Caregiving is essential for the patient, because it makes them feel comfortable. Thus, it speeds up the patient's recovery. Caregiving includes the proper way of serving meals. Thus, the patient will have a proper diet and a healthy lifestyle. Caregiving is also considered as a "cheer up" for the patient, which makes him/her feel that he/she is still enjoying  his/her life. It is also needed by the patient to have him/her a good care and someone that he/she can count on at all times. Even a little thing you will do, it's still important for them for you still did all the best you can to give care to the patient. I can say caregiving is vital because it helps the patient in terms of treatment as well as the whole being of the patient such as the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and in all other aspects for the sake of the patient, and for the betterment of the patient's health.

1. What are signs and symptoms? 

        It is important to know how to make an occupied and unoccupied bed because if I were a home nurse, I should learn how to apply various home techniques such as these to make the patient feel comfortable and speed up the recovery.

  

           Because if you do it in a proper way, the patient will feel comfortable when he's/she's in bed and to have him/her a better clean surrounding to avoid bacteria that might make the patient feel worse.       

           I will do the bed making in an order and proper way and maintain a cheerful disposition so that the patient will feel comfortable and somehow will make him/her smile.

             Because of course all of us people take a bath and it helps to clean the skin and keep it free from dirt, germs and sweat. It also helps the blood flow in the body. Baths give us chance to observe the patient and his/her skin. Baths are also very comfortable and relaxing to the patient

             Urinal and bedpan are important if the patient is expected to remain bedridden for a long period of time, so that the patient will not anymore get off the bed and enter the comfort room.

              The back rub is usually administered after the patient's bath . It should be offered to the patient because it promotes relaxation, relieves muscular tension, and helps to stimulate our body circulation.

             Cold Compress is an absorbent cloth that is being dipped in to a cold water, wrung out and applied to a body part to relieve pain or reduce inflammation or used as a comfort measure.

             Hot Compress is the application of heat to a small area with hot gauze or hot compress cloth. Hot compress increases circulation locally. It relieves pain and congestion.

      To make the patient feel comfortable, as what I have learned in our TLE subject, we should keep the patient's room clean and times for a relaxed atmosphere, proper hygiene should be observed at all times to avoid infection and to also ensure speedy recovery of the patient and assure the patient of full support and understanding by maintaining a cheerful disposition.

      Of course, because recording patient observations is an important part of nursing routine and an essential skill to be able to detect changes in the patient's condition. And nurses should also feel empowered and confident enough to be able to adapt their routine to reflect a patient's progression towards recovery.  

      In taking the patient's body temperature, we use thermometer. Thermometer can be either placed in the patient's mouth, armpit or in rectum. But usually nurses place it in the armpit.

       In taking the patient's pulse rate, We locate the pulse by using either of our two fingers except the thumb (because the thumb has its own pulse and we might count it by mistake), then we can feel it either at the wrist, neck, ankle, or at the temple. Afterwards, we count the beats for 1 minute.

      In taking the patient's blood pressure, we measure it by using a sphygmomanometer with the stethoscope to hear the signals for the systolic and diastolic pressure.

   The home nurse should practice the basic principles, characteristics, and duties and responsibilities that a usual home nurse must apply.

     A symptom is subjective from the patient point of view. A symptom is what the patient experiences about the illness, injury or disease. Symptoms can only be experienced, they are not able to be observed or measured objectively. Pain is a symptom. I do not know you are having pain unless you tell me. Nausea is also a symptom, as are: chills, numbness, fatigue, vertigo, malaise, itching, stomach cramps, burning on urination, etc. Symptoms can be characterized by the patient to help the physician diagnose the problem with that added information to consider along with the observations, measurements, laboratory findings and other diagnostic test results that are the objective signs.

    A sign is an objective physical manifestation of illness, injury or disease. It is an objective finding, something one can observe and measure. A rapid pulse, a high temperature, a low blood pressure, an open wound, bruising, etc. are all signs. Signs give a more definite indication of the presence of a particular disease to the physician. Signs may be described as the current 'showcase' that the doctor observes in the patient and in the diagnostic testing and measurements.

