Knee Arthroscopy Post-Operative Instructions PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. THEY WILL ANSWER MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 1. You may walk on the operative leg with or without crutches as tolerated beginning the day of surgery. Be cautious of how much you do the first day or two after surgery as it is easy to overdo it. When resting‚ try to keep your knee as straight as possible. Do not place pillows beneath your knee keeping it rested in a bent position‚ but rather place pillows such
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NM5004 Nursing Management of Care Delivery and Therapeutic Interventions Summary Management of a Proposed Service Improvement Word Count: 1‚051 The following assignment will discuss a proposed service improvement. It will detail what the proposed improvement will be‚ why this is a significant improvement to current services. How the plan would be managed and implemented. The student has chosen to plan an improvement to physical health needs assessments for mental health
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stated that “he just doesn’t want to move because it is so hard for him to get up.” This information is important to me because it is subjective data. My nursing diagnostic statement is that he has impaired physical mobility r/t activity limitations imposed by current diagnosis. He has hemiplegia that was caused by a stroke. My nursing interventions for Mr. Parker would be to highly encourage him to attend physical therapy such as stroke rehabilitation. I would first assess his mobility skills to give
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Running head: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS 1 Nursing Assessment and Interventions to Older Adults With Dementia Karen Montanez Trinitas School of Nursing Abstract This paper explores three published articles that report the different nursing assessments‚ strategies and interventions for patients with dementia. The paper explains the meaning of dementia‚ how to communicate properly with patients who suffer from the disease and techniques
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Nursing Interventions that Promote Physical Fitness in Children My clinical question is: What are effective nursing interventions in children to promote physical fitness? Annotations of Sources Robbins‚ L. B.‚ Pfeiffer‚ K. A.‚ Maier‚ K. S.‚ Lo‚ Y.-J.‚ & Wesolek‚ S. M. (2012). Pilot intervention to increase physical activity among sedentary urban middle school girls: a two-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The Journal of School Nursing‚ 28(4)‚ 302–315. http://doi.org/10.1177/1059840512438777
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with their illness or disability. When compared with acute care‚ we know that homecare services are delivered differently and in a less structured setting. Similar to acute care‚ health care patients are evaluation as part of the patients plan of care. Although‚ in home care the patient is cared for a home‚ before the expected goal of the care plan must consist of‚ assessment‚ diagnosis‚ planning‚ and intervention phase.
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Post operative care There is a range of activities that nurses need to undertake when caring for postoperative patients. There are also specialist areas of surgery‚ e.g. bowel and thoracic surgery‚ which require more specific care and these are covered in Section 5. The patient is placed in the recovery room attached to theatre. The patients’ condition is assessed and he is nursed in the lateral recovery position to minimize risks of aspiration until fully conscious‚ when he can be transferred
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Postoperative ileus is a possibly deadly complication that occurs after many abdominal surgeries and operations. An ileus is where the bowels “fall asleep” after trauma and fail to “awaken” for quite some time following surgery. Postoperative ileus can affect patient nutrition‚ comfort and especially length of stay‚ which results in a major cost to insurance companies and hospitals. According to Chan and Law (2007)‚ the economic burden resulting from postoperative ileus is $7.5 billion per year in
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Stroke treatment‚ Alzheimer Most common cause of stroke-thrombus by atherosclerosis Embolus-2nd most common Hemorrhage-90yr old+‚ cerebral artery problem ER care • Thrombus and Embolus-anticoagulant • Hemorrhage-heparin • Know the cause and prioritizing the intervention • Airway-Hemiplegia Pt easily gets tongue obstruction • Turn the head to the side • 10-30* HOB for better venous return • O2 • IV • VS • Assessment-Neuro‚ pupil‚ Glasgow coma scale‚ Ask Pt Q ex) Raise your hand
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I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE CORE COMPETENCY 1: Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : ○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups ○ Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs‚ values Indicators : ○ Problem identification ○ Data gathering related to problem ○ Data analysis ○ Selection appropriate action ○ Monitor progress of action
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