CLINICAL PREPARATION TOOL Purposes: • To provide an organized method of client data collection. • To provide a format for researching client data. • To provide a standard format for reporting client data. • To serve as a format for developing and evaluating a plan of care for the client. Guidelines: 1. This tool is to be completed as per clinical instructor’s requirements. 2. Completion is required to demonstrate clinical preparedness. You may be dismissed from
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GUIDELINES FOR CLIENT ASSESSMENT FORMS (CA) A minimum of one or a maximum of two Client Assessment (CA) forms are to be handed in each week‚ at the end of your clinical rotation (post-conference) for that week. On the client you have chosen to do a care plan‚ the CA may be handed in with the care plan (the following week)‚ however‚ all other clients’ CA forms are due the week you gave care. CA forms are to be completed (as much as possible) prior to client care and brought to pre-conference
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The mechanism of heart contraction and relaxation (mechanical restitution) is the basic of cardiac functioning. This mechanical restitution is driven by calcium movement and concentrations. An increase in cystolic calcium concentration causes contraction in myocardium. Calcium from the extracellular fluid enters the cardiomyocyte through the L-type Ca2+ channels after being propagated by the cardiac action potential which depolarises the cell. This flood of calcium triggers more calcium release
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A Review of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety based disorder that can be developed after witnessing or experiencing a dangerous event associated with serious personal injury or death. PTSD is a relatively new term that was first described in 1980 in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders vol. 3 (DSM III) for what had widely been known as “shell shock”. The term shell shock was coined during World War
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ACLS PRE-TEST ANNOTATED ANSWER KEY June‚ 2011 Question 1: Please identify the rhythm by selecting the best single answer Agonal rhythm/asystole Atrial fibrillation Atrial flutter Coarse ventricular fibrillation Fine ventricular fibrillation Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia Normal sinus rhythm Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia X Pulseless electrical activity Reentry supraventricular tachycardia Second-degree AC block (Mobitz I Wenckebach) Second-degree AV block (Mobitz II block) Sinus bradycardia
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A heart attack‚ also known as a myocardial infarction‚ usually occurs when a blood clot forms inside a coronary artery at the site of an atherosclerotic plaque. The blood clot severely limits or completely cuts off blood flow to part of the heart. In a small percentage of cases‚ blood flow is cut off when the muscles in the artery wall contract suddenly‚ constricting the artery. This constriction‚ called vasospasm‚ can occur in an artery that is only slightly narrowed by atherosclerosis or even in
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Unit 11 Cleaning‚ Decontamination and Waste Management 1. Understand how to maintain a clean environment to prevent the spread of infection. 1.1 State the general principals for environmental cleaning The general principals for environmental cleaning are to ensure the hospital environment is as clean as possible to reduce the risk of infection‚ and that all precautions are taken in accordance to legislation and Healthcare policy’s and guidelines. “To prevent the transfer of micro-organisms which
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HSC 32 ~ Support the health and safety of yourself and individuals (Level 3) 1. There is much legislation dealing with health and safety in the workplace. The health and safety at work act 1974 contains general provisions but it has been supplemented by many regulations and guidelines dealing with specific areas. The main specific regulations important to care workers are: ● ● ● Control of substances hazardous to health 1988 (COSHH) Reporting of injuries‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations
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Genitourinary- 40 questions Assessment Findings *PAIN won’t always be present. KIDNEY: (dull constant ache) Not always present if pt has renal disease (don’t have w/ proteinuria or hematuria) Have CVA tenderness (hit hand over kidney)‚ lower abdominal pain‚ intermittent pain(indicates renal stones)‚ flank pain (side) N/V‚ diaphoresis‚ s/sx of shock. Cause: Acute obstruction like stone‚ clot BLADDER- lower ABD pain (usually seen w/ distention) dull‚ continuous pain may be intense after voiding
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Comforting the Neonate; application of the Comfort Care Theory Introduction An anonymous author once said‚ "In the last stages of a final illness‚ we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family." The comfort care theory by Katharine Kolcaba exemplifies this by creating a baseline of quality care that both nurses and doctors can utilize in providing care to a dying patient. Comfort has been called a distinguishing characteristic of the nursing profession yet‚ until Katharine Kolcaba
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