This assignment will focus on the holistic assessment and care plan of a patient who was cared for during practice placement. It aims to discuss how the care planning decisions were made and relate these decisions with the relevant literature. The setting was an emergency trauma and orthopaedic ward and the care plan was developed in order to meets the patient’s needs after 1 week admission. The care plan was compiled by the student nurse and his mentor and aimed to identify the patient’s needs and
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Throughout this essay‚ the chosen nursing model of assessing a patient’s social needs and medical history; Roper‚ Logan and Tierney (R-L-T model) Activities of living (AL) will be outlined (Holland et al‚ 2008). Through the use of substantial and relevant theoretical literature‚ AL will be highlighted i.e. biological‚ psychological‚ political economic‚ environmental and social-cultural issues. This will include theoretical highlights of care given to a patient admitted in hospital holistically. Basically
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procedural‚ elemental staged approach giving structure to the care delivery whilst meeting a patients individual needs. The various different models represent a varied range of values and beliefs that guide the nurse through the problem-solving process. Roper Logan and
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oriented care‚ to more evidence based and holistic approach to care (Castledine‚ 2011). It was clearly defined in 1967 when Yura and Walsh published a book called The Nursing Process‚ which identified 4 strategic stages that nursing care‚ should follow (Roper at al 2000). These are assessment; planning: intervention and evaluation‚ each of these stages will be discussed in more depth later in this paper. In this paper the author will also aim to describe what holistic care is and how each of these 4 stages
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to explore how a healthcare worker might employ these skills when communicating with a patient. Defining what is meant by communication in this context needs to be briefly explored. When evaluating communication from within the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model‚ it’s clear that communication is a key component of the relationship between healthcare worker and patient. Assessing a patient’s ability to hear‚ their cognitive and emotional
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admitted to the ward and seeing and reading about the problems she has. The involvement in her care has also helped nurses build a therapeutic relationship with her. The nursing model that will be using is the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model of nursing. The Roper‚ Logan‚ Tierney model (1996) centres on the patient as an individual and his relationship with the five components of the model. The five components are activities of living‚ lifespan‚ dependence/independence‚ factors influencing the
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provides a written account of the holistic assessment used when admitting a patient onto a respiratory ward. A brief outline is also included of the processes involved together with the resources used for collating information. Using the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney activities of daily living (ADL’s)‚ eating and drinking‚ has been identified as one goal of nursing care. A short reflection has also been included based on experiences gained on a first clinical placement on the ward. For the benefit of
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This assignment intends to demonstrate the use of the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model of nursing for assessment of a patient presenting with an ectopic pregnancy. The discussion begins with a definition of ectopic pregnancy. This will be followed with the introduction to the patient and an explanation of the model used to assess the patient. The assessment is based on pre-operative care. One particular identified need of the patient will be discussed in detail in relation to the care implemented.
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and falls being the potential problem has been identified and has been chosen as an area of focus in relation to Parkinson’s as a long term condition. To be able to analyse this discussion‚ a model of nursing will be used which in this case is Roper‚ Logan and
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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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