Skills in how to communicate effectively with both the pediatric patient and their parents are important for a nurse to foster to maintain good therapeutic relationships. Person centred care becomes family centred care when babies and children are the patients. The dependent nature of the patient increases the need for parental responsibility and advocacy for the child. It is important for all members of the family to be taken into account when nursing a pediatric patient, especially the primary caregivers and siblings. Chochinov, 2007 (cited in Cornwell & Goodrich, 2009), states simply that compassion is ‘a deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.’ Pediatric patients and their families are highly sensitive to the compassionate nature of health care professionals and a successful therapeutic relationship with them depends on the sensitive, compassionate care offered by the nurse.
The Case of the Troubled Teen Step 1: Be Attentive What is the issue? Screen 4 Your notes: How best to assure that Racheal and her baby get appropriate and timely medical care. Step 2 Be Intelligent Who are the stakeholders? Screen 6 Your notes: Myself (shift supervisor), patient (Rachel Banks), the unborn child (Lily), Rachel’s parents (because she is a minor, Mr. and Mrs. Banks), primary care giver (Yvonne Napier) and other Ob/GYN nurses on the floor. Step 3a: Be Reasonable Rights/Responsibility Lens -Identify duties.
P1: Explain the requirements for two different careers in the health sector. The job role of a midwife is to provide advice, care and support for women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period. They help women make their own decisions about the care and services they access. Their responsibilities are wide ranging and include; caring for new-born children, providing health education and parenting support immediately after delivery, until care is transferred to a health visitor. Midwives are personally responsible for the health of both mother and baby and only refer to obstetricians if there are medical complications.
White cap: What pieces of information are needed to assist the family in making a decision regarding Marianne’s care? Developing an effective care plan for a patient involves gathering information from different sources. In the case of Marianne, further information is needed to assist the family with making a decision regarding surgery. Besides her age, diagnosis, and current status, additional data should be collected. For example, when did her stroke signs and symptoms initiate?
I cannot not imagine what it is like to have a child that is sick, let alone a child that is terminally ill. Unfortunately, every year over a million infants and children suffer from a life-threatening illness. Families are then faced with the decision of what kind of medical treatment they want to obtain for their child. More commonly, families choose hospice care, which can be obtained in a hospital setting or at home. It might be more crucial for the child to receive hospice care at home, so the child may avoid from suffering from separation anxiety.
Task 3 Case study You have a parent visit your setting. They disclose that they and their child have HIV. The child is taking medication and is fit and well. Using the assessment criteria as a guide to your response explain how you would react to this admission and manage the risk within the setting. 4.1 Describe ethical dilemmas that may arise in own area of responsibility when balancing individual rights and duty of care 4.2 Explain the principle of informed choice 4.3 Explain how issues of individual capacity may affect informed choice 4.4 Propose a strategy to manage risks when balancing individual rights and duty of care in own area of responsibility There are still many fears and misconceptions about Human Immunodeficiency Virus,
The infant was originally discharged home on an apnea monitor and continuous home oxygen per nasal cannula. After being admitted to the hospital, the nursing staff must develop an individualized plan of care that will optimize patient outcomes while maintaining the safety of both patients and the nursing staff. The NANDA-I diagnosis that would be appropriate for an infant with bronchiolitis is ineffective airway clearance, which is a state in which the patient is unable to clear respiratory obstructions or secretions in order to maintain a patent airway (Elsevier, 2012). Once the diagnosis has been identified, the nurse is able to recognize the common symptoms associated with patients who suffer from a compromised airway, which include: fatigue, non-productive cough, increase secretions, cyanosis, increased respiratory rate, labored breathing, and abnormal breath sounds, such as wheezing or crackles. Based on the common symptoms of a patient with bronchiolitis, the nurse can then identify appropriate patients goals and outcomes.
13 4. Further information 17 4 1. About this booklet You have been given this booklet because doctors or health and social care professionals are thinking about changing the way a family member, friend or someone you provide care for is looked after in hospital or in a care home. They are thinking about introducing a care plan in which your family member or friend will be deprived of their liberty in a hospital or care home. The doctors or other professionals are thinking about this because they believe that: • this care plan would be in the best interests of your family member or friend • your friend or family member does not have the capacity to consent to the care plan themselves, and • it would not be possible to deliver the care they recommend without depriving your family member or friend of their liberty.
Sarah Snyder Snyder 1 English 111-55 Mrs. Hatcher 17, September 2012 Don't Blow a Vein Sometimes in life we might end up having an accident or a special blessing as having a baby come along where we would end up spending a night or even a couple nights in the hospital and would be started on Intravenous fluids or otherwise an I.V. An Intravenous line or I.V. are used for medication delivery, blood transfusions, electrolyte imbalance correction, and fluid replacement. Did you ever wonder how you properly insert an I.V. into a patient?
Analysis- Response Writing Assignment In the article “ End of life decisions about withholding or withdrawing therapy: medical, ethical, and religio-cultural considerations” Manalo, 2013, critical care unit has patients who receive life saving treatments and intervention in order to sustain life. Some examples of the treatments and interventions are mechanical ventilation, dialysis, and cardiac balloon pump. At some point during their stay in the hospital, the patients and their families are faced with the question, if the treatments and interventions are not working to cure or fix their illness, what do they want done? Manalo argues that physicians should consult with the patient and patients’ family about end of life care plans when