Depending on where the nurse is at the time of the disaster is going to depend on the roles that they should be doing. First and for most, if the nurse is in the hospital, they should be following the hospitals EOP (emergency operating plan). Before a disaster occurs, a nurse should be semi familiar with what their role and responsibilities would be in the event of any disaster. I would say besides what is protocol you want to do…
My knowledge of delirium is that it is an acute onset of confusion. Delirium is generally short term and can be reversed, unlike dementia. There are many things that can cause a patient to experience delirium and many of these factors can happen when the patient is staying in the hospital. Some examples would be certain medications that the patient may be on, decreased oxygen level, and simply just being in an unfamiliar place. It is important to prevent delirium…
I believe that the first simulation was a great learning experience for all of us. We learned effective communication with patients that present differently and how to interact with patients who have mental health illnesses. We learned how to effectively work as a team. One major challenge that we were faced with was the flow of our conversation. The first couple of patients in the first simulation, we didn’t guide the conversation in a good manner. It was more of…
There were a few different purposes of completing the influence paper, one of which being how to adequately obtain research and be able to pull relevant information from articles. Our paper focuses on the impacts that music therapy has on persons with dementia. Throughout the paper our research is displayed and shows positive results for music therapy on dementia. https://eletellier.uneportfolio.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1879/2022/05/Final-Influence-Paper.pdf
There are many things that I learned throughout this entire team project. I have learned to conduct evidenced based research, which is the most current research with the best available data and outcomes for the patients. I also learned all the components that go into a research paper and reading the articles. I gained an understanding of the outcomes that come when working with a team. I will apply all of this in my future practice in Nursing by providing…
My understanding of the nurses contribution hasn’t really changed from before and after the assignments. The most important thing is the nurse is the biggest advocate for the patient and practice ethical care that is going to benefit their health. I think that it is important for nurses to know the historical evolution of ethics because it allows them to learn from unethical mistakes that may have happened in the past. Patients may still consider the bad things that happened…
I think that a nurse plays a big role in ethics regarding both evidence implementation and generation. Nurses have a code of ethics that they must follow, hospital wide and statewide for the state they work for. The ethics is centered around quality care for the patients and the most up to date care which is where the evidence implementation comes in. Nurses are taught to practice in the most recent, most effective care for the patient that will lead…
We didn’t discover anything new about out topic, these assignments reiterated what we thought was true of the studies. No assumptions were changed throughout working on the appraisals and synthesis. These findings can impact the future of nursing especially in long term facilities, where you can play individualized music for dementia patients routinely. Any kind of improvement is great, but if there was no improvement, it is just music so it can be removed at any time. My team member…
Throughout this journey we did not need to revise our topic or question, we were able to find relevant articles. The only challenge that we experienced was finding articles that were not systematic reviews, we solved this by just patiently searching and reading through articles. Eventually, we were able to find two more articles that were single studies. There are only two of us on our team so we work very well together, I would say a success is agreeing…
Introduction There are many reasons as to why someone would have to go through an ostomy diversion, such as; inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis, and colorectal cancers. The reason for an ostomy diversion can be unique to each person that you come across. Fecal diversions can be one of two things, an ileostomy or colostomy. The purpose of both of these is to divert fecal drainage to the abdominal wall by a stoma (Hinkle, J. L., Cheever, K. H., & Overbaugh,…
