implementing specific medical therapies and providing nursing care to meet the child’s physiologic and psychosocial needs” (London‚ Ladewig‚ Ball ‚ and Bindler‚ 2007‚ p. 1430‚ para 2). Respiratory therapy treatments‚ medications‚ and the diet are coordinated in order to promote optimal body function of the child. According to London et al (2007) psychosocial support and reinforcement of the child’s daily care needs are important in preparation for home care. Respiratory therapy treatments‚ including chest
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S TUDENT HANDBOOK (PGDHHM) 2010-11 HOSPITAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Instruct io ns: Answer any 5 questions . Each qu e st io n carr ie s 20 MarksT o tal marks 100 1. What are Public Relations? Discuss its importance in ahospital and methods to promote good Public Relations 2. Purchase and management of stores require effectiveplanning and implementation Discuss how you will organizethis function in a 300 bedded hospital 3. Discuss the importance of house keeping
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This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now‚ there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel‚ n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This fistula
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When considering the nursing home option for parents or other loved ones‚ here are a few of the main advantages to keep to mind: • Better resources and equipment: Private homes simply don’t have the types of medical equipment and supplies needed to help seniors stay healthy. Many nursing homes are almost as advanced as hospitals in their ability to provide sophisticated care for patients on a 24-hour basis. • High-quality long-term care: Due to modern medicine‚ seniors now live longer than ever
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of Nursing Home Introduction Cost accounting is traditionally viewed as manufacturing support system so it is usually used for product related systems. Nursing homes are the entities that provide healthcare services to patients seeking special treatments. The cost accounting for nursing homes will revolve around the services provided by them and we considered them as our major ‘cost objects’. It offers the most extensive care a person can get outside a hospital. Nursing homes offer
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DATE | CUES | NURSING DIAGNOSIS | KNOWLEDGE BACKGROUND | GOAL | NURSING INTERVENTION | RATIONALE | EVALUATION | | Subjective:“Medyo masakit ang dibdib ko pag umuubo ako.”as verbalized by the patientObjective:Productive coughYellow sputum dischargedPain scale of 10/10 | Acute pain R/T coughing | Acute pain is described as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage ;sudden or slow onset of any intensity from
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The key factors to know about each of the three systems discussed is that delivery of care varies from one system to the next. Hospitals The hospital provides the most critical type of care‚ for the seriously ill. Hospitals originally served the poor and ill‚ but over time with the progression of technology and medical service specialties‚ they have grown to become healthcare meccas with many outlets. Long term care facilities and programs are defined as health‚ mental health‚ residential or social
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problems that need to be addressed in order to maximise wound healing. Wound Assessment (Objective) Crisp and Taylor (2005) use the following headings when attempting to objectively describe a wound: Skin Integrity: á Open á Closed á Acute á Chronic Cause: á Intentional á Unintentional Severity: á Superficial á Penetrating á Perforating Cleanliness: á Clean á Clean-Contaminated á Contaminated á Infected á Colonised á Another way to classify wounds is
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Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning Elizabeth Ayers Marshall University Graduate College Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning Clinical reasoning and critical thinking are both key items to nursing practice and occurs every day on the job. Both of these terms are necessary for nurses to utilize in their everyday practice. Without clinical reasoning and critical thinking nurses would no longer face any challenges and patients would have worsening outcomes. Thinking is a skill
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illness or disability should not be an overwhelming obstacle to that person’s nursing care. (p. 20) In this day and age‚ there are so many options for treatment‚ so even if a client becomes ill‚ he or she has a very likely chance at recovery. Every patient should have a health care plan that has been personalized just for him or her. I think it is really important to recognize that the elderly population may require different care‚ as their bodies are experiencing different processes. They need extra attention
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