ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING NURSING PROCESS FORM: PART I – ASSESSMENT Student: Date of Care: 3/4/13 Client’s Initial: WB Room # 1011 Occupation: Teacher Age: 59 Sex: F Race: Black Religion: Christian Admission Date: 3/1/13 Primary Language: English Role in family: Widowed from husband Stage in Life Cycle: Generativity vs. Stagnation Surgery date(s) this admission: N/A Chief complaint: Brain Dysfunction/Traumatic‚ closed injury Admission Diagnosis:
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issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within health care settings in order
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Nursing diagnosis for patient with AIDS (in the movie Philadelphia) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than body requirements R/T inability to ingest nutrients (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2007) AEB vomiting three times per day after each meal‚ 35lb weight loss in past 60 days‚ height of patient is 5’8” weight of 110lbs (Demme‚ 1993). Impaired Skin Integrity – AIDS‚ R/T immune deficiency; AIDS related dermatitis (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2007) AEB Approximately 10‚ 3 x 2 cm reddened lesions to face and torso‚ lesions
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every 30 minutes until pain is relieved. a burning sensation before taking nitroglycerine indicates medication potency. Mr.Ali has an ICD implanted in the left lower quadrant of his abdomen. When obtaining his history‚ you find out that the patient also had CABG surgery at the time of ICD lead implant. You do not see any incision lines at the subclavicular area. What kind of leads does Mr. Ali have? Transvenous sensing with “hot can” Transvenous sensing and epicardial patches Epicardial
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This assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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1 Discuss the distinguishing characteristics of‚ as well as the pros and cons of the earlier models for organizing of nursing services that were in use (during the 1970s onwards)‚ namely: Answer: A The ‘Team Nursing’ model: “Team Nursing” model emerged from the British model of a single Head Nurse after the Second World War. It had the following distinguishing characteristics: Characteristics: 1 A Head Nurse oversaw two or three teams of registered nurses RNs and non-licensed personnel
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NURSING CARE PLAN Nursing Assessment: Ms. F.E. is a 20yr. old female who was involved in a motor vehicle accident (M.V.A.)‚ and was admitted on 04.03.12 to the surgical unit with Spinal injuries‚ Polytrauma and fractured right humerus. She started complaining of severe abdominal pains‚ one week after assessment by Doctor‚ she was scheduled for emergency laparotomy with ?diagnosis Perforated Hallow Viscus. Following surgery patient was diagnosed with Fecal Peritonitis and was transferred to the
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Nursing Critique Since the early 1900’s nurses have been trying to improve and individualise patient care. In the 1970s this became more structured when the nursing process was introduced by the general nursing council (GNC)‚ (Lloyd‚ Hancock & Campbell‚ 2007) .By doing this their intentions were to try and understand the patient in order to give them the best care possible (Cronin & Anderson‚ 2003). Through the nursing process philosophy care plans were written for patients. It was understood
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STROKE(cerebrovascular accident/Disambiguation) A stroke‚ or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ is the rapid loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis‚ arterial embolism)‚ or a hemorrhage. As a result‚ the affected area of the brain cannot function‚ which might result: In an inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body. Inability to understand or formulate
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Home Health Care and Reducing Stroke Risks The primary risk for stroke is high blood pressure. Secondary risks include age and gender. While age and gender cannot be controlled‚ high blood pressure can. According to the American Stroke Association‚ "the chance of having a stroke approximately doubles for each decade of life after age 55...Each year‚ women have more strokes than men‚ and stroke kills more women than men. Use of birth control pills‚ pregnancy‚ history of preeclampsia/eclampsia or
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