Ethical Health Care Issues Sheri Anderson HCS/545-Health Law and Ethics September 22‚ 2014 Kenneth Pincus Ethical Health Care Issues Healthcare ethics involves making well researched and considerate decisions about medical treatments‚ while taking into consideration a patient’s beliefs and wishes regarding all aspects of their health. The healthcare industry‚ above any other‚ has a high regard for the issues surrounding the welfare of their patients. This power over a patient’s wellbeing
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1. The nurse checks for placement of a nasogastric tube before beginning tube feeding for a client. Which of the following results would indicate to the RN that the tube feeding can begin? The PH of the contents removed from the NG tube is 3 (stomach acid contents are acidic) 2. The nurse in an outpatient clinic teaches a client with right-sided weakness to walk down stairs using a cane. What behavior would indicate by the client that teaching was successful? The client leads with the cane
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NRSG258 Acute Care Nursing – S00169019 1- My chosen patient Paul is a 45-year-old man who has torn his rotator cuff during a rugby game. After consultation the surgeon informs Paul that he will require a shoulder arthroscopy with rotator cuff repair followed by rehabilitation. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons (supraspinatus‚ infraspinatus‚ teres minor and subscapularis) attached to the bones of the shoulder joint. The rotator cuff connects the humerus (upper arm) to the scapula
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Unit 2 – Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance A. Homeostasis a. State of equilibrium in the body b. Naturally maintained by adaptive responses c. Body fluids and electrolytes are maintained within narrow limits B. Water content of the body i. Varies with age‚ gender‚ body mass 1. Men have more muscle mass → increased water‚ fat cells have less water content b. 50-60% of the weight in an adult c. 45-55% in older adults d. 70-80% in infants C. Body Fluid Components a. ICF b. ECF i. Intravascular
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Alterations in Fluids‚ Electrolytes‚ and Acid-Base Balance Composition & Compartment Distribution of Body Fluids ← Body fluids are distributed between the intracellular fluid (ICF) and extracellular fluid (ECF) compartments. The ICF compartment consists of fluid contained within all of the billions of cells in the body. It is the larger of the two compartments‚ containing approximately two thirds of the body water in healthy adults. ← The remaining one third of body water is in
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drop in postoperative BP with a normal pulse and warm‚ dry skin indicates normal response to the residual effects of anesthesia and requires only ongoing monitoring. Hypotension with tachycardia and/or cool‚ clammy skin would suggest hypovolemic or hemorrhagic shock and the need for notification of the ACP‚ increased fluids‚ and highconcentration oxygen administration. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (analysis) REF: 356 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity 2. In
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GI Terminologies Visceral pain; dull poorly localized pain Somatic pain; sharp pain‚ well localized Referred pain; pain experience at a distance from disease process Fetor hepaticus; sweet fecal odor caused by hepatic failure Feculent breath; foul fecal odor caused by severe bowel obstruction Severe halitosis; foul breath odor can be caused by poor dental hygience or neoplasms or esophagus and stomach Jaundice; yellowish discoloration of skin caused by high bilirubin level associated with
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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Task 2 Legislation (P2) (M1) The Government produced the legislation ‘Manual Handling regulations 1992’; they produced this legislation to help protect staff and service user from harming themselves. In health and social care settings managers produce a policy to help prevent accidents and harm coming to their staff and the service users who come into the hospital. To help control the legislation certain lifting techniques of patients were banned due to future problems with back problems of staff
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size stocking. Chapter 56 ATI questions 1. A nurse is collecting data from an older adult client who states he has had vomiting and diarrhea for the last 48 hr. which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client is hypovolemic? (Select all that apply.) ( ) Bradycardia ( ) Hypertension (X) Tachypnea (X) Furrowed tongue (X)
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