APPLYING STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGY The evolution of the electronic health record (EHR) in current health care setting has fast-tracked the need in nursing to interconnect within the construct of the computer technology. The utilization of standardized terminologies within EHR is essential for nurses to delineate the influence of nursing care netted within the electronic record. Currently‚ healthcare is facing the challenges of mandatory regulations and standards which posits greater impact to nursing
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months ago and are working with a home care agency. Included in your caseload is J.S.‚ a 60-year-old man suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) related to (R/T) cigarette smoking. He has been on home oxygen‚ 2 L oxygen by nasal cannula (O2/NC)‚ for several years. Approximately 10 months ago‚ he was started on chronic oral steroid therapy. Medications include ipratropium-albuterol (Combivent) inhaler‚ formoterol (Foradil) inhaler‚ dexamethasone (Decadron)‚ digoxin‚ and furosemide
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which requires only a few small abdominal incisions. For a laparoscopic surgery‚ the surgeon inserts a laparoscope‚ which is a pencil-thin tube with its own lighting system and video camera into your abdomen through a hollow instrument called a “cannula”. For this procedure‚ only a small incision is required. The tiny video camera then produces a magnified view of the inside of your abdomen on an outside computer screen. This allows the surgeon to see the inside of your abdomen vividly. Then to remove
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL As a second year nursing student I felt mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety when I was thinking about my upcoming clinical placement because even though I have been working as a patient care assistant at Royal Darwin Hospital for a year and had already undergone clinical teaching block for one week . The responsibility of being a nurse is big and much complex than my current job [1.2 Fulfils the duty of care] especially when handling assigned patients. Thus‚ need to have
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Learning Outcome 4 Critically analyse own OSCE performance in utilising systematic rapid clinical assessment and an appropriate track and trigger tool‚ to escalate care in an appropriate and timely manner. This essay will critically analyse my performance throughout the Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) assessment I completed‚ including the escalation strategy utilised by the Nation early warning scores (NEWS) (RCP‚ 2012) as a track and trigger tool (NICE‚ 2007). Based on the
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Congestive Heart Failure: A Cardiovascular Condition Congestive Heart Failure: A Cardiovascular Condition Congestive Heart Failure is not a disease‚ but a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood needed to meet the cardiac demands of the body and facilitate systemic circulation. Congestive Heart Failure can be right or left-sided‚ and is mainly a fluid issue‚ in which there is a decreased amount of blood to the kidneys. In children‚ CHF can be long term and is most common in
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B. Parker Prof. Fern Baudo December 4‚ 2013 Nursing Process Paper ! Managing ineffective health maintenance in a patient with multiple chronic illnesses. Overview. M.E.P. is a 37 year old African-American female who came to the ER on September 20‚ complaining of widespread severe body pain‚ shortness of breath‚ weakness‚ extreme fatigue‚ and a fever. In the ER‚ the physicians admitted her to inpatient care with two diagnoses: sickle cell anemia crisis and mycoplasmic pneumonia
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Nursing Management for Renal Failure BSN Student Department of Baccalaureate & Graduate Nursing NSC 386 Adult Health Nursing II October 17‚ 2013 Nursing Management for Renal Failure The purpose of this paper is to utilize the importance of evidence based practice in the clinical setting by incorporating the validity in planning care for the patients whom endure renal disease. Evidenced based practice is such a crucial part in obtaining as much knowledge needed to prioritize
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Historical Background ORIENTATION TO THE COURSE STATUS OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES HISTORY OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES Philosophy * Envisions itself to be a cohesive‚ pro-active‚ professional association‚ committed to excellence in nursing. * Believes that safe and quality nursing care to patients is the primary responsibility of nurses. * Believes that those who practice I.V. therapy nursing are only those R.N.s who are adequately trained and have completed the training requirements
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M1 Assess the effects on those using the service of three different discriminatory practices in health and social settings Discriminatory practice can be defined as making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or their beliefs and practices‚ centred around race‚ age‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation and disability. Although there are many laws in place to protect individual rights against discrimination such as the Equality Act 2010‚ there are
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