Felix is a 68- year old man who was admitted to an inpatient post operative care unit at Prairie Regional Medical Center (PRMC) after undergoing a laparotomy for the diagnosis of peptic ulcer. The surgical procedure went well‚ with no obvious difficulties. Felix’s medical history was significant for diabetes‚ and a hearing impairment for which he wears bilateral hearing aids. Renee is a highly regarded registered nurse (RN) who has worked at PRMC for 8-years. She and her husband have 3 children
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Nurses must be able to assess and conclude whether a senior may have risk factors that could affect their health. There are many tools available to us to determine if various conditions will put our senior at risk and if so‚ we are able to teach and guide them toward proper solutions to help alleviate or eliminate deterioration of their health. The purpose of this paper is interview and assess a friend of the family. I will give a brief social history of the senior‚ conduct a nutritional screening
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and capsule 8. Fridge item 9. Infusion Vials Brand Name Generic Name Dosage Form Strength Classification Indications Expiry Date Endopine Cefipime HCL Inj 500mg Anti-biotic Infection of urinary and lower respiratory tract infection‚Pneumonia 06-16 Clafron Ceftriaxone sodium Inj .5gm Anti-biotic Enteric fever‚ intra-abdominal infection‚ bone and joint infection 02-14 Clafron Ceftriaxone sodium Inj 1gm Anti-biotic Same as mentioned above 10-13 Rocephin
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Menopause is a health issue for midlife women due to the fact that this is a time in their life where they will have many changes going on in their body. Every woman is different when it comes to the symptoms that she may have during this period in her life. It will be vital as providers to realize that each person should be treated individually‚ and a plan of care should match each patient. Due to the changes during menopause‚ many women will have lifelong problems due to a decrease in the amount
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defined as an “infection whose development is favoured by a hospital environment‚ such as one acquired by a patient during a hospital visit or one developing among hospital staff” Oxford Dictionary (2008). Common nosocomial infections include; urinary tract infections (UTI)‚ surgical wound infections‚ as well as causative agents which are coagulase-negative meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)‚ Escherichia Coli (E-Coli)‚ Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL’s)‚ Diarrhoea and vomiting (D&V)
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Surgical Site Infection In the United States surgical site infections is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital acquired infections. Surgical site infections are just one type of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) but I believe they are one of the most preventable. A surgical site infection is an infection of a wound that occurs after an invasive surgical procedure. It can take days before the patient even shows signs or symptoms of an infection. “Infection develops when
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CURRICULUM VITAE DIJO THOMAS‚ VERUKADAPPANAL UZHAVOOR P.O KOTTAYAM‚KERALA INDIA-686634 PHONE NO. 04822241689‚0097466303978 CAREER OBJECTIVE: To join in a well developed organization where I can apply my knowledge‚ functional and technical expertise‚ innovative thinking and hardworking capability to the growth of the organization and carve a niche for my personal growth. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Diploma in General Nursing & Midwifery from Prince College of Nursing
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Saying psychiatric hospital facility policies need to improve significantly is an understatement. During my eight-day stay at Clarion Psychiatric Center‚ located in western Pennsylvania‚ was one of the worst experiences in my life. I know staying in a psychiatric center wasn’t a life or death situation but‚ the horrid experience was certainly a catalyst to my reoccurring nightmares. Hitherto‚ I still have nightmares of being sent back to the psychiatric center. While I was there‚ I could have almost
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INTRODUCTIONThis is a case study concerning a patient presenting with low abdominal pain‚ frequent micturation and dysuria. I will discuss the consultation and show how I used the problem solving consultation style detailed by Alison Crumbie. This involves listening to the patients’ initial complaint and developing hypothetical diagnosis. Focused questioning and clinical examination and investigations will then be used to eliminate some of the initial hypotheses. The patients’ perspective of their
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Running Heads: Fantastic Voyage through the Digestive System 1 And the Integration of the body systems Fantastic Voyage through the Digestive system & the Integration of the Body System Kenneth Wilkerson 4 HS130‚ Section Unit 9 Assignment Kaplan University May 21‚ 2012 Running Heads: Fantastic Voyage through the Digestive System 2 And the integration of the body System Captain Picard and his submarine has just been shrunk
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