Avoiding readmission is financially feasible for the organization by lowering their healthcare spending. Congress enacted the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program under which Medicare penalizes hospitals for higher than expected rates of readmission. In 2015 CMS withheld 3 percent of reg reimbursement for hospitals having too many 30 day readmissions for HF. Heart failure accounts for more than 38 billion dollars of health care spending annually. More than 25% of pts hospitalized will be
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Lesson Plan Week 4 Gain attention: Show a visual image of the heart on the screen using the PowerPoint projector. Go to www.innerbody.com. The students will be getting a new and different image of the heart. The anatomy will be reviewed by placing the pointer over different anatomical structures within the heart. The name of that structure will appear on the screen. This activity will also stimulate learning. 25 minutes Rule/Principle: The student will be able to explain the flow of
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Neurological Disorders KEYWORDS The following words include English vocabulary‚ nursing/medical terminology‚ concepts‚ principles‚ or information relevant to content specifically addressed in the chapter or associated with topics presented in it. English dictionaries‚ your nursing textbooks‚ and medical dictionaries such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary are resources that can be used to expand your knowledge and understanding of these words and related information
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CARDIO-VASCULAR: A) Inspection: 1. Scars : valve lesion‚ surgery - pacemaker box-under pec. muscle 2. Skeletal abnormalities : pectus escavatum(funnel chest) - Kyphoscoliosis - Marfan’s syndrome-move position of heart-move apex beat 3. Deformities: interfere pulmonary function – pulmonary hypertension 4. Apex beat : Normal position – 5th left intercostal space‚ 1cm medial midclavicular
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GoPro. Be a Hero. “GoPro will never replace Smartphone cameras it created for another purpose Capture meaningful life experience” - Nick Woodman In our project we basically were trying to make a revolution by bringing GoPro video cameras to the live streaming sport. GoPro already proven that they are one of the best on the market (Soulati Media‚ 2012). Our group knew from the first minutes what presentation would be about. All of our group members were very loyal to the product‚ which GoPro are
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Nursing Theory Plan of Care Theoretical Foundations of Practice NUR/513 March 05‚ 2012 Nursing Theory Plan of Care Ida Orlando literally wrote the book on the function of nursing. Her theory of the deliberative nursing process outlines a dynamic nurse-patient relationship in which the nurse uses his or her senses of perception together with deliberate actions to create an individualized care plan for each patient. Results of current research on the application of her theory follow
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AUD - Australian Dollar AUD Stats Name: Australian Dollar Symbol: $ Cent: c Minor Unit: 1/100 = Cent Central Bank Rate: 2.5 Top AUD Conversion: AUD/GBP AUD Profile Inflation: 2.4% Nicknames: Buck‚ Dough Coins: Freq Used: $1‚ $2‚ 5c‚ 10c‚ 20c‚ 50c Banknotes: Freq Used: $5‚ $10‚ $20‚ $50‚ $100 Central Bank: Reserve Bank of Australia Website: http://www.rba.gov.au AUD Profile Inflation: 2.4% Australian Dollar History Importance of the Australian Dollar The central bank in Australia is called
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BRADYCARDIA * Atropine – for bradycardic and unstable * Use caution with MI * Isoproterenol – Pure Beta agonist. Miscellaneous drugs * Digoxin – to slow down heart rate in AF/flutter * Nitroglycerine – decreases chest pain in ACS‚ CHF. Anti-arryhtmic drugs in pregnancy: * Lidocaine * Flecainide * Beta blockers * Digoxin ELECTRICAL THERAPIES DEFIBRILLATION – Use of electrical current * Do not defib in asystole Defibrillators – deliver current in one polarity
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Benefits of Medical Abbreviations There are many benefits of medical abbreviations. One benefit of medical abbreviations is how much easier it makes it to read a chart. This speeds up the process by knowing the abbreviations and the use of them. It is nice to simplify things by using medical abbreviations when it is a busy day. The other reason to use medical abbreviations is so that only the medical personnel will know what is being described. It is a very efficient way of maintaining a patient’s
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Tachycardia Condition The normality of the heart beats rate is of sixty to one hundred beats a minute at rest. A rate that is faster than 100 beats a minute in adults is called tachycardia. People experience transient heart beats‚ called sinus tachycardia‚ as a normal reaction to some type of excitement‚ anxiety‚ stress‚ or just exercise. There are two other types of tachycardia and those are named supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia. The condition of tachycardia is caused
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