The use of restraints on elderly patients is very substantial issue in nursing and there are many types of restraints such as physical, chemical, and environmental. Patient safety is the top priority; nurses should have profound foundation of knowledge about the risks and advantage of restraints. The use of restraints is negatively escalating the risk for injury on patients especially the elderly population rather than preventing them. Additionally, it can be skeptically perceived if the nurse
Nursing hasn’t always been the first option for me but reality made it my option, I was cut out to be a doctor from the start because I was always inspired to be in the health fields. Along the line, I had the opportunity to have nursing education during which I saw a nurse perform deliveries without the doctor. This really changed my mindset and made me see nursing from a different perspective. I saw it as a professional course that had so many skills making it unique to other professional programs
fractures occur a year as reported by the National Joint Registry. This case study is of an elderly patient who has undergone left hemi-arthroplasty due to an intracapsular hip fracture following a fall. The Roper, Logan and Tierney (RLT) model for nursing, in addition to the Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) approach and other assessment tools like the AVPU scale, NEWS and MUST is applied in this study for a systematic assessment and plan of care………………………….. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Nurses are very important people in a health care setting because they are with the patients most of the time and provide most diversified care to the patient compared to that of the doctors. Nurses have very important roles in health care provision industry because nurses most of their time and part of their life is spent taking care of other people in the hospitals or other areas who have got different illness or traumas and also the elderly who’s relatives prefer bringing them to the hospital
of nursing. These are the Bridges model and Spencer and Adams model. Bridges model incorporates three major stages. The first stage is the ending stage which has four major aspects; the element of disengagement, disidentification, the aspect of disenchantment and disorientation nursing activities. The second phase is the neutral zone whereby someone has not yet gone from the old to the new state where they can allow changes. The changes are not fully incorporated in their professional nursing habits
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.0 INTRODUCTION Pain, according to O’Sullivan, Schmitz, & Fulk (2014) is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of damage. It may be acute, persistent or recurrent or chronic. Chronic pain persists for 3-6 months or more. Among the types of pain, low back pain is the 2nd most common reason for physician visits. Occurring below the 12th rib and above the gluteal folds,(Sikiru
A hospital is a very vulnerable environment for a patient and their family, therefore, it is important to identify aspects for improvement in any situation while developing your own personal professional morals as a nurse. This paper will discuss the video Crossing Professional Boundaries as a Registered Nurse and highlight the anomalies in regard to the professional behaviours, attitudes and presentation of the nurse, Nurse Nickie. Quality patient care must be delivered respectfully, responding
the nurse recognizes "the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs." Patient–centered care is essential to excellent nursing. The goal of patient-centered care is to put the patient’s needs first when performing care. This includes respecting personal and cultural that values the patient may have.
The phrase "palliative care" was presented in 1975 (Mount, Hanks et al. 2006). Later, The World Health Organization (WHO) characterized palliative care, fundamentally for critically sick patients. According to WHO, from 2002, for palliative care is a methodology that enhances the personal satisfaction of patients and adults confronting the issue connected with life-undermining sickness, through the aversion and help of misery by method for right on time ID and flawless appraisal and treatment of
Intravenous (IV) infusion pumps are commonly used in healthcare settings to deliver medications, fluids, and nutrients to patients at controlled rates. Approximately 90 percent of hospitalized patients receive an IV infusion as part of their medical treatment (Husch et al., 2005). The use of computerized smart pump technology in hospitals has increased from approximately 33% in 2005 to almost 50% in 2009 (Brady, 2010). In recent years, smart infusion pumps have gradually become more sophisticated