| SAVE YOUR ANSWERS . . . .SAVE YOUR DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THIS ASSIGNMENT (See next page for question 2) Question 2: Dr. Reilly has a patient, Jessica Adams, who needs to have a cystoscopy. Jessica knows a family friend who has received a cystoscopy in the past.
D) Daily enemas will be needed to help achieve a bowel movement. The nurse is discussing autonomic dysreflexia with Jonathan, his girlfriend, and his mother. To evaluate the teaching, the nurse asks Jonathan to explain what it means. 22. Which statement by Jonathan indicates an understanding of autonomic dysreflexia?
3. Discuss how the nurse manages to include the family/carer in the conversation without breaching principles of confidentiality? (50-100 words). Nurse asked open questions which daughter could respond to, the nurse gained consent by asking patient if she was ok to be questioned prior to admission. Informed consent of her daughter presence as she came in with her and was is holding hands.
The nurse will assess characteristics of pain: location, severity on a scale of one to ten and character of the pain at least every 15 minutes. Rationale: “Assessment of common characteristics of pain helps the nurse form an understanding of the type of pain, its pattern and types of intervention that may bring relief. It should not be assumed that the pain is incisional.”(Potter & Perry, 2005). The nurse will also administer pain medications to alleviate pain by physician’s order. The nurse will provide quiet and calm environment during the patient’s hospitalization.
| |Altruism |Personal altruism can be defined as |I work in a nursing home and there is one | | |“concern for the welfare of others rather |particular resident who is very lonely. I | | |than one’s own (Johnson, Haigh, |make a point at least once a week to sit | | |Yates-Bolton 2007).” An example of this |with her during my lunch and chit-chat | | |would be not just passing medications and |about everyday things to cheer her up. | | |doing your “duties”, but also displaying a | | | |calm, caring and reassuring atmosphere to | | | |best benefit the patient. | | |Autonomy |“Autonomy is the freedom to make |An example of Autonomy would be holding a | | |discretionary and binding decisions that |BP medication due to a low reading. This is| |
Name: Maria E. Rivera Course Name: Health Management H3320 Wk: 1 Date: 10/05/2014 Case Study Assignment: Choosing a Successor Chapters: 1 & 2 Pages: 444- 448 Question 1: Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate for the leadership role. Response 1: The candidates being considered to take on the administrator role at the Ambulatory Care Center, due to current administrator retiring, are Taneshia, Felipe, and Amanda. The first candidate is Taneshia and her style of management is of a more directive approach. This is a strong quality to have when trying to accomplish specific goals and deadlines. She poses the necessary Knowledge to manage and provide proper coaching to her fellow employees.
CASE ANALYSIS. INTRODUCTION The practitioner is a nurse working in a walk –in and urgent care centre. This case analysis is based on a consultation for acute sore throat. A pseudonym will be used to maintain confidentiality as per Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘code’ (2008).In this consultation, Roger Neighbour’s model (Neighbour 1987) of consultation has been used as this incorporates various other elements of the other consultation models. CONNECTING Sunita a 25year old mother has attend the walk-in centre accompanied by her husband.
The Effect of Cultural Mores on Patient Behavior and Clinical Care The Effect of Cultural Mores on Patient Behavior and Clinical Care Western Governors University Introduction to Nursing Arts and Science ACT Task #1 Karla Larin ID:191851 The Effect of Cultural Mores on Patient Behavior and Clinical Care| 1 Jane is a single, 24 year old, Vietnamese woman. She currently holds a part-time position in a biology laboratory while attending the local university. Since Jane immigrated to the United States she has continued to follow her Vietnamese religious, medical and dietary traditions. She has a history of allergies which she treats with Eastern medicine. During a recent physical activity she complained of severe shortness of breath,
I see he has a signed HIPAA release form and adequate patient contact information. While I am perusing his information, the phone rings prompting me to answer. Another patient asks me if she can have a prescription for pain medication. The physician and the office manager are both at lunch, and I am required to make a decision. I pull this patients chart and see that she has been prescribed pain medication in the past so I feel comfortable ordering a refill prescription for her.
A study “Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk: The Nurse’s Role” conducted by Dimitra Agelidou (2006) indicated to the Metabolic Syndrome definition and treatment, it showed that it is defined as arterial hypertension, central obesity and atherogenic dyslipidemia and related to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, it showed the treatment consists of doing exercises, diet, weight loss, psychosocial support and close follow-up for the patients . A study “Lifestyle intervention in the management of metabolic syndrome: could we improve adherence issues?” which conducted by Evaggelia Fappa (2008) showed that the current guidelines for the metabolic syndrome’s treatment suggested diet and physical activity in order to change lifestyle and recognized the weight loss as an important issue to manage metabolic syndrome . A study “ Risk assignment and management of metabolic syndrome due to antipsychotic medication” which conducted by Rucsandra, et al(2009) showed that the metabolic syndrome consists of different cardiovascular risk factors such as hyperglycemia and central obesity, also it showed that people with schizophrenia have an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome because of their inappropriate physical activity. It recommended evaluating fasting