Nursing

Mental Retardation, What are the level of Mental Retardation, what causes mental retardation

Mental retardation is a condition of both clinical and social importance. It is characterized by limitations in performance that result from significant impairments in measured intelligence and adaptive behaviour. Mental retardation is defined as: * Significantly sub average general intellectual functioning (IQ below 70) * Significantly deficit or impairment in adaptive functioning *Which manifests during […]

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Home Nursing, Responsibility of home Health Nurse, A care for Challenged Person, Interdisciplinary approach in providing care to the disabled by the home health nurse

Challenged person is one who deviated from normal health status either physically, mentally or socially. Children who are affected that way require special care, treatment and education. The Challenged Children can be classified as follows Physically challenged children: e.g., blindness, deaf, mute, harelip, cleft palate, crippled – polio, cerebral palsy, heart diseases, road accidents, burns […]

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Home Health care Nursing, Purposes of home Health care, Principles of home health care, Home Health care Services

Home health nursing competencies are integrated knowledge, skills, judgement and attributes required of a nurse working in home health to practice safely and ethically. Home health nurse encompasses disease prevention, rehabilitation, restoration of health, health protection and health promotion with a goal of managing existing problems and preventing potential problems. Home health activities includes teaching, […]