A1. Tracer Evaluation: The patient is a 67year old female that was re-admitted for a surgical infection following an abdominal hysterectomy. She was admitted to the facility seven days ago followed by a surgical procedure which was completed five days prior to this report. Patient is scheduled to be discharged with home health and IV antibiotics. This patient was selected for audit. Review of the chart shows that the patient’s H&P was completed on day 3 of the admission. Joint Commission hospital
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the patients home‚ as ordered by MDs. In the case of V.S.’s community‚ these services that the form of the YMCA for senior-aimed group exercise classes‚ Shiraz ADHC and North Hollywood Senior center for recreational and daily health maintenance‚ as well as communication and relaxation with peers‚ and AGM Home Health Care as one of the home health service that serves the community. With these available resources‚ and many more‚ residents can take advantage of self-health promotion‚ education‚ and
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Programmatic Assessment-Epidemiology NUR/408 May 23rd‚ 2013 Programmatic Assessment-Epidemiology This document will discuss the relevancy of the population chosen and the disease of interest. The vulnerable population that was chosen is the homeless. The disease related to this population is HIV/AIDS. It will define and describe epidemiology regarding HIV/AIDS and the steps and methods used. This document will also define the Epidemiological Triangle and the different types of epidemiology
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health care risks. Your job is to determine what health care plan would best provide services and cover costs. Remember‚ at the end of the simulation‚ you may decide to deny coverage to either or both companies. Answer the following questions about the insurance coverage and the health care profile. Then‚ determine what coverage is best for each company. Health Plans Offered Castor Standard Castor Enhanced List the major difference of each plan. Does not cover preexisting conditions Lower prices for
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financially. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one chronic disease that is progressive and difficult to manage. Patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure have a critical learning curve to maintain health and to manage and live with this disease. Physicians and nurses are in the frontline to providing patient education‚ which will interpret the degree of compliance by the patient. Heart failure begins when the heart is not able to pump blood efficiently out to the body. In left-sided heart
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Hypertension (63 yr old) Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common disorder when blood pressure remains abnormally high 140/90 or greater for a period of time and doesn’t go down. Seniors with high blood pressure‚ a single specific cause is not known. Factors that can raise blood pressure are eating too much salt‚ drinking too much alcohol‚ not excising‚ taking certain medicines‚ having long lasting stress‚ and smoking. If high blood pressure is not brought down to normal it can have
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wife cleaned the wound as well as she could with soap and water‚ dressed it with clean gauze‚ and wrapped it tightly with an elastic bandage to stop the bleeding. The second day they redressed the wound and applied triple antibiotic ointment. The patient treated his pain with ibuprofen (Advil). He reported the pain was not very bad for the first 72 hours. In the past 24 hours‚ the leg swelled and the mottling began to appear. A foul odor and severe pain accompanied the swelling. His wife convinced
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Community Health in Winchester California NUR/405- Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice Karen Harriman April 20‚ 2015 Lee Moquin Introduction to the Family and Community Introduction of the Family: Six family members Two of the children have history of Asthma‚ Status Asthmaticus One family member has issues with Obesity All family members have issues with Knowledge Deficit Introduction to their Community of Winchester California Racial disparities: Health concerns:
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(Coreil‚ 2008). The theoretical framework aids in comprehension of behavioral patterns of patients and their families since it is possible to associate a single individual behavior with that of the surrounding population. Further‚ the behavior of patients is a replica of the family members’ behavior because of the assumption that the two share a common social setting. Therefore‚ managing and taking care of the patients in the hospitals entails taking into consideration the behavioral activities of the
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Organizational Structure and Culture Nur/492 March 11‚ 2013 Organizational Structure and Culture Organizational structure is described as the establishment of authority and the arrangement of the work group. Classical theorists developed the concept of departmentalization as a means to maintain command‚ reinforce authority‚ and provide a formal system for communication (Sullivan & Decker‚ 2009). The design of an organizational structure can be vertical or horizontal. Work is subsequently
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