COM155-University of Phoenix COPD and Heart Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and heart disease are two of the deadliest chronic illnesses affecting the world’s population. These diseases have caused hundreds of thousands to lose their lives. With the death rate of heart disease and COPD rising‚ attention should be focused on these diseases and how we can prevent fatalities throughout the world. Educating the public about these diseases is vital in lowering the
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What is Patient Identity Management? Patient Identity Management is an important function for healthcare-related to federal and state government agencies (North Page Research‚ 2010). In the government agencies‚ there are five tips that can be helpful in the success of patient identity management; first‚ do not reinvent patient identity management wheel. Second‚ automate patient identity management integration and delivery. Third‚ align your patient identity management architecture with agency’s
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A 25-year-old female patient has recently had a fight with her boyfriend‚ who wanted to break up with the patient because of her unstable emotion and manipulation. She did not want the break up so she threatened to commit suicide. Patient has been in four relationships within the last year‚ and all relationships started well as the patient put in lots of effort to keep her partners from leaving her‚ but all of her boyfriends broke up with her because they found it difficult to keep up with her emotion
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Diagnostic Studies: x-ray was performed. Patient was diagnosed with right Femur sub-trochanteric Fracture after analyzing the X-rays. DRUG/DOSE/ FREQUENCY/ROUTE DRUG CLASS REASON WHY THIS PATIENT IS RECEIVING THIS DRUG Ondansetron (Zofran) 4 mg q6hr or as needed. antiemetic Given to avoid nausea or vomiting. Lactated Ringers IV Premix continuous 100 ml per hour fluid and electrolyte replenishment Given to replace body fluids. Patient fell and was dehydrated after being on the ground for several
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Impact Restraints have on Children in Residential In-Patient Treatment 1. Introduction There have been many concerns regarding the use of physical restraint among children in residential and psychiatric in-patient treatment facilities. Many have debated the use of physical restraints among children as being dangerous‚ causing trauma or re-traumatizing a child‚ unethical‚ and taking away the legal rights of children. They have argued that the potential dangers within the practice of
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Disease (COPD). This will be achieved by bringing the reader through the patients’ illness journey. The assignment will begin by defining COPD and briefly going through the pathophysiology and incidents of the condition. From there the reader will embark on the journey‚ starting with diagnosis. The author will attempt to give an in-depth exploration of the next stage‚ living for today while also discussing the Health Care Professionals’ role in providing a holistic approach to care. As COPD is a
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effective patient-centered care even in the presence of cultural conflict (Campinha-Bacote‚ 2011). As a future nurse educator‚ my role will encompass assisting students to provide patients culturally competent care “... even when the patient’s health beliefs‚ practices‚ and values are in direct conflict ...” with that of the student or medical team to achieve positive patient outcomes (para. 1). Two concepts discovered are that patient-centered care and cultural competency aim to provide patients high-quality
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court or the family/guardians of the patient? 2. The Facts: a. Clinical: A 67-year-old white male was reported to have an IQ of 10 and the mental age of approximately 2 years and 8 months‚ but was otherwise in good health‚ strong‚ and well built. He does not communicate verbally‚ but instead he uses grunts and gestures. The patient was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic monocytic leukemia‚ and his physician proposed chemotherapy. With chemotherapy‚ the patient had a remission chance of 30-50 percent
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Discuss three patient safety issues that are present in the scenario. 1) Sara signed off medications on the MAR but she did not actually witness the patient taking the prescribed medications. 2) Sara left the medications unattended at the bedside. This is a careless practice. She should have carried them back to the nurse’s station and reattempted to administer the meds after the patient finished bathing. 3) Unexpected change in the patient’s vital signs. The scenario reports there has been
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Patient John Doe was brought by the ambulance to the ER. The triage nurse performed the general assessment on the patient and came up with the following information: Personal History: 65 years old‚ married with two children. Medical history: Diabetes Mellitus‚ Anemia‚ Hemiplegia A. Diabetes Mellitus- a disorder in which blood sugar levels are abnormally high because your body is not producing enough insulin to meet its need. The production of insulin is made by the pancreas and helps lower blood
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