(c) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_signs_and_symptoms

     If I had given the chance to be a doctor, my basis would be a good communication between me and the patient and tell her/his story so that I would we would understand each other especially his/her situation in having a disease/sickness

             I know most of my classmates including me are being such an ignorant when it comes to administering of medicines and such. Good thing TLE brainwashed us and invaded our brains to the of Health Care. When I was sick back then, medicines usually make me feel queasy, like you know, I don't like the taste of it, even though it's sweet. Whenever I have headache, stomachache, cough, sneeze and whatnot, I just usually rummage my dad's drawer which is full of medicines and get and take them. The problem is, I don't know whether the medicine will really alleviate my pain.

                         

              What I've learned was that patients have often been taking medications at home quite successfully for some time prior to admission to the hospital. So at the hospital, physicians and nurses often take this responsibility away from them, only to give it back again at discharge. To ensure the patient's safety, patients in their own care by having them administer their own medications while in the hospital. This is an excellent means to verify patient's understanding of their medications and provide education about the medications and how to administer them. Also, usually patients have the most at stake in making sure that their medications are administered correctly and on time, so they are likely to try to do it correctly. 

              Another benefit is that because they only have their own medications to administer, they may have a better chance of doing so on time than busy nursing staff might. The administration of a medicine is a common yet important for us. It's the most common manner in which a medicine is administered that will determine whether or not the patient gains any clinical benefit, and whether they suffer any adverse effect from their medicines. (As what I have researched) For example, intravenous (IV) furosemide administered too quickly can cause deafness; oral penicillin V given with food will not be well absorbed; over-application of topical steroids will cause thinning of the skin and may lead to systemic side-effects.

Health care is one of the simple things that we should practice in order for us to live life to the fullest. Health care is one of the most important components in your life.  A good health care is important for many reasons. It is important to ensure a healthy body, a healthy lifestyle, a healthy community and a healthy nation. Disease or illness can really turn down your life. Therefore, the biggest asset we can have in our life is health.

The importance of  health care can be seen in the hopes of a people who are yearning for health. If you want to succeed or if you want to become rich, you have to have that ability or strength. If you are being attacked by such diseases or sicknesses, you are likely not to develop yourself in any way. Therefore I believe that health is wealth and this is the basic lesson that we can learn today. When you are in good health, you will be a happy person and enthusiastic having a good life. Sickly people will dread every moment of their pain and, they are not able to have joy and peace.

Good health care will give rise to a generation that is ready to take on the world. Diseases have a way of making the future look very deem. For example, the spread of the AIDS virus has really dealt a huge blow on this generation. Proper care is beginning to be felt in many corners of the world. Therefore, make sure that no matter whether you are and individual or a group, you prioritize on health. Investing in good care for health is investing in life.

Our group made 4 recycled products and here they are:

  

             Actually, our job was divided in to two groups. And I worked with the flower vases and necklaces.

           As you can see, the first photo is called a birdie bank. You can save your money by just inserting your coins or even bills on the hole at the top of it. It's made of illustration board and I painted it with red and orange. And the bird! It's wings are made up of Popsicle sticks and the head was built up of carton with its googly eyes.

             On the second photo are the necklaces which are made up of bottle caps from the soft drink bottles that we used to make flower vases. I just inserted some beads that were from Giro's old stuffs in the nylon string then glued them below the caps.

             Then we made the flower vases. First we mached them with recycled bond papers and after a while we waited until it dried then painted the the whole two bottles with white and the other one was black. My work was on the middle of the third photo then Gabs continued it by painting it with dark blue on its body. It was just simple to do it but never did I notice, we finished them the whole afternoon. It was a bit exhausting but I guess it's still worth it. 

            And just for a small addition to our product, my group mates made a bracelet which we also inserted some small beads and some shells in the nylon string. And this was the simplest product that we did.

           After doing all these products, of course, we felt a huge relief. As in thank God! Natapos na ang lahat :) I so much appreciated our work though it doesn't seems nice for some. And I really felt I saved our Mother Nature wala sa oras.

