Effective Nursing Essay 2022

Effective nursing

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Influenza, its specific risks and mode of spreading.........................................................................2
Infection control precautions...........................................................................................................3
Assessment and nursing care...........................................................................................................4
Interdisciplinary team......................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The primary aim of the essay is to evaluate the specific risks as well as the mode of spreading of
influenza among older people. As per the scenario, Mr. Jimmy Holden, who was 68 years old,
was facing some flu-like symptoms such as aching joints and fever. According to the healthcare
specialist, he was suffering from influenza and chest infection. Considering these health
problems, the essay will also discuss the precautions necessary for reducing the infection rate for
a residential aged care facility. Besides this, risk assessments and the nursing care necessary for
cultural safety of the patient can be understood after reviewing this paper. The residential aged
care facility provides appropriate treatment to cure the people suffering from these diseases.
Furthermore, the essay will discuss the involvement of other health teams in curing the patient
from his health issues.
Thesis statement- Proper healthcare treatment is necessary for curing an old age patient having
chest infection and influenza.
Influenza, its specific risks and mode of spreading
Influenza is a respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses, and it generally attacks the throat,
nose and lungs of a human being (Goldstein, Pitzer, O'Hagan & Lipsitch, 2017). Influenza is
commonly known as flu that causes severe illness to a patient due to the lack of proper treatment.
The common symptoms of influenza are sneezing, sore throat and running nose, and it can
develop in all types of people, including younger, adult and older ones. Thus proper treatment
should be given to an individual to get cured from this disease.
The modes of spreading influenza are as follows:
 Influenza virus can spread when an individual person comes in direct contact with an
infected person
 When a normal person directly come in contact with contaminated objects such as
infected doorknobs and toys, then it can spread to the uninfected individual (Coletti,
Poletto, Turbelin, Blanchon & Colizza, 2018)

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 Influenza virus can also spread to another individual by the inhalation of several virus-
laden aerosols
 Influenza can be transmitted through large-particle droplets when the source and
recipients come closer to each other (Coletti, Poletto, Turbelin, Blanchon & Colizza,
2018)
 The virus can also spread through sneeze, talk and cough of an infected person
Influenza is a virus that causes mild to several severe symptoms. It causes several adverse risks
of life-threatening and severe complications for older people. The risk of complication that is
generated due to influenza on the older person are provided below:
 In older person influenza generally weakens the immune system, and thus it becomes
hard for older people to fight with this virus (Wei et al., 2018)
 It causes pneumonia to an older person that lead to hospitalization and sometimes death
to the individual
 Another risk of influenza is the generation of chronic lung disease, endocrine disorders,
heart disease and obesity (Rubin, Kohn, Nullet & Hill, 2018)
 The primary risks of influenza for older adults are bronchitis, ear infections and sinus
 In older people, influenza generally causes chronic medical conditions which are the
sources of considerable mortality and morbidity rate respectively
Infection control precautions
The appropriate infection control precautions required for an individual are as follows:
Hand hygiene
Hand hygiene defines the rubbing and washing of hands with anti-bacterial soap and water and
usage of the alcohol gel for decontaminating the hands from viruses and diseases. Maintaining an
effective hand hygiene procedure enables the healthcare providers to reduce the spread of
infection rate from one individual to others (Sarani, Balouchi, Masinaeinezhad & Ebrahimitabs,
2016). By sustaining the hand hygiene practice, the healthcare professionals can reduce the
spreading rate of infection among infected to healthy people.