Gestational Diabetes The clinic RN reviews Amanda’s prenatal record prior to performing a nursing assessment. Amanda has given birth twice‚ once at 35-weeks (twins) and once at 39-weeks (singleton). All of these children are alive and well. She has had one spontaneous abortion at 9-weeks gestation. 1. How should the nurse record Amanda’s obstetrical history using the G-T-P-A-L designation? A) 3-2-0-1-3. B) 3-1-1-1-2. C) 4-1-1-1-3. D) 4-2-1-0-2. Correct answer(s): C The nurse notes that
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Diabetes and Treatment Walden University Advanced Pharmacology NURS - 6521N - 4 Diabetes and Treatment Diabetes is a group of diseases that result from a defect in the body’s ability to maintain a homeostatic glucose level. The defect may be in insulin secretion‚ insulin action or both. Diabetes can be classified as Juvenile‚ Type 1‚ Type 2‚ or Gestational. Distinction between the different classifications is based on the circumstances present at time of the diagnosis. Defect in insulin
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Precautions: Fall‚ aspiration‚ skin Admitting Diagnosis/Chief Complaint: Dysphagia Past/Present surgical procedures: PEG placement on 11/11/14 Hx. of Present Illness: Patient is nonverbal and history of present illness is not included in the charts. Patient is a 77 year old woman who was admitted to West Gables Rehabilitation Center due to severe disability due to a recent hospitalization for psychosis secondary to dehydration and poor oral intake‚ PEG tube was
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Confucius Teachings: Pillars in the Nursing Care Sandra Joy T. Dela Vega Wagner College Abstract “Thus‚ nurses serve beyond theories… that beyond the dosage of medicine they give‚ an ounce of humanistic touch must be extended to their patients.” Nurses serve the patient beyond theories. There must be a combination of heart and brain among the health care practitioners‚ particularly nurses. Caring people is human welfare and human welfare is no joke. It is a profession
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introduction The issue of the nursing shortage is not a new one. In the last decade the media has mentioned the nursing shortage and other problems faced by the nursing workforce. The article chosen for this paper is titled “Influx of out-of-region patients exacerbates nursing shortage” and it is found in volume 32 of Crain’s Cleveland Business magazine (Magaw‚ 2011). The purpose of this paper is to mention the issues in the article and compare them to the nursing trends discussed in the literature
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Discharge Teaching Plan Patient History Patient is a white female admitted with Mood Disorder NOS and R/O Bipolar Disorder. She has a strong family history—mother is positive for Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorder and has attempted suicide 3X since January. Her uncle is positive for Personality Disorder. Patient was raped at her stepfather‚ sexually abused by her Grandfather whom she resides‚ and physically abused by her biological father whom she resided with for 6 months‚ prior to moving
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compassionate as she related her story to me. Ultimately‚ best practice in the service delivery is to ensure that we respect the Human Rights Convention ( ) since the UK has been signed up to it for 50 years. The tendency is that Health and social care practice has the potential to affect some of the rights and freedoms in the ECHR ( ). Human rights point out that it is VB’s right to identify with who she feels she is. While I agree that diagnosis helps to systematically categorise people‚ I argue
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as assessment being part of the nursing process that is used in every day nursing‚ it is also a critical part of patient safety (Higgins‚ 2008). Assessment findings are used to determine what needs to be done for the patient next. Early warning scoring systems currently exist to aid in the early detection of patient deterioration (Goldhill‚ 2005). The rationale for the use of these systems is that early recognition of deterioration in the vital signs of a patient can afford opportunities for earlier
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Impact of Pressure Ulcers on Nursing Care Theory Project May 15‚ 2013 ADN 151 The issue that I identified as a healthcare safety topic currently impacting nursing is pressure ulcers. A pressure ulcer is localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence‚ as a result of pressure‚ or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction. I chose this topic for my paper because as a future nurse I would like to be able to prevent any new injuries
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