Inaccurate nursing assessments and recording of client data can detrimentally affect a patient’s well-being. Nurses are ethically, legally and morally responsible for assessing their patients appropriately. Nurses are also expected to document this data accurately in order to ensure safe and effective care for patients. In this case study, a nurse fails to assess the patient’s weight and instead estimates it. In this situation, it is key to consider the health complications that may arise as a result
into the lungs that cause major respiratory problems. Dysphagia also results to malnutrition and dehydration. This increases the risk for pressure ulcer (Nozarko, 2010). Assessment of the gathered data leads to a nursing diagnosis. A client who is a stroke survivor complains in difficulty when swallowing that is associated to deficit in oral, pharyngeal, or esophageal structure or function. In this case the nursing diagnosis is impaired swallowing related to neurological problem (Ackley & Ladwig
rarely discussed, nursing home residents and the elderly experience abuse sometimes on a daily basis. Medical errors, physical abuse, or stealing from them could all be classified as abuse. All around the world today, a population that is not able to help itself is being harmed, whether it is physical or sexual abuse, exploitation, or not being properly supervised; the elderly and nursing home residents are being abused. Types of Abuse There are many types of abuse that occur in nursing homes, even though
Dysphagia is a condition that needs much attention from all areas of staff in a nursing home setting. Dysphagia is more prominent among older populations and will be a significant issue considering our population is aging very rapidly. Every employee needs to be equipped with the knowledge about dysphagia. Nursing can help dysphagia because they are with their patients’ everyday administering hands on treatment. This paper will discuss what dysphagia is, factors leading to the cause of dysphagia
Actual or potential health problem that can be prevented or resolved by independent nursing intervention are termed nursing diagnosis. (Taylor, 2015, p. 254) Diagnosis is the second step of the nursing process. It is very critical part for nurses to analysis and interpret the patients’ data according to their strength and health problem. After assessment of patient’s sign and symptoms, nurse has to prioritize list of nursing diagnosis, which determine actual and potential risk factors. Medical diagnosis
disease were living in a health establishment such as a nursing home, an aged care hostel, or the cared component of a retirement village (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012). People with dementia experience problems with communicative, cognitive and emotive tasks. 2. Immediate issues of care
challenged the social class that the nursing profession was put into by society, alongside the effects that social media and news reports have had on the way people view nursing as a whole. Carrying on from news reports and social media, this essay will read into the Francis Report, this being one of the main reports having the biggest impact on how nurses are regarded by the general public. Another topic that will be drawn upon is the changes and progression in nursing legislation and the effect it has
--6 Significant Presenting Issues and their Intervention------------------------------------------7 Nursing care Plan----------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 References------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 Overview of Presenting Issues and Management In the given case study, the patient has arrived at the emergency department in disturbed and agitated condition. She was silent however
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Ernestine Wiedenbach was a nursing leader. She was born on August 18, 1900 in Hamburg, Germany. She moved to New York, United States in 1909. She graduated nursing from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1925 and certified nurse midwife from maternity center association school nurse-midwife in New York 1946. She began her career as a maternity nursing instructor at Yale faculty in 1952. In 1954 and 1956, she worked as an assistant professor of obstetrics nursing and an associate professor respectively