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. This paper will discuss why communication, family centred care and compassion are necessary and important qualities for a nurse to possess when working with pediatric patients and specify some of the challenges a nurse may meet in providing these. Communicating with Babies and Children Nursing children and babies requires a highly skilled and sensitive approach to communication. The developmental age of the pediatric patient needs to be considered when determining the best ways to
Managing infected in diabetic foot: NICE guidelines state that infection in the diabetic foot is a medical emergency and that patients must be referred to a specialist team within 24 hours. New ulceration, new swelling, or new discoloration over part or all of the foot these are some features that need a specialist team for diabetic foot. 5.Factors for dressing:- 1. A. There are some factors for choosing the dress for the patient that have the diabetic foot.
The reason why most athletes choose Gatorade over water is because the ingredients in Gatorade refuel the body quicker than water. Athletes need to be able to get replenished instantly and they know that Gatorade will do it the best. If an athlete only has a few moments to take a breather, he can get a quick drink of Gatorade and go back to his activity much more energized than he was before. The Gatorade company tries its best to keep the consumer hydrated. "Gatorade focus has always been fluid replacement" (Theodore).
How their sight, hearing and speech is, are they able to communicate? If they have a disability then they may require moving and handling so any equipment will have to be risk assessed as will the environment that the carer will be working in. Do they have a history of falls, do they have any allergies or specific dietary needs. Talk to family and carers as they will notice changes first. They will notice changes in health, mobility, failure to take medication etc.
1 Policies and procedures of the setting or service in response to accidents, incident and illness Assess the situation to see how bad it is. Reassure and comfort child. Treat injury if necessary in the medical room and or with the first aid kit and first aider. Record accident in ‘Accident record Book’ including the time, date, location of injury on the body, child’s name, how it happened and nature of injury / accident. Treatment that was given.
The trauma of surgery followed by probable skin grafting can be devastating also. After going through the various stages of healing, prognosis can be varied. Full use of the limb to limited use are some of the obstacles that the patient will have to overcome. Once a patient is discharged
Yet every morning I am reminded that no matter how many sit ups I do or how far I walk this excess skin remains. I have pondered having cosmetic surgery or excessive tissue removal of fat or skin that is left on the body after a significant weight loss. I hope to show that while many feel cosmetic surgery has risks and should be avoided, excessive tissue removal after a significant weight loss can be beneficial. Excessive tissue removal can mean one of many different surgeries. There are different surgeries for each area that the individual maybe targeting.
A patient presenting with a head injury can pose a lot of complications and the nurse needs to assess and monitor the patient thoroughly. Management of traumatic brain injury focuses on stabilisation of the patient and prevention of secondary neurologic damage due to high intracranial pressure. Assessment of the brain injury hinges on evaluation of the Glasgow coma scale, GCS and examination of the pupils (Chesnut, 2006, p.1). Nurses make important clinical decisions everyday and these decisions have an effect on the patient’s healthcare and the actions of other health care professionals, as the emergency department treats patients with various complex needs nurses need to rely on sound decision making skills and assess monitor and
Introduction: Intussusception is a common gastrointestinal surgical emergency in the paediatric age population. This illness is a conversion in which a segment of the intestine (intussusceptum) telescopes into another adjacent distal portion of the intestine (intussuscipiens), causing bowel and ileocolic obstruction. Intussusception is considered a frequent cause of abdominal pain in paediatric patients and is also more common in children than in adults. Furthermore, its incidence varies between infants and neonates. It is well described in infants, with an incidence of 0.1 to 0.4 %, however it is not fully established in neonates.1, 2 In fewer than 10% of the cases, a surgical lead point can be determined as a plausible aetiology.
The most commonly performed robot-assisted cardiac procedure today is a mitral valve repair or replacement (Bush, Nifong & Chitwood, 2013). This procedure was first performed in 1998, while using an early model of the Da Vinci surgical tool. Patients have noted less pain, shorter length of stay, and a significantly quicker recovery time as benefits of this procedure. Robotic urologic surgery is used to treat conditions like prostate cancer, kidney cancer, and testicular cancer. Because it is minimally invasive, the precision of robotic technology is ideal for delicate and intricate urologic surgeries.