YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :3 Nursing Diagnoses for an Elderly Patient
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the case study, is important for planning a safe and effective rehabilitation program (Craven and Hirnle, 2007). People who experi...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...
through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...
In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...
question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...
be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...
the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...
established that nurses are often involved in the "timely identification of complications," which, if acted upon swiftly, prevent ...
(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...
information being given to the patient by the doctor. Anecdotal evidence from those who were patients at the time remember importa...
Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...
She surveyed all of the independent living facilities in the local area and chose one; her grown children arranged and conducted t...
care. Internal Environment Rising Costs As other types of health care providers seek to control their own costs, home healt...
pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...
who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...
with mental illnesses may reach out to drugs or alcohol to ease the pain they are feeling. It becomes very difficult to separate t...
of angina, but no indication of muscle damage or clotting (as would be the case in coronary thrombosis). It should also be...
of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...
in harmony and when they dont, osteoporosis is the result (Kantrowitz, 2007). Bone mineral density is generally measured as a T-s...
report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...
left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...
of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...
In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...
This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...
on nursing care, particularly when considering the psychological factors of this model (Saliba, 2006). Breathing is one of the b...
Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...
has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...