The Role of personal support worker

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List ways the following laws, regulations an,d obligations apply to the role of personal support worker: Confidentiality and Privacy (60-80 words); Disclosure; Duty of Care; Manual Handling.

  1. When providing personal support, there could be safety and risk issues involved. For each of the following situations listed below, identify the risk and the strategies to minimise or eliminate the risk.
    1. Manual handling?   What is the risk?   List strategies to minimise this risk.
  2. Limited time for care tasks?   What is the risk?   List strategies to minimise this risk.
  3. Behaviours of concern?   What is the risk?   List strategies to minimise this risk.
  4. Working remotely in a person’s home?  What is the risk?   List strategies to minimise this risk.
  5. For each of the types of equipment listed below, list the safety requirements the personal support worker should check before the equipment is used and the factors that may place the person at risk of injury:  a. Electric sling hoist / Safety Requirements / Risk Factors;  b. Wheelchair / Safety Requirements / Risk Factors;  c. Stand up lifter / Safety Requirements / Risk Factors
  6. List six (6) safety checks should the personal support worker undertake after attending to the personal care of a client/consumer and their environment?
    1. The client/consumer: For example: Is the person sitting in a safe position? (100-120 words)
    2. The environment: For example, is the lighting appropriate and comfortable for the client/consumer?   (80-90 words)
  7. List seven (7) ways you can prevent the spread of infection while providing supportive care to a person. (80-90 words)
  8. Identify four (4) factors that meet documentation requirements of an organisation when reporting service provision and outcomes. (60-80 words)
  9. Outline three (3) ways technology is an advantage over paper-based documentation when reporting and storing information after delivery of care.(60-80 words)

Pressure ulcer wound management

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Make a library search to identify a clinical practice guideline to improve the practice related issue: pressure ulcer wound management.

  • Make an essay that explains the clinical practice guideline intervention. Explain how to promote and adopt this new intervention into clinical practice using evidence-based methods.
  • practice-relatedAnswer the following questions in the essay:
    1. Mention the search methods used to identity the nursing intervention.
    2. Mention the intervention and quality of its use in clinical practice to support your practice change.
    3. What are potential barriers to implement the practice change?
    4. How would you overcome barriers in implementing the practice change?
    5. What would you suggest with respect to rolling out the practice change across the facility? Who would need to be involved in supporting the effort?

Erikson’s developmental theory

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Using Erikson’s developmental theory and Vaillant’s Hierarchy of Adaptive Mechanisms as a basis, the nurse would analyze that a psychotic individual, whose major defense is projection and whose behavior is highly suspicious of the motives of others, is fixated at the stage called

The difference in Symptoms of chickenpox and measles

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SUBJECTIVE: What is the difference in symptoms of chickenpox and measles? The client is a 17-month-old male child who developed a rash 2 days prior to being seen in the clinic. The mother said the rash started on the face and quickly spread all over the body. The mother thought it MIGHT BE MEASLES.

The child developed a fever 5 nights ago with “coughing, wetness around eyes, and a runny nose.” Past history reveals recent travel to Chile on an airplane 2 weeks prior to symptoms. The child has not received vaccinations for his 12-month wellness check.
OBJECTIVE: The client is a 17-month-old male child who appears actively unwell, held in his mother’s arms.
Vital signs: blood pressure 90/50, apical heart rate 112/minute and regular, respiratory rate 22/minute,
temperature 102.1 F axillary.

His complexion is flushed with a maculopapular rash scattered on his face, chest, abdomen, back, and extremities. He coughs continuously, sounding wet. Active yellow nasal discharge is noted in copious amounts at nares. The sclera is injected, the underlying tissue of the conjunctiva is red, and the discharge is clear yellow.

Noted bilateral effusion to tympanic membrane (TM), red and slightly bulging. No lymphadenopathy was noted. Both lungs are resonant by percussion. Auscultation reveals clear bilateral breath sounds to all lobes. Percussion and auscultation of the heart revealed no significant abnormality with S1,S2, and no extra heart sounds. Examination of the fingers shows an immediate cap refill.

 

What is the difference in symptoms of chickenpox and measles?

 

Fill in the blanks and complete the questions below for MEASLES DISEASE.
1. ASSESSMENT [this is the 1) medical and 2) nursing diagnosis (NANDA sentence)].

1) ________________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is the plan?

