ASSESSMENT Assessment is a core activity of nursing practice. It includes gathering information about the health status of a patient/client‚ analyzing/inspecting and interpreting the data and deciding how to use the information in the patient’s plan of care‚ and evaluating the quality of the plan of care. It also includes assessing community‚ or population and using the information in planning and delivering care. ***How has your practice in nursing enabled you to apply the principles of Physical/Health
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The nursing metaparadigm is a group of statements that identifies phenomena and incorporates philosophical assumptions that guide the development of nursing theory (Fawcett‚ 1984). Nursing scholars have historically agreed that the central concepts of the nursing metaparadigm include person‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Recently‚ the inclusion of a fifth concept‚ social justice‚ has been discussed in the literature as part of the metaparadigm. This paper will outline the meaning of these five
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Nursing Management Management | Rationale | * Monitor patient’s LOC‚ cardiac and respiratory status (ECG‚ vital signs‚ hemodynamic status). * Administer medications such as Vastarel‚ Citicholine and Nifidepine as indicated. * Implement Aneurysm Precautions such as:*Elevate head of the bed 15 to 30 degrees.*instruct patient to wear thigh-high elastic compression stockings*Provide patient all personal care; a quiet and non-stressful environment; instruct to avoid Valsalva maneuver‚ straining
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Nursing Theory: Theory is an analysis of a set of facts in relation to one another. A belief policy or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action. Theory can be described as a concept that can be tested and used to explain an occurrence. (www.wisegeek.com) Nursing Theory is the term given to the body of knowledge that is used to support nursing practice. An organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing. (wikepedia.org/wiki/nursing-theory
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Nursing Assessment Joann Campbell Palm Beach State College August 26‚ 2012 Nursing assessment is one of the main stages of the nursing process. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ “nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient’s physical‚ psychological‚ sociological‚ and spiritual status”. As professional nurse’s‚ we are responsible to use skills to complete assessments on every patient that we care for. Collecting this information allows
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that I can use to provide care and make a difference. The reason I chose to major in nursing versus pre-medicine was because I wanted to treat the patient and not the disease. The difference between the two professions is not the amount of school or the amount of pay; it is the amount of care provided. I believe that before you treat the disease you must treat the patient by caring for them and their family. By treating the patient’s mind and soul and showing that you are there for them‚ more
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1. a) Nursing research is one of the concepts mentioned in the video‚ Evidence-based practice‚ quality improvement‚ & nursing research. Nursing research is a systematic inquiry that uses disciplinary methods to answer questions and to resolve problems. The goal of nursing research is to generate new nursing knowledge. Nursing research is based on theory and the use of rigorous methods in order to conclude viable results (Hewner‚ 2013). The results are applied in a broad spectrum. Research publications
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communicate and look for God’s intended and planned purpose for me‚ and reflect on why certain things happen‚ its purpose and what the possible meaning behind that event might be. From my perspective‚ culture‚ is an adopted phenomenon in which an individual‚ since early childhood‚ has learned and acquired from parents‚ family‚ and friends.
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to identify a nursing skill observed by myself whilst I was on my practice placement. The skill which I will be focussing on is the first phase of the nursing process in the form of the initial assessment interview. The client had been referred to the mental health services by his consultant and social worker‚ in order to continue his care in the community‚ after his discharge from a psychiatric ward. I was introduced to the client‚ and his permission was given for me to use my nursing skill of observation
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Houston NU100 * The definition of the nursing practice is the practice of professional nursing and the practice of practical nursing. * The scope of the practice includes caring for‚ maintaining health‚ and preventing illness or injury of persons in exchange for compensation. It also involves administering medicines and treatments. * The RN’s responsibility in the nursing process is gathering organized data‚ observation‚ appropriate nursing judgment and evaluation of human responses
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