Geriatric Pharmacotherapy and Medication Challenges Prescription Problems in Elderly Patients In elderly patients, prescriptions, over the counter (OTC), and herbals may cause problems because they suffer from several chronic disorders resulting in t Continue Reading...
Nutrition: Ethical or Unethical? Should nurses withhold or withdraw nutrition & Hydration from terminally ill patients? This is a question that boggles the mind. Some feel that withholding anything from any patient is unethical, while others fe Continue Reading...
Presbyopia is a disorder, where the lens of the eye loses its capacity to focus. This incapacity makes it hard to see items up close. Some scholars have suggested that presbyopia means "age of sight." Presbyopia is not similar to farsightedness becau Continue Reading...
Patient Safety Against Injurious Falls Description A White-Paper Testimony on Current Risks With more than a thousand preventable deaths a day, the need to pay greater attention to improving current patient safety conditions and standards is unque Continue Reading...
Another study surrounding the use of restraints in non-psychiatric patients (Strumpf and Evans, 1998) reported that the nurses had difficulty reconciling the administration of restraints with concerns regarding patient dignity and autonomy. So it ap Continue Reading...
Prevention of Pressure Ulcers Evidence-Based Practice for Intervention Project Question: Can quarter hour turning and positioning minimize pressure ulcers within the elderly population who are bed bound residing in hospitals or nursing homes? The Continue Reading...
Restraining the Elderly Project Management The Project Management path for this research proposal will follow the path of quantitative research in a 'quasi-experimental' environment. Adhering as closely as possible to quantitative experiments desig Continue Reading...
Nursing and Issue of Falls Falls are responsible for considerable morbidity, immobility, and mortality among older persons, especially those living in nursing homes. Falls can occur in a home, community, long-term rehabilitation, or acute care Setti Continue Reading...
Heart Disease and the Elderly The objective of this work in writing is to examine how heart disease takes a toll elderly. Toward this end, this work will conduct a review of literature that examines the toll that heart disease takes on the elderly p Continue Reading...
In Mrs. K's case (as in terms of all patients to whom the test is administered) her educational attainment and age need to be considered. Mrs. K's rating was low - 14 points - and although this does correlate closely with dementia, caution has to b Continue Reading...
Breast Cancer Treatment Breast cancer is not an illness which can be cured with medication, it is a fatal disease. If not detected at an early stage it is incurable. A famous Chinese proverb states "We cannot control the wind, but we have the power Continue Reading...
Patient's Diagnosis & Interventions Using CFAM / CFIM Approach Patient's Diagnosis & Interventions USING CFAM/CFIM Approach Patient's Diagnosis & Interventions CFAM / CFIM Approach The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) Family St Continue Reading...
Therapy -- Patient Confidentiality and Privilege Rights Therapy & Patient Rights Under the usual conditions of therapy, patient therapy information is protected by legal concept of privilege. Privilege to determine how and when therapy records Continue Reading...
The finding should alert those who attend to older persons to take extra care and caution that there will be no further attempts. Researchers surveyed the records of 1,206 patients suffering from depression with melancholia or psychosis. The patient Continue Reading...
Antipsychotic Medication and the Physical Health Problems of the Patient With Mental Illness More and more attention is now being given to the mental disorders especially in U.S. And due to this increase in attention an increase has also been notice Continue Reading...
Therapeutic Massage on Elderly, Grieving Widows The prosperity of a country is in accordance with its treatment of the aged," states an ancient Jewish Proverb ("Massage for the Mature Adult," 2001). This is an honorable and true statement. Too ofte Continue Reading...
The Prevalence and Treatment of Insomnia TodayEveryone experiences trouble sleeping from time to time. Indeed, the events from a busy day can easily intrude on sleep to the point where people fail to get enough rest each night and the ongoing global Continue Reading...
clinical cases and examine malpractice perspectives. Background Info Concerns over mounting healthcare expenses have resulted in increased inquiry into medical practices. With the rise of malpractice risk and medical liability to unprecedented lev Continue Reading...
