Tag: Trauma

Major trauma is the term used to describe a serious injury that could cause permanent disability or death. A trauma nurse’s environment consists of action and emergency situations on a day to day basis. It requires a discipline that covers various roles when caring for trauma patients with severe situations.

Trauma

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Essay on the Benefits of Art Therapy

Nursing Essays

Art therapy is part of communicative therapy that focuses on the creative process for building up an artistic approach to recover a person’s mental, physical, & emotional well-being. ...

Last modified: 14th Jun 2021

Trauma Department Review

Nursing Essays

The purpose of the interview and consultation was to identify the strengths and weaknesses within the Trauma Department and to develop a plan to address the concern. ...

Last modified: 10th Jun 2021

Post Traumatic Brain Injury Essay

Nursing Essays

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a type of cognitive communication disorder resulting from a physical trauma to the head or displacement of the brain. TBIs are categorized as mild, moderate, or severe based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition...

Last modified: 22nd Apr 2021

Essay on Memory and Traumatic Brain Injury

Nursing Essays

 Memory is an important aspect of our daily life. When memory is disrupted by a life-changing event such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), it can have residual effects. Memory impairment is common in individuals with TBI. ...

Last modified: 20th Apr 2021

Literature Review: The Role Of Telemedicine In Traumatic Brain Injury

Nursing Literature Reviews

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of telemedicine and the remote clinical nursing management of combat related traumatic brain injury....

Last modified: 13th Apr 2021

Literature Review on Analgesia Administration in Limb Trauma

Nursing Literature Reviews

The published paper that this literature review assignment is based upon is the ‘Efficacy of Intravenous Paracetamol Versus Intravenous Morphine in Acute Limb Trauma’...

Last modified: 8th Apr 2021

A Case study on The Prediction of Feature Genes in Trauma Patients

Nursing Case Studies

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α variation is closely linked to sepsis syndrome and mortality after severe trauma. We aimed to identify feature genes for prediction trauma patients with or without TNF-α variation to help direct them toward alternative successful treatment....

Last modified: 8th Apr 2021

Dental Prosthetic Options

Nursing Essays

Prosthetic options to replace a missing tooth fall into two main categories: Fixed prostheses and removable prostheses....

Last modified: 5th Jan 2021

Critical Appraisal Of A Research Paper

Nursing Essays

Research is the key contributor of professional development in many professions, particularly healthcare. It allows practitioners to inform, adjust and monitor particular ways of practice or issues. ...

Last modified: 15th Dec 2020

The Aetiology and Impact of Complex Trauma on Interpersonal Relationships

Nursing Essays

The present essay will assert that trauma-focused therapies and a trauma-informed care approach can be effectively combined to reduce the long term impact of complex trauma on inpatients of forensic mental health services....

Last modified: 4th Dec 2020

Yoked Prism and Binasal Occlusion for Management of Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Midline Shift Sydrome

Nursing Essays

 The majority of individuals who have suffered a traumatic brain injury experience some level of physiological, visual and/or behavioural change that is associated with the injury. ...

Last modified: 27th Nov 2020

Childhood Trauma and Its Effects on Adolescent Development : The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Nursing Essays

In this paper we are going to discuss the effects childhood trauma can have on an adolescent’s development as well as the prevalence of this topic in the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower....

Last modified: 10th Nov 2020

Health-Related Quality of Life Female Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Nursing Literature Reviews

The main points discussed in the article were how the development of PTSD in veterans and military personnel of the female sex were negatively impacting their health-related quality of life....

Last modified: 4th Nov 2020

Effective treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Nursing Assignments

This special assignment intends to study the effects of combat operations in the mental health of American combat soldiers and veterans....

Last modified: 22nd Oct 2020

Requirements for Trauma Nursing

Nursing Essays

Nursing can take place in a variety of different environments from physician offices, schools, clinics, hospitals etc. Each environment consists of different skills competencies and knowledge to specify level of care. ...

Last modified: 21st Aug 2020

Evaluation of Manchester's Trauma Network

Nursing Essays

Major trauma is serious or multiple injuries that could result in death or significant disability and is the leading cause of death in all groups under 45 years of age in the UK with more than 20,000 incidents resulting in 10,000 deaths annually...

Last modified: 20th Aug 2020

Pathophysiology of Injuries in Trauma Care

Nursing Assignments

Introduction to major incident: The world is moving at a fast pace and the introduction of various methods and techniques to enhance an individual’s wellbeing has always been an important aspect of ...

Last modified: 29th May 2020

Neuroplasticity and Traumatic Brain Injury

Nursing Assignments

The perceptual process “begins outside of you, with stimuli in the environment… and ends with the behavioral responses of perceiving, recognizing and taking action” (Goldstein, 2014, p.5). In ot...

Last modified: 18th May 2020

Overview of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Nursing Assignments

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has been a topic of recent study, and wasn’t thought of as a disorder until the 1980’s. Most everyone refers to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as PTSD. Post-Traumati...

Last modified: 18th May 2020

Management of Post-Traumatic Piriformis Syndrome: Case Study

Nursing Case Studies

Diagnosis and Chiropractic Management of Post-Traumatic Piriformis Syndrome: A Case Study Chief complaint A 37-year-old male patient presented himself at a local chiropractic clinic with a chief comp...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Examining Interventions For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Nursing Essay

Nursing Essays

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that develops after a tragic experience. A person must repeatedly relive the event in one of five defined ways, avoid stimuli related to the...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Clinical Management Of A Trauma Patient

Nursing Essays

Two cars collide at a stoplight, one running a red light and slamming into the side of another. Plastic breaks, metal bends and absolute silence fills the night, a brief calm before a massive storm. T...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Music Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Research

Nursing Essays

CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION “ Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything” – Plato Head injury (Traumatic Brain Injury) is d...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Experiences of Trauma Patients' Experiences of Trauma Team Treatment

Nursing Essays

What are the major trauma patients’ personal experience on full trauma team treatment of Emergency Departments in UK? INTRODUCTION Major trauma is the term used to describe a...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment, Diagnosis and Management

Nursing Essays

Abstract Traumatic brain injuries are caused by external forces that affect many areas of cognition. These types of brain injuries lead to impairments in many different areas within the ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020