Describe The General Patient Layout (10 Points)
2. Describe the general ward layout (10 points) The ward has a large room that hosts the patient’s beds, a help desk, a staff room, examination room, an isolation room, two bathrooms and a storage room. The patient area is located in the center of the room and extends straight towards the end of the ward. While this is not the largest ward at the Princess Margaret Hospital it is still quite spacious. The help desk is where the RNs organize their paperwork deal with rotations and patient information or any other important info. The staff lounge is a small area set up with a table and chairs for the employees to unwind or to have lunch. There is also a refrigerator, a microwave and a coffee center setup. The examination
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There are seven beds on the left and eight beds on the right. The last two beds on the right side of the room are used for the isolation room. Each bed has a curtain for patient privacy and a trash bin lined with disposable red garbage bags. The patients are arranged as an empty bed becomes available. However, urgent care patients are kept closer to the front of the ward. For example, if beds 1-3 or 13-15 are available urgent care patients would occupy these beds (Sapatula).
2.2 Describe the diagnosis and management of one (1) ill patient (10 …show more content…
The surgeons performed exploratory lobotomy on her abdomen and after surgery she was placed under female surgical ward 1. Her vital signs where taken and she was physically assessed. She had a blood pressure reading of 129/67, axillary temperature reading of 100.40 F, and a pulse reading of 113 pbm. She also had a nasogastric tube inserted. The Physician orders instructed that she was to be given certain medications. These included Zosyn (3.375g), Morphine (5m IV), Gravol (50 mg IV) and Nexium (40mg IV). The patient was under the care of RN Sapatula. The patient was visited by a doctor which dressed the incision wound with iodine and removed a water embolism in her folly catheter. After she was treated she was allowed to walk up and down the ward to exercise which was a very important factor in her
There are seven beds on the left and eight beds on the right. The last two beds on the right side of the room are used for the isolation room. Each bed has a curtain for patient privacy and a trash bin lined with disposable red garbage bags. The patients are arranged as an empty bed becomes available. However, urgent care patients are kept closer to the front of the ward. For example, if beds 1-3 or 13-15 are available urgent care patients would occupy these beds (Sapatula).
2.2 Describe the diagnosis and management of one (1) ill patient (10 …show more content…
The surgeons performed exploratory lobotomy on her abdomen and after surgery she was placed under female surgical ward 1. Her vital signs where taken and she was physically assessed. She had a blood pressure reading of 129/67, axillary temperature reading of 100.40 F, and a pulse reading of 113 pbm. She also had a nasogastric tube inserted. The Physician orders instructed that she was to be given certain medications. These included Zosyn (3.375g), Morphine (5m IV), Gravol (50 mg IV) and Nexium (40mg IV). The patient was under the care of RN Sapatula. The patient was visited by a doctor which dressed the incision wound with iodine and removed a water embolism in her folly catheter. After she was treated she was allowed to walk up and down the ward to exercise which was a very important factor in her