Caring Role of the Nurse Topic : Meeting Patient’s cultural needs. Cohort : March 2005 Date of submission : 14th November 2006-07-30 Seminar Group: 3 Number of words: 1600 words Chose TWO patients from different cultural backgrounds and discuss how you were able to meet their needs. The purposes of this essay is to chose two patients from different cultural backgrounds and discuss how their needs were meet whilst on my placement at Chase Farm Hospital. I will highlight how
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Treatment After a diagnosis of COPD is made‚ the next step is a plan of care for the patient. Primary healthcare providers can reduce further lung damage and COPD exacerbations through early diagnosis‚ pharmacological‚ and rehabilitation interventions (Bauldoff‚ 2012). Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program in which a team of healthcare professionals help manage and treat the problems caused by COPD‚ resulting in a reduction of symptoms and an improved quality of life. It typically combines exercise
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The test that were conducted on J.T. were a laboratory blood test‚ pulse oximetry test‚ an arterial blood gas analysis‚ a pulmonary function test‚ and a chest x-ray. The laboratory blood test may not directly tell if a person has COPD but they are important to note the possible causes of one’s symptoms and are useful for ruling out other disorders. A laboratory blood test also includes an arterial blood gas analysis which is useful to determine if one’s lungs are working properly and begs to answer
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COPD which is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is known as a condition that progressively makes it harder to breathe because the airflow into and out of the lungs is reduced. This usually occurs because the airways and air sacs lose their elastic quality‚ the walls between the air sacs are destroyed‚ the walls of the airways become swollen‚ or if the airways are clogged because they made more mucus than usual. Three main conditions of this disease are emphysema‚ chronic obstructive bronchitis
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Discussion 5.1: Lung Diagnosis For this week this question I have chosen asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) Asthma and COPD are chronic respiratory conditions. These two conditions have been the focus of multiple studies‚ and discussions with the health care community as millions of people worldwide are affected and died due to its complications. Asthma is a chronic condition‚ characterized by the inflammation of the airways and airflow obstruction(Goolsby‚ Grubbs‚ & Goolsby
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and it is the 5th most common cause of death in Australia and will be 4th leading cause of death throughout the world by 2030 respectively. (Booker‚ 2010‚ AIHW‚ 2016) This essay will present the overview about the COPD clinical intervention in regards to effective managements and also discuss about the five strategies for health promotion illustrated in the Ottawa charter from published from WHO on nurse’s perspectives and guidance on their ends of professional responsibilities
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In 1963‚ Historian‚ Hugh Trevor-Roper‚ made a brazen statement during a televised lecture at the University of Sussex‚ He affirmed ’’ Perhaps‚ in the future‚ there will be some African history to teach. But at present‚ there is none‚ or very little: there is only the history of the Europeans in Africa. The rest is largely darkness‚ like the history of pre-European‚ pre-Columbian America. And darkness is not a subject for history’’. I will be keenly evaluating the acrid statement‚ investigating the
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Enter the Dragon revolves around the three main characters. Lee‚ a man recruited by an agency to investigate a tournament hosted by Han‚ since they believe he has an Opium trade there. Roper and Williams are former army buddies since Vietnam and they enter the tournament due to different problems that they have. Roper is on the run from the Mafia due to his gambling debts‚ while Williams is harassed by racist police officers and defends himself from them and uses the car for his getaway. It is a deadly
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Assignment: Summary essay on an evidenced based nursing research article on Nursing Assessment of the Pulmonary System. Title of article: Research to Support Evidence-Based Practice in COPD Community Nursing I found this article to be very interesting. The article explained how nurses have a vast selection of resources to strengthen their understanding and use of research and evidence in their practice. It was noted that community nurses in particular may greatly benefit from finding
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The parties’ debate focuses on varying interpretations of the Supreme Court cases of Roper v. Simmons and Graham v. Florida. Roper held that minors can’t be sentenced to capital punishment. Graham held that minors can’t be sentenced to life in jail without the chance for further appeal for non-crime offenses. Miller stated that both Roper and Graham held that cruel sentences connected to minors violated the Eighth Amendment; Miller contends that these cases remain
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