TRANSITION OF CARE: EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY Describe the patients medical/clinical condition. This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically
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Psychosocial Factors and Patient Education 09 Oct 11 Zahava Ohana Homework Week Two (1) Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on the patient education; Patient’s background. For example‚ that patient came from a background that does not believe on any medicines. They go to a “voodoo doctor” for some spiritual interventions and they are content on that. Because they are not too well educated or maybe it is
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acquiescing‚ or yielding. The patient is passively abide by the advice and yield to the health care professional. It has a dictatorial connotation. The patient abides by the goals of the health professional. In contrast‚ the terms adherence and collaboration are used to describe implied that patients have more autonomy and independent in following their treatment planning. Adherence is based on patient-centered model; through research‚ it has shown to promote patient satisfaction and health outcomes
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Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines | Health Print | Patient.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines Statin medicines reduce the blood cholesterol level. This helps to prevent heart disease‚ stroke and related diseases in people at increased risk. Most people are not troubled by side-effects. However‚ if you take a statin‚ tell a doctor if you develop unexplained muscle pain‚ tenderness or weakness (which may be due to a rare‚ but serious‚ side-effect). What
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Patient education is a vital part of patient-centered nursing care. To promote learning and better health‚ the nurse utilizes the nursing process which includes: assessment‚ diagnosis‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert & Hall‚ 2013‚ p. 206). First‚ a thorough assessment of the patient’s learning needs‚ readiness to learn‚ and any barriers to learning needs to be completed. With this information‚ a nursing diagnosis and goals can be established and a plan can be developed
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Improving Individual Health Practices and Patient Understanding through Comprehensive Discharge Education Improving Individual Health Practices and Patient Understanding through Comprehensive Discharge Education. As healthcare enters a new frontier with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ millions of previously uninsured Americans will flood the healthcare market. As members of this complex and vast healthcare system‚ individuals
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY Patient Name: Benjamin Engelhart Patient ID: 112592 DOB: 10/05/1967 Age: 46 Sex: M Date of Admission: 11/14/2013 Date of Discharge: 11/17/2013 Admitting Physician: Bernard Kester‚ MD General Surgery Consultations: Procedures Performed: Laparoscopic Appendectomy with placement of RLQ drain 11/14/2013 Complications: None Discharge Diagnosis: Acute Superative Appendicitis; perforated Diagnostic Lab/Imaging: Lab results at the time of admission showed
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Discharge Teaching Plan Patient History Patient is a white female admitted with Mood Disorder NOS and R/O Bipolar Disorder. She has a strong family history—mother is positive for Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorder and has attempted suicide 3X since January. Her uncle is positive for Personality Disorder. Patient was raped at her stepfather‚ sexually abused by her Grandfather whom she resides‚ and physically abused by her biological father whom she resided with for 6 months‚ prior to moving
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Chapter 22 Performance and Discharge Laura Westensee Edited by Nikki Meltabarger I. Conditions in Contracts Under Common Law‚ a contract is an agreement involving a promise or set of promises enforceable by law. The Uniform Commercial Code uses this same definition of contract‚ but in a more limited sense pertaining to the sale of goods. A person who makes an offer is the offeror‚ while the person to whom the offer is made is the offeree. The offeree is given the power to create a legally
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Patient Educational Plan Karen Cortes NURS427 February 21‚ 2011 Shannon Smith‚ Facilitator Patient Description Pamela is 30 years old and a married Filipina with a two-year-old daughter. She was born in the Philippines and came to the United States at age 13. She has a high school diploma and she attended Cal Poly Pomona and received her degree in Electrical Engineering. She works Monday thru Friday at least eight to nine hours a day and still takes work home
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