NSE 112 Lecture 2: Winter Week 2 - Historical Development

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Natalia - winter week 2 - historical development. 10:01 pm: identify the significant historical events that shaped nursing and nursing education. Hippocrates (circa 460 370 b. c. ) was the first to make observations of patients and develop treatments on the basis of symptoms, considered the father of scientific medicine and western medical ethics. During the early christian period, with the emphasis of christianity on love for others, nursing became a caring service undertaken by women. During the seventeenth century, conditions began to improve and there was greater emphasis on nursing. The movement to improve standards of nursing care in the mid-nineteenth century was spearheaded by florence nightingale, who is considered the founder of modern nursing. 1737: grey nuns - went across canada opening hospitals. In germany, pastor theodore fliedner established his now famous institute of deaconesses at. Kaiserwerth in 1836 to prepare women to serve as nurses.

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1. The nurse working in a long-term care facility incorporates a focused assessment of
the immune system for all newly admitted patients over the age of 65. Older adults

are more likely to develop problems related to immune function than are middle-
aged people. The focused immune assessment includes a systemic approach based

on age-related changes in immunologic function. (Learning Objective 4)
a. What changes in the immune system in the older adult increase the incidence of
infection and cancer in this population?
b. Explain why older adults may have decreased inflammatory responses.
c. Why are older adults at increased risk of gastroenteritis and diarrhea secondary
to proliferation of intestinal organisms?

2. The nurse educator for an oncology unit is preparing an in-service presentation for
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who are receiving chemotherapy, as well as those with bone marrow transplants, are
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The nurse educator focuses on special care needs of this patient population.
a. What is the rationale for assessing the pulse and respiratory rates for 1 full
minute in a patient with immunodeficiency?
b. What special precautions about dietary restrictions and food preparation should
be included in the teaching for a patient with immunodeficiency?
c. What nursing actions should be implemented to decrease the risk of infection in
the patient with immunodeficiency?
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drainage and congestion, watery, red eyes, and nasal itching from the late spring
until the first frost in the fall. She states that she has a dry cough and voice
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having difficulty concentrating on her collegiate course work.
a. What further assessment should the nurse provide?

Ellie Long, a 55-year-old patient, presents to the pain clinic with the diagnosis of
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a. On what areas should the nurse concentrate when interviewing the patient
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