Nursing care of geriatric donkeys

UK-Vet Equine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 222-224
Author(s):  
Marie Rippingale
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Dental Disease ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Specialist Treatment

Many donkeys are now kept as pets rather than working animals. This means they often live longer, with many now reaching 20-years-old and being classed as geriatric. These donkeys often require specialist treatment and management, as they are prone to certain conditions such as dental disease and arthritis. The owner should be fully involved with treatment plans and supported through any environmental changes. When the time comes, the quality of life of the geriatric donkey should be assessed carefully, and the owner should be guided through the resulting decisions with support and dignity for their much-loved companion.

Guideline for the management of long tunnelled external ventricular drains in chronic hydrocephalus

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 416-421
Author(s):  
Phillip Correia Copley ◽  
John Emelifeonwu ◽  
Pasquale Gallo ◽  
Drahoslav Sokol ◽  
Jothy Kandasamy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Pilocytic Astrocytoma ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Chronic Hydrocephalus ◽  
Treatment Protocols ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Viable Treatment

This article reports on the journey of a child with an inoperable hypothalamic-origin pilocytic astrocytoma causing hydrocephalus, which was refractory to treatment with shunts, and required a new approach. With multidisciplinary support, excellent nursing care and parental education, the child's hydrocephalus was managed long term in the community with bilateral long-tunnelled external ventricular drains (LTEVDs). This article describes the patient's journey and highlights the treatment protocols that were created to achieve this feat. Despite the difficulties in initially setting up these protocols, they proved successful and thus the team managing the patient proposed that LTEVDs are a viable treatment option for children with hydrocephalus in the context of inoperable tumours to help maximise quality of life.

scholarly journals Nursing care using KT (Kuchi-kara Taberu) index radar chart enabling elderly patients with dysphagia to live like human beings after initiating gastrostomy feeding

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumiko Aruga ◽  
Ayako Saito ◽  
Yuji Aoki
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Severe Dysphagia ◽  
Endoscopic Gastrostomy ◽  
Radar Chart

Some patients with severe dysphagia need to undergo percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (gastrostomy feeding), which improves nutrition but leads them to feel they are not living like human beings. The KT (Kuchi-kara Taberu, or ingesting orally in Japanese) index was developed in order to comprehensively assess and intervene in problems with eating and swallowing. We present three cases where the KT index improved quality of life after gastrostomy feeding. Through continued nursing care using the KT index, the patient in Case 1 was able to eat orally again; the patient in Case 2 could eat a piece of jelly and communicate a little; and the patient in Case 3 was able to ingest a small amount of food orally, with support from her husband. Thus, the feeding support provided by the KT index radar chart improves quality of life, even after the implementation of gastrostomy feeding. Further studies are needed to investigate how the KT index best helps elderly patients with severe dysphagia live like human beings while taking into account the perspectives of patients and their family members.

scholarly journals The sexuality of a colostomized person as a major component of quality of life and nursing care

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Cristilene Akiko Kimura ◽  
Ivone Kamada ◽  
Dirce Bellezi Guilhem ◽  
Breno Silva de Abreu De Abreu ◽  
Renata Costa Fortes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Regional Hospital ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Care Process

The colostomized person's perceptions regarding sexuality and sexual activity is a major component of quality of life and nursing care, however due to several limitations, the questionnaire only approach, although validated for such applications, has not enough resolution, due to its qualitative approach, to capture more delicate aspects of the impact of an ostomy onto a otherwise healthy patient. In order to correct such bias, a exploratory-descriptive study of a qualitative approach based on Bardain’s content analysis was conducted.  80 colostomized participants were recruited from Stomatology Outpatient Clinics in the Hospital de Base, Regional Hospital of Asa Norte and the Regional Hospital of Gama, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Data was collected through a clinical and sociodemographic questionnaire, as well as an individual interview. The results are presented in five categories: self-concept, leakage issues, odor and gases, stigma, sexual activity and companionship. The analysis suggests that the fulfillment of nursing care ideals, through clear and objective communication, results in the colostomized person's care and can favor in the acceptance of their new way of living. The exchange of knowledge and practices between the colostomized patient and the medical care support crew, in special the nursing care, allows the establishment of strategies that contribute gradually to the full health care, promoting the improvement of the QoL of both the colostomized person as well his/her partner. It is concluded that health services should provide care process in health and nursing, with the purpose of guaranteeing means for the planning of a holistic implementation of health care. This planning should include the psychological support and the educational process that develops one's ability for self-care, which may interfere in the role of sexuality and sexual activity, in addition to the physiological, psychological and social issues.