3. What is the diagnostic?

 

4. What is Therapeutic?

5. How you educate the client?

6. Are there other questions in subjective that should be asked?

7. Are there other objective findings you would like detailed for further care of the patient?

8. Is there anything you want to do before entering this room?

9. Is there anything you want to do before after leaving this room—more than 1 answer here?

10. How did this assignment increase your knowledge related to pediatric concerns?

 

Fill in the blanks and complete the questions below.
1. ASSESSMENT [this is the 1) medical and 2) nursing diagnosis (NANDA sentence)].

1) ________________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is the plan?

3. What is the diagnostic?

 

4. What is Therapeutic?

5. How you educate the client?

6. Are there other questions in subjective that should be asked?

7. Are there other objective findings you would like detailed for further care of the patient?

8. Is there anything you want to do before entering this room?

9. Is there anything you want to do before leaving this room—more than 1 answer here?

10. How did this assignment increase your knowledge related to pediatric concerns?

The criteria for a Substance use disorder

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What are the criteria for a substance use disorder? What is the difference between substance abuse and substance dependence? what is dual diagnosis.  What does that mean?

 

4.  Many people have a substance abuse disorder yet so many people are not identified or treated for this disorder.  What are some reasons regarding failure to detect substance abuse disorders and failure to provide treatment?

 

5. Review some methods used to screen for substance abuse disorders?

 

6.  What is the legal limit of blood alcohol content with a breather device?  What is the level that could cause death?  Is that true for everyone?  can the levels change?  why or why not?

 

7.  Explain briefly what is alcohol withdrawal?  what happens in the body?

 

What is the treatment course for alcohol withdrawal?  is it life threatening?  What is the most significant concern with alcohol withdrawal?

 

8.  What medications are used when a person is going through active withdrawal from alcohol?

The bed bath

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Read the following scenario. Complete the documentation. Answer all the questions on the following pages: During the bed bath, you noticed that Mabel had some redness on her sacrum. You made sure that you turned Mabel onto her side and reported to EN, Rosie Clements.

Mabel became upset and called you "stupid" when she needed help to wash her right hand. She was happy when you let her place her hand in the bowl of water. She cooperated when you dried her hand carefully and applied her splint. She was smiling when you made her comfortable after her wash.

Taking care of the client Using a palliative approach

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How do you feel after taking care of the client using a palliative approach?  Why do you think self-care is important?

What strategies did you implement to sustain your social and emotional wellbeing?

How did you encourage yourself and your colleagues to participate in debriefing? Explain what was discussed in the debriefing

Contrast two Change theories

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Compare and contrast two change theories and/or nursing theories. Determine which theory makes the most sense for implementing your specific EBP intervention. Why? Has your preceptor used either theory, and to what result?

Complementary and alternative medicine 

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Define Complementary and alternative medicine. Describe the patient who uses CAM the most. List some common misconceptions about CAM.

  1. Identify methods of including the use of CAM in patient education.
  2. Discuss the safe use of CAM.
  3. List ways in which conventional medicine and CAM can be integrated.
  4. Define ethical theories, ethical principles, and values.
  5. Provide examples of ethical issues in patient education and compliance, and describe ways in which an effective professional/patient relationship and a poor health professional/patient relationship can impact these issues.
  6. Explain what is meant by “ethical patient education practices”.
  7. Explain the purpose of informed consent.
  8. Discuss what factors determine the patient’s ability to give informed consent.
  9. Compose a sample informed consent form. .
  10. Discuss the process of communication to use with the patient and the family when obtaining informed consent.

The 4 different Types of hypersensitivity reactions

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Describe the mechanisms involved in the development of the 4 different types of hypersensitivity reactions and give examples 2. Describe the mechanism involved in the development of an allergic reaction 3. Describe the mechanism involved in the development of anaphylactic shock; what are the s/s and explain mechanism for each s/s

4. What is an emergency treatment for anaphylactic shock; how does it work

5. Define the following terms; which ones would you need to administer immunosuppressive drugs, why/why not a) Allograft b) Isograft c) Autograft d) xenograft

6. describe the different types of rejection and the time line involved 7. what is graft vs host disease; how does it develop/occur

8. What are HLA’s are why are they important when considering if a patient is a good match for a transplant

9. What is an autoimmune disease 10. List the different types of immunodeficiency

11. What is the difference between primary and secondary immunodeficiency and give examples of each 12. What are some effects a patient suffering from an immunodeficiency might experience

13. What is an opportunistic infection 14. What are some warning signs of a primary immunodeficiency 15. How is HIV transmitted from person to person 16. What cell type does the HIV infect and