Title and acronym Westmead Home Safety Assessment (WeHSA). Author and date published The author of the WeHSA is Lindy Clemson. The first version of the assessment tool was developed in 1989, however, it was not published until 1997. Screen or comprehensive evaluation The WeHSA is a Comprehensive assessment in that it aids the Occupational Therapist … Read more
Introduction Safety and taking good care of the elderly in the society has been a subject of interest to many in the nursing field. In fact, elderly safety remains an essential part in taking good care of the elderly parents. It encompasses two major issues, one of them is making sure that the elderly are … Read more
Two common methods used to prevent the spread of infectious agents are hand washing and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). This paper will discuss different research studies that were performed on these two methods to compare the effectiveness’ of each and to determine if one is more useful than the other for infection … Read more
During her professional career, Dorothea Orem has strengthened nursing practice through the theoretical approach towards the resolution of healthcare issues. The main goal set by the nurse specialist is to overcome limitations faced by patients and family members, who take care of them after the hospital discharge, during the healing process. The theory is the … Read more
This essay is patient focussed and based on a real service user and her medical diagnosis and her journey through this experience. For the purpose of this essay I have gained verbal consent from a patient I cared for during one of my placements, and to protect the patients confidentially I have changed the patient’s … Read more
Introduction Before beginning to consider what sort of information you might need to collect, we need to look at the skills that are necessary to ensure that the data analyzed are comprehensive. “The nursing process is a problem-solving framework that enables the nurse to plan care for a client on an individual basis”. (Partridge & … Read more
INTRODUCTION According to Nettina, 2014, “the nursing process is a deliberate, problem solving approach to meeting the health care and nursing needs of the patients. The process as a whole cyclical, with the steps interrelated, interdependent and recurrent”. “The first step is assessment which involves the systematic, continuous collection, validation and communication of client data. … Read more
Introduction Nursing Process is a method of providing individualised nursing care that mainly focuses on identifying and treating any alteration in health to individuals of groups. There are five phases in the nursing process. Assessment The systematic and continuous collection, validation of client data. The information gathered needs to be examined to obtain all the … Read more
ASSESSMENT TWO TOPIC: NURSING PROCESS Introduction The nursing process is utilized as a common framework for settling on practice choices in nursing about diagnosis and treatment of human reactions to wellbeing and sickness. (Crisp & Taylor, 2009).Nursing process is constantly changing as per patients requirement so creativity is one of its fundamental attributes. Creativity includes … Read more
INTRODUCTION Nursing process is a sorted out orderly strategy for giving individualized nursing mind that centers after recognizing and treating remarkable reactions of individual or gatherings to real or potential change in wellbeing. (Nursing process, 2016). Nurses apply the nursing process as a competency when delivering client care. The nursing process consists of five steps: … Read more
Introduction Nursing Process is a sequence of organized guideline for nurses to deliver outstanding care. Nursing Process involves five stages which are assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating. The first step in the nursing process is the nursing assessment. In this stage the nurse gathers information about the patient and documents it. Nurses will carry … Read more
Nursing Process Introduction Nursing process is the fundamental blue print of how to care for the clients. “The nursing process is a standard of practice, which, when followed correctly, protects nurses against legal problems related to nursing care”. (Potter & Perry & Stocket & Hall: 2009). There are five major steps involved in the nursing … Read more
Insulin Levemir is indicated to regulate blood glucose levels in patients that require long acting insulin. Patients that are using Levemir have been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1 (adults and children), or type 2 (adults only) (4). Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is an endocrine problem that results on increased levels of blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, … Read more
According to Wilkinson, Treas, Barnett, and Smith patient safety is “the ability to coordinate and integrate the multiple aspects of quality within the care directly provided by nursing and across the care delivered by others in the setting” (Wilkinson, et. al, 2016). One of the main priorities for a nurse is to maintain the safety … Read more
In this assignment, I focus on the patient Mr Omar Bxxx whom has had a stroke which was a transient ischemic attack and now suffers from left-sided weakness, dysphagia, speech problem and other physiological conditions. Omar is a Hindu and is in an acute stroke care unit. In this essay, I will be discussing the … Read more
