1. The research question being addressed in this study is how effective is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for older adults in Primary care. Their hypothesis was that CBT would be more effective than both treatment as usual (TAU) care and their talking control (TC). This is an important topic because about ¾ of the major depressed older adult population is remaining depressed a year later. Also not much research has been done on this topic and the research that has been done had high
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Growing old gracefully in a challenging world is an achievement for older people. In view of the fact that past experiences can affect the present life of an individual‚ whether‚ it is a pleasant or unpleasant event‚ as long as‚ the older adult can cope‚ adapt‚ and also reflect the lessons learned in the past towards achieving integrity. The old adult stage is where the richness of the experiences‚ that can be extracted into themes in order to understand the process of aging. This study can be
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The Theory of Philosophy and Science of Caring Jean Watson derived the nursing theory of Philosophy and Science of Caring. She obtained her nursing education from the Lewis Gale School of Nursing‚ and continued her nursing education at the University of Colorado‚ where she earned her Bachelors and Master’s degrees in nursing‚ and also her Ph.D. She has six honorary degrees‚ and was the dean of nursing at the University’s health and science center‚ and was also the president of the National League
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8 Caring Factors of Nursing Nurses are one of the largest groups of healthcare professionals. They can contribute to the positive and negative ways to a health care quality problem. The nurse has an intimate knowledge of the patient’s needs and they are continuously interacting with patients and their families. The patient and their family’s experiences and outcomes while in the hospital is highly influenced by the nursing care they received. In 2001‚ a report published by Dr. Claire Fagin
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following statement? Physical exercise is more important for older people than for younger people. Nowadays‚ an increasing number of people‚ work in the office and seat whole day‚ are beginning to realize〝doing exercise is closely related to health.〞That is why I see lots of people‚ old and young‚ exercise in the playground. However‚ some people think that physical exercise is more important for older people than for younger people‚ while I believe every age need physical exercise. I have two
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A Caring Moment Adalberto Cervantes NUR/403 February 23‚ 2015 Dr. Belen Malayang Introduction The nursing profession continues a model a caring tradition since its earlier existence‚ while constantly improving to achieve client’s care. In several of her distinguished works‚ the scholar Dr. Jean Watson focuses upon redefining the role of the nursing practice and profession to embody curative factors as well as carative factors; reimagining the nurse as both noun and verb as being caring
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diagnoses and of the estimated 43 million adults who are over the age of 65‚ one in four has diabetes. It is very common for a nurse in any health care setting to care for an older adult who has diabetes. Hypoglycemia is one of the dangers associated with the diagnoses of diabetes. In the timespan from 2006 to 2009 adults 75 years or older who were diagnosed with diabetes visited the emergency room for hypoglycemia almost three times more than middle aged adults who were also diagnosed with diabetes. Hypoglycemia
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Running Head: INCREASING HEALTH PROBLEMS FACING OLDER PEOPLE (40- 75) YEARS IN INNSBRUCK‚ AUSTRIA \ NAME: INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS Topic: Increasing health problems facing older people (40- 75) years in Innsbruck‚ Austria Austria is a developing country in Europe‚ an area which has increasing number of ageing people (aged 40-75) facing serious health problems (most frequently is asthma). The most wide‚ cheapest and simply used mean to correct these problems are by undertaking
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Unit 16 Understand Safeguarding of Children and Young People (for those Working in the Adult Sector) 1. Understand the policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people 1.1 Explain the policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people A policy is a statement of what an organisation will do to safeguard a child or young person to keep them safe. A procedure will describe the actions the organisation will take to put the actions
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Caring Nurses Can Make a Difference The Importance of Caring in Nursing Practice Caring and nursing are often closely related. Most people choose their career as a nurse because they want to take care of others. Caring allows a person to be treated in a holistic way‚ instead of just treating a patient’s symptoms or even just fixing the patient’s problems. The client interviewed for this paper was treated by caring nurses and made a significant impact on her treatment. Client’s History SM
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