I worked in CVTU on 11/09/2016 and took care of a 77 year old female who was brought into the hospital on 11/07/2016 by her two daughters. She lives alone, a retired RN and she also specialized in cardiovascular system. She has past history of tonsillectomy, appendectomy, hysterectomy, cholecystectomy, left CEA, bilateral lens implants, colon polyps removed, hypertension, dyslipidemia, carotid artery disease, and abdominal aortic aneurysm. She also has a history of 50 packs year smoking. The following
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families. To meet those needs, hospice, as a system of care in the United States, has developed into diverse health care organizations that provide medical, nursing social services, home health care, and bereavement care, as well as medication and supplies specific to the needs of individual patients and families. The utilization and staffing ratios of these direct service providers are under the discretion of leadership in the hospice organization and great variation in staffing ratios and service
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Personnel Issues 6 Interactions improvement 6 A4. Quality Improvement 7 B1. Risk Management Program 8 Resources 9 Works Cited 10 A. Sentinel Event This sentinel event involves child abduction from the surgical unit of Nightingale Community Hospital on Thursday, September 14, 2014 at approximately 1230hrs. The patient, a three-year old female, arrived accompanied by her mother, for an outpatient surgical procedure at 0800hrs and proceeded to registration where all currently required documentation
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(EMC) is encountering tremendous financial troubles as it struggles to remain open as an independent general acute care hospital. Changes in federal regulations such as the implementation of the EMTALA laws and lower reimbursement rates for federally run insurance programs, changes in service area demographics, and the evolution of the services that locally competing hospitals offer, all have contributed to five consecutive negative operating margins for Emanuel Medical Center. Emanuel Medical Center’s
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a badly sprained ankle and bruised ribs. A tradesman (Drew Brown) was coming up the stairs at the time but was unable to stop the incident from occurring. As the contractors had no first aid supplies and none were trained in first aid, David was then taken to the emergency department of the local hospital to receive treatment. He has been given 2 weeks off work and is expected to be on light duties for a further 2 weeks when he has clearance to return to work. Question 1 For this task in a classroom
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duties as needed including verifying patient insurance eligibility and authorizations, filling out requisition forms, maintaining patient charts and office equipment, ordering office supplies, and doing office billing. Licensed Practical Nurse Jan. 1998 – Nov. 2004Detroit Family Health Center, Detroit. MIAssisted all hospital nursing staff with managing the flow of patients.Assisted with clerical duties as needed.Distributed pediatric and adult medications.Performed triage and emergency
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Organization Overview CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is a well-known hospital system located in San Antonio, TX. Their key mission is about taking care, in all senses of the phrase, of people. I have selected Claudia Trevino, manager of the Revenue Integrity department, to analyze for the purposes of this document. I chose this leader because she constantly demonstrates strong leadership skills as well as compassion, a very important value to our hospital. I hope, by the end of this, that I will be able to understand
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in different hospital wards (Bredesen, Bjoro, Gunningberg, & Hofoss, 2015), suggesting that performance of prevention of pressure sores is influenced by non-patient risk factors. Nurses’ professional character attributes and the general nursing care organization have a big influence on how pressure sores are being handled. To minimize the prevalence of pressure sores, the following evidence-based nursing interventions can be
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medical services. In season one episode three the Neighborhood News confirmed what environmentalists had been reporting for some time that pollutants in the Neighborhood Lake had reached critical levels. Immediate concern for the town water supply was expressed as pollutants at this level had the potential for causing mild to severe illness in the neighborhood residents. “Poor water quality can lead to gastrointestinal illness and a range of other conditions, including neurological problems
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Professional Presence and Influence Cynthia Ellis March 1, 2015 Western Governors University In our practice, professional presence is the foundation on which we establish what it means to be human and to care for our fellow man. To be a nurse and choose the many sacrifices it takes to spend one’s life caring for others requires knowledge of one’s own personal beliefs and values. Our own past experiences with life and how they have shaped us also influence how we relate and treat our patients
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