Most patients require gender specific nursing care during treatment (Stainton et al, 2011). Themost important three gender specific nursing care needs of Mrs.Green are to have theassistance of a female physiotherapist in performing exercises and also the help and assistanceof a female care giver in performing ADLs. 3. Describe two (2) priority needs to be considered in planning for Mrs. Green’s discharge? The major priority needs that has to be considered in planning for Mrs. Green`s discharge areeducating the patient and the family regarding the after-discharge care and medical treatmentby initiating patient specific – care plans, establish patient referrals with other teams likephysiotherapy and primary care providers (Lees, 2004).
RUP 1 Laurie Mahaffey Western Governors University A. Functional Differences The differences between a regulatory agency such as the Board of Nursing (BON) and a Professional Nursing Organization (PNO) is that the BON regulates, writes laws, approves licensure and governs nurses at all levels of nursing and at all levels of care. Its ultimate goal is protection of the patient. A PNO consist of groups of nurses that gather for the purpose of education, information sharing, benchmarking and overall growth of the nursing profession and the patients they serve. PNO’s provide strength to the nurse’s voice as well as serving as an advocate for patients (Matthews, 2012). The states regulate laws established to protect the
The CNL is described as an advanced unspecialized clinician. AACN’s white paper describes the CNL as a lateral integrator in a leadership role in the clinic setting. The CNL coordinates and facilitates the care for all groups of clients in a patient care setting thus improving outcomes. The task at hand is to define the clinical nurse leader. The CNL as an advanced unspecialized leader in nursing was first
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 37, 877-881. 10. What strategies can the nurse use to assist the family of a child who is hospitalized? 11. Develop a discharge plan for the pediatric patient being discharged on home antibiotic therapy.
Since then, the Board of Nursing has reviewed, critiqued, and edited the act to give Registered Nurses a guide to follow so that the level of care will be kept at a high standard for those both acute and critically ill. The Nursing Practice Act of North Carolina gives that precise definition of nursing, scope of practice for Registered Nurses, and disciplinary actions should there be a need. Definition of Nursing Practice The “practice of nursing by a registered nurse” consists of the following ten components: a. Assessing the patient's physical and mental health including the patient's reaction to illnesses and treatment regimens. b. Recording and reporting the results of the nursing assessment.
If the nurse is not sensitive to these minute needs, it can cause the patient to be unable to trust the medical team meeting the needs, and understanding the importance of more serious issues. As a nurse, it is important to understand state and institutional policies regarding certain situations. Restraints are not recommended for this patient who is able to respond appropriately to questions and express needs. A nurse must consider the serious consequences that applying restraints may lead to, and with this knowledge, restraints would not have been considered. As a nurse it is important to make sure that tasks are being delegated appropriately to UAPs and they understand when they need to report problems of concern to the nurse.
Vulnerable mothers that do not finish getting their education become discouraged and loose the motivation and drive to tackle the oncoming challenges that life brings, creating for them another barrier on the micro level; it being a financial barrier. “Poverty and economic loss diminish the capacity for supportive, consistent, and involved parenting and render parents more vulnerable to the debilitating effects of negative life events” (Vonnie C. McLoyd, 1990 p.311). Not being financially stable brings on a lot of stress that impacts the relationship between the mother and child. Education has a large impact on a person’s life and it can change it for the better.
Due to the high nurse- patient ratio, nurses do not have time to do charting, medicate patients on time, and provide quality care. Nurses are the professionals who empathize with the patients on physical and emotional issues. Not spending quality time with the patients may make the patients’ feel ignored and unattended. Patients who are incontinent are to be
Discrimination and stigma of dual diagnosis can be isolating, which often results in patients not seeking care in the first place. Individuals with a dual diagnosis face treatment challenges, this often relating to the lack of appropriate services available for patients with a dual diagnosis. Lack of funding for public substance abuse and mental health delivery systems consequently results in people with a dual diagnosis being placed on waiting lists, leaving them untreated or with the option of private mental health services. Patients may not be able to access private mental health services, due to their lack of money or inadequate private health coverage to cover the long-term treatments, which are required for patients with a dual diagnosis. Services available to a patient with a dual diagnosis are often restricted due to their co-morbid disorder, until this disorder is treated they are unable to access these particular services (Drake, Essock, Shaner, Carey, Minkoff, Kola et al, 2001).
Jablonski (2012) explained that dehydration is often overlooked with infants and young children since they are unable to communicate their needs, it can be missed by parents, care givers and healthcare professionals, with symptoms of dehydration mimicking those of other serious illnesses such as decreased urine output, low capillary refill and increased heart rate (shepherd, 2011). The urgency to rule out life threating illnesses can force healthcare professionals to overlook dehydration as the cause of ill health (Jablonski, 2012). If dehydration is missed this can lead to serious health issues such as hypovolaemic shock, organ failure and even fatalities (Koyfman, 2017). Evidence shows that main causes of fatalities from dehydration stem from other existing factors such as gastroenteritis, failure to thrive/neglect and environmental factors such as abnormally high environmental temperatures (Whitehead, Couper, Moore and Byard, 1996) thus showing that children are extremely vulnerable to the physical harm of dehydration and this should not be