Rekha S G

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The Nursing practice has broader scope as it covers a broad continuum from health promotion, to disease prevention, to coordination of care, to cure and to palliative care when cure isn’t possible. However, many members of the profession require more education and preparation to adopt new roles quickly in response to rapidly changing health care settings and an evolving health care system. IOM received these recommendations by acknowledging the unique role that nurses play within the health care system. Because nurses have regular and shut proximity to patients and scientific understanding of care processes across the continuum of care, they have a singular ability to act as partners with other health professionals and to steer within the improvement and redesign of the health care system and its many practice environments, including hospitals, schools, homes, etc. In addition, the IOM recommendations focus on enhancing the facility of nurses at work place and need to help bridging the gap between advancing health, coordinate with available resources and also update her knowledge and skills accordingly. This really expects a greater modification and rebuilding of Nursing curriculum and focus on essential trainings, redesigning of the job responsibilities, define the scope of Nursing Practice, and revise the monetary benefits available for nurses in a challenging world. This will give rise to inception of various new nursing designations, widen the scope of nursing practice by providing ample opportunity for the budding nurses and thereby increasing the employment rate. Keywords: Nursing profession, Advancing health and technology, Scope of nursing practice, IOM recommendation.

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Nursing documentation is that the record of medical care that's planned and delivered to individual clients by qualified nurses or other caregivers under the direction of a professional nurse. It contains information in accordance with the steps of the nursing process. It constitutes an integral a part of the nurse’s daily work. Meticulous nursing documentation is a crucial a part of patient care. The delivery of excellent care and therefore the ability to speak effectively about patient care depends on the standard of data available to all or any health care professionals. One important a part of this information is nursing documentation in medical care plans. Aim of the Study: to gauge the effectiveness of documentation of Patient education process using Nursing audit at Sagar Hospital, Bangalore. Materials and Methods: The case records were chosen by simple systematic sampling method and every file was analysed employing a structured check list. the whole data were combined into one result for the whole excel sheet. Concurrent patient education form review within the case record were analysed employing a Structured checklist during 1st Nov 2018 to 31st OCT 2019 (12months). Care file were selected employing a simple Systemic Sampling Technique and about 50% of admissions were included within the study and 4317(53.38%) of the entire admission. Results: Totally compliant were 3726 (86.30%), partially compliant were 399 (9.24%) and non-compliant were 192 (4.44%). the very best compliance of documentation was seen in safe parenting practices, immunization and disease specific information (99.30%). the smallest amount compliance was seen in pain management and documentation 443 (partially and non-compliant category constitutes 11.07%. Data also revealed compliance with disease specific information 99%, medication management 99%, hand hygiene was 91%, pain assessment 81%, fall prevention 62%, pressure ulcer prevention 12%, Immunization 9%. Conclusion: Use a standardised form will help to make sure consistency and improve the standard of the written account. There should be a scientific approach to providing medical care (the nursing process) and this could be documented consistently. The nursing record should include assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Keywords: Nursing audit, Documentation, Patient education process, Nursing process, Compliances

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Cancer may be a disease that involves the abnormal cell growth which originates especially tissues and organs of the body and metastasizes to other parts of the body. Cancer are often a results of several factors, like nutrition, environment, and physical activity, also as genetics. There are various sorts of cancer counting on their origin and organ they affect. carcinoma is that the top cancer in women worldwide and is increasing particularly in developing countries where the bulk of cases are diagnosed in late stages. Objective: This meta?analysis was conducted to research the impact of carcinoma on the mental and physical health status of girls. Methodology: The PRISMA tips for reportage of systematic reviews and meta-analyses were followed. An electronic search was administered in several health-related databases from 2000 to December 2015 using relevant search terms. Full-text, peer-reviewed articles in English those which include mental and physical status in longitudinal studies were considered for inclusion within the study. Results: a complete of 38 studies were included. Relevant data was gathered from 7896 samples with a mean age of fifty.71 years. Baseline assessment was done after diagnosis/surgery within the majority of the studies (n=32, 84.21%). The baseline assessment was done before diagnosis and after the diagnosis (29%). the bulk of studies focused on just one indicator of psychological state (n=28, 73.68%). Very commonly investigated studies were wont to assess mental and physical health status to carcinoma. Quality of Life, assessed in (n=15) studies, was the foremost common psychological outcome and was measured most frequently with the planet Health Organization Quality of Life. The second most ordinarily measured outcome was psychological distress (n=11). Results revealed that disease severity with metastatic disease were (43%), patients with nonmetastatic disease (27%), the remaining (30%) didn't specify metastatic status. The (45%) included patients undergoing or getting to begin cancer treatment (e.g., chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy), (52%) patients either on or off treatment, and one (14%) patients who had completed treatment.14 studies (36.84%) were assessed at one assessment at short-term intervention and therefore the 24 remaining studies (63.15%) were assessed at long-term duration. Low self-esteem (77%), false self-perception (81%), social isolation (68%), negative body image (45%), fatigue(92%), relationship problems with family and friends(74%), cancer stigma(39%), fear of death (83%), anxiety (78%), loss of sexual desire(34%) , suicidal thought (23%) and depression(55.3%). (N=21, 55.3%) of the patients experienced higher level of distress from alopecia. Conclusion: The management of carcinoma are often devastating and may produce to many adverse reactions for the bulk of girls. many ladies exhibit various symptoms of psychological distress like anxiety, depression, fatigue, pain, difficulty concentrating, social isolation, self-blame, spread of disease and fear of death etc. they'll have many doubts and questions associated with treatment protocol, side effects, precautions, duration of treatment, prognosis, Thus, healthcare professionals working with carcinoma patients should take initiative to know these concerns and support them by suggesting coping strategies that might help to alleviate their stress and anxiety. Keywords: Breast cancer, Psychological state status, Physical health status, Psychological distress. 

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