The Impact of Specialty Practice Nursing Care on Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons With Ostomies

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Coca ◽  
Ignacio Fernández de Larrinoa ◽  
Raquel Serrano ◽  
Helena García-Llana
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Specialty Practice ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Image processing for cervical pathology diagnosis using cervix’s polarized images

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (K3) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Tien Van Tran ◽  
Cat Ngoc Phuong Phan ◽  
Linh Quang Huynh ◽  
Quynh Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Hieu Trung Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Image Processing ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Trichomonas Vaginalis ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Suitable Treatment ◽  
Image Processing Algorithms ◽  
Processing Algorithms

Cervical pathologies are frequently occuring diseases and may affect women’s quality of life in many ways. These pathologies are curable with early detection and with a following suitable treatment plans. Colposcopy is a standard examination among screening methods which are used to early detect the abnormal lesions on cervix’s surface. Recently, studies about processing polarized image show ability to support diagnosis of the cervix. In this research, we use cervix’s polarized images and image processing algorithms to segment the blood distribution of Nabothian cyst and Trichomonas vaginalis infection. These results have the potential to provide underlying information of the cervix to support the diagnosis.

scholarly journals Segurança do paciente em hemodiálise

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3360
Author(s):  
Renata De Paula Faria Rocha ◽  
Diana Lúcia Moura Pinho
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Virtual Library ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Article Analysis

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar a literatura acerca da segurança do paciente em hemodiálise. Método: trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa, por meio de pesquisa em artigos publicados entre os anos de 2006 a 2016, em português, inglês ou espanhol; coletados nas bases de dados Medline, Lilacs, BDENF e Biblioteca Virtual SciELO e os resultados apresentado em figura. Resultados: compôs-se a amostra deste estudo por seis artigos. Agruparam-se as informações após a análise dos artigos, em três categorias: segurança do paciente em hemodiálise; fatores que afetam a segurança do paciente em hemodiálise e estratégias para a segurança do paciente em hemodiálise. Conclusão: torna-se importante que a equipe da hemodiálise aprofunde os seus conhecimentos acerca da segurança do paciente para atuar, de forma proativa, na prevenção de eventos adversos garantindo, assim, a segurança do paciente e uma melhor qualidade de vida ao paciente com doença renal crônica em tratamento hemodialítico. Descritores: Segurança do Paciente; Enfermagem; Diálise Renal; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Enfermagem em Nefrologia; Avaliação em Enfermagem.ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the literature on the safety of patients on hemodialysis. Method: this is a bibliographical, descriptive study, of integrative review type, through research in articles published between the years 2006 to 2016, in Portuguese, English or Spanish; collected in the databases Medline, Lilacs, BDENF and SciELO Virtual Library and the results presented in figure. Results: the sample of this study was composed by six articles. The information after article analysis was grouped into three categories: patient safety on hemodialysis; factors that affect patient safety on hemodialysis and strategies for patient safety on hemodialysis. Conclusion: it is important that the hemodialysis team deepens their knowledge about patient safety to proactively act in the prevention of adverse events, thus ensuring patient safety and a better quality of life for patients with illness renal disease on hemodialysis. Descriptors: Patient Safety; Nursing; Renal Dyalisis; Nursing Care; Nephrology Nursing; Nursing Assessment.RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar la literatura acerca de la seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis. Método: se trata de un estudio bibliográfico y descriptivo, revisión de tipo integrador, a través de los artículos de investigación publicados entre 2006 a 2016, en portugués, Inglés o Español; recogidos en las bases de datos Medline, Lilacs, BDENF y Biblioteca Virtual SciELO y los resultados presentados en figura. Resultados: se compuso la muestra de este estudio por seis artículos. Se agruparon las informaciones después del análisis de los artículos, en tres categorías: seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis; factores que afectan la seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis y estrategias para la seguridad del paciente en hemodiálisis. Conclusión: es importante que el equipo de la hemodiálisis profundice sus conocimientos acerca de la seguridad del paciente para actuar de forma proactiva en la prevención de eventos adversos garantizando así la seguridad del paciente y una mejor calidad de vida al paciente con enfermedad renal crónica en tratamiento hemodialítico. Descriptores: Seguridad del Paciente; Enfermería; Diálisis Renal; Atención de Enfermería; Enfermería en Nefrología; Evaluación en Enfermería.

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