safety consultation for Countryside Care Nursing Home. Countryside nursing home has experienced a rising number in accidents due to resident transfer. Craig was tasked with finding a cost justified way to reduce injuries in the facility. During resident transfer the nursing home requires that patients be lifted by two nurse’s aides at a time. Although the nurses were trained to follow all the best practices to prevent injury to both themselves and the patients‚ accidents were still happening.
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elderly patients discharged from hospital will experience an adverse health event within thirty days of hospital discharge. These events may have serious outcomes‚ which may include a need for care in an emergency department‚ readmission to hospital‚ admission to a nursing
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PATIENT HEALTH ASSESSMENT Student’s Name: Antonina Polukhina Date: 4/1/2015 Clinical Facility: NCMC PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: Patient Initials: S. E. Age: 58 y. o. Sex: Female Admitting Diagnosis: weakness/dizziness Vital Signs: Temp. 97.4‚ Pulse 106‚ Respirations 18‚ BP 118/56 Ht/Wt/BMI: Height = 167.64 cm‚ Weight = 84.878 kg‚ BMI 30.2 Skin/Wounds: (Skin turgor; presence of any skin breakdown; incisions; wounds.) Subjective: patient denies any skin breakdowns. Objective: leg skin is
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Implications to Patient Care Abstract There are constant changes to laws and legislation regarding patient care and safety. The purpose of this report is to inform the reader of recent and upcoming changes to legislation that may affect nursing care of patients. Research by L. Aiken‚ et al. and A. Tourangeau‚ support the need for higher education of registered nurses. Their research proves that patient outcomes are improved when registered nurses carry a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Research
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How are the health care workforce and health care delivery affected by generational differences? Millions of generations have worked so hard to contribute to some of the challenges within the workforce. Every generation has inner deep values formulated by the era in which they were born and some life experiences. The work ethics‚ perceptions of others and communication styles are the inner deep values that affect experiences at work. According to research‚ the workforce transitioned from a two generation
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Patient Educational Plan Nur/427 Monday‚ March 29‚ 2010 Sara Gerrie‚ MSN Introduction Prolonged and chronic ethanol (ETOH) use has devastating effects on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. ETOH is easily absorbed from the intestine and diffuses quickly throughout the body. The bulk of the ETOH is metabolized in the liver. ETOH abuse produces functional and structural changes in the GI tract‚ such as in the stomach‚ small intestine‚ liver‚ and pancreas (Geokas‚ Lieber‚ French‚ & Halsted 1981)
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Running Head: NURSE CARE PLAN EXERCISE Nurse Care Plan Exercise School of Nursing NURSING DIAGNOSIS (ACTUAL) 75-year old female Assessment: Subj cues: Usual pattern 1 movement/day. States she goes 1-2 days w/out movement as a result used laxative. Has difficulty drinking 6-8 glasses of H2O a day. Green leafy vegetables are a challenge due to poorly-fitted dentures. Has Hyperacidity and bloating. Obj cues: There are no objective cues. NURSING DIAGNOSIS (ACTUAL)
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to promote equitable access to care (USVARD‚ 2014). In the clinical realm‚ health care providers do not treat gender differences‚ but rather treat one patient at a time: male or female (Institute of Medicine (IOM)‚ 2011). In the research realm‚ gender differences studies in health services utilization are needed to create health care policies and interventions to promote equitable care (Östlin‚ Eckermann‚ Mishra‚ Nkowane‚ & Wallstam‚ 2007). Studying gender differences can also provide “a new perspective
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Nursing Practice and Palliative Care Palliative care is a specialized segment of health care which involves minimizing and preventing the patients’ pain and suffering. Patients suffering from chronic illness‚ end of life or curable illness may be placed in palliative care. The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for the patient and family. The role of the BSN prepared nurse regarding palliative care is to be knowledgeable on palliative and gerontologic nursing practice. The
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Due to the differences‚ it is necessary for medical professionals to understand those differences and use them to shape treatments. Doing so will increase the satisfaction of care in the patient and ultimately lead to treatment plans that a patient will more likely follow because of that satisfaction. According to Potter and Perry‚ an individual’s worldview and decision-making process is guided by the individual’s culture. Many cultural aspects feed into individuals that affect what care can be given
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