SUMMER TIME!

Enjoy your summer vacation Daniel Derps! Have a good time

How is caregiving vital to your patient?

It is vital because  the patient is sick and it is needed that we take care of the patient and ensure that he will  get well soon. he needs all the care that he needs to be able to be comfortable in getting well and as the care giver you are in charge of your sick patient and it is your job to take care of him no matter what and ensure his safety.

1.What is bandaging?
-is another home treatment a home nurse or a caregiver should administer to the patient.
2.Where should you place the open triangular bandage?
-over the injury between the chest and the forearm
3.When dressing, why should you secure it?
-so that you can avoid further injuries  and recover faster.
4.How can you secure the dressing?list materials that can help.
-Adhesive plaster       -clear adhesive tape     -elasticized bandage
-stretched plaster       -tubular gauze              -roller bandage
5.What are the basic types of dressing?
-prepared sterile dressing
-plastic skin
6.how do you bandage the patient properly?
-by following 4 bandaging patterns which are simple spiral, figure of eight spiral, figure eight and triangular bandage for hand injuries.

Making the bed and bathing the patient.

Making a Bed:
1. Why do we need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed?
-because if we know how to properly make the bed, occupied or unoccupied it may be, we would not take long for us to make the bed. And the patient can sleep there more comfortably.
2. How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?
-because the bed is comfortable and being comfortable helps the patient recover faster because he won't have to feel uncomfortable.
3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?
-so the patient won't have to make his bed because he needs to rest and we should be the one to do the job.

Bathing the Patient:
1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?
-because he needs to be fresh so he can recover fast and it can help him stay healthy
2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?
-2 big towels, 2 small towels,rubber sheet, basin with warm water, soap,light blanket.
3. What’s the importance of using a urinal or bedpan?
- a urinal is important especially when he is bedridden for a long time.

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?
-I will keep him/her in a peaceful environment and always attend to his needs. Ask him/her if she needs anything and always be attentive to whatever he/she asks for.


2.  Why should the home nurse monitor the vital signs of the patient?
-because  we need to check it in order to assess the most basic body functions. Vital signs are also an essential part of a case presentation.

3.  How do you take the body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure of the patient?
-by using thermometer,Sphygmomanometer, stethoscope and others.

4.  What are some practices that the home nurse must follow that will promote comfort to the patient?
-Having patience with the patient  and Don't worry be happy.

5.  How will you differentiate signs from symptoms of illnesses and diseases?
-Though signs and symptoms describe the same conditions, these two are different in many characteristics. While signs are what a doctor sees, symptoms are what a patient experiences. A symptom can be defined as one of the characters of a disease. Meanwhile, sign is the definite indication of a specific disease.

6.  If you are the doctor, what will be your basis in giving the diagnosis for your patient?

-whatever he needs to cure his sickness and give him right medicines

http://www.differencebetween.net/science/health/difference-between-signs-and-symptoms/

Administering of Medicines to the Patient

I learned the proper way of administering the medicines to the patient and the right medicine for them. by doing the proper way of administering the medicine, the patient can properly recover because he has taken the proper medicine and took the proper medicine properly. I also learned the proper medicine when it is taken from the mouth, the medicines are supposed to be capsules or in tablets. when the medicine is being taken from the outer skin, he/she must use creams, lotions or ointments.when it is in the eyes,ears or nose, you must take drops like eye drops or ear drops and nasal and so on. I also learned that doctors used codes in prescribing the time intervals to observe in the administration of medicine and these are the following:
                                          qd- once a day                                bid-twice a day
                                           tid- thrice a day                               qid- four times a day
                                          ac- before meals                              q4h- every 4 hours
and so on.
I guess you can say that I learned a lot from this lesson and it can help me a lot in my way of taking care of people.

Health care is important to to the individual/yourself because whenever your sick and nobody is there to help you, you could treat yourself without the need of other people and you can learn more from it and you won't rely on anyone. Health care to the family is also important because if an emergency occurs and one of your relatives need medical attention right away, you could help or treat him/her easily and won't have to immediately rush him to the hospital for a treatment but instead, just a check up on the patient and won't have to cost more.Health care to the community is important because if an accident happened and the ambulance has not yet arrive and the other people doesn't know how to properly treat him, then it won't be difficult for you because you know how treat and care for the patient well and you would have saved that person from sufferings. :)