Caregiving :D

How vital is care giving to your patient?

*Care giving is important to a patient because it somehow helps the patient in its fast recovery. It also helps the patient cope up with the challenges and problems brought about by his/her ailment during and after treatment.

Challenges is part of the health care of the patient. As part of the health care of the patient, it ensures that all the things to be done and medicines to be administered to the patient are in order and done with utmost care and attention.

Since there is close contact between the patient and the caregiver, care giving provides many advantages and some of them are:

1. It helps the patient live a normal life because caregivers help the patient decide on what activities to take.

2. It encourages the patient to share his feelings and support his/her efforts to share. In moments where the patient and caregiver are alone, sometimes the patient opens up and shares his/her feelings to the caregiver. In this instance, the caregiver should listen and also share how she/he feels for the patient and this somehow can help     relief the pain of the patient.

3. It lets him/her decide what to do. Once bond is established, it's how easy for the patient to decide what to to for himself/herself.

4.It helps the patient to communicate with others. The closeness between the patient and the caregiver is a step where the patient can communicate with other people. 

What? When? Where? How?

1. What is bandaging?
-is another home treatment a home nurse or a care giver  should administer to the patient.

2. What are the six Bandaging Patterns?
-Simple Spiral
-Figure Eight
-Figure Eight Spiral
-Triangular Bandage For Hand Injuries
-Triangular bandage for chest and back injuries

3. How can you place the triangular bandage for chest & for upper limb injuries?
-For the chest, Place the triangular bandage over the injury. Bring the two base around the back and tie together.
-For the upper limb,:
a) Place the open triangular bandage between the chest and the forearm one end over the nape.
b) Bring the lower end of the bandage up and over the arm and tie with the other end from the nape.
c) Bring the third corner forward and secure with a safety pin in front of the bandage

4. What is an Adhesive Dressing?
- A small pad of gauze with a water proof adhesive backing, which is perforated to let the moisture to evaporate. It is in paper and plastic container.


5. What are the basic Dressing should be secured? Give their meaning.
- Adhesive plaster: It is used for areas of the body, which are often exposed to water, such as the hands.
- Stretched plaster: This is used to cover large  dressings for support.
- Clear adhesive tape: Used in areas like those surrounding the eyes.
- Tubular gauze: it is a seamless roll in various sizes to fit the different body parts.
- Elasticized bandage: used for securing dressings on the head, shoulder, thigh, and size of the patient.
- Roller bandage: it is a strip of material such as cotton, crepe, flannel.

Making the Bed & Bathing the Patient :)

MAKING BED

1. Why do we need to know how to make an unoccupied and occupied bed?

- We need to know how to make an unoccupied bed and occupied bed so that the patient will be comfortable and he can feel clean despite his illness.

2. How does making a bed help in the fast recovery of our patient?

 - When the bed is clean and neatly done the patient is assured that his illness will not spread to the other parts of his body or to other persons. He can sleep can sleep and rest well and these are needed in his fast     recovery.

3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?
- I'll see to it that the bedding are always clean and good-smelling. I'll change the bedding daily to  make him feel clean and comfortable.

BATHING THE PATIENT
 1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?
- It can be a great time to converse with your patient and give them the personal attention they may not otherwise receive. A bed bath refreshes the bedridden the bedridden patient and makes him feel more comfortable.

2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?
- Materials include soap, basin, sponge, and towel

3. What’s the importance of using a urinal or bedpan?
- Using a urinal or bedpan makes urinating easy especially for patient who have difficulties rising from the bed as well as walking.

4. What do you mean by back rub?
- The action or process of massaging the back for relief of pain or relaxing muscle stress.

5. How do you differentiate cold compress from hot compress?

- Hot compress or heat therapy is a method used for relief of chronic pain or injury issues with no inflammation or swelling. It is also an effective way to relieve muscular tightness.

 Cold compress or cold therapy is an effective way to reduce inflammation or swelling of an acute injury. An acute injury involves symptoms that come on quickly, usually from a single activity or injury, which can last up to three days. The use of ice or cold compresses constricts the blood vessels and decreases pain and inflammation. Cold compresses are also an effective tool to combat chronic pain and injury issues, especially after activities.

