Anorexia is an irrational fear of gaining weight, it typically involves excessive weight loss and usually occurs more in females than in males. There are four clinical characteristics of individuals with anorexia which are- * An individual behavioural symptoms who is anorexic will avoid food, compulsively weigh, engage in activities to keep their weight down for example excessive exercise, make themself sick, take laxities and burn calories. * An individual’s cognitive symptoms will be that they think they are 20% bigger than what they are, this is called body distortion. * An individual’s emotional symptoms will be that they will feel anxious and they will keep checking their weight on the scales and be fearful of putting on weight, also they will feel nervous, scared and have fear of fatness. * An individual’s physical symptoms would be they would have amenorrhea, they will be emaciated, low blood pressure, general health diseases and they will have loss of body weight.
For instance people with dementia can be affected by grief as in the most common of circumstances they are elderly and may have suffered the loss of a partner. Greif can affect people in a variety of ways and emotionally it can suppress a person’s appetite leading to dehydration and mal nutrition, or someone comfort eating and eating excessive amounts leading to weight gain and possibly someone becoming obese. 2. Explain how poor nutrition can contribute to an individual’s experience of dementia. If someone has poor nutrition
As a night nurse, what would you do about Mrs. Pala's inability to sleep at 2am? With the information presented from the case study, there are many nursing interventions can be implemented. Interviewing Mrs. Pala and exploring the nature of sleep difficulty and the causes that may be contributing to her lack of sleep is important. Some questions to ask may involve, "Do you nap during the day?" (If so, I would have the day nurses eliminate napping.)
It can make people eat not healthy food or under eat. It can damage their health and self-esteem. It is anorexia nervosa when people under eat. In this situation people try to keep their weight as low as possible and want to be as skin as possible. People with this disorder usually eat low calorie diet, and make starving themselves.
They are the families’ contact with the medical world, in the hospital and at the patients’ home. A nurse regularly evaluates patients and check vital signs to make sure everything is going as planned. Nurses perform procedures such as IV placement, phlebotomy and administering medications. (1988) Working hours for a nurse are different almost all the time because no one can predict when an emergency is going to happen. They must be available twelve hours a day, nights, weekend, and be able to handle any rotations or changes in their shifts.
Article or Case Law Search Tresa Jellison HCS/430 July 29, 2013 Professor Mary Louise Dietrich Article or Case Law Search Ambulatory surgery centers are health care facilities that provide the ability of having a surgical procedure done without staying overnight at the hospital. They are specifically designed to give elective same day surgeries without complications and to cease some of the minor traffic at the hospitals and staying overnight and facing possible termination of patient treatment due to staff shortage, insurance rejection, and room shortages. By coming to a surgery center this means the patient can go home the same day after a short post-operative observation in the recovery area. With the new technology the surgery center will receive less patient infection occurrence and the only issue with an ambulatory center is the patient will pay more to be seen and operated on in one day than they would if they stayed overnight at a hospital or rehab facility. Along with the surgery center there are legal issues that are involved in these facilities.
Failure to do so results in their immune system producing antibodies which attacks the lining of their bowel causing them to have abdominal pains, constipation/diarrhoea, bloating, difficulty in gaining weight in childhood or maintaining weight in adulthood and anaemia. Because it affects the way their body can absorb nutrients it can also lead to osteoporosis and increase their risk of bowel cancer. Some foods can be bought that are labelled ‘gluten free’ but tend to be more expensive. • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the term used to describe a condition when on inspection of the bowel everything seems normal, but the person suffers with symptoms like abdominal pain, flatulence, bloating and constipation/diarrhoea. The person may want to keep a food diary to help discover which foods make their condition worse and avoid them in the future.
Reality orientation is one of the most widely used management strategies for dealing with people with dementia (Holden and Woods, 1995). It aims to help people with memory loss and disorientation by reminding them of facts about themselves and their environment. As I said earlier Trudy would have lucid periods where she knew she was in hospital. At these times I could say “Trudy you are staying in hospital for the moment Paddy is not well enough to take care of you at the moment”. Trudy would accept this and understand that I was a nurse and I was there to help.
In section 3 of the Mental Health Act a person can be admitted to hospital for treatment for health reasons, which include for their safety or for the protection of other people. This is done under the understanding that it cannot be provided unless you are detained in hospital. In section 4 of the Mental Health Act is where a person is admitted to hospital for an assessment of their mental health for a limited period of time (usually 48 hours) and requires the recommendation of only one doctor. Where there is no emergency then section 3 is applied. In section 5 of the Mental Health Act is used by a doctor or nurse, who believe that a patient has a mental health need, they can prevent someone leaving hospital who is an inpatient receiving hospital treatment.
Introduction Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the two main eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are similar in that there is an inaccurate perception of body weight, size or shape and/or marked over-concern about body weight, size or shape. However, there are differences. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by voluntary maintenance of unhealthy low weight (less than 85% of expected), cessation of menstrual periods for at least three cycles (amenorrhea), and an intense fear of weight gain or becoming fat. On the other hand, bulimia nervosa is characterized by inappropriate weight reducing behavior (vomiting, laxative or diuretic abuse, excessive exercise, fasting) at least twice a week and large uncontrolled binge eating at least twice a week.