Case study - Brenda



Case study - Brenda

Introduction

Nursing is the ultimate academic discipline and practice profession, which has shaped leadership displayed by women throughout the pace of time. Nursing was historically viewed as an extension of a woman's role in the home. Nursing has been a noble profession for many years now. People used to nurse from the day when men did not have much knowledge from the local remedies, leaves and shrubs which usually cured them and eventually gave them enough knowledge about what to use and what not to. With the development of mankind and understanding, people came to know much about curing themselves. People, at first, were stereotyped about nursing and did not consider it as a noble and wise profession, but with the passage of time, big names in the field of nursing emerged and changed the way we looked back then. It takes much of many sleepless nights and much devotion to be a Nurse (Robison 2012, 251-270). The essay focuses on a patient the patient and how to cure the disease which had occurred to the patient, which shall be discussed and elaborated later. The essay also focuses on the theories/ models, pain management and diagnosis, planning and evaluation.

Case Summary

The case entails the condition of Brenda who lives alone. Her health status is getting poor and the patient is not willing to move to a health care facility. Her relatives are not at home all the time to take care of her and really confused about how to tackle the situation. They are thinking to move her to a nursing facility.

Interpersonal Skills

Minority Implications in Elderly Care

Additional research is also needed to address the treatment needs for other groups of older adults, including minority, homebound or rural elders and the oldest old. Few of the empirically validated interventions have been examined with sufficient minority samples to draw conclusions about which interventions are effective for this group. Clearly more research with minority older adults is needed. Similarly, there is little research focusing on rural or homebound older adults. Researchers focused on this group have found that bibliotherapy plus check-ups by phone or in person is superior to usual care. These innovations may help to reach this difficult group (Ernst, 2006, 74-80).

Depression in Elderly Patients

Depression often accompanies chronic illness. For example, about 20% of people with coronary artery disease have depression, especially following myocardial infarction (MI). Recognizing and treating post-MI depression is critical because depression is associated with an increased mortality rate after MI and with cardiac complications. Depression is also common following organ transplant and may impact treatment adherence following transplant. Depression is common following hip fracture and negatively impacts recovery and disability (Eisenberg, Kessler et al., 1993, 246-252). Depression is also prevalent among patients with Parkinson's disease, but it is difficult to disentangle the psychiatric, neuropsychological and neurological deficits and symptoms. The bottom line is that recognizing and treating depression among medically ill older adults is essential because of the negative impact of depression ...