MABEL CASE STUDY 1. Six Nursing strategies to assist diabetes patient for each identified problem Risk for Impaired Swallowing • Maintain upright position for 45–60 min after eating. • Stimulate lips to close or manually open mouth by light pressure on lips/under chin‚ if needed; • Place food of appropriate consistency in unaffected side of mouth; • Have suction equipment available at bedside‚ especially during early feeding efforts. • Promote effective swallowing‚ e.g.:Schedule activities/medications
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INFECTION An infection is the colonization of a hostorganism by parasitespecies. Infecting parasites seek to use the host’s resources to reproduce‚ often resulting in disease. Colloquially‚ infections are usually considered to be caused by microscopic organisms or microparasites like viruses‚ prions‚ bacteria‚ and viroids‚ though larger organisms like macroparasites and fungi can also infect. Hosts normally fight infections themselves via their immune system. Mammalian hosts react to infections
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The outbreak of infection can be fatal if care is not taken; for instance an outbreak of MRSA that can be resistant to most antibiotics can be fatal. The outbreak of an infection has consequences for individuals‚ staff and the organisation. It can cause ill health to all concerned and it can also impact emotionally because people that acquire infection relate it to being dirty and some infections may require people to be isolated from others for a period of time. The organisation could lose money
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of overtime without considering the safety of the staff and patients. I work in a psychiatric hospital where safety is one of the company priorities. The majority of the decision-making in the facility where I work is controlled by the director of nursing who speaks to the manager who communicates the charge nurses; there is little or no input from the nurses on the floor even though they spend the most time with the patients. Incident report One of the most frequent incidents that occur in my work
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co-ordinated care pathways. (see attached form as an example) When cleaning the wound‚ the 2 most common methods involve : a) irrigation with warmed 0.9% Normal Saline b) using a gauze soaked with 0.9 % normal saline to wipe the wound. (Remember 1 gauze = 1 wipe!) What method (a or b) would you use to cleanse wounds #1 to #5? References Crisp‚J & Taylor‚ C. (2005). Potter & Perry¡¦s Fundamentals of Nursing. (2nd ed) Elsevier: Australia. Wound care made incredibly
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PSYCHIATRIC NURSING MAJOR PLAN OF CARE ASSIGNMENT Guidelines: 1. This assignment is much like a Case Study and is intended to be a comprehensive learning experience that synthesizes essential psychiatric and medical/surgical nursing theory. Your finished product will demonstrate mastery of principles needed for nurses working with mentally impaired patients. 2. It is similar to other Major Plans of Care with face sheet‚ lab sheets‚ TACTIS‚ assessment forms‚ and etc.‚ but will be different in that
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School of nursing Carmen Torres of Tiburcio TEACHING-LEARNING PLAN FOR THE FAMILY AS CLIENT Student name__ Joey Park _____________________________ Professor Vasquez Family Learning diagnosis________Hypertesion: Knowledge deficit____ __________________________ Date____10/22/12_____________ * Learning Objective | Topics/ContentOutline | Strategies | | ResourceMaterials and Equipment | Evaluation Methods | * | | | | | | After nursing I.
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The managed care delivery model was intended to decrease unneeded health care costs‚ by controlling the level of service along with the type of service that was being provided. This model came in a response to the rocket costs of the unrestricted fee-for-service plans in the 1980s. (PBS.org) Managed care plans are a type of health insurance. There are several ways the managed care model is expressed one particular way is the Health Maintenance Organization or better known as HMO. HMOs have their
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Cardiac Care Nursing Occupations in the healthcare field will always be around‚ especially nursing occupations. Registered nurses provide patients care‚ educate patients and the public about different health conditions‚ and provide advice and support to patients and their family members. Some work in hospitals‚ physicians’ offices‚ healthcare services‚ and nursing homes. However‚ others work in correctional facilities‚ schools‚ or serve in the military. The average nurse makes about $66‚000 per year
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Geriatric Teaching Plan Bryant and Stratton College Nursing 222 Geriatrics Geriatric Teaching Plan Mr. R.D. is an eighty-year-old male. He currently resides at the Manor Care Rehabilitation/Nursing Center. Mr. D was admitted on January 5‚ 2010 for pneumonia. Mr. D has other medical history problems‚ which include leukocytosis‚ headache‚ hypertension‚ depressions‚ postural insufficiencies‚ arteriosclerotic heart disease and dementia Parkinson’s. Mr. D does not currently have any food or drug
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