* *Respiratory rate* * Capillary refill (teach importance of removal of nail polish/make up – circulatory assessment) * Skin colour‚ appearance‚ texture and turgor. *Jean was hot & clammy on admission- Temp 38.1* * Assessment for DVT (prophylaxis‚ e.g antiembolic stockings stockings) *Jean is on oral contraceptive‚ a risk factor
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The article‚ “Pre-operative assessments of elective surgical patients‚” aims at emphasizing the importance of pre-operative assessments along with the rationale for their use in addition to ensuring the patient is medically fit prior to entering the operating room. In addition‚ well performed assessments prior to surgery also improve patient outcomes post-surgery. The article also states that the essential components of the pre-operative assessment should include: identifying current health concerns
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CARDIO Tendon xanthomata: deposition of yellowish cholesterol rich material in the tendons‚ asociared with hyperlipidaemia. Eg on knuckles Xanthelasma: cholesterol deposits around the eyes. Corneal Arcus: deposition of cholesterol/lipid in the cornea. CRP : acute phase of protein produced predominantly by the liver in response to inflammatory cytokines Chest Pain on Xray: evidence of another cause of chest pain such as air in the mediastinum (oesophageal rupture) or aortic dissection
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the use of Biopatch on the exit site of central venous catheter (CVC) can help prevent infection. Before any research was undertaken‚ a focused question was formulated and a search strategy was then developed to compare the available evidence. A PICO (Sackett et al 1997) was undertaken using the terms Central Venous Catheter‚ Chlorhexidine‚ Biopatch and Infection. A Facet analysis (Ranganathan 1967‚ cited by Spiteri 1998) was performed and a literature search was conducted using four electronic
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For this community-teaching plan‚ I chose to discuss Coumadin therapy. I presented the secondary prevention and screening for vulnerable people. The demographic of the audience were all nurses. RN s and LPNs were educated on why we use Coumadin and why it is so important to understand the side effects of the medication and what risk factors to be aware of when administering the medication. When dispensing the medication to our patients‚ it is our responsibility as their nurse to be fully aware of
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George was admitted to the hospital for surgery. George had a partial sigmoid colectomy due to a perforated DVT which resulted in a colostomy‚ an appendectomy and then a placement of an ABthera open negative wound vac. George was admitted to the ICU unit after surgery and extubated on February 11. The next day he was noted to be extremely anxious and diaphoretic
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One of the most common and disabling psychological disorders encountered within mental health and general medical settings is that of an anxiety disorder (Dattilio & Kendall 2000). Research has indicated that people with learning disabilities are more prevalent to psychological disorders than the general population (Hassiotis et al 2000) consequently it could be hypothesised that prevalence rates of anxiety disorders are similar if not greater within the learning disabled population. Professional
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Running head: INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS Indwelling Urinary Catheters and the Postoperative Orthopedic Patient Ashley Wood-Pollard University of South Alabama 1 INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS AND THE POSTOPERATIVE ORTHOPEDIC PATIENT 2 Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are the most prevalent of all nosocomial infections inflicted upon patients while hospitalized. Approximately 30% of all hospital reported infections are of the urinary tract (Joint commission:
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1.3 Analyse the role of sales team within marketing strategy of an organization of your choice: Sales team of an organization play a significant role within marketing strategy of this company. A salesperson’s primary objective is to sell‚ though there are many skills involved and their duties can be quite diverse depending on things like the size of outlet they are involved with. Researchers show that across a range of industries‚ there is a direct and consistent correlation between the caliber
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Overall‚ I had a great shift. My shift started by giving medication to my assigned resident. But before administering medication‚ I had to take her blood pressure. One of the interesting things that I found was administering nebulizer for the first time. It was definitely learning and getting a new experience at the same time. However‚ once I was administering medication and documenting that‚ I was back to the patient. Moreover‚ I did take the rest of the vital signs for my assigned resident. In
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