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Nursing Process, Care Planning and Teaching Plans Part 1: Nursing Process Nursing Process Steps The nursing process (NP) comprises of five steps, or phases. First, the assessment step is the phase that entails the appraisal of patient statuses. It entails the interaction with and gathering of patients’ spiritual, physiological, psychological, and sociological condition data. Nurses […]
Asthma is a common disorder of the airways that is characterized by persistent and variable symptoms that cause difficulty in breathing. The disorder can effectively be managed using a nebulizer and metered dose inhaler. These devices help to reduce asthma symptoms because they help to stop the pathological process of the disorder. The three major
Identification of Problem Across the country, many cases of home falls are reported daily. Yearly, thousands of aged persons fall while at home. Falls commonly happen owing to preventable hazards. There is a need to prevent the falls. The majority of our aged patients are weak. They are unsteady when walking. Most of them are
Introduction Nursing growth and development has highly been influenced by various developed nursing theories. These theories have facilitated evolution of nursing from nightingale period to now. They have highly enhanced the perfection of nursing care time after time. This paper will focus on Peplau’s nurse-patient relationship theory in advanced clinical practice. Based on Peplau nursing
Nursing development was invented by Nightngale who documented important notes about nursing. However it demonstrate positive growth 100 years after this documentation (Smith & Parker, 2010). During this period, one of the historical phase of nursing theory development that I consider to be very important is the patient-centered approaches to nursing. This theory was developed in
Translation Research The highest number of cancer patients experience pain at different points in their illness. Pain may occur directly based on the fundamental oncologic condition, and it might also originate from the therapy anticipated for disease modification. The skill and knowledge required to handle cancer pain has changed to the point in which efficient
Introduction The effectiveness of any health care organization is measured mostly based on the quality of care and the level of safety. This is mostly determined based on the patient outcome and general organization performance. One of aspect used to measure performance is the rate of medical errors which may result to hospitalization health complications,
A nurse practitioner is a specialized advanced practice registered nurse (Norful, de Jacq Carlino, & Poghosyan, 2018). These nurses are relatively more learned and experienced than the normal nurses. They are equipped with better skills, knowledge, mental strength and expertise that allow them to offer better services to patients with chronic illnesses. They teach patients
Healthcare Information Technology Trends The healthcare sector has, over the past two decade, witnessed a gradual surge in the integration and implementation of technological innovations in practice. Today, developments of this kind are commonplace within standard nurse practice environments. They are embraced with the main aim of improving conditions for healthcare providers; often anticipated to
Introduction Hello everyone. I welcome you all at the Coliseum Northside to the Medical-Surgical Unit, where our mission is to offer exceptional and compassionate service care to our clients every day. At this facility, I am a board member of the Quality Improvement Council. This presentation will explore how the National Database of Nursing