Pain management comparison in orthopaedics- patient controlled analgesia vs. femoral nerve blocks Picot question In adult patients with total hip or knee replacements‚ how effective is patient controlled analgesia pain management compared to femoral nerve block in controlling post operative pain within the first 24 hours after surgery? Importance to the science of nursing Major knee or total hip surgery is associated with severe postoperative pain
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the Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Emily Contreras Fresno Pacific University Advanced Academic Research and Composition Com 342 Linda Pryce-Sheehan March 22‚ 2013 The Effects of Working over the Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Hospital administrators need to work collaboratively with recruiters‚ nursing directors‚ and managers‚ to improve and support the work environment for nurses. This can be accomplished by involving the bedside nurse‚ hiring high-quality nurses‚ maintain nurse-two-patient ratios and
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Patient Interaction A full medical history and examination was taken from this patient suffering from recurrent acute exacerbations of COPD and heart failure. This 79 year old female has suffered with what she describes as a bad chest for over ten years frequently experiencing dyspnoea and chest infections. She recalls suffering many exacerbations and put this down to experiencing asthma attacks. The patient admitted she had smoked 10 cigarettes a day for 64 years- a 32 pack year history. She
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Running head: PATIENTS’ DIGNITY AND THE EFFECTS OF NURSING CARE Patients’ Dignity and the Effects of Nursing Care Patients’ Dignity and the Effects of Nursing Care Introduction Modern healthcare is moving toward a patient-centered care‚ emphasizing patients’ autonomy‚ and participation in decision making about treatment. Despite these expectations‚ patients feel vulnerable not only due to disease process‚ but also due to the power exerted by the hospital system
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Federal Tort Acts of 1946 Jenna Smith CJA 520 Professor Mark Holley July 30‚ 2011 Introduction In the United States today if you as an officer put either you or your department in a liability‚ for any type of act that is not warranted and handled in a professional manner you are opening yourself for a number of different actions which could hurt both you‚ your department as well as causing you to loss everything that you own‚ just because you decided to not following proper protocals which
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nursing career by allowing me to understand how important patient teaching is for the patient. One of our assignments was to complete a patient teaching session and discuss the basics of how it went and what in the session could be improved. Upon review of the syllabus before conducting the teaching session‚ I figured there was a limited amount of research and preparation which needed to be done. I assumed that once I had met the patient I would understand on my own observation what would be best
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Jaimes Alfredo The English Patient The English Patient is a novel written in 1992 by Sri Lankan-Canadian Michael Ondaatje‚ whose novel won the Booker Prize for best novel of 1992 and was adapted into an award-winning film in 1996. This book was written in a non-linear narrative‚ so that it provides the reader a different way to go through the reading of a novel‚ and which sometimes creates dynamism in the novel narrative‚ but also it could create confusion in the reader. «The story tells about
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We need to know a lot about patients with visual impairment so we can give them the best dental care that they deserve. “More than 20 million Americans report having loss of vision including trouble seeing‚ even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent of people with severe visual impairments are under 18 years of age. The majority of those who are blind lose vision after age 20.”(Mahoney‚2008) Limitations of sight cover a large spectrum from people with slight vision problems to people
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Deysi Serrano Outline: Patient Safety in Hospitals Chamberlain College of Nursing Outline: Patient Safety and Medical Errors General Purpose: To inform nurses and the general public about programs and policies in place to further decline the rates in medial errors and keep patients safe. Specific Purpose: To provide examples of why implementing proper procedures and having an open communication within the staff can prevent minor medical incidents and potential fatal medical accidents
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Worldwide doctor patient communication it holds high importance in healthcare profession due to its effect on the treatment outcome. To have the required skills as a doctor to gain information from the patient as well as to assure the understanding of the patient and to get her or his cooperation sometimes it could be difficult to master these skills. However good communication skills is a mandatory to achieve high quality care. Starting this year I had my first patient encounter‚ it was challenging
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