Healthcare Career Report Registered Nurse Registered Nurses provide various duties depending on their working environment. Registered Nurses can work in Hospitals‚ physicians’ offices‚ home healthcare services‚ and nursing care facilities. They can also work in correctional facilities‚ in schools‚ even in summer camps. But some choose to pursue jobs that require basic patient care and others may go for some type of specialty‚ but that requires further training. Basic Registered nurse duties
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My learner is a 19 years old female‚ on her first placement as a first year nursing student. Permission was obtained from her‚ to use her experience in making this portfolio. Student nurse F‚( not her real name) NMC (2008) The code ; Standards of conduct‚ performance and ethics for nurses and midwives‚ states that‚’you must respect people’s right to confidentiality’‚ was a cadet nurse prior to this course. Student F was introduced to me as her associate mentor. I have welcomed‚ orientated her in
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Care transitions is described as a process when patient’s care shifts from being provided in one setting to another‚ for instance moving from a hospital to a patient’s home.46 Patients with complex care needs often require care at different settings. During care transitions‚ these patients often experience difficulties in managing their care and face problems of care fragmentation. Managing care transitions is important since inadequate management contributes to $25 to $45 billion in wasteful spending
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Relevance to nursing practice. Death is highly relevant to nursing as the nursing staff faces the death of a patient almost every day (depends on the department they are in). The debate against hiding patient’s prognosis to informing them must be greatly considered. Before considering such action‚ nurses need to know what is best for the patient and what constitutes a good death. The representation of a good death is when one is relief of symptoms‚ open communication is present‚ the individual dignity
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Care Planning Proforma 5NH008 Patient/Client…………………………………………………………………………………… PBL Group/Site/Facilitator………………………………………………………………… Problem/Need Outcome Nursing Care Interventions Evaluation Write a problem statement identifying an actual or potential need How does this impact on the patient/user? Ensure this statement is personalised Patient problems should have been identified with the patient/carer/parent following holistic assessment Identify a short term and long term goal
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the medical report dated 08/25/15‚ the patient was advised to try Baclofen 10 mg #90 to make up for Ultram. Per the medical report dated 12/16/15‚ the patient complains of bilateral lower back pain‚ which radiates down to the left lower extremity. Pain is at 8/10 with medication and 10/10 without medication. The patient has tried acupuncture‚ chiropractic‚ PT and steroid joint injections for the last 2 years with no relief. The patient also reports disturbed sleep. The patient reports constipation
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Defines evidence based practice as the practice of nursing in which the nurse makes clinical decisions on the basis of the best available current research evidence‚ his or her own clinical expertise‚ and the needs and preferences of the patient. Evidence based practice provides nurses with a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care to their patients. Research is a useful and valuable tool to the field of nursing. While this particular
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Quality Nursing Care (i) Table of contents PAGE 1. Introduction 1 2. Definition / Explanation of quality care 1 3. The Elements of quality care 1 4. Quality assurance and risk management
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Quality health care is defined as “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge”. The Institute of Medicine’s 2001 article‚ To Err Is Human released the statement that medical errors were responsible for between 44‚000 and 98‚000 deaths annually in the United States (McEwen and Willis‚ 2014). An immediate demand for accountability and quality in the health care system requested
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that factor into a healthcare plan. The average cost calculation also does not take additional financial responsibilities‚ such as paying for a nursing home or long-term private home care‚ into consideration. Here is a look
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