Your wound dressing should be changed two times a day in the morning and at night. We have provided a packet of supplies for 4 dressing changes and your home health nurse will be bringing additional supplies to your home tomorrow at the first visit. Detailed instructions for the dressing change is listed in the discharge paperwork‚ but I would like to personally go over the dressing change with you and your mother now. To start‚ wash your hands with antibacterial soap and place on clean gloves. Then
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I paired up with an excellent nurse‚ who had a background in wound care and she explained to me much information about wound care and different kinds of dressing changes that are used for pressure ulcers. As I observed her caring for the wounds‚ she was detailed about what to look for and how important it was to use the right type of dressing for healing. I did not expect my experience to be this educational; however‚ I am glad I had the opportunity to spend
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SORCERY AND HEALING Early Christian missionaries in Africa used this term “sorcerer or sorceress” to refer to individuals who were believed to intentionally use "incantations‚ ritual‚ and various substances" to mount psychic attacks against other people. They were believed to direct destructive black magic in the direction of their victims. These individuals are called umthakathi among the Zulu and moloi among the Sotho. "Evil sorcerer" or "evil sorceress” was most often the preferred term used
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Perform First Aid for an Open Head Wound Conditions: You see a casualty who has an open head wound. The casualty is breathing. You will need the casualty’s emergency bandage or field dressing and a canteen of water. Standards: Apply a dressing to the wound following the correct sequence‚ without causing further injury to the casualty. Properly position the casualty and secure the dressing without applying unnecessary pressure. Performance Steps 1. Check the casualty’s level of consciousness
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time to grow into a woman.” Which led to the merciless act of willingly breaking and forcefully binding a girl’s foot at a ripe young age to the length of three inches‚ no longer than the length of a deck of cards. Woman who were seen inferior to men‚ were treated as objects exchanged in marriage for business or to tie two families together. They were expected to follow society’s rules‚ foot binding being one of these rules to increase the value of a female. During the 19th century‚ “…40–50% of Chinese
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Athlete’s foot is an infection caused when fungi invade the skin. It occurs on the bottom of feet and/or between toes and is highly contagious. If left untreated‚ it can: • Spread to other parts of the body • Invade and destroy the nail plates of your toenails • Hinder athletic performance Symptoms include burning‚ itching‚ cracking and scaling. How’d I get it? It’s most commonly picked up by walking barefoot in a locker room‚ public pool or shower area. People are most susceptible when their feet
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Chapter One *A Brief Overview of a Venous Leg Ulcer *and the Assessment Process The nurse must have the skills and knowledge to identify a venous leg ulcer. Dowsett (2005) believes that it is important that nurses and other health care professionals look for the underlying cause of an ulcer. Whereas‚ the Royal College of Nursing (1998) has different views‚ and argues that‚ professionals who are fully trained in leg ulcer management should only be able to identify an underlying cause as it is
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The focus of this assignment is to he focus of this assignment will be on a case scenario of an elderly lady with signs of a chronic venous leg ulcer. It will discuss the epidemiology‚ aetiology and the pathophysiology in relation to venous leg ulcers‚ as well as this also discussed will be the nursing care needs of a patient with a leg ulcer and a rationale of care will be given. It will look at the assessment process and take into account the patients life history and examine any factors that could
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DIABETIC TEACHING PLAN Teaching/learning methods used: * Individual Instruction * Visual aids * Return demonstration * Reinforce teaching * Group discussion * Questions and Answers Topic(s) on Diabetes: (Do not select more than two topics). 1. What is Diabetes? (include Type I and Type II) 2. Oral Anti -Diabetic Medications 3. Insulin administration and Storage 4. Diet instructions
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paper is to take a look at the delicate balance of all the aspects of healing in relationship to one another. Much of the focus of modern medicine has shifted from the emotional‚ spiritual‚ aspect of the patient to just mere medicine and the advancement of procedures‚ equipment and technology. The author of this paper aims to show an important and much overlooked relationship between the spiritual aspect of the patient and healing. All too often‚ the patient as a whole does not get treated. Hospitals
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