Her blood sugar is always on the high normal side since she gave birth to her daughter. Mr. Roncal was recently diagnosed with Valley Fever (Coccidiomycosis) and treated with Diflucan 400 mg by mouth daily. Initially, Mr. Roncal was self-managing his wound care at home using home remedies by using boiled guava leaves alternate with warm/salt water to rinse the wound and apply triple antibiotic ointment and cover it
She has spent her life “saving” Kate, and Picoult shows this through a clever quotation. Later that night after the hockey game, Kate suddenly woke up to blood streaming out of her nose, eyes and rectum. When Brian and Sara were informed by the doctor that administering poison therapy would prolong Kate’s life, but not save it, Sara broke down. She called her older sister, Suzanne, unable to speak and begged her to come to the hospital. Picoult continues on this theme of “saving” by using Suzanne as Sara’s crutch, as she makes her coffee each morning and informs her of any missed phone calls.
Jane, Lucy, Thomas and Kate are a case study done by Robertson and Robertson (1967-1973). They were under three years old and were place in foster care as their mother was in hospital. The home tried to keep a similar routine as they had at home with their mother, their father would visit them regularly in order to keep links back home. The foster home took the children to see their mother in hospital and after visiting the children were more settled in the temporary house, however signs of distress were shown; Thomas rejected attempts to cuddle. Generally they slept well and on reunion with their mother they did not reject her.
The foetus was found not growing while the sarcoma kept growing in her seventh month pregnancy. She consulted and later rejected by doctors in private hospital for a caesarean birth. Unluckily, same rejction she experienced when admitted to government hospital. Natal She was led to the labour room on 25th April 2007 at 8am. She was informed of an induction to deliver her baby as the standard operation procedure.
My 2nd practicum placement is where I give care directly to the patient. I take the patient’s vitals signs, I prepare and administer the medications, I assess the patients for irregularities and I feed and clean them. My first week started with just one patient to take care of, in between those times I try to help out my primary nurse whenever I can. My primary nurse is responsible for 4-6 patients on any given day and so I try to lessen the nurse’s burden by helping out. From my perspective, on some of the ‘routine’ things that needs to be done for the patient, it is just simply done.
Consider the following scenario: It’s a sunny Sunday morning for the two couples named, James and Lucille & John and Maxine. As they begin with their newly weds life, both couples decided to start their own families. Lucille is already 3 weeks pregnant, while Maxine is having a problem on that. John and Maxine went to the doctor immediately to find out what is really their problem on conceiving a child. And particularly who is having a problem between them?
The bruise had been there for a few days and was starting to bother me. My mother took me to the pediatrician’s office that sent us for x-rays. My mom received a phone call; this is a day we will never forget. The pediatrician states that I need to be seen up at children’s hospital in Boston by a specialist in Infectious disease. After months of testing and the doctors telling my mom I might have cancer, we finally got an answer.
Each family interview will generate a genogram and ecomap. My patient this week was a 24 year old, J.B. He was admitted to the hospital with complaints of severe abdominal pain. The patient had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease two years ago. When I walked in to do the family interview, the patient was sound asleep with his grandmother sitting by him.
The student nurse will reflect on health promotion issues as this stood out to me in several areas, The student nurse discovered that although we can nurse a patient back to health it is so important to make the patient aware of how necessary it is for them to participate in their care by adhering to what is recommended to them by various members of the Multidisciplinary Team and the devastating consequences that the patient can encounter if advice is ignored. The student nurse will use the Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle, this encouraged thinking systematically about all phases of an activity. Gibbs (1988) is descriptive with regards to feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusions and action plans, therefore ideal for this assignment. Although I experienced many different aspects of care regarding health promotions this assignment will concentrate mainly on a single event that will stay with me throughout my nursing career. According to Scottish Government (2010) Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland, nurse’s carers and people at the heart of the healthcare and care delivery services should improve conditions in NHS Scotland and the care provided, on reading this strategy I understand a nurses responsibility, but the importance of patient participation in their own care is invaluable and the cooperation and communication with the Multidisciplinary Team is essential to complete patient care package to the highest standard.
Typically nurses have always taught their patients how to manage their daily lives with an illness, but now the purpose is more on how the patient can remain healthy and what preventative measures the nurse needs to implement for their patients. Nursing roles and responsibilities have changed within the last ten years or so. The role of a nurse now is typically seen as being an advocates, educators, researchers, collaborators, partners, and policy-makers with a continued focus on community health. Nursing has become increasingly more involved in the process of health promotion. With budget cuts at facilities and high physician to patient scenarios, nurses implement