A study conducted by Leep Hunderfund et al. tested the effectiveness of a follow-up assessment and risk factor specific intervention measures in reducing falls in an inpatient setting (2011). The study suggested that the Hendrich Risk Fall Model wor Continue Reading...
Annotated BibliographyAbstractModern healthcare faces a range of challenges and opportunities, perhaps none more intriguing than the possibilities afforded the industry thanks to how advancements in technology transforming remote patient monitoring a Continue Reading...
Diabetes The pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes is found in the way the body's relationship with insulin. Either the body produces too little of it to meet the body's own needs or else there is a resistance to the insulin that the body has develope Continue Reading...
Why Do the Elderly Turn to Alcohol and Drugs?Alcohol and substance use. (2022). U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/stress-coping/alcohol-use.html.This site maint Continue Reading...
OsteoporosisIntroductionOsteoporosis is a health condition that weakens bones, making them fragile and more likely to break. It develops slowly over several years and is often only diagnosed when a minor fall or sudden impact causes a bone fracture. Continue Reading...
The prescriptions include wisdom, honesty, and courage, as well as human dignity, integrity, respect, health, and independence. Part 3: Formulate possible evidence-based practices and an action plan that could work towards achieving improvement out Continue Reading...
It is in the nursing homes job description, that the nursing staff employed should be certified, and be able to perform a number of tasks in order to better understand the patient. This includes an assessment of the patient's mental status and thoug Continue Reading...
According to the text by Sanders (2011), the Venturi Mask is likely to be the most appropriate assistive device in this process. Sanders indicates that this particular apparatus is "advised for patients who rely on hypoxic respiratory drive. This in Continue Reading...
Nursing Diagnosis Care Plan Assessment Data Analysis a) Patient is a 65-year-old male Mexican-born retired bus driver with a relevant past medical history of atrial fibrillation and deep vein thrombosis treated with Coumadin who presents with hemat Continue Reading...
hospital acquired infections, popularly known as the nosocomial infections in adults, specifically elderly adults. In this research paper, the focus is built on infections caught by elderly people and the preventions that can be taken as measures to Continue Reading...
Denial in the Death and Dying Process Identification of the Problem: Denial and Subsequent Lack of Communication of the Impending Death Death is a natural phenomenon and has been there since the existence of mankind. In the past, people used to ac Continue Reading...
Neurological Disorder Epilepsy Neurological Disorder Epilepsy -- a Neurological Disorder Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which causes frequent seizures due to abnormal electricity activity within the brain. Epilepsy is considered a brain disor Continue Reading...
Search the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Guideline Clearinghouse website at http://www.guideline.gov / for a quality guideline that pertains to the area of nursing in which you are interested. Describe the guideline and how th Continue Reading...
Frontal-Temporal Dementia (Frontotemporal Dementia) Frontal-Temporal Dementia Dementia is a collective term, which includes chronic cognitive disorders, which lead to loss of independent functioning. There are different types of dementia, and stati Continue Reading...
Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Depression Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, and Depression: A Case Scenario Mr. P is a 65-year-old Hispanic male who presents to the clinic with a symptomatology that leads to three broad closely associated di Continue Reading...
Paget's Disease Of Bone James Paget, 1877 Paget's disease of bone general information about disease Etiology: genetic causes viral causes Effects of disease skeletal spinal neurological Diagnosis of Disease radiographic examinations labo Continue Reading...
A diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder is usually determined through the observation and evaluation of the person's own self-reported experiences. No form of testing, including laboratory tests can determine if a person has this kind of disorder. Continue Reading...
door to balloon time is an important determinant of the prognosis of STEMI patients. To reduce D2B times, most centers implement a pre-hospital triage which involves the use of pre-hospital ECG to allow direct transfer of patients with confirmed STE Continue Reading...
B.S. DOB: 12/25/1992 GENDER: Female Race: Caucasian RELIGION: Catholic MARITAL STATUS: Single OCCUPATION: College Student CHIEF COMPLAINT: "I am scared. I feel like I can't catch my breath and my chest hurts." Differential Diagnosis: There ar Continue Reading...
