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amount of pain and distressing circumstances. Trauma patients has been affected throughout their lives which is why they need extremely satisfying and positive service by members in hospitals, including their family members. The primary reason to select this article “Trauma Patients; Family Members’ Perceptions of Nurses’ Caring Behaviors” by Sarah Nantz and Annette Hines is to determine the amount of caring that nurses have for their patients and their love ones. This is an interesting topic to…

Delivery PA 601 10/23/2016 Ethical Issues in the Care of Terminal Patients Dealing with patients who suffer with devastating, life-threatening disease is, unfortunately, a common and especially scary job for health care professionals who must bring together the principles of professional behavior, informed consent and end-of-life decision-making with their own expectations for the health, well-being and survival of such patients. The importance of understanding issues like this is made very…

Discovering The Importance Of Patient Teaching In My Nursing Practice During this two years and a half in my nursing program, I have learned the importance and impact that patient teaching can have in patients and nurses. Throughout my interaction with patients during clinical rotations, I have put in practice the skills I have acquired in the classroom towards an effective interaction with patients. During this practicum, there were two special moments in which I had the opportunity to make a…

Patient-Centered Experience To critically compare what I have learned about professionalism in healthcare to a patient 's experience I asked a person that I know some questions about a recent visit they had. I interviewed a woman whose initials are SB about an experience she had in a healthcare setting a few weeks ago. She had severe abdominal pain and went to an emergency room at a hospital in New Jersey. SB is always very vocal about her experiences in healthcare and her disgust about the…

Direct Patient Care How did you feel about your performance in the clinical setting this week? What went well? What would you change about what you did or didn’t do? Describe a patient(s) you cared for this week. What were the patient’s medical diagnoses? What nursing problems or actions did you address when giving care. List any medications you gave this week that you have not given yet this quarter. Mention any particular assessments you did that helped you identify the patient’s problems or…

This assignment will explore the author’s role as a Cardiothoracic Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Pre - admission clinic. The assessment, diagnosis and a recommended treatment of a pre – operative patient with symptomatic Aortic Regurgitation (AR) will be discussed. The Royal College of Nursing (2015) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2005) provide guidance for practice within the United Kingdom .Several features of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner’s (ANP) role, such as physical…

Verbal communication between midwife and patient A community midwife must be very clear when speaking to their clients. For example, using Paralanguage (the tone, pitch and volume in which someone uses when communicating with another) this can have a massive impact on a patient when using this type of verbal communication incorrectly. This can be used all the way through the pregnancy which can include: scans, home visits, observations and frequent check- ups. Paralanguage can easily give out a…

Confidentiality All physicians should keep promises and not break confidentiality with their patients. If you were to go to the doctor, wouldn’t you want to be able to tell your doctor anything and trust them not to tell anyone else? Physicians are supposed to help you, protect you, and create a trustworthy environment. A case study was written, about Carlos and his sister Consuela that almost breaks the line of this confidential wall between Carlos and his physician. Various arguments are…

Definition Patient-centered care in the profession of nursing allows nurses and other members to view patients and families as a sole individual. Patient-centered care focuses on respecting and understanding the values, preferences, and the needs of patients. The overall goal for patient-centered care is to encourage patients to become actively involved in self-care and the decision-making process to formulate individualized care plans (McCance, McCormack, & Dewing, 2011). There are seven…

an individual’s opinion (Harris, et al., 2016). In this local emergency department, Press Ganey and HCAHPS scores are used to reflect patient satisfaction with their health care. These tools can still provide data that reflect “patient-centered” quality measures. The patients’ perceptions and their positive clinical outcomes are the driving forces behind patient centered quality improvement projects. Future data regarding changes in the fall rates in this emergency department might also be…