Nursing care plan

Holistic Nursing Care Approach in Patient Care Georgia A. Ball Great Falls College: Montana State University Holistic Nursing Care Approach in Patient Care Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing in the 1850’s, recognized the importance of environment, touch, scents, music and silent reflection in holistic care. Holistic care focuses not only on treating the illness or disorder of the individual but also treating the individual’s sociological, psychological, mental views and…

In 2012 the new movement towards integrated care organisations, which refers to new models called “integrated care pilots”. The policy aims to deliver independency for people with LTC at all stages, therefore provides new ways of collaboration between organisations as well as cross the boundaries between primary, secondary, community and social care (Department of Health, 2012). Even with applying the new policy there some existing setback such as, the IT infrastructure were patient do not have…

The nursing theory which correlates with my PICOT statement is the comfort theory. The comfort theory was developed by Katharine Kolcaba using concept analysis of comfort which examined literature from numerous disciplines, such as nursing, medicine, psychiatry, ergonomics, psychology, and English (Nursing Theory, 2016). After introducing different forms of comforts and holistic human experiences a taxonomic structure was formed to help guide the assessment of patient comfort. According to…

Nursing Diagnosis of Top Priority The patient’s safety, as addressed in the nursing diagnosis of: risk for self-directed violence, related to past suicide attempts and request for police to shoot him; secondary to schizoaffective disorder and bipolar type, must be of the nurses’ upmost concern. The following table is an example of a simple nursing care plan established for this specific nursing diagnosis as well as patient: OUTCOME INTERVENTION RATIONALE EVALUATION Based on the aforementioned…

1. Using Leininger’s Culture Care Model, what factors in the story shared by Mrs. Franklin-Jones should be considered by Nurse Hernandez when planning for the patient’s discharge? Mrs. Franklin-Jones shared a few important information that should concern the nurse when planning a discharge instruction. Education regarding four factors that are identified are needed. The four factors include importance of taking medications as prescribed, following cardiac diet, taking rest, and raising caution…

different distinct occasions (Bothe, 2014). This paper discusses hypertension as a disorder and the impacts after it affects someone, its relation to the HFSON conceptual framework including the integration of the nursing process. It will also expound on the nursing practices, nursing care plan, diagnosis and evidence-based practices linked to hypertension. Identification of the problem Hypertension refers to blood pressure readings that exceed the normal values as described above. The procedure…

director of nursing I am responsible for the nursing care, staff and budget. In my discussion I will discuss three business principles that will allow my company to remain finically sound while still providing quality, safe, and effective nursing. The first business principle of great importance is to set goals, without setting goals you do not know where you want to be or if you actually are where you want to be. As nurses we continually write goals in our care plans. Much like care plan…

and modifying the care plan (Black, 2014 p. 225). Not to forget it is essential for nurses to document information gathered in the previous phases (Black, 2014, p. 225). In addition, the final step of the nursing process is an evaluation. The nurses need to assess his or her patient’s growth regarding the goals, whether or not the problem was resolved if the goals are met or partially met, or perhaps not met at all (Black, 2014, p. 226). Evaluation helps us determine if the nursing process was…

Patient safety always has and will continue to be one of, if not the most important thing to consider when taking care of any patient or resident. Some things I do to increase the safety of the resident is motivating the use of assistive devices, as well as the proper clothing and shoes to assure that the resident will not fall down as they are moving about the facility. Another way I enforce safety is using gloves when dealing with a patient to ensure that there will be no infection spread…

I can identify and modify own values, principles and assumptions and how they may affect practice. I have ensured that me believes and values are not superimposed on the patient to compromise care. I have Collaborates in a way that values the roles and responsibilities of others in the team; respects their skills, expertise and contributions; and interacts appropriately and confidently. I have assertively involved in contributions where necessary…