            Caregiving is essential for the patient, because it makes them feel comfortable. Thus, it speeds up the patient's recovery. Caregiving includes the proper way of serving meals. Thus, the patient will have a proper diet and a healthy lifestyle. Caregiving is also considered as a "cheer up" for the patient, which makes him/her feel that he/she is still enjoying  his/her life. It is also needed by the patient to have him/her a good care and someone that he/she can count on at all times. Even a little thing you will do, it's still important for them for you still did all the best you can to give care to the patient. I can say caregiving is vital because it helps the patient in terms of treatment as well as the whole being of the patient such as the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and in all other aspects for the sake of the patient, and for the betterment of the patient's health.

1. What are signs and symptoms? 

        It is important to know how to make an occupied and unoccupied bed because if I were a home nurse, I should learn how to apply various home techniques such as these to make the patient feel comfortable and speed up the recovery.

  

           Because if you do it in a proper way, the patient will feel comfortable when he's/she's in bed and to have him/her a better clean surrounding to avoid bacteria that might make the patient feel worse.       

           I will do the bed making in an order and proper way and maintain a cheerful disposition so that the patient will feel comfortable and somehow will make him/her smile.

             Because of course all of us people take a bath and it helps to clean the skin and keep it free from dirt, germs and sweat. It also helps the blood flow in the body. Baths give us chance to observe the patient and his/her skin. Baths are also very comfortable and relaxing to the patient

             Urinal and bedpan are important if the patient is expected to remain bedridden for a long period of time, so that the patient will not anymore get off the bed and enter the comfort room.

              The back rub is usually administered after the patient's bath . It should be offered to the patient because it promotes relaxation, relieves muscular tension, and helps to stimulate our body circulation.

             Cold Compress is an absorbent cloth that is being dipped in to a cold water, wrung out and applied to a body part to relieve pain or reduce inflammation or used as a comfort measure.

             Hot Compress is the application of heat to a small area with hot gauze or hot compress cloth. Hot compress increases circulation locally. It relieves pain and congestion.

      To make the patient feel comfortable, as what I have learned in our TLE subject, we should keep the patient's room clean and times for a relaxed atmosphere, proper hygiene should be observed at all times to avoid infection and to also ensure speedy recovery of the patient and assure the patient of full support and understanding by maintaining a cheerful disposition.

      Of course, because recording patient observations is an important part of nursing routine and an essential skill to be able to detect changes in the patient's condition. And nurses should also feel empowered and confident enough to be able to adapt their routine to reflect a patient's progression towards recovery.  

      In taking the patient's body temperature, we use thermometer. Thermometer can be either placed in the patient's mouth, armpit or in rectum. But usually nurses place it in the armpit.

       In taking the patient's pulse rate, We locate the pulse by using either of our two fingers except the thumb (because the thumb has its own pulse and we might count it by mistake), then we can feel it either at the wrist, neck, ankle, or at the temple. Afterwards, we count the beats for 1 minute.

      In taking the patient's blood pressure, we measure it by using a sphygmomanometer with the stethoscope to hear the signals for the systolic and diastolic pressure.

   The home nurse should practice the basic principles, characteristics, and duties and responsibilities that a usual home nurse must apply.

     A symptom is subjective from the patient point of view. A symptom is what the patient experiences about the illness, injury or disease. Symptoms can only be experienced, they are not able to be observed or measured objectively. Pain is a symptom. I do not know you are having pain unless you tell me. Nausea is also a symptom, as are: chills, numbness, fatigue, vertigo, malaise, itching, stomach cramps, burning on urination, etc. Symptoms can be characterized by the patient to help the physician diagnose the problem with that added information to consider along with the observations, measurements, laboratory findings and other diagnostic test results that are the objective signs.

    A sign is an objective physical manifestation of illness, injury or disease. It is an objective finding, something one can observe and measure. A rapid pulse, a high temperature, a low blood pressure, an open wound, bruising, etc. are all signs. Signs give a more definite indication of the presence of a particular disease to the physician. Signs may be described as the current 'showcase' that the doctor observes in the patient and in the diagnostic testing and measurements.

