B.O. is an 87-year-old patient who was hospitalized for syncope. Her syncope episode caused her to lose consciousness for a minute‚ which resulted in a fall at her nursing home. There were no fractures as a result‚ but she did experience some bruising. She had experienced several other episodes of dizziness within the past month. The patient has a history of confusion‚ osteoporosis‚ osteoarthritis‚ tremors and anemia‚ all of which can contribute to an increased risk for falls. A relevant nursing
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late. In order to aid nursing home residents in an effective manner‚ one must not only integrate preferences and options‚ but also refine nursing home environments (Choi et al.‚ 2008‚ p. 545). The changes in the nursing home facilities may range from no longer including structured activities to making residents feel at home. In addition‚ adding complex tasks to residents daily life may help with feelings of unworthiness. According to Bhar & Brown (2012) reestablishing problem solving in nursing home
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is to provide insight of my experiences in working with Nicole Jackson during my tenure with Kaiser Permanente/Healthspan of Ohio. Working as a Patient Service Representative requires the soft skills of being compassionate and attentive to the patient/customers’ needs. The hard skills required a high degree of financial accountability‚ efficient patient processing and proficiency on the computer. Nicole mastered all of these. I was Nicole’s supervisor for approximately XX years and during that
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Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness The Healthy People 2020 initiative includes goals to increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare providers listened to them carefully to 65% and increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare provider explained things so they could understand them to 66% (United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ 2010)
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have provided end of life care to dying patients for centuries. The impact of death on families has been well documented‚ but there is very little information regarding the impact of death on nurses (Gerow et. al. 2010). Gerow et. al. (2010) conducted a study to describe the lived experiences of nurses dealing with the death of patients. The research question or purpose of the study involves the concept of the nurses experiences related to the death of patients. The study followed a qualitative
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Project Documentation of Purposeful Rounding as a Tool to Reduce Patient Falls Cheryl Grohn‚ RN-BC‚ MPH May‚ 2013 Background: Patient falls are one of the eight patient outcomes included in the nursing care performance measures adopted by the National Quality Forum. Hospitalization increases the risk for falls; reviews of observational studies in acute care hospitals show that fall rates range from 1.3 to 8.9 falls/1‚000 patient days. Fall rates were reduced by as much as 50%‚ in 7 of 9 studies
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Preparing Nurse Leaders for Expanded Rolf of Diabetes Self-Management Education Daly‚ A.‚ Kulkarni‚ K.‚ & Boucher‚ J. (2001). The new credential: Advanced diabetes management. American Dietetic Association.Journal of the American Dietetic Association‚ 101(8)‚ 940-3. The authors Daly‚ Kulkarni and Boucher (2001) provide a historical review of the education‚ experience and certification process for diabetes educators. The review provides insight for the progression of single practice to the expanded
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The experience of reflection as a implement for understanding in workplace education‚ can allow the student to problem solve in practice. By exploring the persons own unique circumstances and past experience they can‚ in order to learn‚ bear in mind past beliefs and recollections as a basis to accomplish a desired learning result. (Rolfe‚ 1998). Taylor (2000) suggests that‚ to reflect on action from an event‚ we must recollect our thoughts and memories. That is when we must use the faculty of contemplation
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I viewed the suicide tourist video open-mindedly and aware of the 1990 Patient Self-Determination ACT (PSDA). Self-Determination is a very difficult topic of discussion because it is closely tied to one’s culture‚ beliefs and religious practices. The conversation does not usually occur until after a loved one has become terminally ill and cannot make that decision for themselves‚ placing the decision in the hands of family members. Mr. Ewert stated that people may think that he is playing God by
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for Patients Arrival | Office Duties | | India HornsbyHS 120‚ Section 01Unit 5 Project 2Kaplan University | 4/3/2012 | | There are a number of duties that should be completed before the patients arrive to the office. Preparing ahead of time will help with the flow of the day. If employees get everything completely prepared for that day more than likely the day will be less stressful and the office will run smoothly. Employees should always arrive earlier than the patients to get
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