also suspected that Mrs. Collins contracted MRSA and the physician would like to continue IV antibiotics for an additional 5 days. It is in this setting that case management was contacted to explore home care services in lieu of an additional 5 day hospital stay. Mrs. Collins was under home health care‚ she was able to finish her 5 day course of IV antibiotics while gaining strength through Physical Therapy (PT) as her condition had
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1. Why is understanding of health care financing important for nurses? Understanding the finances behind health care allows the nurse to compare cost to benefit of procedures with clients‚ which empowers the client to make a more educated decision about which route they should choose for their care. With this knowledge nurses must also understand the importance of providing quality care in a cost efficient manner by reducing the number of hospital acquired conditions‚ preventing readmissions‚ preventing
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Claim against the Commissioner of Police on the psychiatric injury of Scarlett Duty of care and breach of duty The issues are whether the police owed a duty to Scarlett to protect secrecy of the confidential information; and whether the duty was breached by the police by leaving the confidential information in an unattended police vehicle. To establish the existence of duty of care‚ foreseeability‚ relationship of proximity‚ and fair‚ just and reasonable should first be proved. In Hill v CC
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4. Mr. Ochoa will spend several days hospitalized in the acute care setting as he is stabilized and treated for CVA List nursing interventions as they relate to the CVA patient for the following areas of concern. (Acute care: prevent further injury and addressing current issues) Mobility: (3) List three nursing interventions aimed at preventing immobility related issues while in the acute care setting. 1. Never pull on the affected extremity when moving patient. 2. Encourage continuous shoulder
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though‚ you might not agree with how they live their lives‚ it’s still your duty as their nurse to take care of them. 1. Identify the purpose and functions of the agency. Tennessee Quality homecare provide nurse care in the home setting. They offer care whether you are suffering a short-term illness or disability‚ or need more advanced care for a long period of time. They care all the way from newborns to seniors‚ seeing mostly seniors though. 2. Identify the implications
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Writer met with the consumer today at Georgia Care along with Dan West from DWMHA to discuss with the consumer and house mgr. It has been reported that the consumer does not want to take his diabetic medication as prescribed. The consumer report that his blood sugar keep spiking because he is under a lot of stress. The consumer was upset stating that he know how to control his blood sugar and that the staff check his sugar too early and they need to wait for about 1 1/2 hour before checking his sugar
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Have you ever been taken by (defects) foster care. Well‚ foster care is a temporarily arrangement in which adults provide for the child or children whose birth parents are unable to care for them. To determine whether Phony boy Curtis goes to foster care or stays with his brothers will have to acquires him of staying out of jail‚ correcting his bad habits‚ and having a stable environment. One way that Phony boy Curtis goes to foster care is that he will have to stay out of jail. There will not
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The primary focus of hospice care is to promote comfort and dignity at the end of life (Torphy‚ Burke‚ & Golub‚ 2012). In hospice care‚ it is one of the nurse’s job to ensure that the patient gets adequate pain relief. However‚ this can be difficult to implement in an outpatient setting. In the scenario provided‚ the patient’s family is preventing the patient from being medicated properly. This issue of family control over the patient’s medication can lead to a couple of possible negative situations
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The buyers entered this market at a right time and maybe to late but based on the technology jump they are making it was perfect time. Inly problem being is health care plan act passed by Obama is hurting profits due to not getting the insurance money that they get from the past but are getting the minimum pay from the act. This has hurt hospitals‚ ER‚ and even private doctors. The act is great for the patience but for the business it hurt you lose money when you are saving lives and can’t pay for
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Hospice Care Florence SC is looking for a qualified Administrative Assistant. The job description is to assist administrative functions of the office. This may include analytical duties such as creating spreadsheets and presentations and working closely to the supply list. Interpersonal duties such as making telephone calls and receiving visitors. Managerial duties using Intranet and using computer software. Two years of college or business school is required. McLeod Health is looking for a qualified
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