CVA Patients Profile Patient name: ABC Age: 32 yrs. Old Sex: Male Date of Admission: February 07‚ 2013 Admitting diagnosis: CVA prob. Thromboembolic Infarct GCS: 11 (Lethargic) V/S taken as follows: BP= 110/80 mmHg RR= 24 CPM PR= 82 BPM Temperature= 38.0 ͦC Patient’s History * Past medical history of Bell’s Palsy * Mild Stoke Introduction Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or Stroke‚ is the rapid loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the
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The concept of medication safety has become a highly significant concept in the field of health. According to the CDC‚ about 82% of the United States population takes at least one medication daily. Due to this rather high percentage‚ over 700‚000 emergency room visits are related to adverse drug reactions. Drug interactions happen when different medications interrelate with each other‚ leading to either increase or reduced drug effects. These effects can be dangerous and in some scenarios‚ deadly
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The Importance of Medication Safety It is evident that medication errors are very common in the health care setting. It can cause complications to the patient that may be detrimental and life-threatening to his/her health. In fact‚ this illustrates incompetence and an inadequate amount of focus‚ which are imperative to have in all aspects of health care involved. Unfortunately‚ there are various reasons as to why these problems occur. The responsibilities
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Audience- Parents Psychologist ii) Ethos builder – growing up in an pharmaceutical era b) Preview iii) Emphasis on Medication iv) Focus on Therapy v) Positives of medication c) Central idea vi) Move away from the heavily medicated society we are becoming. 2) Main Point #1 emphasis on over medication d) 61% of adults use at least one drug to treat a chronic health problems‚ 15% rise since 2001 e) Gretchen LeFever ‚PhD‚ Eastern
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Medication Safety Introduction When an individual is sick or injured and visits a hospital‚ medication plays an important role in their recovery. Nurses play a vital role in the administration of medication in the clinical setting and surprisingly there are many errors that occur that could result in more complications or even death. On average hospitalized patients experience one medication error per day (Xu‚ et al‚ 2014‚ p. 286). There are many reasons as to why errors occur but there are also
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Working in partnership with patients/ clients who self administer medication A literature review Self-management has become a concept adopted by the Department of Health (DH) to enable people with chronic health conditions to become the controlling entity over their illness therefore promoting independence and psychological well being. Initiatives that recommend this practice are National Service Framework for chronic disease management and self-care (DH 2002) and National Service Framework
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Unusual events( Guest complaints/requests( Information Directory contain? (Restaurant locations ‚ transportations‚ businesses‚ shopping centers‚ banks‚ atms‚ churches‚ theatre‚ library‚ recreational areas‚ etc Mail/ Package Handling understands why not as important any more in hotel environment. (security issues? Change of Telecommunications Services ( everyone has their own phones‚ and VM‚ technologies increases Understand the dynamics of Interdepartmental Communications Housekeeping(must
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Discuss two or more media texts you would describe as post modern and discuss why you would give them this label Moonrise Kingdom‚ Anderson (2012) is a film which explores a narrative through a combination of high art and kitsch. Anderson tells the story of a scout who flees his camp in order to pursue a love interest with a consistent use of many aesthetic post-modern features‚ such as nostalgia‚ parody‚ eclecticism‚ pastiche and hyperconsciousness in order to give further depth to the initial
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J History Reading & Thinking Note Sheet (2011 AD) Name/Period: Caroline Johnson / 6th Chapter/Reading (Pages): 18th /388- 403 Chronology (Time Period): 1450- 1750: Early modern period Most Important Ideas (Minimum of 5 - (Big Picture‚ themes‚ changes‚ continuities‚ etc): 1. Serfdom of Russia: Serfs were not given many rights‚ but were used for labor on the large lands the powerful leaders and people of the time had 2. . Catherine the Great: German born Russian tsarina in the
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Physical Assessment Date: Time: General Appearance: The patient is female‚ lying in bed‚ with #5 0.9 NaCl @ 80 gtts per minute @ 900 cc hooked @ left metacarpal vein‚ patent and infusing well. The patient is wearing white shirt and blue pajama. The patient is slightly well groomed even though she can’t do her daily activities and hygienic activities such as combing her hair‚ brushing her teeth‚ changing her clothes‚ trimming her nails and even bathing. The patient has impaired verbal communication
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