It is the nursing care for aged client or patient given in a nursing home, hospital, even at home. In geriatric nursing, the health care provider, usually a geriatric nurse will do assessments of the patients. Usually, the assessment is about the physical, mental and physiologic functioning of an older person to evaluate and identify [...]
If there is Patient’s bill of rights, nurses are no exception to that. Nurses have also rights in practicing his or her profession to avoid misconduct or abuse from any patient. Usually, some patients violate the rights of a nurse because they are not aware of those. However, ignorance to the facts is not an [...]
Patients also known as clients have basic rights in accessing on health care services. However, many people are not aware of it because of some reasons, and one is the literacy level that they have. Here are some of the basic rights of a patient: 1. Right to considerate and respectful care 2. Right to [...]
As said in the earlier post, there are special considerations when handling a psychiatric patient. Since psychiatric patients are not able to think like a normal person does, second is their unawareness of what will or not harm them and other person. Here are some tips to consider when handling a psychiatric patient observing at [...]
Psychiatric patients are patients confined to a clinical center with a prognosis of any mental illness. A mental health problem is actually one of the serious health problems that should be given considerable attention. However, many people are not aware on how to approach as mentally-ill person, usually, their initial reaction would be mocking and [...]