Nursing care

Holistic nursing care is the mainstay of each nurse’s professional responsibility. The nurse should pay special attention to every aspect of the person’s biological, physical, and psychological needs. The role of the nurse to identify a need in the client and to provide adequate interventions to fill that need. The human boy is composed of several systems including cardiovascular, pulmonary, and integumentary systems that must be assessed and tended to accordingly. Because as the largest…

approach. The United State health care industry is emphasizing more about preventing the spread of infection and educating our patients. Regardless of the standard of care, they will need to continue to adjust how nursing can improve patient care to implement this change. With that in mind, hospitals are taking action to lower nursing to patient ratios, so that the nursing staff will get more time to help diagnose patients in an acute care setting and give quality care. Consequently,…

Preservation of Dignity and Compassionate Care: A Philosophy of Nursing Rachel Bock Rush University Preservation of Dignity and Compassionate Care: A Philosophy of Nursing Nursing is a helping profession that is intimately tied to human life. As such, nurses must be able to steadily navigate life’s spectrum of experience– ranging from triumph to tragedy – alongside those whom they serve. It is a journey that requires resilience, dedication, and a strong sense of purpose, all of which must be…

of these changes on health care and nursing practice has also been groundbreaking. A person from different culture experience or meet one another, cultural shock, ethnocentrism, detrimental beliefs and cultural conflict are common. Today, nursing care delivery must assume a strong management for effective and culturally harmonious health care to occur. Clearly, comprehensive health care is in great demand today to provide a culturally congruent and effective nursing care that demands a deep…

patient in the sense of chemical restraints but by attempting to use alternative that do not work, such as placing someone at the nursing station to be watched over applying a lap belt. Restraint-free companies also raise mental distress to the patient’s family and may even put them at risk. Imagine walking into a facility to visit a parent, who is sitting at the nursing station most of the day with nothing to do but watch people pass by. The first reaction is going to be to take them to their…

One aspect of Joan’s nursing care plan that will be discussed in more detail is her pressure area management. Joan has left sided weakness and is unable to reposition by herself requiring assistance. Joan has two small superficial ulcers on her lower right and left legs, these occurred prior to her transfer to the ward. There is a wound care plan in place for the ulcers. Skin is the largest organ in the body and the integrity is a frequent problem for older adults and people with limited…

Introduction: Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles. Nurse as an angel: “She is dear one…

Restorative care helps patients return to a level of function and maintain that level. Rehabilitation involves intensive care to reach the highest level of functioning while taking physical, emotional, and social changes into account. All though not all residents can be rehabilitated, it is the main goal of the facility. The health care team works with the residents to prevent complications of inactivity by providing daily…

Employing more diversification methods to clinical allocations to widen the students’ fields of experience. Throughout the school year, students in the accelerated program have the opportunity to experience and participate in different areas of care provision for many varying patients, in their clinical rotations. This usually leads to a rich experience coupled with a wide range of skills that go a long way to prepare them to be better and well skilled professionals. Together with the classes…

medication administration errors (MAEs) in the healthcare environment. Dr. Jean Watson implemented several simple caring practices at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, Ga in 2009. The intention of these practices was to implement small changes on the nursing floor during the times of medication administration in an effort to eliminate distractions and interruptions of the nurse. Some of the changes included having the nurse wear a bright colored sash to alert others that he or she was…