It was August 22, 2018 and I was getting my 3-hour orientation for my first time as a health room assistant by the certified school nurse, Nurse Cindy. School starts August 23. As the nurse is running through all the immunizations, forms and standing medications, I’m thinking to myself, wow there’s a lot of information here. As I’m thinking this, Nurse Cindy keeps going, we need to check each child’s immunization record to make sure they are up to date and what to do if they aren’t, check prescription
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staffing levels it has lead hospitals to experience complications in their budgets. This problem all begins with hospitals not making any money because there aren’t enough patients to care for. In the article “How The Nursing Shortage Affects Patient Care and Healthcare Services” provided by Nurse Grid explains how new registered nurse graduates find it difficult to get a full time nursing job due to hospital's budget restrictions. These restrictions don’t allow hospitals to meet their full potential
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aneurysm busting, causing a loss of life. An IP team was assembled for Ms. LaBelles case. The team consisted of the following health professionals: An emergency room doctor, surgeon, anesthesiologist, senior ER nurse, social worker, and a night shift hospital
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Unit 10 Spelling Three people faced impending doom. One of them was quite personable, but her personality had many whimsical quirks. The second person was constantly devising new ideas for their works. They were a dexterous carver. The third person was quite rude, and scoffed at the others in the room. They didn’t know what was happening. They all just knew they were stuck, and something bad was very likely to happen. The first person kept her vitality, and asked the others questions. Her upbeat
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What are some emergencies in a medical office that you may encounter? When an emergency occurs you will need to know how to handle such a thing. Emergencies can be fire to a chemical hazard or something like that. There could always be emergency's somewhere somehow some may not be man-made some may be man made. There are many precautions and safety tips and rules to these. When there is a fire you exit the building and get as far away as you can get. When there is a tornado you go to the lowest
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medication . My patient had hypothyroidism and we should give this medication to the patient at least half an hour before breakfast because food can destroy most part of this med. I injected heparin for him and learn about this med used for patient in hospital to prevent DVT during hospitalization and also we never need to message or press the site of injection. heart problem so I learned about cardiac medication. I learned about Carvedilol and the important part is checking blood pressure and pulse before
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To help anticipate any complications during the procedure, the surgeon, anesthesia, circulator and surgical technologist would meet to discuss any concerns. For example, the surgeon would state anything that they may need far as instrumentation, supplies, prep, and position. The anesthesiologist would voice any concerns with managing the airway, administering general anesthesia or regional anesthetic. The circulator would inform everyone of the patient’s medical history and possible complications
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Introduction 12-Hour shifts have constantly been an argument in the field of nursing. This topic interests me because there is constant jitter around this topic in the nursing field, about whether these shifts are safe, or not. This can be taken into view from the patients view and also the nurses. Many people would support a side that nurses working these long 12-hour shifts could lead to accidents in the working environment. There are also people who would argue that these shifts benefit the
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Mandatory Pre-op for Total Knee Replacement The decision to undergo elective knee surgery can be very stressful for many patients. It is important for patients to be well prepared. Total knee arthroplasty has increased by eighty-four percent from 1997 to 2009 (Fawzi, 2012, para. 1). By making the Pre-op Total knee Arthroplasty class mandatory patients and their family members will be more educated and prepared for surgery and recovery. During the class patients will be able to ask any questions
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Amira said “we make prayers for the person asking god to take them to the paradise, have better life afterlife, and also to forgive them.” Moreover, she added that the family also read the Quran, which is known as Islamic holy book to the terminal ill patients or deceased. She told me that, they tried to make a person happy and avoid anything that will make them sad. Prayers are the most important thing that they use to cope with loss. Everyone they know visit and talk to them as usual, not making
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