Carson-Newman University Student_______ _______________ Department of Nursing Date ________________________ NURS 303L – Clinical Case Study Assignment Client Age __________ M F Admit Date__________________ Allergies__________________________________ Admitting Diagnosis __Hypertension______________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity Level__________________________________ Diet____________________________________________________________
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A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonates who need to go to the unit are often admitted within the first 24 hours after birth. Newborns may be sent to the NICU if: • they’re born prematurely • difficulties occur during their delivery • they show signs of a problem in the first few days of life (sepsis/infection‚ congenital defects‚ cardiac / respiratory abnormalities‚ low birth weight) NICU EQUIPMENT:
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Assessment of pain is an important step to provide good pain control. There is one of the most problematic barriers to achieve good pain control pain‚ lack of evaluation. There are guidelines for what constitutes a recommendation proper pain assessment; however‚ many of the recommendations seem unrealistic in acute care practice. Nurses work with patients hospitalized with acute pain; they need to select the appropriate elements of the assessment of the current clinical situation. The most important
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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which affects everyone and should be discussed. Every person deserves to have some autonomy when it comes to end-of-life care decisions. There are ethical and legal disputes that arise because of disagreements between patients‚ families‚ and medical professionals. Unfortunately‚ there is not always a clear right answer to what extent or how something should be done. How to care for a dying individual also presents a plethora of issues‚ especially for nurses. This is mostly due to lack of support
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OPERATIVE REPORT Patient Name: Benjamin Engelhart Patient ID: 112592 DOB: 10/05/1965 AGE: 46 SEX: M Date of Admission: 11/14/2012 Date of Procedure: 11/14/2012 Admitting Physician: Bernard Kester‚ MD Surgeon: Bernard Kester‚ MD Assistant: Jason Wagner‚ PAC Circulating Nurse: Jimmy Dale Jett‚ RN Preoperative Diagnosis: Acute Appendicitis Postoperative Diagnosis: Perforated Appendicitis Operative Procedure: 1. Laparoscopic appendectomy. 2. Placement
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) Chief Complaint or client’s request for care Present Illness: Present Illness or present health status OLD CART (Onset‚ Location‚ Duration‚ Characteristics‚ Associated factors‚ Response to treatments tried) Progression of disease/Illness: Chronological order of events Specific s/s Duration‚ characteristics‚ location Abrupt/gradual‚ related
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Nursing Care Plan for Rhonda Silverman (pseudonym) Introduction Rhonda Silverman is a 89 year old female who is currently residing in a rest home. She formerly worked as a short hand typist prior to her marriage after which she had 3 children and was actively involved in volunteer work within her community while her children were being raised. Rhonda has had a very active life and loves to travel. She has visited North America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Oceania. As she has aged her health as deteriorated
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“LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF INDUSTRY’S INTERFACE WITH PROSPERITY-MERGER AND TAKE OVER CODES IN INDIA” A Thesis Presented to Prof. N.K. Dhondy Advocate Supreme Court & Faculty Member at Prin.LN. Wellingkar Institute of Management Development & Research Mumbai On 12th December 2010 as assignment for the Business Law for the PGPMS Program By Mr. Parag. N. Jani PGPMS 2010 -2012 Roll No.21. CONTENTS CERTIFICATE 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4 PROLOGUE
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healthcare decrease as the benefits tend to be inefficient in fully covering all of the costs that factor into a healthcare plan. The average cost calculation also does not take additional financial responsibilities‚ such as paying for a nursing home or long-term private home care‚ into consideration. Here is a look
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