Nursing Care Plan For Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell anemia or sickle cell disease a genetic blood disorder, which passed down through families, characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin. This protein carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.In sickle cell anemia, hemoglobin, in the presence of low oxygen tension (caused by hypoxia, acidosis, dehydration or fever), it's crystallizes quickly, causing RBCs to bend in to crescent...

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Assessment of Acute Pain

Assessment of Acute Pain    Accurate assessment of acute pain is essential for the development of an effective pain management plan. Nurses play a pivotal role in the assessment of pain, owing to the nature of their relationship with patients. Pain assessment can be challenging because of the subjectivity and multidimensionality of the pain experience. The patient's self-report of pain includes the sensory, emotional, psychological, and cultural components of the pain experience, which cannot be captured on the unidimensional tools...

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Feeling Your Patient's Pain

   For most of us, medical students and physicians alike, treating patients in pain can be, well, a pain. Aside from having to know which medicines to use and how to use them, there's the issue of not being able to objectively measure what we're treating, as well as the unfortunate reality that some patients abuse narcotics. Patients in pain can really put our bedside manners to the test.    The following are some pearls, from the perspective of a general internist who works with medical students and who was a medical student...

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Assessing Pain When the Patient Cannot Self-report

   Pain is completely subjective, and the gold standard of pain assessment is self-report by the patient. Several assessment tools can facilitate determining the patient's assessment of pain intensity, and hospitals nationwide have implemented policies and procedures outlining the use of these instruments.    The most commonly used self-report tools in patients who are able to quantify their pain are the 0-10 numerical pain rating scale and the 0-10 Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale or the Faces Pain Scale-Revised; many patients...

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Universal HIV Screening Recommended by USPSTF

   The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) strongly recommends that clinicians screen all people aged 15 to 65 years for HIV infection, according to a draft recommendation statement posted online November 20. The statement also recommends HIV screening for all pregnant women, including those who present at the time of labor, and for younger adolescents and older adults who are at increased risk.    "The draft recommendation reflects new evidence that demonstrates the benefits of both screening for and earlier treatment...

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Lung Screening May Encourage Smoking Cessation CME

News Author: Damian McNamara CME Author: Charles P. Vega, MD, FAAFP Faculty and Disclosures CME Released: 11/08/2012; Valid for credit through 11/08/2013 CLINICAL CONTEXT There are more than 200,000 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed annually in the United States. However, effective screening strategies for lung cancer have remained elusive. Two major studies have recently evaluated the efficacy of lung cancer screening programs, and Barry and colleagues provide a review of this research. The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer...

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Smoking and Risk on Women’s Mortality Rates

CLINICAL CONTEXT Smoking is widely recognized as the most important modifiable risk factor in preventing adult mortality in Western countries, but there has been little attention paid overall to sex-based differences in health outcomes of smokers. Huxley and Woodward addressed this issue in a systematic review comparing cardiovascular outcomes associated with smoking among women and men. Their results, which were published in the October 8, 2011, issue of the Lancet, demonstrate that the risk for cardiovascular events associated with current smoking...

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Hospital Emergency Response Teams: Triage For Optimal Disaster Response

Hospital Emergency Response Teams: Triage For Optimal Disaster ResponsePenulis: Glarum, JanImpresum: AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER; 2010Kolasi: xii, 432 hlm.Keyword: Hospital EmergencyISBN: 978-1-85617-701-6A hospital can continue to function during a disaster or terrorist attack if a Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) protects the facility by the establishing and staffing of an Emergency Treatment Area. For the first time, here is an entire text dedicated to developing a free-standing operational team...

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Heart Failure: A Clinical Nursing Handbook

Heart Failure: A Clinical Nursing HandbookPenulis: Nicholson, ChristopherImpresum: HOBOKEN: JOHN WILEY & SONS; 2007Kolasi: xi, 258 hlm.Keyword: Congestive Heart Failure, NursingISBN: 978-0-470-05760-5This book provides a complete, easy-to-use handbook for nurses who see patients with heart failure. In recent years heart failure has become a high priority in health care. With more nurses caring for patients with heart failure and making decisions that are often complex, there is a clear need...

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Family Health Care Nursing_Theory, Practice, And Research

Family Health Care Nursing_Theory, Practice, And ResearchPenulis: Kaakinen, Joanna RoweImpresum: PHILADELPHIA: FA DAVIS; 2010Kolasi: xxviii, 559 hlm.Keyword: Family NursingISBN: 978-0-8036-2166-4For the nursing student. The previous edition of this title focused heavily on theory and research; this edition will enhance that material with a greater emphasis on clinical practice using theory and research as the evidence that supports the clinical content. This approach is more in-line with how nursing...

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Expertise In Nursing Practice: Caring, Clinical Judgment and Ethics

Expertise In Nursing Practice: Caring, Clinical Judgment and EthicsPenulis: Benner, Patricia E.Impresum: NEW YORK: SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY; 2009Kolasi: xxvi, 497 hlm.Keyword: Nursing PracticeISBN: 978-0-8261-2544-6Nursing practice is a complex and varied field that requires precision, dedication, care, and expertise. Clinicians must have both the skills and the tools to attend to changes in patients' responses, recognize trends, and understand the nature of their patients' conditions over time.This...

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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best PracticePenulis: Melnyk, Bernadette MazurekImpresum: NEW YORK: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS; 2011Kolasi: xxii, 559 hlm.Keyword: Evidence-based NursingISBN: 978-1-60547-778-7Thoroughly updated and now in full color, the Second Edition of this best-selling book is a user-friendly guide to implementing evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare. "Real-life" examples assist readers in actualizing important concepts and...

