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    Nursing Diagnosis 1. Acute pain R/T: inflammation and obstruction of the gallbladder AEB: patient verbalizes abdominal pain of 7/10‚ grimaces‚ rubs his stomach‚ BP 158/79‚ T990F 2. Deficient knowledge R/T: lack of knowledge about the importance of incentive spirometer AEB: patient says that he does not know how to use and needs to know more about its importance. 3. Risk for deficient fluid volume R/T: restricted intake 4. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement R/T: impaired

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    Title: -‘A Report Submitted to the Continuing Care Committee within NHS Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus’. A Report Submitted to The Open University Contents:- 1. Introduction 2 2. Perspective on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and

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    are a several key differences between an ambulatory care facility and an inpatient hospital. Ambulatory care facilities consist of physician offices‚ walk in clinics‚ health departments‚ urgent care centers or a facility that provides medical treatment to patients who do not require an overnight stay (Gartee‚ 2011). Whereas an inpatient facility treats patients who require services longer than 24 hours but generally do not exceed 30 days and these facilities often are hospitals that provide inpatient

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    ACUTE CARE NEEDS NPCG2025 STUDENT ID 25586394 Word count: 1986 CASE STUDY On admission to the hospital it is important that Mr Taylor is given an immediate and systematic assessment which will alert the healthcare professionals to any deterioration in his condition. The assessment method used in this case is the Airway‚ Breathing‚ Circulation‚ Disability‚ Exposure (ABCDE) approach. Thim et al (2012) suggests that the aims of this approach are to provide the patient

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    Craig was hired to perform a safety consultation for Countryside Care Nursing Home. Countryside nursing home has experienced a rising number in accidents due to resident transfer. Craig was tasked with finding a cost justified way to reduce injuries in the facility. During resident transfer the nursing home requires that patients be lifted by two nurse’s aides at a time. Although the nurses were trained to follow all the best practices to prevent injury to both themselves and the patients‚ accidents

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    elderly‚ especially those who suffer any chronic condition‚ and those who need to stay in a nursing homes or received home care. Why do you believe this issue is so significant? (Include sources to back up your statements) There will be a shortage of professionals that are trained to care for elderly in the future. According to a data collected 10 years from now there will be about 10‚000

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    Quality Nursing Care (i) Table of contents PAGE 1. Introduction 1 2. Definition / Explanation of quality care 1 3. The Elements of quality care 1 4. Quality assurance and risk management

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    NURSING HOME VS. HOME HEALTH CARE DOMONIQUE JACKSON COM/170 ELEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 6‚ 2014 DEAN DOWLING Running head: NURSING HOME VS HOME HEALTH CARE 1 NURSING HOME VS HOME HEALTH CARE 3 Nursing Home vs. Home Health Care INTRODUCTION Either young or old‚ we love our family members dearly‚ and disabilities does not focus on a specific age group. We would love to feel assured that they are being taken care of the best way possible. As we all know‚ time does not allow us to

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    ← Definition of health: “A state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well-being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”(WHO‚ 1948) ← Definition of illness: “A highly personal state in which person’s physical‚ emotional‚ intellectual‚ social‚ developmental‚ or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished. ← Definition of wellness: “Wellness is a state of well-being .It defines by each person relative to his or her own values and beliefs *(Environmental‚ social‚ emotional

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    to age‚ long-term care providers are facing so many challenges and they will continue to do so. Quality of care has been a challenge‚ and will continue to be a challenge. Quality of care refers to the technical competency of medical and quasi-medical services (CITATION). Quality of care in nursing homes‚ even with all the substantial regulatory oversight‚ still remained problematic. There are however steps that can be taken to improve and promote quality of care in nursing homes and assisted living

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