Introduction This paper presents the care to a patient during one shift in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tony*‚ a 79 year old‚was admitted to ICU with suspected anoxic brain injury;post Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest; and Head Injury. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation was initiated by his son. When the EMTambulance arrived Tony was pulseless‚ cardiac monitoring showed Ventricular fibrillation – he was cardioverted twice at the scene. Inthe Emergency Department (ED) he developed Ventricular tachycardia
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Hypertension (HTN) is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and account the single most important risk factors for stroke‚ affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide and is considered as one of the top global risk factor for mortality (Kearney et al 2005). The incidence of HTN rises with increasing age; indeed‚ the greater of elderly people have high blood pressure (BP) (Franklin 2006). Suggesting that an individual with normal BP older than 50 years of age‚ the probability during the next
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Hypertension Health Hazard in the African American Communities Hypertension (HTN) is a genetic disease which tends to run in families. Even though every race and ethnicity can be affected by HTN the highest prevalence is in the African American communities (Opara‚ Hawkins‚ Sundaram‚ Merchant‚ Rasmussen & Holmes‚ 2013). During my survey‚ I conversed with 50 people in my community‚ 48 had a mother or father with HTN‚ the other two were uncertain. Twenty-five of the 50 people I conversed with admitted
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Principles of Nursing Practice and Applied Health Sciences (NPCG1017 & NCPG1016) ‘ The nursing process and essential care needs ’ Summative Assignment SA072 Student ID: 25519662 Word count: 3294 (excluding reference list and text boxes) Introduction This assignment will endeavour to look at essential care needs and explore exactly what they are and why they are important. The assignment will then discuss one particular essential care need relevant for a chosen patient‚ explore this
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Critical Care Nursing: Sickle Cell Anemia Critical Care Nursing 10/15/2009 Sickle cell anemia affects millions of people worldwide. Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which your body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells. They don’t last as long as normal‚ round red blood cells‚ which leads to anemia. Sickle cells contain abnormal hemoglobin that causes the cells to have a sickle shape. Sickle-shaped cells don’t move easily through your blood vessels. They’re
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Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness‚ aging process‚ or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there
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Nursing Shortage and Quality of Care The need for more registered nurses continues to rise as we now come to face an increase in the geriatric population that is the “Baby Boomers”. The safety and quality of patient care is directly related to the size and experience of the nursing workforce. Nurses work in a variety of conditions that may not be preferential because hospitals have not kept up with the rising demand for nurses. As a nurse assistant‚ staff nurse‚ charge nurse or nursing administrator
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Hypertension is a common health problem especially among people over age of 60 years. This disease is diagnostic when a patient blood pressure is more than 140 to 159 over 90 to 99. Blood pressure refers to the pressure that blood applies to the inner walls of the Diabetes is an endocrine system disorder that occurs when the body is unable to control or balance the amount of sugar in blood and within bodily tissues. You know that the human body is like a machine‚ with organ systems that are specialized
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|Jean Watson’s Philosophy of Nursing | |This page was last updated on January 26‚ 2012 | |[pic] | |Introduction | |Theorist - Jean Watson was born in West Virginia‚ US | |Educated: BSN‚ University of Colorado‚ 1964
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Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan for Pain Response NURS 4005 Section 04‚ Topics in Clinical Nursing 09/21/2014 Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan for Pain Response In information technology‚ a dashboard is a user interface that‚ somewhat resembles an automobile’s dashboard‚ organizing and presenting information in a way that is easy to read. Healthcare dashboards are designed to show the performance of key activities that directly or indirectly impact patient satisfaction
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