the NMC (2002) Code of professional conduct‚ confidentiality shall be maintained and all names have been changed to protect identity. The purpose of reflection as stated by John’s (1995) is to promote desirable practice through the practitioner’s understanding and learning about his/her lived
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Career Plan Reflection Paper MGT/521 Career Plan Reflection Paper The Next Steps in My Career Plan According to the Career Plan page the next steps in my Career Plan will be to finding a career that best suits me and the steps that it will take to get there. In this step I must start searching for a career and do jobs search. I will then be able to explore the different careers that are available to me and the ones that I feel that I would do the best at. I can then post my resume and prepare
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Health Care Marketing Reflection Jessica Borgstedt June 1‚ 2015 HCS 539 Marketing for Healthcare University of Phoenix Dr. Kehoe Health Care Marketing- Obesity As the Americans debate of what is most to blame for the nations obesity epidemic‚ the researchers say they have the strongest evidence yet that sugary drinks play a leading role and eliminating them would‚ more than any other single step‚ make a huge difference (Hojjat‚ 2015). That being said they estimate the effects of fast
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Running head: CAREER PLAN REFLECTION PAPER Career plan reflection paper Business Communication and Critical Thinking Kameron Ketcham April 26‚ 2013 During the five week course of Business Communication and Critical Thinking‚ there were activities at the My Career Plan page on University of Phoenixes website that were required to be completed for the week. They were Career interests
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Abstract The following report is a personal and professional development plan that shows a self reflection of me using the various tool (Belbin team role analysis‚ Career survey guide‚ MBA skills audit etc) discussed in the PPD sessions in the class room. This also provides insights of various strengths and weakness I possess and the various things which I want to develop during the course of my MBA programme both in respect to my personal and professional development. It also gives out steps
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Professional Health Care Reflection: “For Further Consideration” Question One. Question number one involves describing oneself‚ and imagine ways to relate with a patient who possesses opposite‚ or highly different characteristics (Tamparo & Lindh‚ 2017). Therefore‚ the purpose of the present work is to reflect in the aspects involved in communicating professionally and therapeutically regardless of the background of a patient. Therapeutic Communication The exercise in question one ended up with
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DATE | CUES | NURSING DIAGNOSIS | KNOWLEDGE BACKGROUND | GOAL | NURSING INTERVENTION | RATIONALE | EVALUATION | | Subjective:“Medyo masakit ang dibdib ko pag umuubo ako.”as verbalized by the patientObjective:Productive coughYellow sputum dischargedPain scale of 10/10 | Acute pain R/T coughing | Acute pain is described as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage ;sudden or slow onset of any intensity from
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