DOI: 10/3/2001. Patient is a 68-year-old female clerk typist who sustained injury to her low back and left leg when she tripped on a hole. Per OMNI‚ the patient had chronic low back pain‚ sciatica‚ spondylolisthesis and spondylosis. Per medical report dated 9/4/15 by Dr. Windham‚ the patient has done well with Cymbalta and Celebrex‚ and zolpidem for her trouble sleeping. She takes hydrocodone occasionally for breakthrough pain. Based on the medical report dated 12/02/15‚ the patient presents for
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Chapter 58: Nursing Management: Stroke Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After a patient experienced a brief episode of tinnitus‚ diplopia‚ and dysarthria with no residual effects‚ the nurse anticipates teaching the patient about a. cerebral aneurysm clipping. b. heparin intravenous infusion. c. oral low-dose aspirin therapy. d. tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ANS: C The patient’s symptoms are consistent with transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ and drugs that inhibit platelet aggregation are prescribed
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Nursing Management Assessment: Initial comprehensive assessment is completed on patient to establish the baseline and after that the assessment of the patient is continuous and systematic throughout patient care. Assessment is essential because it forms the information on patient database and helps the care team to provide evidenced based nursing care. Upon assessment of the heart transplant patient the subjective and objective data are collected and they include: Health history‚ physical examination
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ethics for the nurses rejects any attempt to perform activities that are contrary to the patient’s rights. These include the right to life‚ to self esteem and the right to respectful treatment (International Council of Nurses‚ 2006). In the case study situation the surgeon made a wrong recommendation for the patient. Mr. B was wrongfully scheduled for a tumor resection procedure yet the most appropriate course of treatment for him was a palliative treatment or limited intervention. Subjecting
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Chapter 33: Nursing Management: Hypertension Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which action will the nurse in the hypertension clinic take in order to obtain an accurate baseline blood pressure (BP) for a new patient? a. Deflate the BP cuff at a rate of 5 to 10 mm Hg per second. b. Have the patient sit in a chair with the feet flat on the floor. c. Assist the patient to the supine position for BP measurements. d. Obtain two BP readings in the dominant arm and average the results. ANS: B The patient
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patient complaining about discharge instruction and family worried about how they can prevent the fall at home. The elderly people can’t manage their own health issue alone. Upon the discharge planning nurses can help their situation through case manager. The case manager talked with patient and the family members about the home health for them. Home health care agency is very helpful for elder peoples to maintain their capability and stay with comfortably of their own homes for as long as possible
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professional judgment and practice are different. Their levels of professional accountability are not different. Professional nursing is based on altruism‚ integrity‚ accountability and social justice. Judgments and practice that are based with those ethical values will always be in the best interest of the patient‚ no matter what the professional
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1. Admit the patient using critical thinking skills to assess and prioritise nursing interventions related to Audrey’s. • Comfort and Safety. Audrey who is diagnosed with fractured left NOF (neck of femur) must be evaluated using pain assessment to obtain the optimal pain management intervention. Analgesics and non-pharmacologic approaches will be helpful to ease her pain and anxiety(Fink‚ 2000). As for her safety‚ the bed must be lowered down‚ side rails up if necessary and all her needs must
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required to sign and adhere. (Fowler & American Nurses Association 2008). In most cases‚ a violation of these ethics may lead to serious consequences such as jail terms and being relieved of your duty. In some professions‚ an oath is usually administered so as to bind the professionals to the ethics.
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improvements to be made. The first area of improvement that has got to be mentioned it the nursing shortage. In many health care systems there is a nursing shortage. Nurses often become overworked and underappreciated. When someone in any profession is overworked‚ accidents can happen‚ but within the nursing profession these overworked accidents can have detrimental consequences. With many shifts short-staffed‚ nursing managers face the dilemma of either overworking staff or having not enough nurses during
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