Nursing's Role in Psychosocial Health Management After a Stroke Event: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Stroke can have profound psychosocial health implications. These constructs are often overlooked and undertreated yet can be as devastating as the physical......
British Journal of Community NursingBarnett M. An overview of assessment and management in COPD [J]. Br J Community Nurs,2009,14(5) :195 -201.Barnett M. (2009) An overview of assessment and management in COPD. Br J Community Nurs. 14(5): 195:201...
Defenders – Internists, Nursing Staff, Physical/occupational Therapy, Social Worker Defenders do everything they can to make sure that the “ball” (ie, infection or gangrene) does not get past them. The internist provides the initial medical assessment and delivers baseline management of the pati...
health trajectories of patients. An outcomes approach to research is now seen by many as useful for building the knowledge base of nursing, providing accountability to clients and society more generally, and, most importantly, promoting improved care. Due to space limitations, research methods now ...
A full cardiovascular nursing assessment of a patient includes performing certain physical exam tests and obtaining a pertinent history to provide an overview of cardiovascular health. To assess heart function, the nurse will listen to heart sounds (auscultation) in the thorax, palpate peripheral ...
Numerous guidelines and standards have been established by the occupational Safety and health Administration to promote and protect worker health; however, personal and administra- tive strategies can be effectively utilized as ell. It is essential that all health care professionals take an active role...
The Use of the Cultural Competence Assessment Tool (Ccatool) In Community Nurses: The Pilot Study and Test-Retest Reliability Background: Nurses are responsible and accountable for their nursing practice and there is a need to be culturally and linguistically competent in all of t... V Raftopou...
Each state has its licensing requirements, but all require NPs to earn an MSN or doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree and pass the national board exam. Nurse Practitioner Concentrations and Specializations Popular nurse practitioner specializations include women’s, family, and neonatal health. We...
Nursing workforce planning is complex due to the many variables, such aspatient acuityand complexity, nursing activities, and staff turnover that can all compound the development and currency of a workforce dataset. Indeed, workforce planning in healthcare is technically difficult with the ever increa...
The premise of nursing assessment is the same as that of biomarker use – biological variables that appear at one level of biological organization (eg, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, and organism) correspond to processes or events occurring at other levels of biologic organization. The...