This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now‚ there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel‚ n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This fistula
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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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guidance Ready to go? Planning the discharge and the transfer of patients from hospital and intermediate care This guide has been supported by RCN PUBLISHING ESSENTIAL GUIDE ESSENTIAL GUIDE Written by Hazel Heath‚ independent nurse consultant for older people‚ Deborah Sturdy‚ nurse adviser older people at the Department of Health‚ and Amanda Cheesley‚ service manager intermediate care‚ South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust Contents 3 3 3 4 6 13 14 Introduction Department of
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND URBAN AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF NURSING CLINICAL WORKSHEET: NURSING PROCESS CARE PLAN STUDENT NAME DATE |Client Initials A.R |Culture/Ethnicity White |Support system Mother‚ Father | |Unit Telemetry Room/Bed 478D |Religion Catholic |
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therapy so the mental health industry can be provided funding (Burnett‚ Porter‚ and Stallings‚ 2011). There is a demand for educated and trained integrated professionals to adequately provide this form of approach. Additional advocacy to educated the mental health community that this approach is effective in treating co-occuring disorders is highly desirable and can change the way it is viewed in the
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I. General Principles of Health Care Sickness - has been one of man’s greatest adversaries Medicine - Latin word “medicus” - it is a HEALING ART - Aims to help people become more active‚ live longer‚ live happier lives with less suffering and disability. - has become a part of the health care industry * AT THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY (1900): - men and women were frail at the age of 40. - life expectancy was 47.3 years. * BY THE AND OF THE 20th CENTURY: - Medical Advances - Life expectancy
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Quality Management System 600/6427/4 Specification IQ Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care (QCF) Specification Regulation No: 600/6427/4 Page 1 of 47 IQB/0.2/108 | Version 1.0 | 05/09/2012 | Author CZ Quality Management System 600/6427/4 Specification Contents Page Industry Qualifications ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction
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Acute Care: Care Implementation and Evaluation. This assignment will be based around the care that is implemented and evaluated‚ within a National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (FT). The focus of the assignment will be to discuss two health problems that a selected patient has and has been admitted to the FT with. The selected patient had been admitted into FT with breathing difficulties and also suffering from dehydration. The assignment will focus upon the goals that are set for the
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holistic care. It will then follow by exploring relevant nursing requirements on individualised and holistic care. Continuing with focusing on how the care is delivered‚ which will include theories‚ concepts and principles that explain how individuality‚ client involvement‚ autonomy‚ empowerment‚ advocacy‚ evaluation and monitoring are all significant within holistic care. A brief patient history will be offered and the development of the nursing process along with how the individualised care package
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study which are utilized into practice makes the profession more fruitful‚ bright and effective. Most nurse researchers want their findings to contribute to nursing practice and there is growing interest among nurses in basing their practice on solid research evidence RESEARCH UTILIZATION IN NURSING The terms research utilization and evidence based practice are used synonymously. Although there is overlap between these two concepts they are in fact distinct. Research Utilization is: "A process of
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