Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Blog Entry No. 7 (Caregiving)
How vital is caregiving to your patient?
Caregiving to the patient is very important/vital because it contributes to the fast recovery of the patient that you're taking care of with the things that a caregiver should do for the patient no matter how hard/tiring it is to do it as long as it makes the patient comfortable,feel loved, well being care of and could help the patient's illness/disease recover faster.
Caregiving is vital to the patient because it makes them feel that there's still someone who cares or who wants them to really have hope that they could get better . Because maybe in their family no one cares for them or has time to take care of them.
Caregiving to the patient is very important/vital because it contributes to the fast recovery of the patient that you're taking care of with the things that a caregiver should do for the patient no matter how hard/tiring it is to do it as long as it makes the patient comfortable,feel loved, well being care of and could help the patient's illness/disease recover faster.
Caregiving is vital to the patient because it makes them feel that there's still someone who cares or who wants them to really have hope that they could get better . Because maybe in their family no one cares for them or has time to take care of them.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Blog Entry No. 6 (Bandaging & Dressing and Signs & Symptoms of Illnesses & Diseases)
WHAT IS BANDAGING and DRESSING?
-"bandage" is used directly is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to the body. It is technically only used to support a dressing, and not directly on a wound.
-a medical covering for a wound, usually made of cloth.
WHEN do you bandage or dress a patient?
-when the patient has an injury/wound that has heavy bleeding because it helps slow the flow of the blood.
-you dress a patient when he/she has a wound and this is to prevent the wound from any further injuries/ infections.
WHEN do you go to a doctor/ hospital for further check-ups and safety reasons?
- you go to a doctor/ hospital when the person's wound/ injury can no longer be cured by those simple aids or that the wound is slowly becoming worse and cannot be cured any longer by simple bandaging or etc.
WHERE can you bandage or dress properly a person's wound?
-you can bandage or dress the person's wound in a clean room/area or even a room that can offer the patient a comfortable place to lie down/ sit for the wound to be bandage/dress properly.
WHY do we need to bandage or dress the person's wound or check and record the patients signs and symptoms?
- we need to bandage or dress properly the wound of the person to prevent further serious and dangerous problems that may cause the patient/person to be seriously sick.
- we need to check and record the patient's signs and symptoms to know if he/she is recovering and to know what we can do for that illness.
HOW can we share our knowledge of this bandaging, dressing and etc. to other people?
-we can teach them these lessons/knowledge too if someone in our relatives,family or friends has a wound. we can tell/show them how's it done properly and many more.
-"bandage" is used directly is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to the body. It is technically only used to support a dressing, and not directly on a wound.
-a medical covering for a wound, usually made of cloth.
WHEN do you bandage or dress a patient?
-when the patient has an injury/wound that has heavy bleeding because it helps slow the flow of the blood.
-you dress a patient when he/she has a wound and this is to prevent the wound from any further injuries/ infections.
WHEN do you go to a doctor/ hospital for further check-ups and safety reasons?
- you go to a doctor/ hospital when the person's wound/ injury can no longer be cured by those simple aids or that the wound is slowly becoming worse and cannot be cured any longer by simple bandaging or etc.
WHERE can you bandage or dress properly a person's wound?
-you can bandage or dress the person's wound in a clean room/area or even a room that can offer the patient a comfortable place to lie down/ sit for the wound to be bandage/dress properly.
WHY do we need to bandage or dress the person's wound or check and record the patients signs and symptoms?
- we need to bandage or dress properly the wound of the person to prevent further serious and dangerous problems that may cause the patient/person to be seriously sick.
- we need to check and record the patient's signs and symptoms to know if he/she is recovering and to know what we can do for that illness.
HOW can we share our knowledge of this bandaging, dressing and etc. to other people?
-we can teach them these lessons/knowledge too if someone in our relatives,family or friends has a wound. we can tell/show them how's it done properly and many more.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Blog Entry No. 5 (Making the Bed & Bathing the Patient)
Making a Bed
1. Why do we need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed?
-We need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed for us to be responsible enough to change or make an occupied or unoccupied bed.
2. How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?
-It helps the patient recover fast because they will feel comfortable and have a good sleep which basically helps them recover.
3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?
-As a good home nurse, I am able to render my service to the patient through bed making because I am making them feel comfortable and sleep comfortable without distractions or whatever.
Bathing the Patient
1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?
-We need to give a bath to the patient to feel refreshed, clean and recharged from all that time just lying on a bed and etc.
2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?
