mortality‚" per Dr. Courtney Lyder‚ of the UCLA School of Nursing. "It is incumbent upon hospitals to identify individuals at high risk for these ulcers and implement preventive interventions immediately upon admission." Pressure ulcers‚ also known as bedsores often occurs when patients have limited mobility and unable to reposition themselves in bed causing injury caused by pressure‚ friction and moisture. Sometimes these injuries can also be caused by variety of tubes‚ drains‚ and other equipment in
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4222-370] ( Written questions [Outcome 1] Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia 1.1- explain what is meant by the terms • diversity The Service Users i deliver care to are all different in many ways.This can be along the dimensions of gender‚ age‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ physical abilities‚ political beliefs‚ religious beliefs or other ideologies. This means that i have to be aware of a person’s
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The NPUAP website has the ability to be a good start for clinicians in the battle of the bedsore. Sullivan & Schoells‚ (2013) further credit the information given by the NPUAP by stating‚ “guidance provided by such organizations as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement‚ National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel‚ and AHRQ has resulted in successful
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23 March 2012 The Effects a Nursing Home Has on a Person Back in 2004 someone that my family knew had a loved one in a nursing home. This family was obligated to put their loved one in a home because she had suffered from an accident and no one in the family was going to be able to take care of her. After the lady had been in the nursing home for awhile the family was not visiting her as often as they had when she was first put into the home. The lady started suffering from other medical problems
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Rhonda Howard 43 Woodlake Drive Charlottesville‚ VA 22901 434-282-4841 Objective: An interesting position with a growing company Experience: Staffmark Charlottesville‚ VA 22901 Administrative Assistant April 2013 to October 2013 · Received callers at establishment‚ determined nature of business and directed callers to
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The Neglect of the Elderly With the growing number of senior citizens in our expanding society‚ abuse and neglect of the elderly is a widespread issue in our society. Neglect can come in many ugly forms and can be quite horrifying when actually investigated. When we as a society fail to meet the needs of our senior community we are only creating a perhaps dreadful prelude to our own inevitable destiny. Elder neglect is the failure to fulfill obligations to a senior citizen. According
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restroom‚ Donna popped her and told her‚ “she needed to go to bed” (unknown when). Since the victim has been back at the hospital‚ Donna has not come by to check on her. The reporter said “there were two doctors who talked to Donna about the victim’s bedsore”; Donna told them she wasn’t making any more decisions for the victim. The reporter said they were trying to see if someone else could be the victim’s POA. On today (11/03/2015)‚ Donna told the Social Worker she would not give up the position as POA
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In society today‚ we often have to make decisions. Some of these decisions may mean the life or death of a loved one. The decision of whether or not to administer artificial nutrition and hydration as a form of life support is one decision that some people have to make. I feel that tube feedings‚ while okay for short term use are fine‚ but they should not be used as a form of long term care because the risks outweigh the benefits of having a feeding tube. A tube feeding is a medical procedure
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Nursing as quoted by the American Nurses Association‚ “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses; and advocacy in health care for individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations. Nursing has all types of fields that you can go venture off into. I wanted to look at registered nurses compared to licensed nurses. I wanted to list the differences
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Educate the staff on equipment to reduce bedsore on the skin such as water-filled gloves‚ ripple mattress and the pressure sore device for heals and elbows. The staff must do frequent observation of the part identified to be at risk and must document in the patient notes and turning chart their
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