Collaborative Nursing Practice Collaborative Care In order to improve the quality of patient care and ensure that the goals of care are being achieved‚ many settings are using the collaborative care delivery model. The collaborative “approach involves teams of health professionals working together to provide more coordinated and comprehensive care to clients‚” (Kearney 2008). An interprofessional team can consist of nurses‚ physicians‚ care technologists nutritionists‚ counselors
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i am the coolest person ever ostridium Difficle Infection: Defination: 1. (1) the presence of diarrhea‚ defined as passage of 3 or more unformed stools in 24 or fewer consecutive hours1‐ (2) a stool test result positive for the presence of toxigenic C. difficile or its toxins or colonoscopic or histopathologic findings demonstrating pseudomembranous colitis (3) A history of treatment with antimicrobial or antineoplastic agents within the previous 8 weeks is present for the majority of patients
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up Loss of gastric acid (vomiting) Overuse of antacids Potassium wasting diuretics 6 ABG Analysis Metabolic acidosis – too little bicarbonate pH down / HCO3 down Diarrhea Renal failure Shock ASA overdose Diabetic ketoacidosis Sepsis 7 ABG Analysis Acid pH < 7.35 Normal 7.35 – 7.45 Alkaline > 7.45 PaCO2 >45 35 – 45 <35 HCO3 < 22 22 - 26 >26 Acid Normal Alkaline 8 ABG Analysis Compare patient’s ABG results to acid-base parameters Write “pH”‚ “PaCO2”‚ and
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Article from Professional Journal Cellulitis of the Lower Limb Med/Surg Week 8 Alexis Runge Cellulitis is an infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Cellulitis can occur as an extension of a skin wound‚ as an ulcer‚ or from furuncles or carbuncles. The infected area is warm‚ erythematous‚ swollen‚ and painful. The infection is usually in the lower extremities and responds to systemic antibiotics‚ as well as therapy to relieve pain. Cellulitis can
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were all denied. He unsuccessfully attempted suicide by‚ for example‚ trying to crawl out of his hospital bed in an attempt to throw himself down the staircase. He was grossly infected by the time he left the hospital and hoped that he would die from sepsis. He didn’t. Against his will‚ he underwent 232 days of treatment in Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. The types of treatment available at that time we might consider as quite “barbaric”. Immersion in tanks of saline‚ continuous debridement and
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BASIC PATHOLOGY PAPER ASSIGNMENT HFS 3252 LECTURER’S NAME: DR ROCHMAN NAIM TITLE: METABOLIC STRESS‚ BURN AND SURGERY AND THEIR NUTRITION THERAPY PREPARED BY: LEONG SIM KIAN STUDENT NO.10 028112 SUBMITTED DATE: 31 MARCH 2011 1 1 2 3 4 5 In its never-ending quest to maintain homeostasis‚ the human body responds to stress‚ physiologic or psychological‚ with a chain reaction that involves the central nervous system and hormones that affect the entire body. Magnitude and
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COAGULATION AND THROMBI Haemostasis‚ the physiological response to vascular injury‚ results in the formation of a haemostatic plug that prevents blood loss. Under normal conditions‚ factors that promote blood coagulation are balanced by those that inhibit it. Pathologic thrombosis occurs when procoagulant stimuli overwhelm natural anticoagulant and fibrinolytic systems. Venous thrombi‚ which form under low shear conditions‚ are predominantly composed of fibrin and red cells. Thrombi may develop
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Mr T presented with acute generalised abdominal pain and vomiting over 24 hours. During his treatment for gastroenteritis the appendix perforated‚ leading him to have laparoscopic appendectomy. Abscesses formed around the abdominal wall causing the patient to become tachycardic and pyrexic. Most patients are discharged 24 to 36 hours after the laparoscopy‚ however in this case Mr T was kept in for longer to control the infection and abscesses that formed in his abdomen. As well as affecting the health
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The primary diagnosis of my patient is prematurity‚ she was born at 36 weeks and is considered a late preterm infant. Late preterm infants are at an increased risk for early death and long- term health problems when compared with infants who are born full term (Alden‚ 2012‚ p. 780). Late preterm are also at greater risk for complications such as respiratory distress and are more likely to be hospitalized longer and require intensive care. In addition‚ preterm infants are at risk because their
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PART I 1. What were Semmelweis’ initial observations? Answer: Semmelweis’ initial observation was the death rate of women after childbirth. 2. What was the problem at hand? Answer: The problem at hand was more women were dying after childbirth in the ward with male physicians and fewer were dying in the female physician ward. 3. What possible explanatory story might Semmelweis come up with? Answer: An explanatory story that Semmelweis might come up with could be that the women physicians
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