Patient education is a vital part of patient-centered nursing care. To promote learning and better health‚ the nurse utilizes the nursing process which includes: assessment‚ diagnosis‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert & Hall‚ 2013‚ p. 206). First‚ a thorough assessment of the patient’s learning needs‚ readiness to learn‚ and any barriers to learning needs to be completed. With this information‚ a nursing diagnosis and goals can be established and a plan can be developed
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that aid or impeded an organizations attainment of results‚ and compares the organization with respect to their competitors. Organizational Theories and Ethics VCU Health System achieves a patient centered approach through collaboration and providing interdisciplinary and integrated care to ensure positive patient outcomes. Through system theory‚ VCU Health System “better serves their clients‚ understand applicable research‚ improve
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Hypertension Also known as high blood presion. Hypertension can damage the arteries‚ heart‚ brain‚ kidneys and eyes. Hypertension has no symptom‚ that’s why it’s called a “silent killer”. People with uncontrolled hypertension may have drowsiness‚ confusion‚ headache‚ nausea‚ loss of vision and difficult breathing. Primary hypertension cause is unknown; it tends to develop gradually over the years. Secondary hypertension can be cause for various conditions. Kidney problems‚ medications like control
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Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines | Health Print | Patient.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines Statin medicines reduce the blood cholesterol level. This helps to prevent heart disease‚ stroke and related diseases in people at increased risk. Most people are not troubled by side-effects. However‚ if you take a statin‚ tell a doctor if you develop unexplained muscle pain‚ tenderness or weakness (which may be due to a rare‚ but serious‚ side-effect). What
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PATIENT CENTERED NURSING CARE PLAN STUDENT NAME: _________________________ CLIENT’S AGE: ___________ SEX: MALE FEMALE DATE: _________________________________ DIAGNOSIS: __________________________________ Assessment (Subjective and Objective Data‚ Fundamental Needs) Nursing Diagnosis (NANDA) Planning Intervention Evaluation Analysis Statement… Related to… As Evidenced by… Need Specific Goal (RUMBA‚ SMART) Source
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Hypertensive Condition in Patients García-Donaire‚ J. A.‚ Segura‚ J.‚ Cerezo‚ C.‚ Ruilope‚ L.A (2011). Review of renal‚ cardiovascular and mortality endpoints in antihypertensive trials in diabetic patients. 20(6)‚ 322-334. doi: 10.3109/08037051.2011.602878 In text citation According to García-Donaire et al (2011)‚ “Renal disease is highly prevalent in people with type 2 diabetes‚ and co-existence with hypertension increases the risk of cardiac events and mortality.” (p. 323). Odili‚ Augustine
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Mr. O = 63-year old male patient with Hypertension Eric = 13-year old middle school honors student with Diabetes Hello Mr. O‚ I am Ashley‚ the Nurse Educator and I am here to explain your recent diagnoses‚ Hypertension to you. Hypertension means to have high blood pressure. A considerably healthy blood pressure would be between 110/70 to 120/80. A blood pressure 140/90 and above is considered a high blood pressure which causes hypertension. High blood pressure is when the force of blood pushing
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Hypertension‚ also referred to as high blood pressure‚ is a condition in which the arteries have persistently elevated blood pressure. Every time the human heart beats‚ it pumps blood to the whole body through the arteries. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing up against the blood vessel walls. The higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump. Hypertension can lead to damaged organs‚ as well as several illnesses‚ such as renal failure (kidney failure)‚ aneurysm‚ heart failure
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statistic is that as many as one in four elderly patients discharged from hospital will experience an adverse health event within thirty days of hospital discharge. These events may have serious outcomes‚ which may include a need for care in an emergency department‚ readmission to hospital‚ admission to a nursing
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Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure‚ sometimes called arterial hypertension‚ is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated.[1] This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through the blood vessels. Blood pressure is summarised by two measurements‚ systolic and diastolic‚ which depend on whether the heart muscle is contracting (systole) or relaxed between beats (diastole). Normal blood pressure at rest is within the range of
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