- Hatfield and McCoys The Hatfield and McCoys feud is one of the most famous and well-known feuds in history. It was a fight between two neighboring families in the Tug Valley‚ which took place around the 1880s. The Hatfield family lived in the Logan County‚ meaning mostly West Virginia and the McCoy family lived in the Pike County‚ meaning mostly Kentucky (Sanders). These two families hated each other to death‚ similar to the Montegues and the Capulets from “Romeo and Juliet”. Both of these
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health. The nursing process is an organised‚ systematic and cyclical method of giving goal oriented‚ humanistic care to patients that’s both effective and efficient (Alfaro-LeFevre‚ R. 1994)‚ it is often supported by nursing models such as Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model for nursing‚ based on activities of living and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs etc. It consists of five sequential and interrelated steps - Assessment‚ Diagnosis‚ Planning‚ Implementation and Evaluation – during which you perform
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discuss nursing an adult patient with asthma‚ also it will aim to critically assess‚ plan‚ implement and evaluate the patients nursing needs using the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney nursing model (1980). This case study will focus on the maintaining a safe environment. It is worth noting that the activities of daily living are interlinked e.g. according to Roper et al (1980) breathing is an activity that is crucial for life therefore all other activities are dependent on us being able to breathe. The nursing
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The nursing process is used to support models such as the Roper Logan and Tierney’s activities of daily living (ALs) in order to ensure effective care is provided for each individual patient. Other models such as Roy’s adaptation model and Peplau’s person centred approach can also be used however I feel in Albert’s situation using the ALs model will be most appropriate. According to Aggleton and Chalmers (2000) the nursing process encourages the nurse and the person being cared for to set goals.
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using Roper’s Activities of Living Model” In:Chalmers‚ H.(ed)Choosing a Model‚ London‚ Edward Arnold. Edelman‚ C. L. and Mandle‚ C. L.‚ (1998) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan 4th Edition‚London‚ Mosby Naidoo‚ J Newton‚ C. (1993)‚ The Roper-Logan-Tierney Model in Action‚ London‚ Macmillan. Price (1984) cited in Salvage‚ J.‚and Kershaw‚ B.‚ (eds) Models for Nursing 2‚London‚ Scutari Press. The Health of the Nation – A T U C Summary of the Black report‚ (1981) Trades Union Congress. Trice
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therapeutic nurse-client relationship. Available: http://www.nanb.nb.ca/PDF/practice/Standards_for_the_therapeutic_Nurse-Client_Relationship_English.pdf. Last accessed 28th April 2012 NURSING PLANET. (2011). Roper–Logan–Tierney Model of Nursing. Available: http://nursingplanet.com/theory/Roper%E2%80%93Logan%E2%80%93Tierney_model_of_nursing.html. Last accessed 28th April 2012 SESAME. (2008). Why do a skin patch test?. Available: http://www.vivawoman.net/2008/11/13/do-you-do-a-skin-patch-test/. Last
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The topic I have chosen to look at in this essay is to "discuss the principal ways in which heat is gained by and lost from the body‚ and explain the various mechanisms involved in regulation of body temperature. Briefly indicate how excessive cold and heat affect the body". The body gains and loses heat through the external environment by radiation‚ conduction‚ convection and evaporation of water. These are all physical mechanisms known to the human body. (Vander‚ Sherman & Luciano 1998). Radiation
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unwell‚ either physically or mentally and where unable to meet their hygiene needs they may require someone else to assist them in such needs”.1 In a hospital setting this is a duty of care from the nurse to his/her patients. According to the Roper-Logan and Tierney model‚ cleansing and dressing are one of the twelve activities of daily living also known as ADL’s.2 This model also describes other possible contributing factors which may influence the activity of living such as; biological (this varies
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The aim of this assignment is to critically explore and reflect in a systematic manner the delivery of care to an individual with a learning disability. I will aim to describe learning disability nursing practice. This will be done with reference to holistic‚ person-centred approaches‚ the use of nursing models‚ within the framework of the nursing process and within the operation of the multi-disciplinary team. These processes and structures will guide and enable me to review and identify an individual’s
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Miller‚J and Gibb‚ S (2007). Care in practise for Higher Second Edition. Paisley: Hodder gibson. 202-204. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008). The code: Standards of conduct‚ performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. London: NMC. p2- 8. Roper‚ Logan‚ Tierney (1980). The elements of nursing. Edinburgh: Churchhill livingstone. 141.
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