Foodborne illness

My mom looked at me and said, “I don’t think grandma’s going to make it much longer.” This was the first time I’ve seen her cry. It was November of 2015 and we were sitting on the couch in the living room. She had just got off a long call with my grandpa. My grandma wasn’t doing well. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when she was in her twenty’s. When my mom was growing up, she showed little to no signs of having the disease, but after I was born her condition started getting worse.…

Healthcare providers’ hesitations and oppositions regarding the Emergency Nurses Association’s evidenced-based practice recommendation to allow family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitations, and therefore their poor compliance with implementation, is an ethical issue in healthcare that I am passionate about combatting. The battle to combat resistance will not be unchallenging, as many have opposed the idea of family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitations, arguing…

Consent is critical when working with people in health care. Consent is received from a patient or client to receive treatment, participate in a study and determine how medical is best carried out to enhance the patient’s quality of life. Throughout my academic career, I have had experience with informed consent forms when participating in psychology research studies. This process consisted of being given an extensive description of the reason for the study, what I have to do to participate and…

NPs can practice equally from state to state. By organizing community health events, the NP can increase awareness of the profession and highlight the efforts and the ability of the NP to treat chronic illnesses, educate consumers on how to prevent illness…

SWOT Boston Children’s Hospital is one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States. The hospital offers services to children from the ages of birth to 21 years of age. Each year the Boston Children’s Hospital records roughly 25,000 inpatient admissions and their specialization program annually schedule 557,000 visits. They are one of the granted leaders in the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality in the nation. Due to the hospitals quality, safety, and efficiency the Boston Children’s…

Although I only had a short amount of time to work with MN, I feel as though my care plan and expectations of the client were realistic and beneficial. I had never before worked with someone who was deemed palliative and who was going through a significant period of transition in their life, so it was very valuable for me to be able to look at the many ways in which it impacts an individual. I believe that during my time with MN we shared similar beliefs and values making it effortless to…

chronic care. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of acute is emergent. These patients typically show signs and symptoms rapidly and need care immediately. These patients are also typically short-term and recover almost fully from their illness. When caring for this patient the nurse is constantly monitoring and caring for the patient for a short period of time until recovery…

As I started reading this weeks assignment I found myself I was reading scenario's from my life. I have cared for my grandparents as well as my husbands grandparents and parents, I feel grateful that we were able to care for them in a family situation till their deaths. I feel that Elder Abuse is wrong but can sometimes be miscommunicated by the aged person who is being cared for. You have to take into consideration their mental clarity and medications with side effects that may be…

Rationale Nurses are trained to improve clients’ self-concept and improve their self-esteem, but what if the nurse is the one person who has not established his or her own self-concept? Little is generally known about this, since most of the medical professionals would focus much more on patient care. Self-concept is an umbrella term which represents the total beliefs about three interrelated dimensions of the self: body image, self-esteem and personal identity. (Boyd, 2002). According to Burns…

By witnessing physician-patient interaction in different clinical settings, it is evident that the physician-patient model varies depending on the circumstances. For example, a specialist consulted in an Intensive Care Unit is for the first time meeting the patient; the approach leans more towards the informative model where the facts are given to the patient or family members in order for them to decide what the ideal intervention or treatment will be, though the physician seems to be more…