Question

Nursing exemplars for:

1. Applies principles of normal and therapeutic nutrition to meet the needs of clients with acute and chronic health problems and consider the growth requirements of children when applicable. (What nutritional considerations are appropriate for a patient in your care? How might the patient’s diet affect their overall growth and development (consider acute health concerns as well as chronic)? What recommendations do you have, how might you implement/influence change? Provide rationale for all.)

2. Discusses the pathophysiology of common health problems and mental health disorders involving clients. (What is happening inside the body/mind and how does having that knowledge impact your care?)

3. Implements principles of safety in the administrations of medication/parenteral fluid therapy.(Provide a specific example of how you maintained safety in medication administration (in addition to and including the 6 rights). Provide a specific example of how you maintained safety in parenteral fluid therapy administration (in addition to and including the 6 rights))

4. Demonstrates organizational and time management skills. (How do you organize your care? Give an example of how you managed time in providing patient care. This objective should be addressed in an area in which YOU, the student, are working somewhat independently (such as a med-surg unit). ONLY 1 exemplar required).

5. Communicates professionally with members of the health care team, faculty and peers.

6. Identify cultural variances related to communication, space, social organization time, environmental control and biological variations for select clients. (What did your assessment reveal?)

7. Implement individualized nursing interventions to preserve the client’s unique cultural beliefs and culturally influenced ways of life. (What nursing interventions did you implement? How did these interventions preserve and demonstrate value to the client’s culture/beliefs/way of life?)

8. Identify cultural variances related to communication, space, social organization time, environmental control and biological variations for select clients. (What did your assessment reveal?)

Answer 1

*PRINCIPLES OF THERAPEUTIC DIET. _ TO ACHIEVE GOOD NUTRITIONAL STATUS _ TO METABOLIZE THE NUTRIENTS. _ TO REDUCE OR INCREASE BODY WEIGHT IF NECESSARY. _ TO DECREASE DEFICIENCIES. * NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS. _ ABLE TO EAT: IN SOME PATIENT ARE UNABLE TO CHEW BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE CAUSES. _ TOOTH PAIN: IN SOME PATIENTS ARE UNABLE TO EAT DUE TO TIOTH ACHE. _ DIET: IN HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE PATIENT IS IN SODIUM RESTRICTED DIET,IN DM PATIENT SHOULD FOLLOW GLUCOSE RESTRICTED DIET. _ DISEASE PROCESS,: SOME PATIENTS EXPERIENCE WEIGHT GAIN DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF FLUID, SOME PERSON IS UNDER WEIGHT DUE TO MANY REASONS. _ DO NOT RESUSCITATE PATIENTS: IT MAY PREVENT ADMINISTRATION OF NG TUBE. _ PATIENT WITH ANY INJURY- NEEDS HIGH PROTEIN DIET TO PROMOTION OF WOUND HEALING. _ ACTIVE PATIENT NEEDS HIGH CALORIC DIET. * PATIENTS DIET AFFECT THEIR OVERALL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. _ CHILDREN NEEDS LOTS OF NUTRIENTS TO BUILD UP THE BODY TISSUE AND BRAIN FUNCTIONING. _ CHILDREN EAT POOR NUTRITIOUS DIET LEADS TO LONG TERM HEALTH PROBLEM LIKE OSTEOPOROSIS ABD CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. _ EAT HIGH FAT, HIGH SUGAR AND SALT DIET INCREASES THE RISK FOR HTN,CAD AND DM. _ CHILDREN'S DIET DOES NOT CONTAINS PROTEIN IT MAY LEADS TO PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION. _ THE DIET CONTAINS MORE NUTRIENTS OTHERWISE LEAFS TO REDUCED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL GROWTH. * NURSING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. _ MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT BY MEANS OF ADEQUATE INTAKE OF NUTRITIOUS DIET. _ THE FOOD STRICTLY CONTAINS ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS SUCH AS CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN AND FAT AND WATER. * NURSING IMPLEMENTATION. _ ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE PATIENT. - CHECK BODY WEIGHT, PROVIDING HIGH CALORIES AND HIGH PROTEIN DIET,USE SUPPLEMENTS OF PROTEIN. _ PROVIDE HIGH PROTEIN DIET. - PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION REGARDING NEED OF PROTEIN IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENT. - GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF PROTEIN RICH FOOD. _ PROVIDE SODIUM RESTRICTED DIET. . CHECK THE PATIENTS SODIUM LEVELS. . REGULAR CHECKING OF BLOOD PRESSURE. . STRICTLY RESTRICTED SALT INTAKE IN HTN,CAD AND KIDNEY PATIENTS. _ FAT RESTRICTED DIET. . AVOID HIGH FAT DIET PATIENT WITH GALL BLADDER AND LIVER DISEASE. _ PROVIDE LOS CALORIC DIET. . AVOID INTAKE OF HIGH CALORIC DIET PATIENT WITH OBESITY OR OVERWEIGHT. _ PROVIDING HIGH GLUCOSE DIET IN DM PATIENTS.( CHECK BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL.ADMINISTER PRESCRIBED INSULIN DOSE, EDUCATION REGARDING EXCERCISE.