REPORT: associates degree in nursing date: 12/4/2012 Descriptive Abstract This investigative report will go into detail about associate’s degree in nursing. Nursing is the largest health care profession in the U.S. Over 2.5 million strong‚ nurses make up the largest workforce within the clinical healthcare industry. Nursing careers offer a wide variety of roles and a broad scope of responsibility. This report will also show graphs and steps to get into a nursing program as well as job titles
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Joan is an 89-year-old woman who lives at a nursery home. It has been noted that she has poor thinking skills. Her memory is lacking on recent event and appears disoriented. She often says she does not know where she is. She has a rambling speech that is hard to understand and difficulty writing. The nurses said it progress throughout the day and fluctuates for the past few days. It is clear that Joan has Delirium. Two symptoms that are major criteria for this disorder are the poor thinking skills
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Q 1: Diabetes is the worldwide fastest increasing chronic disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have very high levels of diabetes. According to Australian Indigenous health info net (2016)‚ ATSI Australians have three times more likely to have diabetes compared to non-Indigenous Australians. Specifically‚ the number affect from diabetes in ATSI females are twice than non-Indigenous females. Diabetes can cause several serious health issues such as cardiovascular disease and
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1. What are her risk factors for developing a VTE? (Identify all factors.) Her risk factors for VTE are her 72 years of age‚ diagnose of cholangiocarcinoma‚ her recent post proximal bile duct open laparotomy‚ extended right hepatectomy with portal vein resection and reconstruction‚ radical bile duct resection‚ hepaticojejunostomy and cholecystectomy surgery‚ gemcitabine therapy‚ pain and leg swelling x 2 weeks‚ 15-pound weight gain‚ difficulty with breathing‚ feeling weak‚ debilitated and multiple
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Jessica`s nurse arrived at Igoe 7/1/15 she was introduced to Jessica at about 10:30am. Prior to her Jessica’s return home she was given a tour‚ a copy of medication‚ and an explanation of Jessica’s current behaviors. The nurse spent the day trying to get familiar with her. The nurse seemed overwhelmed with the behaviors exhibited by Jessica. Jessica spent the majority of the day with staff. Staff performed normal supports such as bathing‚ feeding‚ dressing‚ and food preparation laundry. Staff observed
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Citation: Freitas DA‚ Dias FA‚ Chaves GS‚ Ferreira GM‚ Ribeiro CT‚ Guerra RO‚ Mendonça KM. Standard (head-down tilt) versus modified (without head-down tilt) postural drainage in infants and young children with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Mar 10;3:CD010297. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010297.pub2. Review. PubMed PMID: 25756796. Brief Description of patient: The patient is a 5 year old female diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and presents with difficulty breathing and difficulty clearing
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Subjective: The patient is a 31-year-old female involved in a motor vehicle accident on May 8‚ 2014. Initially she felt pain in her right foot‚ in which her foot got stuck under the gas paddle. Once she got out of the car to walk‚ she felt pain in her right thigh. She went to the emergency room at Fort Washington. No x-rays taken. She was given crutches to be nonweightbearing on the right extremity. She thought that she might have fractured her right leg‚ uncertain of which bone. She was
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Tara is a 32yo‚ G3 P2002‚ who is currently 22 weeks 2 days. She follows in the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic secondary to a history of chronic HTN. She also has a history of preeclampsia in both her prior pregnancies. She reports that her high BP developed in her 1st pregnancy. Around 2 years later she had a stroke that she reportedly thinks was related to uncontrolled HTN. There has been some question in her history about a thrombophilia specifically factor V Leiden‚ although we do have a negative
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Mary and Jason‚ As you both know I’m working at RLC tonight and I just had a question/suggestion on charting‚ like we do on the floor. I like to believe that if the CNA’s could chart on CPSI (ADL) things wouldn’t get overlooked like Incontinency. Like resident in room 216-2 is incontinent during the night but not on days‚ the other aids and some nurses had no idea that this was a thing. It would help reduce fall risks by having the aid chart safety every time they go in a room. To assure that
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Patient X’s doctor has been trying to convince him to practice better lifestyle habits to for several years to help combat his hypertension (on antihypertensive medication for 3 years)‚ diabetes (6 years) and growing waistline. A recent routine check-up revealed a deterioration of his lipid profile (TC 260‚ TG 310‚ HDL 29‚ LDL 170) and fasting glucose of 172. Patient X is 55 years old‚ weighs 245 lbs and he is 5’10 . 1) Hypertension: Weight control to lower the risks associated with hypertension
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