Diabetes Education Community Teaching Due: April 13‚ 2014 Diabetes Power Point at QCP This diabetes power point was presented at an adult community center in Queens‚ New York called QCP. This power point highlights the importance of educating yourself on disease and more specifically diabetes. Unlike other diseases that can be managed using only medication‚ diabetes requires day to day knowledge of the disease including nutrition‚ exercise and different levels of medication. Type II diabetes
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For patient abandonment to occur‚ the nurse must: a) Have first accepted the patient assignment‚ thus establishing a nurse-patient relationship‚ and then b) Severed that nurse-patient relationship without giving reasonable notice to the appropriate person (e.g.‚ supervisor‚ patient) so that arrangements can be made for continuation of nursing care by others. A nurse-patient relationship begins when the responsibility for nursing care of a patient is accepted by the nurse or certified nursing
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Patient Care September 17‚ 2013 Citation: www.webmed.com Medical Terminology Text book The Medical profession isn’t all about treating illness it’s also about enhancing patient care in any way possible. Patient care has a variety of benefits and all can improve the quality of life for both practical and vocational nurses and the people they care for. Patient care involves the sharing of information with patients that is tailored to their particular
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Patient Teaching HLST 320 Caroline C December 31st‚ 2007 Introduction: I have chosen breastfeeding as my teaching topic for this assignment. The specific clientèle will be the new mother at between 2 and 7 days postpartum‚ newly discharged from hospital. As a community health nurse working with children and young families‚ I do initial postpartum visits at home. Breastfeeding is a very complex skill‚ natural‚ yet sometimes difficult
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Patient satisfaction surveys and studies is an important tool in assessing the quality care outcomes. If designed and administered properly‚ the patient satisfaction surveys become excellent tools for assessing the quality of care received. However‚ there has long been a debate whether there is a correlation between patient satisfaction and quality outcomes‚ especially when the physician and the hospital compensation has been tied to the patient satisfaction measures. Patient satisfaction is largely
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Today‚ one of my patients presented to the ED with a 3cm laceration on his right hand that was three days old. He also reported a pain level of 7/10. First‚ my nurse preceptor and I had the patient wash his hands with soap and water to remove the dirt and bacteria from the wound. Thereafter‚ we sprayed wound cleanser to the wound and rinsed it with normal saline to further aide in removing debris and decreasing bacterial counts. After‚ I dried the wound edges with a sterile gauze. This is done in
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Maintaining Patient Safety When working in an acute care setting such as a hospital‚ safety is the number one priority. A safe environment greatly reduces the risk for illness or injury. It’s not only for the patient; it’s also for the healthcare provider. For a nurse‚ it begins when she/he meets the patient. She must assess the room and make sure there is no debris littered on the floor‚ that all IV tubing is untangled and not on the floor‚ and that the patient’s bed is down in the lowest position
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105: The Human Side of Quality Improvement QI 106: Level 100 Tools Leadership L 101: Becoming a Leader in Health Care Patient Safety PS 100: Introduction to Patient Safety PS 101: Fundamentals of Patient Safety PS 102: Human Factors and Safety PS 103: Teamwork and Communication PS 104: Root Cause and Systems Analysis PS 105: Communicating with Patients after Adverse Events PS 106: Introduction to the Culture of Safety Person- and Family-Centered Care PFC 101: Dignity and
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Course Project Milestone 1: SMART Goal Setting Form Your Name: | Date:05/17/2013 | Your Instructor’s Name: | Purpose: To develop (2) SMART-formatted goals for selected leadership topics and a corresponding plan of action for achieving the goals. Directions: 1. Please refer to the Milestone 1 guidelines inclusive of the grading rubric found in Doc Sharing for the guidelines of this assignment. 2. Use the form below to complete your SMART goal assignment in Milestone 1. This includes
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We must pay attention to the psychological state of the patient when applying the full program to get rid of obesity‚ we must convince that to get rid of this disease will not be overnight‚ the disease needs a long time‚ Insisting on applying these steps until you get the best results‚ it is first and foremost for the patient to get rid of obesity‚ the patient should revolve around three important things: conviction‚ persistence and patience. involves on
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