Emergency Department Northeastern Intermediate Clinical Practice 04/23/2013 Emergency Department Experience I started my day in the emergency department (ED) by meeting the staff. One charge registered nurse (RN)‚ five staff RN’s‚ four paramedics‚ one patient care technician‚ and one doctor. Jennifer Thomas was also in the ED today and informed me that to get the best experience I should invite myself into the rooms as the patients arrive. Most Common Medical Diagnosis The first patient
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It should be a customary practice to set up an IMS (Incident Management System) and have a designated incident commander during any event where continuous attention and significant resources are needed to save lives‚ property‚ communities‚ and preserve evidence during an incident. The use of an incident command allows for strategic decisions to be made and what necessary resources are wanted to preserve life and property (Federal Emergency Management Agency‚ 1999). During an attack involving the
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Icon hospital in Chicago • Experienced staff‚ low turnover rate • Nurses with master’s degree • Head nurses and assistant head nurses familiar with managerial roles • Management working on improving Emergency Department (ED) flow • People seek medical care at ED Weaknesses • Emergency Department (ED) used as primary care by local residents • ED transfers to clinical units taking more than 15 hours • Patients lying on stretchers for long periods of time • Long ED waits • Staff nurses
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In the short story “Emergency” by Denis Johnson‚ Georgie and FH work at an Iowa hospital emergency room. The main characters Georgie and FH are representing the American society during the Vietnam War. They are portraying how America was in a real state of “Emergency” and in need of urgent help. Georgie and FH are completely blinded by how drugs are.affecting them. At some point‚ FH mistakes a drive-in for a cemetery‚ he thought the speakers were military tombstones‚ until Georgie points out that
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Descriptive Essay: A Particular Friend Or Family Member If I need to choose one of my family members‚ I may prefer to write about my superhero in my life that is my beloved father. Actually in my mind‚ I had three persons that always be my superheroes in my life. They are my elder sister that I call ‘Along’‚ my beloved mother and my beloved father. Each of them has their own achievement in their life that I think I should be proud and respect to them. Besides that‚ these three person are always
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Queens’s day incident in Apeldoorn in the year of 2009 Queen’s day also known as Koninginnedag is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This holiday is reserved to celebrate the birthday of the Queen. Though Queen Beatrix was born on 31 January‚ the holiday is observed on 30 April as it was the birthday of her mother and predecessor‚ Juliana. Many of the traditional activities are held outside‚ and observing the holiday in April makes suitable weather more likely. On this national
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would experience an event that would almost cost me my life. While I was recovering nicely‚ not quite one week after my surgery‚ I had symptoms that my discharge instructions clearly indicated I should visit the emergency room because I could be in trouble. While I was in the emergency room‚ an unfortunate event happened that I believe led to the fight of my life. I will spare you those details‚ but it was extremely scary and traumatic. I remember the next morning that my abdominal muscles ached
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Perspectives in Emergency Life can be repetitive‚ unclear‚ and colourful. It has its ups and downs‚ along with its dramatic twists and turns‚ but ultimately‚ life can be confusing. In the short story Emergency‚ Johnson suggests that when one is stuck in the same environment for too long‚ one’s grasp on life becomes artificial. Using symbolism‚ characters and anaphora‚ Johnson suggests that by “taking a break” from work‚ one can gain a clearer perspective on life. Johnson uses ‘blindness’
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Critical Incident Report Executive Summary This report describes a dissatisfying service incident and analyses the incident helping to develop recommendations for the serviced provider. The report integrates the description of an incident‚ a critical analysis of the incident‚ including and examinations of the service quality gaps model. Customer gap: dimensions‚ types of encounters and sources of displeasure and Providers Gaps 1‚ 3 and 4. The objective of this report is to analyse the critical
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I have a patient coming to ICU from emergency department with diagnosis of severe hypertension and history of ischemic heart disease. The patient was started with infusion GTN at 1cc/hours. In intensive care‚ the BP persistently increasing and my doctor ordered to increasing the dose of GTN infusion to 5cc/hours. The BP was decreasing down to 120/90mmhg in 15 minute later. The dose of infusion will reduce to 1cc/hours. BP was persistently decreasing to 70/40mmhg. All the team were query why the BP
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