Nursing

Communication for Health Promotion

The purpose of this assignment is to strongly critique an interaction between a health professional and a service user in a video clip titled “Sexual Health Advice Role-play” (Nice (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) Media, 2012). In the video clip, an adolescent male is seen using the C card scheme to obtain free […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Life History Interview with Elderly Person

Interview with an Older Person Christopher Mason   Introduction Dr. Cheryl Lynn Robley is a 66 year old Caucasian female who currently lives in a retirement community in the Mississippi coastal town of Gulfport. She moved there from Tennessee to be near her son and two grand-daughters after being widowed a little over four years […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Health Issues of Homeless Population

Introduction A person is contemplated homeless if there is no roof over his head to live. The statistics, which prevail only, relate to masses that are counted as homeless and meet the requirements for local government aid. The quota of households proclaimed in need of urgent housing in United Kingdom increased by about 25% over […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Challenges in Communication: Barriers to Patient Care

Hina Mirza Communication has always been a fundamental need of human beings. Communication can be defined as an act of transmitting or imparting, which includes not only verbal messages, but all human behaviors (Sundeen et al., 1994). It is a vital part in mental health nursing or psychological care, because it’s a key to its […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Intravenous therapy is an infusion of medicine and fluids into vein

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Intravenous therapy is an infusion of medicine and fluids into a vein. IV therapy is essential part of clinical use. There are also complications which included in IV infusion are local and systemic, local include thrombophlebitis, infiltration, extravasations, nerve injury and systemic include bacteremia, septicemia, emboli, thrombus, circulatory overload etc . […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Effectiveness of Aromatherapy for Depression and Stress

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION Introduction In chapter five, major finding of the study was discussed, testing of hypothesis followed by examination of the data addressing the research question. In addition, the strengths and weakness of the study was explored. Next the implication of the study is presented followed by recommendations for future research and limitations faced […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Effectiveness of Oxygen Therapy for Cardiac Problems

Oxygen therapy is the administration of oxygen at a higher concentration than that of ambientair. The main intention of this process is to either treat or prevent the symptoms and manifestations of hypoxia. Oxygen therapy decreasesthe work of breathing by increasing alveolar oxygen tension. As an essential part of clinical practice, oxygen therapy is widely […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Overview

Jennifer Beardsley Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating interstitial lung disease that has no cure. The term fibrosis refers to scarring, in IPF particularly the scarring of the lungs. The scarring causes irreversible destruction and progressive decline of the lungs. When the tissue thickens, the lungs cannot properly exchange oxygen. The term idiopathic, […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Creating a Career Plan and Personal Reflection Guide

A Nursing Career Plan A career plan is an essential tool for the nurses for their professional development, job satisfaction and illustrates commitment to your discipline. My long term goal is to achieve to be a nurse who leads an entire ward of a health institute. However, to get there, I need to have a […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970

Application And Use Of Objective Structured Clinical Examination Nursing Essay

It is the intention of this assignment to explore the application and use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as an assessment tool for both formative learning on placement and as a synoptic process for the attainment of clinical competency. The reason for choosing OSCE for analysis and further exploration has two main facets. Firstly, […]

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Date: January 1st, 1970