Fulmer SPICES: An Overall Assessment Tool for Older There is an extensive variety of tools nurses can use to asses and prevent potential geriatric complications. “In most circumstances the quality of care the elder receives is dependent on the quality of the assessment conducted” (Touhy, 2013). Therefore, I believe the tool for assessment is dependent of that which is sought to evaluate. For example if one wants to assess the mental status of the specific individual, one fortunately has a variety of tools to choose from , such as the “Mini Mental State Examination”, “The Clock Drawing Test”, “The Mini Cog”, or “ The Global Deterioration Scale”. Correspondingly, a tool that I found covering various aspects of the individual’s life was the FANSCAPES, which covers a diversity of things such as communication, nutrition, socialization, fluids, aeration, activity, pain, and elimination.
Assessment Tool Analysis Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the assessment tools that evaluate on physical measure. The three assessment tools used will be the Daily Hassles Scale, Dysfunctional Attitude Scale, and the Well Being Picture Scale. This writer will apply Watson’s Theory of Human Caring to each of the tools, and how each tool integrates the mind-body-spirit dimensions and the population for which they are useful. This paper will include data such as cost, length, and ease in using each of these tools. It will tell which populations are best designed for each tool, how these tools can enhance the assessment phase of the nursing process, and the impact of quality of health care delivered by the nurse.
Challenging Behaviour in Dementia A person centred approach Maria Mulhall Exact word count: 3,052 This paper will discuss the nature of challenging behaviour displayed by a person with dementia. The writer will give a personal account of a client with dementia whosebehaviour was challenging for the care giver. The writer will discuss person centred approaches to care and indicate literature and research to support same. The writer will use Trudy as a case study to outline the implementation of a person centred approach to meet individual needs. In doing this the writer will discuss effective care and therapies and how they were used to improve Trudy’s care and quality of life.
The first three steps in the nursing process having been used, that of evaluation, diagnosis, and planning, the last two areas, implementation and evaluation can then be incorporated. The role reversal strategy, having the patient become the teacher, would enable the nurse to evaluate the patient’s understanding and their ability to recall facts presented.
Describe the elements of a comprehensive health assessment of a geriatric patient. What special considerations should the nurse keep in mind while performing this assessment? Nurses and healthcare professionals need to pay close attention to different things while performing a comprehensive assessment on the older population. The comprehensive assessment includes mental and functional status, social and economic status and the actual assessment of the body functions (Jarvis, 2012). It’s important to observe mental status changes and functional status changes, this can determine how well the patient can take care of themselves and deal with their health promotion on their own.
Nursing Knowledge Through Nursing Process Jeremy, Gina, Krystal, Pearl, Renee NUR/403 January 25, 2015 University of Phoenix Belen Malayang The nursing process is a system of exploration, evaluation and planning aimed at delivering individualized patient care. The goal is to identify the existing or potential health needs of the patient and the best way of providing care to overcome problems and promote wellness. The nursing process has five steps, assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Today we will discuss the nursing process and how it applies to John’s case study on page 379. We will further consider the nursing skills needed by the nurse (RN) and the scientific basis in each part of the nursing process.
* What do you think should be competency requirements for basic peripheral IV skills? What are the competency requirements for basic peripheral IV skills? * Infusion Nursing * Infusion nursing is defined as the nursing process relating to technical and clinical application of fluids, electrolytes, infection control, oncology pediatrics, pharmacology, quality assurance, technology and clinical application, parenteral nutrition, and transfusion therapy * Three-Part Competency Model * Competency statement * Statement that reflects a measurable goal * Domains of learning criteria * Cognitive (knowledge based) * Performance criteria (psychomotor
General Education Kindergarten 2. Speech Therapy 3. Preschool Kindergarten Itinerant Teacher (PKIT) 4. Resource Specialist Program (RSP) 5. Special Day Program at a neighborhood elementary school For the remainder of the preschool year Jasmine will be offered the following services to meet her unique needs in the least restrictive environment: • General Education Head Start Program at Delta Sigma Theta Head Start ➢ PKIT 120 minutes per month to be provided in the Head Start classroom For the 2009-2010 kindergarten school year, Jasmine will be offered the following places and services to meet Jasmine’s needs in the least restrictive environment: • General Education Kindergarten at Main St.
I chose (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach because of the length of time of the client’s use of Meth. Many of the treatment strategies within the Model are derived from clinical research literature, including cognitive behavioral therapy, research on relapse prevention, motivational interviewing strategies, psycho-educational information and 12-Sstep program involvement. At this point she is going to need to change everything because of her old behavior all is know is how to use and use to live to stay well. I would implement the following guidelines for her treatment: The elements of the treatment approach are a collection of group sessions (early recovery skills, relapse prevention, family education and social support) and 3 to 10 individual sessions delivered over a 16-week intensive treatment period. Patients are scheduled three times per week to attend two Relapse Preventions groups (Monday and Friday) and one Family/education group (Wednesdays).
Several steps occur in the development of the NCLEX-RN Test Plan. The first step is conducting a practice analysis that is used to collect data on the current practice of the entry-level nurse (Report of Findings from the 2011 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN® Examination to Practice; NCSBN, 2012). Twelve thousand newly licensed registered nurses are asked about the frequency and importance of performing 141 nursing care activities. Nursing care activities are then analyzed in relation to the frequency of performance, impact on maintaining client safety, and client care settings where the activities are performed. This analysis guides the development of a framework for entry-level nursing practice that incorporates specific client needs as well as processes fundamental to the practice of nursing.