explain how you would assess for comfort needs of a patient
Ans) Effective pain assessments are crucial for patient care. Not only does controlled pain improve the patient's comfort, it also improves other areas of their health, including their psychological and physical function.
- The sooner the patient is correctly assessed, the more likely a life-altering condition is recognizable, nursing diagnosis formulated, appropriate intervention or treatment initiated, and stabilizing care rendered.
- Physiological abnormalities manifested by changes in vital signs and level of consciousness often provide early warning signs that patient condition is deteriorating; thus, requiring prompt intervention to forego an adverse outcome, decreasing morbidity and mortality risk.
- In the fast-paced, resource-challenged healthcare environment today, thorough assessment can pose a challenge for the healthcare provider but is essential to safe, quality care. The importance of a head-to-toe assessment, critical thinking skills guided by research, and therapeutic communication are the mainstays of safe practice.
- Assessment findings that include current vital signs, lab values, changes in condition such as decreased urine output, cardiac rhythm, pain level, and mental status, as well as pertinent medical history with recommendations for care, are communicated to the provider by the nurse. Communicating in a concise, efficient manner in rapidly changing situations and deteriorating patient conditions can promote quick solutions during difficult circumstances. Healthcare providers communicate and share in the decision-making process. The SBAR model facilitates this communication between members of the healthcare team and bridges the gap between a narrative, descriptive approach and one armed with exact details.
How would you assess the patient using the NIH stroke scale?
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Scenario 2 Your patient complains of serious pain when you insert the needle into the vein. Explain the steps on how you would improve the patient's comfort? Your patient asks you how long you have been drawing blood and whether you are "good"? How do you respond? Justify your response.
How would you, as a patient, find information about a provider's quality or prices? How would you assess the confidence you have in that information?
Create a nursing plan of care for patient with high ammonia level. What would you assess? What are the goals for the patient? What nursing interventions are appropriate for this patient? How would you evaluate the effectiveness of your interventions? What patient teaching will you include to prevent increase ammonia level and to prevent its complications?
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Give a brief description how you would assess the reproductive system of a male or female patient, young adult, middle age, or older patient (choose).You may only cover one aspect of the assessment.
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Explain what you would teach a patient about the antibiotic and how it works. Also explain, what you would teach about the cranberry juice?