-the materials needed are 2 big towels, 2 big small towels, rubber sheet, a basin with warm water, soap and light blanket.
4. What do you mean by back rub?
-Back rub means letting the patient feel refreshed. it's like a massage actually.
5. How do you differentiate cold compress from hot compress?
-Cold compress is to reduce inflammation while hot compress used to increase circulation.
1. Why do we need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed?
-We need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed for us to be responsible enough to change or make an occupied or unoccupied bed.
2. How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?
-It helps the patient recover fast because they will feel comfortable and have a good sleep which basically helps them recover.
3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?
-As a good home nurse, I am able to render my service to the patient through bed making because I am making them feel comfortable and sleep comfortable without distractions or whatever.
Bathing the Patient
1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?
-We need to give a bath to the patient to feel refreshed, clean and recharged from all that time just lying on a bed and etc.
2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?
-the materials needed are 2 big towels, 2 big small towels, rubber sheet, a basin with warm water, soap and light blanket.
3. What’s the importance of using a urinal or bedpan?
-the importance is that it helps those patient who is expected to stay bedridden
for a long period of time.4. What do you mean by back rub?
-Back rub means letting the patient feel refreshed. it's like a massage actually.
5. How do you differentiate cold compress from hot compress?
-Cold compress is to reduce inflammation while hot compress used to increase circulation.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Blog Entry No. 4: Home Nursing Techniques; Signs & Symptoms of Illnesses & Diseases
1. If you are a good home nurse,
what are the various home nursing techniques that you need to apply that
will make the patient feel comfortable and speed up the recovery?
-To make the patient comfortable, you need to follow the correct covering of the bed and covering the pillow because it helps the patient to feel relax and comfortable.
-To make the patient recover fast, as a home nurse it is our responsibility to make sure that the patients drinks his/her medicines at the right time and amount. Its also our responsibility to record everytime the temperature of the patient (if he/she has a fever) to know if his/her temperature is going down or not. And of course to follow proper hygiene and make the room of the patient clean to help his/her illness or disease recover fast.
2. Why should the home nurse monitor the vital signs of the patient?
-so that the home nurse could see if the patient is well under his/her care and to know that if he/she is doing well taking care of the patient and responsible. and to know if the patient is slowly recovering.
3. How do you take the body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure of the patient?
-To take the body temperature, you have to use a thermometer to know if he/she has a fever in his/her mouth, rectum or armpit.
-To take the pulse rate of the patient, let the patients sit or lie relaxed and comfortably. then. locate the pulse and use your two fingers to know. use a watch or timer for accurate counting. Lastly, record it.
-To take the respiratory rate or blood pressure, let the patient lie or sit comfortably. then wrap the BP cuff around the patient's arm then place the bell-shaped end of the stethoscope on the inside of the elbow where the pulse can be felt.
4. What are some practices that the home nurse must follow that will
promote comfort to the patient?
-the correct way of covering the bed and pillow.
5. How will you differentiate signs from symptoms of illnesses and
diseases?
symptoms is if there's something wrong with your body or mind and then it's a SIGN already that you're sick or you have an illness.
6. If you are the doctor, what will be your basis in giving the diagnosis for your patient?
If I was the doctor, my basis in giving the diagnosis for the patient is to make the patient feel that he/she could rely on me, trust me in giving the correct medicine to let him/her recover fast and to really observe the patient to avoid his/her illness be more complicated or dangerous.
-To make the patient comfortable, you need to follow the correct covering of the bed and covering the pillow because it helps the patient to feel relax and comfortable.
-To make the patient recover fast, as a home nurse it is our responsibility to make sure that the patients drinks his/her medicines at the right time and amount. Its also our responsibility to record everytime the temperature of the patient (if he/she has a fever) to know if his/her temperature is going down or not. And of course to follow proper hygiene and make the room of the patient clean to help his/her illness or disease recover fast.
2. Why should the home nurse monitor the vital signs of the patient?
-so that the home nurse could see if the patient is well under his/her care and to know that if he/she is doing well taking care of the patient and responsible. and to know if the patient is slowly recovering.
3. How do you take the body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure of the patient?
-To take the body temperature, you have to use a thermometer to know if he/she has a fever in his/her mouth, rectum or armpit.
-To take the pulse rate of the patient, let the patients sit or lie relaxed and comfortably. then. locate the pulse and use your two fingers to know. use a watch or timer for accurate counting. Lastly, record it.
