NRS 410V TOPIC 3 DISCUSSION QUESTION 1

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NRS 410V Topic 3 DQ 1 Discuss how elimination complexities can affect the lives of patients and their families. Discuss the nurse's role in supporting the patient's psychological and emotional needs... . Provide an example. Changes in bowel or bladder habits may be signs of illness, or they may cause illness. Continence is arguably the biggest threat to individual dignity, and the ability to maintain bladder and bowel continence is an elemental part of who we are. At the individual level, good continence care is vital and neglecting it can cause discomfort, distress and can even be fatal. For example, inappropriate use of indwelling urethral catheters may cause catheter-associated urinary tract infections, which can lead to septicemia and death. Like good management of pain, good continence management involves combining a range of technical nursing skills and qualities including compassion and empathy towards individual dignity and comfort needs. Nobody wants to ask for help to use the toilet or likes being incontinent, so continence management demonstrates that the person is seen and treated as [Show More]

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