Three goals have been expressed in this care: for Neveah to exhibit a reduction in angry outbursts, an increase in positive self-statements, and a reduction in family conflict regarding her sexual orientation. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the interventions for these goals will be measured using an AB design. According to Bloom and Britner (2012), phase A is the gathering of baseline data to document the clients behavior prior to the intervention. The baseline data is generally gathered through observation or an assessment tool (Bloom & Britner, 2012). Phase B gathers data regarding the client’s behavior during the intervention phase of treatment (Bloom & Britner, 2012).…
The main aim of rehabilitation or medical care is to narrow the gap between a patient’s expectation, hopes, goals and achievement and what actually happens [27]. Also, the trend of the medical care is to demonstrate treatment efficacy by means of quantifiable outcome measures. Thus, the variety of interventions provided to people with cancer and survivors of cancer should be accompanied with appropriate measures. Some health care models were used to fill the gap such as “Patient Centered Care”. Providing patient-centered care requires comprehensive inter-professional and multidisciplinary treatment planning.…
The intent of the study was the evaluation of the impact of increased…
The goal of this article is to establish the basis of safe handover between the off going nurse and on coming nurse along with the involvement of the patient and family. Bedside reporting has shown to increase patient engagement, education, responsibility and caregiver support. The nursing aspect of bedside reporting is considered an opportunity to improve communication and accountability between nurses, decrease medication errors and patient falls. A quasi-experimental pre- and post testing design was used to test the effectiveness of bedside reporting.…
Name Summary This study was conducted with 12 Caucasian and Latina women dementia caregivers. The participants were given self-report questionnaires including the Depression Scale, a self-efficacy scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist which determined their reactions to upsetting events associated with being a caregiver to complete one week before the yoga instruction course called Inner Resources began. The Inner Resources program consisted of six weekly sessions: that included instruction and group practice in meditation, guided imagery, mantra repetition, breathing techniques, and hatha yoga. The participants were given yoga audio tapes in order to be able to practice for 30min a day…
When all is said and done, I hope to have a better understanding of what Cancer patients and survivors went through. I would like to hear from them what worked for them and what did not when it came to addressing non medical issues in their life. I would like to learn if matters to them in the first place. I currently do not know what practices are done in the hospital setting now. I want to learn if there is a benefit to addressing psychosocial issues in the first place in a medical setting.…
Why Bother with Evidence? The authors’ purpose for writing this article is to grasp better understanding on why evidence-based practice and research still has a lot of reforming and updating to do. There was a noticeable lack in proper evidence-based practice and research by medical professionals which appears to be the primary reason that the authors of this article felt guided to provide reasoning and practice techniques to correct this problem. These authors also wanted to display how effective using evidenced-based research is so that medical professionals are best equipped when conducting their own studies and providing the best quality care available for patients.…
Seemingly, the research did not harm any patients or participant in the course of the study. All methods of data collection were valid. Similarly, the members were only included in the answering the survey questions upon their consent. Sample…
The comparison of the two studies was reliable because once experiment was…
According to the Fundamentals textbook, Evidence-based nursing practice is defined as the “rationale for nursing actions and offering a focus for nursing care.” To interpret the definition you must obtain general knowledge about medical terminology to provide nursing practice. As a care provider, you must determine a reasonable care plan to prevent or manage infections or inflammation. A nurse should refer to critical thinking and recommendations to determine a particular nursing diagnosis. Evidence-based focuses on studying signs and symptoms to improve the outcomes to enhance patient care and reduce risk factors.…
There are number of research study out there and not all studies are created equally. There are many scientific research studies conclude results that is contradict to each other and which potentially leads to detrimental harm on health care system. An evaluation of research study is a process of assessing study’s strength and weakness, exclusion and inclusion criteria, purpose of study, methods, results, limitation, study’s internal and external validity, and analysis of overall research study. The importance of critical evaluation research study is to enable the health care professionals to read research studies objectively and to identify; study design and methodology, strengths and weaknesses, the usefulness of study report, and its limitations.…
There are many different approaches in developing a relationship with patients, one of which being holistic, patient-centered care. Holistic care is described as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998, Description of Holistic Nursing). A holistic approach allows the nurse to view the patient as a whole, as opposed to focusing in on one small aspect. By viewing the entire person, we are able to provide spiritual, medical, and any other type of care that may be necessary in aiding the recovery of our patients. “Holism involves studying and understanding the interrelationships of the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of the person, recognizing that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” (Dossey, 2010, p.14), which further emphasizes that by using a holistic nursing approach, we are able to take not only a patient’s physical well-being into consideration, but also the emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being of our…
Critique This paper will critique Bramley and Matiti (2014) paper exploring compassion. This article shows the importance of developing and practicing compassionate care whilst in education and also throughout the careers of nurses. The Care Quality Commission (CQC), (2014) stated that reports and recommendations in regards to compassions refer largely to nursing care.…
Comfort Theory, developed by Katharine Kolcaba, proclaims that providing comfort interventions a holistic approach can lead to positive outcomes, health seeking behaviors, and improved health-care delivery system. Comfort can be difficult to define and subjective to every person. However, Kolbaca used other theories to propose three types of comfort: relief, ease, and transcendence. Relief comes when a specific comfort is met, while ease is a state of calm or contentment. Transcendence occurs when the individual learns to cope with the discomfort or “rises above” (p. 382-383).…
1). Katharine Kolcaba developed this theory when she conducted a concept analysis of comfort that examined literature from many disciplines such as medicine, psychology, nursing, psychiatry, ergonomics, and English (Petiprin, n.d., para. 2). After Kolcaba created the three forms of comfort and the four contexts of holistic human experience, she comprised a structural guide that was made to help with assessment, measurement, and evaluation of patient comfort (Petiprin, n.d., para. 2). According to Kolcaba, patient comfort is the result of holistic nursing art (Petiprin, n.d., para. 2).…