Bandaging & Dressing, Signs & Symptoms of Illnesses & Diseases

Questions:

1.What is a bandage?

     A bandage is piece of material used to support a medical device such as dressing or splint.It is also used to restrict a part of the body.A bandage is available in various forms such as roller bandage, triangular, and elastic bandage.

2.When should we go see a doctor?

     We must go see a doctor if we are experiencing any pain or if it is too late call for help and ask them to call for help or ask the person to bring him/her to the hospital or go to see a doctor.

3.Where should we place the safety pin when we bring the third corner forward?

     We must put the safety pin in front of the bandage so that the bandage will be secured and will not fall off.

4. How should we cover the injured part of the patient?

     a.) Let the patient sit comfortably and support the injured part of the body.

     b.)The bandage must be applied evenly and firmly.It should not be too tight so as not to
          affect the blood circulation.

     c.)In case of emergency(like bleeding), it is important to stop it.

5. What is the difference of signs and symptoms?

      Signs are what the doctors see and symptoms are what the patient is experiencing.

Making the Bed & Bathing the Patient

Making a Bed

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

So that when someone needs our help, we already what to do and even we are not fixing the bed for a hospital we can fix our own bed at home so that it will be fixed.

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

It is very important for the fast recovery of the patient because with making the bed you can make the bed sheet more comfortable for the patient so that it won't be irritating for the patient and the bed will not be always soiled if we always change the bed sheet.

3. As a good home nurse, how will you be able to render your services to your patient through bed making?

 I can render it by helping the patient in fixing the bed and making the patient comfortable by fixing the bed sheet.

Bathing the Patient
 1. Why do you need to give a bath to the patient?

We need to give a bath to the patient so that the patient will be clean and fresh and the blood circulation will circulate properly.

2. What are the materials needed for bed bath or sponge bath?

 2 big towels, 2 small towels, rubber sheet, basin with hot water, scap, light blanket.

3. What’s the importance of using a urinal or bedpan?

The patient needs to use this because if the patient cannot go to the bathroom the home nurse can put the bedpan or urinal.

4. What do you mean by back rub?

Back rub means that you are giving a massage to a person and it is used to refresh the patient.

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

Cold compress uses cloth that is dipped in cold water and it relieves pain or reduce inflammation or used as a comfort measure while hot compress uses a cloth that is compressed with heat and relieves pain and congestion and it also increases circulation locally 

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 good home nurse should really know how to make the patient comfortable, a home nurse can make the patient comfortable by always checking how the patient is doing and always fix the patient's bed and lots more.A good home nurse should also know how to make the patient's recovery go faster, a good home nurse can do this by always making the patient happy.

2.  Why should the home nurse monitor the vital signs of the patient?
-The home nurse has to check for the vital signs so that patient as well as the patient's family what is going on with the patient.

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

BODY TEMPERATURE 

- There are lots of ways of taking the patient's temperature, it can be through the ear, armpit, rectum.

All we have to do is get the instrument for checking the temperature and put it to the area that is suggested.

PULSE RATE 

-We have to first locate the pulse then place two fingers on the wrist then count the beats for only one minute.

RESPIRATORY RATE

-The home nurse must take the respiratory rate when the patient is not aware because when they know that you are taking their respiration rate they can alter there breathing.

BLOOD PRESSURE 

-We can take our blood pressure by using a device called sphygmomanometer also with the stethoscope to hear the signals for the systolic and diastolic pressure.

4.  What are some practices that the home nurse must follow that will promote comfort to the patient?
- A home nurse must always comfort the patient by always fixing the bed and always attending the needs of the patient.

5.  How will you differentiate signs from symptoms of illnesses and diseases?
-Vital signs are essential signs supporting life such as blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and respiratory rate.
-Symptoms Compare sign any sensation or change in bodily function experienced by a patient that is associated with a particular disease.
  
6.  If you are the doctor, what will be your basis in giving the diagnosis for your patient?
-I will have to tell the patient calmly and kindly so that the patient will not have to take it painfully.

Administering of medicine to the patient

What significant insights have you learned from the topic ?

-I have learned that administering medicine to a patient is very hard because when you apply medicine,you really have to be careful because you might put the medicine in the wrong areas.We all have to wash our hands after and before applying medicine to the patient or else you might be infected or the patient will be infected.Before applying a certain medicine to the patient we must read the doctor's prescription first so that we will not give the wrong medicine to the patient. 

How does proper administering of medicines help our patients in their recovery?

-It is very important to do proper administrating of a medicine because when you do it properly, the patient will recover faster because of the proper execution.If not administered properly the patient will take a much longer time to recover because of all the wrong executions that you have done and the result is that the patient will take a much longer time to heal.It is also better for the patient's health and also better for the family so that the family will not be sad anymore.