(c) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_signs_and_symptoms

     If I had given the chance to be a doctor, my basis would be a good communication between me and the patient and tell her/his story so that I would we would understand each other especially his/her situation in having a disease/sickness

             I know most of my classmates including me are being such an ignorant when it comes to administering of medicines and such. Good thing TLE brainwashed us and invaded our brains to the of Health Care. When I was sick back then, medicines usually make me feel queasy, like you know, I don't like the taste of it, even though it's sweet. Whenever I have headache, stomachache, cough, sneeze and whatnot, I just usually rummage my dad's drawer which is full of medicines and get and take them. The problem is, I don't know whether the medicine will really alleviate my pain.

                         

              What I've learned was that patients have often been taking medications at home quite successfully for some time prior to admission to the hospital. So at the hospital, physicians and nurses often take this responsibility away from them, only to give it back again at discharge. To ensure the patient's safety, patients in their own care by having them administer their own medications while in the hospital. This is an excellent means to verify patient's understanding of their medications and provide education about the medications and how to administer them. Also, usually patients have the most at stake in making sure that their medications are administered correctly and on time, so they are likely to try to do it correctly. 

              Another benefit is that because they only have their own medications to administer, they may have a better chance of doing so on time than busy nursing staff might. The administration of a medicine is a common yet important for us. It's the most common manner in which a medicine is administered that will determine whether or not the patient gains any clinical benefit, and whether they suffer any adverse effect from their medicines. (As what I have researched) For example, intravenous (IV) furosemide administered too quickly can cause deafness; oral penicillin V given with food will not be well absorbed; over-application of topical steroids will cause thinning of the skin and may lead to systemic side-effects.

Health care is one of the simple things that we should practice in order for us to live life to the fullest. Health care is one of the most important components in your life.  A good health care is important for many reasons. It is important to ensure a healthy body, a healthy lifestyle, a healthy community and a healthy nation. Disease or illness can really turn down your life. Therefore, the biggest asset we can have in our life is health.

The importance of  health care can be seen in the hopes of a people who are yearning for health. If you want to succeed or if you want to become rich, you have to have that ability or strength. If you are being attacked by such diseases or sicknesses, you are likely not to develop yourself in any way. Therefore I believe that health is wealth and this is the basic lesson that we can learn today. When you are in good health, you will be a happy person and enthusiastic having a good life. Sickly people will dread every moment of their pain and, they are not able to have joy and peace.

Good health care will give rise to a generation that is ready to take on the world. Diseases have a way of making the future look very deem. For example, the spread of the AIDS virus has really dealt a huge blow on this generation. Proper care is beginning to be felt in many corners of the world. Therefore, make sure that no matter whether you are and individual or a group, you prioritize on health. Investing in good care for health is investing in life.

Our group made 4 recycled products and here they are:

  

             Actually, our job was divided in to two groups. And I worked with the flower vases and necklaces.

           As you can see, the first photo is called a birdie bank. You can save your money by just inserting your coins or even bills on the hole at the top of it. It's made of illustration board and I painted it with red and orange. And the bird! It's wings are made up of Popsicle sticks and the head was built up of carton with its googly eyes.

             On the second photo are the necklaces which are made up of bottle caps from the soft drink bottles that we used to make flower vases. I just inserted some beads that were from Giro's old stuffs in the nylon string then glued them below the caps.

             Then we made the flower vases. First we mached them with recycled bond papers and after a while we waited until it dried then painted the the whole two bottles with white and the other one was black. My work was on the middle of the third photo then Gabs continued it by painting it with dark blue on its body. It was just simple to do it but never did I notice, we finished them the whole afternoon. It was a bit exhausting but I guess it's still worth it. 

            And just for a small addition to our product, my group mates made a bracelet which we also inserted some small beads and some shells in the nylon string. And this was the simplest product that we did.

           After doing all these products, of course, we felt a huge relief. As in thank God! Natapos na ang lahat :) I so much appreciated our work though it doesn't seems nice for some. And I really felt I saved our Mother Nature wala sa oras.