Mental health nursing is a career that requires commitment‚ patience and empathy‚ which could be rewarding in helping people. Even though this branch of nursing is very demanding and challenging‚ I feel the satisfaction is great in helping the most vulnerable in society such as the mentally ill. I will like to study mental health nursing because I feel that will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling careers‚ as well as‚ giving me the opportunity to help people’s mental well-being
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Accountability Analysis of a dilemma in practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think
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Psychiatric/Mental Health PATIENT CARE PLAN Client Initials: H.C. Admission Date: 01/14/13 Unit: 4 South Age: 28 Sex: Female Race/Culture: Caucasian ASSESSMENT Presenting Problem: This is a 28 year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to Doctors Hospital Psychiatric Unit 4 South due to an overdose on multiple medications. The patient was found by the police on January 13th picking through garbage near the hospital. Patient overdosed on approximately
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DOI: 7/12/2014. The patient is a 39-year old male forklift driver who sustained a work-related injury to his lower right leg after it was crushed when he was knocked over by a forklift. As per OMNI entry‚ the patient is Permanent and Stationary as of 10/16/2015 with future medical care to include pain management medications‚ as well as durable medical equipment in forms of shoes and inserts. Per progress report dated 5/24/16‚ patient was prescribed with ibuprofen‚ Lyrica‚ Norco and Lidoderm patch
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How does a health care worker use empathy when establishing communication with the client in a health care setting? Good communication with the patient is a key concept within health care. The ability to motivate the client and help him overcome his circumstance is essential. To have supportive communication with a patient the nurse needs to be problem orientated‚ empathetic‚ have audience awareness‚ be a good listener and so much more. Good communication is as important before and after
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introduction The issue of the nursing shortage is not a new one. In the last decade the media has mentioned the nursing shortage and other problems faced by the nursing workforce. The article chosen for this paper is titled “Influx of out-of-region patients exacerbates nursing shortage” and it is found in volume 32 of Crain’s Cleveland Business magazine (Magaw‚ 2011). The purpose of this paper is to mention the issues in the article and compare them to the nursing trends discussed in the literature
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Functional Health Assessment Joann Mirville-Noriega‚ RN Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion December 1‚ 2013 Family Functional Health Assessment Interview Nursing theorist Marjorie Gordon developed‚ in 1987‚ functional health patterns as a tool guide‚ used by nurses as a comprehensive data collection during patient assessments. Functional health pattern enables the nurses to identify and determine all aspects of health and human function (Kosher‚ 2013).
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Family Values Paper Anitra Wilson Nursing/542 May 16‚ 2015 Professor Sandra Brown Introduction Over the years‚ health care has been geared towards delivering patient centered care. Unfortunately this is not always the case‚ the family is considered an important component in family nursing. As nurses‚ it is imperative that we are capable of recognizing that all family dynamics are unique. Every family has its own values‚ history‚ rules and may respond different to certain illnesses or life crisis
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Cognition and Education EDFN305B: Engaging in Classroom Practice Name: Vimala Ramoutar ID#: 109002467 Due Date: 15th February 2011 Instructor: Mrs. Zita Wright & Mrs. Marlene Thomas Name: Vimala Ramoutar ID#: 109002467 Assignment 3: First Week Field-Teaching Report Table of Contents Purpose of Report 4 Brief Background on School and Class
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“At the heart of being a good health care practitioner‚ lies professionalism‚ setting the standard of what a patient should expect “(Dhai p 174). This statement quoted from Professor A. Dhai’s “Understanding Professionalism in Health Care in the Twenty First Century” details a perspective on the role of a modern day health professional. In her article‚ Dhai stresses the notion of an ideal health professional being both technically skilled and ethically adept. Using the quote as a baseline of the
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