Home Nursing Techniques; Signs & Symptoms of Illnesses & Diseases ;))

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?

a. Regular Monitoring of the vital signs of patient
b. Monitoring medicine intake
c. regular changing of bed linens
d. Constant follow up on the patient's feeling by talking or asking him/her

2.  Why should the home nurse monitor the vital signs of the patient?

- Measuring and recording a patient's vital signs accurately is important as this gives an indication of the patient's physiological state. It also enables the assessment of the level at which an individual is functioning.

3.How do you take the body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure of the patient?

- The body temperature of the patient can be taken through mouth, armpit or rectum. Pulse rate can be determined by placing two fingers on the pulse of the patient. Sphygmomanometer is used to get the blood pressure.  while respiratory rate is usually measured when a person is at rest and simply involves counting the number of breaths for one minute by counting how many times the chest rises.

4.  What are some practices that the home nurse must follow that will promote comfort to the patient?
- The home nurse must be able to relate to the patient by knowing how the latter feels. In this way, the home nurse knows how to handle the patient. The home nurse should do what's expected of her like taking vital signs and giving the right dosage of medicine at the right time.

5.  How will you differentiate signs from symptoms of illnesses and diseases?
- A symptom is what the patient experiences about illness, injury or disease. Symptoms can only be experienced, they are not able to be observed or measured objectively. Pain is a symptom.
 A sign is an objective physical manifestation of illness, injury or disease. It is an objective finding, something one can be observe and measure. A rapid pulse, a high temperature, a low blood pressure, an open wound, bruising , etc. are all signs. Signs give more definite indication of the presence of a particular disease to the physician. Signs may be described as the current 'showcase' that the doctor observes in the patient and in the diagnostic testing and measurements.

6.  If you are the doctor, what will be your basis in giving the diagnosis for your patient?
- If I were a doctor, I will be based my diagnosis to the information that the patient tells me and the rest will come from various medical examinations and test. It's important that the patient tells his medical history to determine the real illness or disease.

Administering of Medicines to the Patient :3

Home Nursing or home care is important to an individual, family and the community. To an individual, home care prevents the onset of any disease, because steps to prevent such disease are under taken. Some of these steps include eating the right foods, excising and taking food supplements it also allows the individual to know how to take care properly his/her body and mind. It also makes interaction with others members of the family fun and interesting.

The community benefits from home care because it the families living in that community are aware of the benefits of home care then that community is health. it is also a productive community because the people know how to take care of themselves. and this makes them to actively participate in the activities of the community makes a productive nation.

Medicines make patients recover form their illness. they also prevent the occurrence of another illness. Medicines should be given properly to the patient for him/her to recover fast and easily . they should be also be given in proper dosage because dosage determines the amount of medicine feeded to comfort any disease.

" Importance of Health Care" :)

Health care is important to the individual because it ensures that an individual stays healthy. Staying healthy means an individual is able to do what he/she wants to do. It also helps the individual to save money because he/she doesn't have to buy medicines for his/her maintenance.

Health care is also important to the family because a "healthy family" is a "happy family" right? :3 A healthy family contributes much to the growth of it's members.

Health care is, likewise, important to the community because when it' members are healthy that community becomes dynamic& progressive. it's members can do its share to implement important programs. :))

Recycled Crafts Project :3

I had a blast, because being with my group mates and making some recycled crafts, we had to share some ideas to make a RECYCLED CRAFT that can be sold so we planned to do "Lamp" that is made with a basket and a bamboo. My contribution was a basket. It was very fun because me and my group mates work together to make this lamp! we have to connect the wire so that it will light., connect the bamboo to make it stand. :) so far it is successful we made the lamp simple. "SIMPLICITY IS BEAUTY RIGHT?"  ;) working with my group mates made are bond more stronger my group mates are responsible that's why are lamp was very successful. and I am happy because our Lamp is a SUCCESS! =)))