Cholesterol: A Patient Conversation SC121 Unit 2 Assignment Jessica Alstot 10/28/14 Hello Mr. Brown‚ Well your cholesterol tests came back and they are better than I expected them to be. Your total cholesterol was 210 mg/dL which is on the higher end but not irreversible. Your triglycerides were at 145 mg/dL‚ a normal level range is anything below 150 mg/dL. Your HDL‚ or high density lipoprotein‚ which is good cholesterol‚ was at 33 mg/dL. 33 is on the low side‚ the higher the number‚
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Elder Care Case Study Elder Care Case Study Mr. Trosack is a 72 year old man who fell down a long flight of stairs a month ago‚ underwent a total hip replacement and is in need of a discharge plan. He completed two weeks of rehabilitation in the hospital for his hip as well as diabetic teaching for his new onset of Diabetes. It was also discovered during this hospitalization that he needed to start taking medication for hypertension. Both he and his family are in denial about what it will
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Having empathy with the patient can increase the comfort and trust in the provider-patient relationship and can also psychologically be better for the patients. Participants in this study were students from different universities. They watched a DVD simulation-based empathy workshop and then self reported their sympathy through a survey. The background section of this article goes over the differences between “emphatetic medical care” and just general care. In emphatetic medical care‚ the caregiver centers
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support/encouragement to both study participants and family/significant others Provides information regarding cancer‚ cancer screening and resources to address barriers Provides pre-appointment reminders for cancer screening/treatment/remission maintenance appointments Assists with Medicare insurance Arranges transportation/referral to transportation services Track interventions and outcomes Initiates communication with patients before screening and diagnostic
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION “There is a huge missed opportunity for health care professionals to contribute to hand hygiene as they miss 1 in 2 of all hand cleaning opportunities.” --WHO‚ 2006 “What kills women with childbed fever is you doctors who carry deadly microbes from sick women to healthy ones!”—Louis Pasteur‚ 1870 1 . 1. Background of the Study 1.1.1. Nosocomial infection burden Nosocomial infections or healthcare acquired infections can truly be a grave toll for hospital management
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Lithium levels‚ Drug screens‚ Pregnancy test‚ etc.) Date/Test Result Interpretation Nursing Implications 06/21/17 Drug Test Negative The patient does not have levels of drug in her system. The patient does not have concentrations of drug in the urine sample below the designed cut- off levels. A negative drug test result does not always mean there are no drugs present in the person being tested‚ it means there are not
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Observation of Patients Florence Nightingale is said to be one of the major influences in nursing throughout history and today. In 1898‚ she wrote Notes on Nursing What it is‚ and What it is Not. Her ‘notes’ on nursing outline many of the nursing practices used and implemented in today’s practices. Observation in patient’s is a key element in being able to give proper care and gathering the proper data‚ as well as being able to properly assess and monitor the patient to enable them to make
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Assignment 1: Value Proposition in Patient Care Tabitha Christina Trisvan HSA 501 Management in Healthcare Dr. Judy Jean January 25‚ 2015 1. The meaning of value-added service Responsible Reform for the Middle Class stated‚ The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will ensure that all Americans have access to quality‚ affordable health care and will create the transformation within the health care system necessary to contain costs. One part of the transformation is the creation
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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Preventing Patient Falls in Inpatient Hospital Settings Introduction For the most part‚ hospitals are places where one comes for healing and it is place where our clients should feel safe and away from harm. Nurses have an important role as a patient advocate and are to provide all clients with safe‚ compassionate‚ and quality care at all times. Nonetheless‚ the hospital can also be a dangerous place for inpatients. It is a foreign environment to clients and there may be alterations in their
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