-To take the respiratory rate or blood pressure, let the patient lie or sit comfortably. then wrap the BP cuff around the patient's arm then place the bell-shaped end of the stethoscope on the inside of the elbow where the pulse can be felt.
4. What are some practices that the home nurse must follow that will
promote comfort to the patient?
-the correct way of covering the bed and pillow.
5. How will you differentiate signs from symptoms of illnesses and
diseases?
symptoms is if there's something wrong with your body or mind and then it's a SIGN already that you're sick or you have an illness.
6. If you are the doctor, what will be your basis in giving the diagnosis for your patient?
If I was the doctor, my basis in giving the diagnosis for the patient is to make the patient feel that he/she could rely on me, trust me in giving the correct medicine to let him/her recover fast and to really observe the patient to avoid his/her illness be more complicated or dangerous.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Blog Entry No. 3 (Administering of Medicines to the Patient)
1. What significant insights have you learned from the topic?
The significant insights that I have learned from administering of medicines to the patient is...
First, giving the proper medicines of the patient's specific illness is very important, because giving the wrong medicine to the patient may add problems to the illness of the patient . The wrong medicine may harm the patient's life. Secondly, following the prescription of the doctor is important too, because its from a doctor. They've learned about those medicines and etc.when they were still studying. That's why following the prescription from the doctor is a must because they know best. And lastly, checking the expiration date is very important too, because the medicine that you're administering to the patient may be expired and that's dangerous because it may cause side effects to the patient and may harm its body.
2. How does proper administering of medicines help our patients in their recovery?
The proper administering of medicines help the patients in fast recovery because, just by following the prescription of the doctor and doing it properly to the patient is already a big help for recovery. It helps to avoid further more illness/ injuries/ sickness to the patient. By proper administering the medicine to the patient, the medicine do its job for the illness/ sickness to lessen and to let the body of the patient recover.
The significant insights that I have learned from administering of medicines to the patient is...
First, giving the proper medicines of the patient's specific illness is very important, because giving the wrong medicine to the patient may add problems to the illness of the patient . The wrong medicine may harm the patient's life. Secondly, following the prescription of the doctor is important too, because its from a doctor. They've learned about those medicines and etc.when they were still studying. That's why following the prescription from the doctor is a must because they know best. And lastly, checking the expiration date is very important too, because the medicine that you're administering to the patient may be expired and that's dangerous because it may cause side effects to the patient and may harm its body.
2. How does proper administering of medicines help our patients in their recovery?
The proper administering of medicines help the patients in fast recovery because, just by following the prescription of the doctor and doing it properly to the patient is already a big help for recovery. It helps to avoid further more illness/ injuries/ sickness to the patient. By proper administering the medicine to the patient, the medicine do its job for the illness/ sickness to lessen and to let the body of the patient recover.
Why do you think health care to the individual, to the family and to the community is important?
I think that health care to the individual is very important, because you'll be more responsible of yourself to take care of your health and not just rely on your parents or being careless about your health. Its also important because if there comes a day when you'll be alone in your life and you don't know how to take care of yourself because you're always relying on your parents then it will be a problem. It will be a problem because you don't know how to take care of yourself and since you don't know you easily get sick. And also because if you're alone there's nobody who could help you if you're sick.That's why health care to the individual is very important even though we are still young to know about it but we should understand that we need to know it.
I think that health care to the family is very important, because it helps you to get to know each other especially how you feel and and your needs when you get sick. It's also important, because it creates close family ties in your family.
I think that health care to the community is very important, because it helps you to get along with each other with your community. And it also helps us be caring to our community too even though they're not our family or relatives.
-thatsall:))))))))
I think that health care to the family is very important, because it helps you to get to know each other especially how you feel and and your needs when you get sick. It's also important, because it creates close family ties in your family.
I think that health care to the community is very important, because it helps you to get along with each other with your community. And it also helps us be caring to our community too even though they're not our family or relatives.
-thatsall:))))))))
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Recycled Craft Project:))))
^my experiences when making the project was fun most especially when we're joking aroundXD most especially when the boys in our group made the bracelet and necklace made from my beads:))) watching them was fun while making that because it seems like it's their first time making one..but oh well, at least they now know how to make it:) even though...its a girl thingXD and then also the bag that our group decided to do. when maam said that we could go downstairs at the caf where 3rd years or 4th years learn how to sew. so we went downstairs and then tried to sew the bag but there were complications on the machine so sadly we were not able to finish it that time. But Sirikit continued it at home so it's all done and it's totally cute:))))
-thatsall:)
-thatsall:)
Monday, January 14, 2013
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