Nursing Care in Rural Communities Holly J. Copher Angelo State University Population Focused Community Health Nursing Nursing Care in Rural CommunitiesLiving in a rural community can present challenges for residents in receiving adequate health care. Many believe that rural communities present less health risks than urban communities. In actuality‚ they each have their own unique health problems and risks. In rural areas‚ the elderly population is at risk for not obtaining sufficient healthcare
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the population comprising some of the surrounding towns (Holy Name Medical Center Korean Medical Program‚ 2013). Therefore‚ it is very important for healthcare providers to be able to communicate with this culture. In response to the needs of the patients‚ our hospital has created the Korean Medical Program. The program provides Korean speaking doctors and support staff that can assist in coordinating all their healthcare needs. They provide Korean translators‚ menus‚ television channels for inpatients
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(Giger‚ 2013). In the healthcare setting it is imperative that the communication between patient and provider be exchanged quickly‚ accurately and effectivity. One of the most demanding situations for members of a linguistic team is assisting the conversation between the healthcare professional and the patient (Issacs‚ Laurier‚ Turner‚ & Segalowitz‚ 2011). I have had very limited exposure to working with patients that I could not converse with due to language. I speak Spanish fluently which has been
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Volunteers worked with hospice patients to support their emotion‚ they engaged in conversation with patients‚ made them laughed‚ did relaxing things such as looking at old photos‚ and brushing their hair while they were in the hospice care. They mainly focused their attention on providing emotional support for the patient and their family member as they go through the hospice process instead of the patient’s problem. Some volunteers chose to volunteer with the hospice patients because they were motivated
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on an operating table‚ and a surgical technologist assisted the doctor. Collaborative care with radiology was incorporated in order for the doctor to ensure placement by ultrasound and X-ray. The doctor then would insert a balloon catheter to open a narrowed vessel (angioplasty) that supplies blood to the leg. The procedure was done in a Cath Lab and performed by a cardiac specialty doctor. The perioperative nurse was responsible for documenting‚ ensuring the patient was comfortable‚ and administrating
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Writing as a Surgical Technologist Fast pace‚ excitement‚ and blood are a few descriptive words used to describe a surgical technologist. A surgical technologist is part of a team in the operating room that assist the surgeon during an operation. The surgical technologist can referred to as scrub tech or surgical tech. In the operating room there is no room for eras‚ so details are key to successes. There is not a lot of writing in the surgically technologist field‚ but the small amount of writing
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Current Compliance Status for Infection Prevention and Control 1. Commission Standard: Infection Investigation/Identification Recently the hospital implements preventing spread of Infection. The hospital has a successful framework for controlling the spread of infection and/or outbreaks among patients/clients‚ employees‚ physician‚ volunteers‚ students‚ and visitors. Identification and managing infections at the time of a client’s admission to the hospital and throughout their stay are
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Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field Dana Cook Nova Southeastern University Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field It is estimated that 1 in 10 patients will experience a nosocomial infection (Biddle‚ 2009). With this staggering fact‚ patient safety and infection prevention is at the forefront of healthcare. Many changes have occurred in this area since the 1840s. This is when Semmelweis‚ a Viennese obstetrician‚ made
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Family Nursing Plan of Care NUR/405 September 6‚ 2010 Sybil Beth Meadows‚ RN‚ MSN‚ NCSN CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY: I certify that the attached paper is my original work and has not previously been submitted by me or anyone else for any class. I further declare I have cited all sources from which I used language‚ ideas‚ and information‚ whether quoted verbatim or paraphrased‚ and that any assistance of any kind‚ which I received while producing this paper‚ has been acknowledged
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The presence of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units is an ongoing problem in many hospitals in the country and around the world. Master’s degree prepared nurse Antoinette C. Lopez states that approximately 15 million patients experience central line infections each year in intensive care units (Lopez‚ 2011). It not only affects the patient‚ but also the healthcare team caring for the patient and the hospital. According to nurses Jessica M. Dixon and Robin
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