“Emergency department clinicians are obliged to confront a remarkably depressing fact of American life‚ namely‚ the existence each night of approximately 700‚000 Americans who have no place to sleep‚ whose indignities are legion‚ and whose needs may not fit the typical definition of medical care” (p. 2). In part due to deficient access to other regular sources of outpatient medical care or nonmedical sustenance needs; homeless individuals are more likely than others to use emergency department services
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physical‚ functional and social health of elderly patients after acute hospital admission. The clinic examined 25 patients over the trial period and delivered interprofessional clinical education opportunity for 18 volunteer students from a combination of fully trained students in a variety of health care facilities such as
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In 2012‚ I realized my life was not the life that I wanted to be living. I was unhappily married‚ severely overweight with several health ailments and not the kind of mother I wanted to be to my daughter. It was then when I came to the realization only I had the power to change my direction in life. On December 31‚ 2012 I underwent weight loss surgery and had a Lap-Band placed. Now‚ if one thing I have come to realize in life is that people are going to judge you no matter how hard you try and
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One of the major safety concerns that hospitals face today is preventing patient falls. A fall is defined as "an unexpected inadvertant change in position thta causes a person to land at a lower level on an object‚ floor or ground" (Payson & Haviley‚ 2005). Falls can be witnessed‚ unwitnessed or assisted. If a patient is ofund on the floor‚ it is treated as a fall. They are very common and may result in injuries and complications whcih prolongs hospitalization‚ decreases patient’s functional
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When I went to Outpatient there were many people working. The four staff members are a staff nurse‚ a charge nurse‚ a nurse practitioner‚ and a unit secretary. A staff nurse is in outpatient is responsible of admitting patients‚ making preparations which includes both patients and the equipments that are necessary‚ they assist physicians with many bedside procedures‚ and are responsible of recovering patients. A nurse staff is also responsible of checking charts and orders‚ monitoring patients and
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“Nursing Care Plan for Mechanically Ventilated Patient” Alexandra Diaz ITT Technical Institute NU270 NURSING CARE PLAN Assessment: Mechanically ventilated patient requiring sedation as evidenced by patient’s increased agitation. Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Airway Clearance r/t presence of artificial airway. Planning/Interventions: • Auscultate lung sounds bilaterally q1 to 4 hours. “Breath
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1. It is important to reposition patients frequently because they could get bed sores‚ clots in their legs‚ decreased muscle mass‚ increased heart rate‚ or dehydration. 2. I will incorporate ergonomics while maintaining comfort and safety for Mrs. Washington while positioning her or transferring her by making sure that I have enough people to help to ensure she won’t have to do anything past her physical ability‚ preparing any assistive devices if needed‚ perform hand hygiene before and after I come
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Cholesterol: A Patient Conversation Name SC121 October 27‚ 2014 Hello Mr. Brown‚ My name is Jane and I am your PA today otherwise known as a Physician’s Assistant. The doctor had ordered some test for you and I am going to go over your results and explain to you what each of them mean. If you have any questions please feel free to stop me at any time. First we will start off with your Triglyceride level and it was 145 mg/dl. Your Triglycerides is fat in the blood and they are used to provide
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A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman is a poem written in free verse. It has two stanzas with five lines. The poem’s theme is showing how someone or Whitman‚ he could be referring to himself‚ tries to find their way in a huge and unending world. People will throw their threads looking for somewhere to anchor down and live‚ just like the spider in the poem. The promontory and the area around it and the spider symbolize just how big the world is around us. It can be difficult for us to settle
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progresses in the Information Technology for the past twenty (20) years especially in the field of Medicine. The vast development of technology is the evident in hospitals in other countries as they have developed and implemented different forms of Patient Record Management System making practitioners and health professionals’ work easier than the manual way of gathering patient’s record that the hospitals had before. In Philippines‚ only a few hospitals (Saint Lukes Medical Center‚ Makati Medical City and
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