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Measures were not taken until patients became constipated and this had an impact on the quality of life and prolonged the hospital stay.... This project aims to assess the early recognition of constipation in patients suffering from stroke.... The researcher has identified constipation as a serious problem which affects stroke patients.... This is an area which requires practice and development since constipation is among the recurring complications in hospitalized acute stroke patients....
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Research Proposal
As a nursing student, I usually have to teach patients several do-it-yourself practices and guide them to ensure that they perform such procedures well.... As a nursing student, I usually have to teach patients several do-it-yourself practices and guide them to ensure that they perform such procedures well.... As Winston et al (1987) so ably puts it, the pre-operative and post-operative emotional states of surgery patients is characterised by anxiety, misgivings, depression and irritability....
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Essay
The authors suggested that patients not wearing their compression hosiery, or even not wearing them for long periods could have caused these increased rates of venous leg ulcer recurrence.... Where there were lower recurrence rates, these were associated, with support from nurses for patients over a prolonged time, to ensure their therapy was followed.... A concordance program that is nurse-led for patients is effective in the prevention of recurrences of venous leg ulcer, as well as increasing time spent by patients with legs above heart level....
3 Pages
(750 words)
Essay
The aim of caring for a patient with a stoma is to allow a relatively good quality of life by preventing physical and psychological stressThe patient should be given advice about the practical aspects of self-management with a stoma so that they can return to their regime of useful and productive official and domestic lifeThe Problem: The need for bowel surgery following the occurrence of bowel cancer necessitates stoma.... Many patients are forced to live with stoma procedure, formed by colostomy, ulcerative colitis or any other intestinal malfunctioning that makes it difficult to follow the natural method of releasing faeces....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Assignment
The research "Patients' Perceptions of Quality of Care in Nursing Practice " helps to assess the quality of care in ostomy patients by gathering data from a patient's perspective.... his research critique carefully assessed the importance of a research paper for the improvement of the quality nursing care given to ostomy patients.... n the research conducted by Persson, Eva PhD RN ETN; Gustavsson, Bengt PhD MD; Hellstrm, Anna-Lena PhD RN; Lappas, George BSc and Hultn, Leif PhD MD entitled ostomy patients' perceptions of quality of care, the researchers aim to improve the nursing practices towards ostomy patients to be able to provide them with quality care....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
Research Proposal
There appears to be a paucity of research into the areas such as - how does the quality of discharge information impact upon the patient's chances of recovery?... This essay describes the field of modern nursing and especially focuses on the aspect of stoma therapy and finds that literature available on this aspect is scanty, especially in regard to the relevance of discharge information for patients' near and dear ones.... The aim and objective of this essay therefore, is to set out the results of the literature review undertaken, to assess the kind of aftercare available to patients and the role of critical care nurses in contributing to a patient's perception of the level of service he/she receives from nursing staff....
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(7000 words)
Essay
The aim of the "Ostomy Patients' Perceptions of Quality of Care" paper is to assess the quality of care in ostomy patients.... According to the title and aims of the research, this paper reports a study whose aim was to assess the quality of care in ostomy patients seen from a patient perspective.... MD entitled ostomy patients' perceptions of quality of care would be assessed to see if the researchers have followed the criteria for making a qualitative nursing proposal....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
Literature review
Impact evaluation The efficacy of this program lies in the fact that ostomy presents devastating effects on patients, especially regarding body image, self-esteem, role function, quality of life, among others.... Statistics show that between 20 and 70 percent of ostomy patients suffer complications that include peristomal skin problems, pouch leakage, to name but a few.... Process evaluation The other suggestion is a long-term goal that involves training more ostomy nurse practitioners and subsequently deploying them to every hospital across the country with the potential of serving ostomy patients....
3 Pages
(750 words)
Assignment