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Drug Benefits and Risks: International Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology

Drug Benefits and Risks: International Textbook of Clinical PharmacologyPenulis: Van Boxtel, Chris J.Impresum: AMSTERDAM: IOS PRESS; 2008Kolasi: xxiv, 882 hlm.Keyword: PharmacologyISBN: 978-1-58603-880-9This is an inclusive reference exploring the scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. The key concept is to look at the balance between the benefits and risks of drugs but in this context also the social impact which drugs have in modern societies is highlighted. Taking an evidence-based approach...

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Cultural Awareness In Nursing And Health Care: An Introductory

Cultural Awareness In Nursing And Health Care: An IntroductoryPenulis: Holland, KarenImpresum: LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD; 2010Kolasi: xiii, 248 hlm.Keyword: Healthcare, NursingISBN: 978-0-340-97290-8The second edition of this popular introductory text explores the many sensitive issues of culture, race and ethnicity as they affect patient care, including:-health and illness beliefs, and their relationship to religious beliefs-mental health and culture-women's health in a multicultural society-caring...

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Critical Care Nursing Of Older Adults: Best Practices

Critical Care Nursing Of Older Adults: Best PracticesPenulis: Foreman, Marquis D.Impresum: NEW YORK: SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA; 2010Kolasi: xx, 611 hlm.Keyword: Geriatric NursingISBN: 978-0-8261-1096-1This book is an evidence-based, best-practices guide that directs the bedside care of critically ill elders. The book serves as a reference on major clinical issues for nurses working at the forefront of care-from nurses in critical care and step-down units to those in trauma and emergency departments....

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Comprehensive Nursing Care In Multiple Sclerosis

Comprehensive Nursing Care In Multiple Sclerosis Penulis: Halper, June Impresum: NEW YORK: SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA; 2011 Kolasi: xiv, 282 hlm. Keyword: Multiple Sclerosis ISBN: 978-0-8261-1852-3 Among the many responsibilities of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) nurse, perhaps the most important is to help patients devise, learn, and implement self-care strategies to improve their wellness and quality of life. Taking a fresh perspective on the complex role of the MS nurse, this comprehensive...

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Comprehensive Nursing Care For Parkinsons Disease

Comprehensive Nursing Care For Parkinsons DiseasePenulis: Bunting-perry, Lisette K.Impresum: NEW YORK: SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY; 2007Kolasi: xxiv, 311 hlm.ISBN: 0-8261-0237-9The incidence of Parkinson's is growing as the number of older adults making up the general population increases. The demand for nurses who specialize in the care of patients with movement disorders is also increasing and it is crucial that they have a comprehensive manual for patient care.Lisette Bunting-Perry and Gwyn Vernon...

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Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care And Management

Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care And ManagementPenulis: Griffiths, HelenImpresum: NEW YORK: JOHNWILEY & SONS; 2008Kolasi: xv, 200 hlm.Keyword: Coeliac Disease, NursingISBN: 978-0-470-51260-9Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management provides nurses with the knowledge and evidence base to understand the impact of the diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and examine the long term treatment and management of the condition. The authors take the reader through an investigative journey from the history of...

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Clinical Teaching Strategies In Nursing

Clinical Teaching Strategies In NursingPenulis: Gaberson, Kathleen B.Impresum: NEW YORK: SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC; 2007Kolasi: xiii, 298 hlm.Keyword: Nursing, Study And TeachingISBN: 0-8261-0248-4This second edition of Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing provides a thoroughly updated and comprehensive framework for planning, guiding, and evaluating learning activities for undergraduate and graduate nursing students in clinical settings. Recognizing that clinical settings require different...

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Clinical Coach For Effective Perioperative Nursing Care

Clinical Coach For Effective Perioperative Nursing CarePenulis: Litwack, KimImpresum: PHILADELPHIA: FA DAVIS; 2009Kolasi: xii, 361 hlm.Keyword: Surgical NursingISBN: 978-0-8036-2121-3A CLINICAL COACH SERIES BOOK! This handy reference transitions from class to clinical to practice to provide the perioperative information needed in hospital operating rooms, ambulatory surgical units, critical care units, procedure labs, and free-standing surgical centers. It delivers everything nurses need to know...

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Capturing Nursing History: A Guide To Historical Methods In Research

Capturing Nursing History: A Guide To Historical Methods In ResearchPenulis: Lewenson, Sandra B.Impresum: NEW YORK: SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY; 2008Kolasi: xx, 236 hlm.ISBN: 978-0-8261-1566-9Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 byChoice!"This well written and well edited book fills a unique gap....[one of the] precious few [books] that focus on science or medicine and [one of] even fewer that cover the history of nursing."(Three Stars)--Doody's Book Review ServiceWhile there have been many...

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Cancer In Children And Young People Acute Nursing Care

Cancer In Children And Young People Acute Nursing CarePenulis: Gibson, FaithImpresum: HOBOKEN: JOHN WILEY & SONS; 2008Kolasi: xvii, 413 hlm.ISBN: 978-0-470-05867-1Much has changed since the first book Paediatric Oncology: Acute Nursing Care (1999), therefore, this new edition encompasses these changes in relation to the practice itself and the evidence that underpins it.  Emphasis is placed on ensuring terminology is accurate, in keeping with the language of the current day. The book...

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