INTRODUCTION The task of taking an abdominal x-ray is a task which consists of many processes. The author will‚ in this essay‚ describe many of these processes‚ including patient care‚ radiation protection and descriptions of projections required for the case study. The information will be divided into the following headings: Case Study‚ Patient Care Plan‚ Radiation Protection and Descriptions of Projections. 2. CASE STUDY A 24-year-old female patient was referred for an abdominal x-ray to the diagnostic x-ray
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Clinical reasoning Clinical reasoning involves nurses learning and practical experience to play. Any errors or misjudgement can lead to various adverse conditions (Levett-jones et al‚ 2010). Identification of patient problems‚ understanding his situation‚ collecting information and cues followed by processing the information and identifying the key problems‚ establishing goals‚ taking action‚ evaluation of outcomes‚ and reflection is what forms the clinical reasoning cycle. All these areas should
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Pain Questions to ask: Where? When did it start? Quality? Quantity? Duration? Inciting event? Was it present on admission? What did they get for pain already? Did the pain improve with medication? Allergies to pain medications? If headache‚ chest or abdominal pain is present‚ refer to the respective sections for further questions. Rule out: Sudden acuity of worsening pain. Refer to the respective sections for headache‚ chest or abdominal pain. What to order: Depend on which area is hurting
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Practice The purpose of this study was to obtain clinical information that was needed to address issues in relation to pain‚ acceptance‚ and the adjustments in a person’s life who is living with chronic pain. By obtaining the required research information‚ the social work intern co-facilitated a group called “ ACT for Chronic Pain.” This group is for Veterans who experience chronic pain. It is designed to help with acceptance of thoughts and feeling that go along with chronic pain while helping the Veterans
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DOI: 08/18/2007. Patient is a 53-year-old male registered nurse who sustained a work-related injury to his neck when he tried to pull a patient. Per OMNI‚ patient is diagnosed with back pain. IW was declared P & S in 2009. He is status post C5 to C6 fusion in 2005 and C3 to C5 anterior fusion in 2008. MRI of the cervical spine obtained on 10/29/14 showed postoperative changes from C3-6. At C6-7‚ there are mild degenerative disc space changes along with a broad- based disc bulge and some posterior
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Clinical Assessment What other information would you like to learn during the interview with the family? What questions would you ask? 1. Why doesn ’t the child want to go to preschool? Are other children bullying her‚ is there a teacher that ’s doing something inappropriate‚ etc? 2. A better description of the changes in her sleep and eating patterns. Too much‚ not enough‚ etc. 3. What is she throwing temper tantrums over? Bathing‚ getting ready for bed‚ sitting down to a meal
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Thyroid Clinical Case Study 1. The thyroid gland is part of and a major organ of the endocrine system. This gland is composed of two cone-like lobes connected together forming a butterfly shape ( shown in figure 1).The isthmus is a thin band of connective tissues which connects the two lobes of the thyroid gland is located between the pyramidal lobe and the trachea. (Cohen and Wood 2000) The thyroid gland is situated on the anterior part of the lower neck‚ below the larynx (voice box) and
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shooting pain on the wrist going to her elbow. She was referred for PT. She reports shooting and throbbing pain in the wrist and elbow‚ rated as 8/10. Patient’s goal is to be able to use her hand during activities of daily living (ADLs) task. On examination‚ there is edema of the hand/wrist. She maintains hands/upper extremity in guarded position. Girth measurement of the upper wrist is 16.0 cm on the right and 15.5 on the left. Upper extremity Quick DASH score is 72.73/100. Patient is
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he heard cracking sound and felt pain and burning in his low back. He is status post anterior retroperitoneal exposure of the L5-S1 space with mobilization of the bilateral iliac vein and artery on 10/02/12. Per OMNI‚ he was declared MMI on 09/18/13. Based on the progress report dated 03/02/16‚ the patient reports increased pain for about a week. He rates the pain 5/10 with medications and 8/10 without. He is interested in some PT to help with the pain. The pain is in the low back and occasionally
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This problem concerns clinical negligence by omission for failing to diagnose Jane for meningitis and encephalitis. For the hospital to be held vicariously liable for the actions of its doctors‚ Jane must prove misdiagnosis was carried out negligently and directly caused the injury. Lord Bingham said‚ ‘For the purposes of analysis‚ and for the purpose of pleading‚ proving and resolving the claim‚ lawyers find it convenient to break the claim into its constituent elements: the duty‚ the breach‚ the
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