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Competencies between associate versus baccalaureate degree nurse Nursing has an outstanding role in health care. A professional provides advocacy, education, communication and patients care. They go above and beyond to satisfy patients’ needs and to provide the best care possible for their patient. However, the level of care they provide depends on their qualification, knowledge and experience. Ordinarily, we see two kinds of Registered Nurse in the hospital. Nurse with associate degree and…

HOW TO ASSESS AND CARE FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS Introduction: Trauma nursing can be very scary, if you don’t know what you are doing, with this set of instructions I will allow you to gain confidence in your emergency nursing practice which enable you to be better prepared in a trauma situation. For documentation of these steps please follow your facilities guide lines, but there is an example of a trauma documentation flow sheet on the final page of these instructions. This is basic information and…

Mr. Griffin was a pedestrian who was hit by a motor vehicle, traveling approximately 50 mph. EMS arrived on scene and he was unconscious. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was a “3”. He was transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital where is Glasgow Coma Scale in the ER was 7 or 8. He appeared to be un-kept and was wearing all black clothing with dreadlock like hair. His clothing and body were covered with scabies and bugs. Mr. Griffin was cleansed with lotion to kill the scabies and his hair was…

case, the nursing diagnosis of Risk for electrolyte Imbalance related to an inadequate intake, is appropriate (Sparks-Ralph & Taylor, 2014, p.796). The patient should be weighed every day to monitor fluid balances. The patient may also need a Foley catheter to accurately measure output (Ignatavicius, 2013, p.1322). For more severe cases, nasogastric suction and decompression may be needed to prevent gastric acid from entering the gastrointestinal tract. If a nasogastric tube is present, oral…

cause by water intoxication due to renal water retention leading to hyponatremia, urine that is too concentrated when serum osmolarity is very high. According to Huether & McCance (2012), Sign and symptom of SIADH depends on rate of development and severity of hyponetremia. In mild cases of hyponetremia, may or may not have any symptom. Norman sodium level in the blood is between 136 to 145 mEq/L. When this level drops from 140 to 130 mEq/L. some of the sign and symptoms may occur like…

Values Integrated Management for Nurses Different management styles are being used around the globe in order to provide services and customer satisfaction, allocate work assignments, and gain profits. Some managers use the management style of fear, some use a passive approach and some are more involved with their employees in finding ways to trouble shoot situations. Here we are going to talk about the transformational management style of values-based management. The theory is a relatively…

Perioperative care relates to many topics that have been discussed throughout nursing school, such as, infection and safety and legal issues. In regards to infection, any type of invasive procedure places the client at risk, especially surgery. During my experience, I was in awe of the precaution and professionalism the surgical staff had when preparing the operating room for surgery, as well as, maintaining sterile field throughout the entire procedure. While the staff was becoming sterile, it…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • Systemic illness due to microbial infection that can lead to acute organ dysfunction or failure and associated with host immune response to infection CLASSIFICATION • There is a disease continuum with increasing severity if not treated or not responsive to treatment o Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) - Documented or suspected infection with systemic manifestations of infection - Clinical response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or…

Baseline vitals are the key in helping to quickly assess if the patient is on a downward spiral or after measures are taken, the vitals become stable. It is important to have baseline vitals to use for comparison. Baseline vitals that need to be recorded are heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, blood pressure and pulses (radial and pedal). If there are changes in the baseline vitals, the nurse can then take measures to provide the appropriate care. Prioritizing is the nurses main…

His current medications include metformin (Glucophage), insulin human regular (HumuLIN R), warfarin (Coumadin), furosemide (Lasix), carvedilol (Coreg), captopril (Capoten), potassium (KDur), thiamine (Thiamilate), multi-vitamin (One-A-Day), trazadone (Desyrel), moxifloxicin (Avelox), amiodarone (Cardarone), and a nitroglycerin patch (Nitro-Dur). The ECG revealed that the distal two thirds of the left ventricle were akinetic, and his cardiac catheterization revealed that he had an 80% occlusion…