I believe that this information can be very useful in my nursing career. Going into the nursing profession, we take over the role as caregivers to whoever is admitted to our unit. This can mean at any one shift you are now caring for up to five or six individuals, who are able to do a variation of tasks by themselves. Where they are lacking in ability, it is our job to step up and assist in order to promote quality care and safety. Understanding the challenges and risks for developing caregiver role strain can help prevent us from the dreaded “burnt out” feeling. Also, by having an understanding of how much stress a caregiver can experience we are able to provide the caregiver information during discharge planning and education to promote ease
A,B) MSTT had Christine go back and review the reasoning for her adopting Jake and what specific behavior change she is looking for with Jake. Christine explained She adopted Jake because she wanted help a kid in need and when she and her husband met Jake it was sweet and kind. She explained during their weekly visits with Jake everything went well and Jake was looking forward to being adopted by them. She stated Jake even wanted to take on their last name which is why his last name is Andersen. She express she only wants Jake to be apart of the family. MSTT asked her what she mean by that ans she explained
Since the early 1900’s nurses have been trying to improve and individualise patient care. In the 1970s this became more structured when the nursing process was introduced by the general nursing council (GNC), (Lloyd, Hancock & Campbell, 2007) .By doing this their intentions were to try and understand the patient in order to give them the best care possible (Cronin & Anderson, 2003). Through the nursing process philosophy care plans were written for patients. It was understood that this relationship would ensure the patient received the best care possible to suit them individually. This would consist of not just the patient as a physical being but their spiritual emotional and holistic being also (Cutler, 2010). The
1 Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individuals at the end of life.
* Reduction of medication errors- Barcode medication administration safeguards against wrong pt/wrong med/wrong dose errors and alerts to potential medication interactions (Goth, 2006).
Discuss an original presentation to introduce the new EMR system to staff on you unit. In your Presentation:
To add to the complexity of nursing there are so many different fields in which you can work such as staff nurse, charge nurse, OR nurse, administrative nurse, school nurse, etc…Kristine is currently in the field of home care working as a bedside nurse. She decided to get into bedside nursing in the home health care field for a number of reasons including one-to-one patient care, the chance to create a flexible schedule that is conducive to the demands of raising a family, stress reduction, the autonomy of home care, and the ability to bless entire families as opposed to just one patient. Kristine pointed out how she enjoys being able to attend to the problem of caregiver role- strain in the family in addition to caring for the patient,
Helpful in times of stress, such as acute or long-term illness, nursing can engage the family in focusing on their
The caregiver works along side the health care team and has an important role in improving the elder cancer patient's health and QOL (Haley, 2003). Caregivers and cancer patients need support from healthcare professionals who understand the social outlook of living with cancer (Haley, 2003). Social workers are an integral part of care provided for cancer patients and their caregivers. Social workers perform many tasks like psychosocial interventions which include, coping with the diseases and issues with the family relationships, social interventions, such as legal support and housing issues, economic interventions, such as, pension benefits issues and social security, outpatient follow-up care, home care, assisted living,
This report aims to discuss the communication observed between the Nurse and Patient portrayed in the video. There are two scenarios in which the Nurse addresses the patient’s concerns. The patient’s response is influenced by the Nurse’s approach. In a health care setting, a personal, empathic yet professional approach is most effective in communication from Nurse to Patient. Furthermore this report assesses the therapeutic techniques used by the Nurse to effectively interact with the patient.
I'm also in a nursing class called nursing assistant through CDC so when I go to my clinicals in November and December ( where I'll be able to practice on actual people in hospitals) I could easily take notes to answer my questions and maybe get more information beyond what I will be asking. Even though I am in this class I still don't know as much as I would like to know about their routine. It just gives us a basic understanding of what we need to know.
Ineffective breathing pattern related to decreased oxygen saturation, poor tissue perfusion, obesity, decreased air entry to bases of both lungs, gout and arthritic pain, decreased cardiac output, disease process of COPD, and stress as evidenced by shortness of breath, BMI > 30 abnormal breathing patterns (rapid, shallow breathing), abnormal skin colour (slightly purplish), excessive diaphoresis, nasal flaring and use of accessory muscles, statement of joint pain, oxygen saturations of 85-95% 2L NP, immobility 95% of the day, and adventitious sounds throughout lungs (crackles) secondary to CHF, hypertension, pain caused by gout and arthritis, and obesity
A nursing diagnosis identifies an actual or potential response of a patient to a health problem (Jones 2009). Nursing diagnoses are important because they provide the foundation for the selection of nursing interventions (Walton 2008). This care plan is the concluding half to the initial care plan that identified nursing diagnoses and goals with the aim of promoting the holistic wellbeing, mental health, and independence of a 68 year old Mr. Bertoli who has returned home from hospital after experiencing a stroke. Particular emphasis will be placed on proposed interventions to achieve Mr. Bertoli’s healthcare goals and the provision of rationales. This is important to justify the significance of the interventions and indicate
In the chaos and hubbub of our busy lives it is easy to get out of balance and forget the many blessings we have to be thankful for. Today, I am thankful for each one of you, my followers and my friends. I am thankful for my family, and for the opportunities I have been given to share my knowledge of caregiving tools with a community of people who understand the challenges and pitfalls of caring for someone you love who is no longer able to do what they once were.
When you look at how nursing documentation affects patient outcomes consider all the benefits of informatics. Electronic charting systems allows for automation in patient safety issues. This automation can be prompts that forces a nurse to address things like abuse history, and many other requirements from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and if the nurses document, there is a history of abuse, the system can automatically send a referral to a department to follow up on the nurses charting. The clinical systems store valuable information, and re-populates, this information on later admissions. An example of this valuable information, would be a patient with the diagnosis of methicillin-resistant staph
Nursing Informatics is a union of nursing, technology, and data assimilation. Nursing Informatics deals with using technologies to organizing and delivering healthcare in the most efficient and safest manner. Nursing Informatics consist of countless tools ranging from simple computers to the complex electronic medical records systems (EMR), diligently designed to organize and deliver information. Nursing informatics silently streamlined into the management and delivery of healthcare; you have probable used nursing informatics without even knowing it.