Nutrition for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus: This Discussion Board topic focuses on the relationship between nutrition and cardiovascular disease (most notably hypertension)‚ and between nutrition and diabetes. As a nurse‚ you may be providing care to clients who are at risk or have already been diagnosed with Cardiovascular Disease and/or Diabetes Mellitus. These clients may be on a DASH Diet and/or on a low carbohydrate diet‚ and you may have to teach the client which
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Importance of Self-Care for Caregivers Michelle C. Hudson‚ MA‚ Psychology Intern Caregiving and Loss of Self Focus • Sacrifice own physical and emotional needs o Sleep deprivation‚ poor eating habits‚ failure to exercise‚ failure to rest when ill‚ postponement of own medical appointments o Feelings of anger‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ isolation‚ exhaustion‚ guilt Health Impacts • Chronic Health Problems (Hyperlipidemia‚ hypertension‚ obesity) & Earlier Death • Caregiving spouses
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redefine nursing‚ by improving upon patient care‚ Florence Nightingale stands as the patron leader. She went onto grapple with the task of improving upon deplorable hospital conditions; while‚ measuring patient’s outcomes in a statistical method. Over a hundred years later‚ more recent compiled research related to a link between hospital staffing issues and adverse patient outcomes grabs the attention of internal and external healthcare populations. In the 90’s and early 2000’s new studies surface
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Cardiovascular Disorders Case Study 11 Scenario: The time is 1900 hours. You are working in a small‚ rural hospital. It has been snowing heavily all day‚ and the medical helicopters at the large regional medical center‚ 4 hours away by car (in good weather)‚ have been grounded by the weather until morning. The roads are barely passable. WR.‚ a 48 year old construction worker with a 36 pack year smoking history‚ is admitted to your floor with a diagnosis of rule out myocardial infarction (R/O
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5.4.1 Procedure for Pilot Study Based on the CARE social cognitive model described in chapter three‚ the participants completed a four week assertiveness training course with two components: a) Theory: covering the concepts of assertiveness‚ aggressiveness and passiveness; and b) Practical: focused on role-play to teach assertive strategies to resist pressure to engage in negative sexual behaviours. For example‚ verbal skills included training and practice in speaking clearly and confidently without
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Chapter 14: Critical Care Nursing (Pg 338-366‚ 412-437) Chapter 15: Cardiovascular Disorders Coronary Artery Disease Description and Etiology The biggest contributor to cardiovascular system- related morbidity and mortality is coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that affects arteries throughout the body. (CAD) Risk Factors for CAD 1. Age‚ Gender‚ Race (non-modifiable) a. More common in men than women b. Higher in women over 75 years of age 2. Family History
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of this disease of the nervous system include weight loss‚ emotional disturbances‚ Wernicke’s encephalopathy (impaired sensory perception)‚ weakness and pain in the limbs‚ periods of irregular heartbeat‚ and edema (swelling of bodily tissues). Heart failure and death may occur in advanced cases. Chronic thiamine deficiency can also cause Korsakoff’s syndrome‚ an irreversible psychosis characterized by amnesia and confabulation. Vitamin B2 riboflavin Deficiency causes ariboflavinosis. Symptoms may
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Nursing diagnosis for patient with AIDS (in the movie Philadelphia) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than body requirements R/T inability to ingest nutrients (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2007) AEB vomiting three times per day after each meal‚ 35lb weight loss in past 60 days‚ height of patient is 5’8” weight of 110lbs (Demme‚ 1993). Impaired Skin Integrity – AIDS‚ R/T immune deficiency; AIDS related dermatitis (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2007) AEB Approximately 10‚ 3 x 2 cm reddened lesions to face and torso‚ lesions
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1.How do nurses and doctors interact in acute settings? In this study‚ I would like to use ethnography. When compared to other qualitative methods like ;phenomenology or grounded theory‚ethnography is a systematic approach‚which includes observing‚detailing‚describing‚and analyzing the patterns of culture(Leininger‚1985).The key feature of ethnography as a qualitative research methodology is that‚ it involves long term study of a
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Caregiver Interview The person that I interviewed is Emily Vandoo‚ a floor nurse at Lankenau Hospital‚ located in Philadelphia Pa. Emily has been in the field of nursing for 3 years and has cared for toddlers to the elderly. Emily prefers not to work with children‚ especially those with terminal illnesses. She has a better tolerance to assist elderly patients who have live longer lives and who were able to have valuable time on earth before their death. Age appropriate considerations are
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