This reflective essay focuses on my learning development from performing a health assessment on food preparation and IADL’s‚ including vital signs. In nursing‚ a detailed health assessment is crucial in forming care plans‚ making a diagnosis and observing progress which is important to the patient (Gamble and Brennan‚ 2006). The health assessment indicated I can communicate well as the interview questions I had developed ensured I received all the data I required which I documented as part of
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Reflective practice helps us to recognise the important links between theory and practice‚ and to appreciate the risks of treating them as if they were separate domains with little or no connection to each other (Thompson‚ 2009). This statement stresses the importance of both theory and practice‚ and if not used together can have damaging results. By highlighting the importance of my experiences‚ values and beliefs within social work practice‚ this assignment will provide a reflective analysis of
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suffers with dementia and is cared for in her home. I will describe the range of needs of the older person and my understanding and application of concept associated with caring for an older person with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term used to describe various conditions which cause brain cells to die‚ leading to the progressive deterioration in memory and the ability to carry out everyday activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ eating‚ and completing complex tasks. Dementia may also affect
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malnutrition‚ muscle wasting‚ osteoporosis‚ and anemia. (McCance & Huether‚ 2014‚ p. 1267). Signs and Symptoms Patients suffering from COPD commonly experience symptoms of dyspnea on exertion that may eventually progress to marked dyspnea at rest. This represents a key feature of emphysema. Also‚ patients report experiencing episodes of acute cough with limited sputum production and the patient often appears thin. Moreover‚ tachypnea with prolonged expiration is observed and the individual resorts
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ACCG 340 group Assignment Reflective assay ACCG 340‚ auditing and assurance service is one of the subjects that interest me most among other units. One of the assessments of ACCG 340 is a group assignment for Qantas case study. Basically‚ we act like an auditor in determine and establishing any necessary control test to discover any potential financial risks associated with Qantas group. As an international student I have learned to appreciate the group working style more‚ even sometime I have
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The last six weeks have challenged my preconceived ideas about sociology and the role that it plays in society in the popular and social media‚ my values‚ behaviours and belief system. What I hope to highlight throughout this reflective essay is what I have learnt and how that has shaped my new thought process and reinforced old thought patterns. Week one I learnt about the Sociological imagination where to quote C Wright “The sociological imagination enables us to grasp the connection between
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Dementia D1 In this part of the essay I will evaluate how different approaches to caring for people with dementia can affect individual outcomes. I will evaluate the difference of someone living at home with dementia and someone who is living in a care home also suffering with dementia. When living at home with dementia the individual will have professional help come to them to help with daily tasks such as supervising medication intake‚ enabling optimum health and safety at home‚ providing a patient
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REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE INTRODUCTION There are many elderly clients quietly enduring continence issues‚ believing that frequency‚ urgency‚ and incontinence is an inevitable part of aging. Advanced practice nurses can play a significant role in discovering continence problems (Lea R.et.al.2007).Urinary incontinence is defined as the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine(International Continence Society‚1997). A thorough physical assessment
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This is a reflective account on administering medication. I have asked and confirmed permission from a service user whom I will refer to as Mrs.N. At the start of my shift I would receive a handover from a senior member of staff who has administered and monitored the medication the service user would require during the night. We would together check all MARS sheets were marked ans the medication count was correct. I would receive the drug trolley keys from the previous shifts senior member of staff
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Delirium vs. Dementia Dementia is an irreversible state of cognitive impairment and short term memory loss related to organic brain disease most commonly Alzheimer’s disease or multiple cerebral infarcts. Delirium is a state of cognitive impairment and confusion usually of recent onset related to another illness. There may also be clouding of consciousness. Delirium is an organic mental disorder that causes confusion‚ disorientation‚ and memory loss. It is different than dementia in that is causes
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