One-day last week I was faced with a challenging situation at work. Usually at 3:00 p.m. we have two nursing assistants. This day however, it was just me scheduled. I had twenty patients to take to the bathroom, set up for dinner, take blood glucoses, and much more. This is a very difficult task for one to take on. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. I had only received report on five patients for the first half of the day. At 3 p.m. is when I took on twenty patients. I was about to become
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Department Plan for Nursing Department As the Director of the Nursing Department at Riverview Hospital, I would like to present a department plan for the long term care facility that is currently being planned. This plan will discuss the staffing needs for the facility to ensure patients are receiving the best quality care, maintaining education and training of staff, and I will make my recommendations on policies that should be implemented. First and foremost the matter of staffing
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In the case study this week the patient presented with signs and symptoms of respiratory distress making it difficult for her to carry on a conversation. This case studies purpose was to simulate what nursing assessment is needed and interventions need to be implemented. The patient was in her early 30’s with a diagnosis of asthma. On entering the room, the patient was pale and was showing signs of difficulty breathing. When carrying for a patient it is always important to introduce yourself, wash
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would then be instructed to contact the first emergency contact for an update on the patient’s condition, progress and plan of care which would cause fewer calls to the hospital with questions regarding their loved one health status and increase patient satisfaction due to consistent communication. Other interventions that the hospital could implement along with the plan already in use would be to design a script for the staff nurses to use when they are making their phone calls in order to ensure consistency
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Case Summary The patient, a 23-year-old male (date of birth September 30, 1994), presented to the facility’s Emergency Department on February 27, 2018, with a history of schizophrenia, seizure disorder, polysubstance abuse (ETOH, marijuana, heroin and BZDs), opiate intoxication, depression and suicidality. The patient was admitted to the Medical Center on February 27, 2018. The following diagnoses were submitted: Admitting Diagnosis of altered mental status; Principal Diagnosis of seizure disorder;
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failure is a difficult disease to manage; and every patient’s family experiences the disease uniquely. Caring for a sick family member is never an easy task. For years, families have relied on hospitals to care for sick loved ones; however some families need to care for their loved more than what just a hospital can facilitate. In the article “Family Caregivers’ Experiences of Caring for Patients with Heart Failure” by (Etemadifar et al., 2015, p.153-160) the level of evidence in this research article
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Although the recommended time for a re-evaluation appointment is six weeks, due to the length of our Christmas break, Rebecca’s revaluation appointment was not conducted for 8 weeks. After re-examining this patient I concluded that the patient had not declined, but had not improved to the extent I had hoped for. Out of 192 sites probed the pocket depths of 12 decreased, 108 increased and 72 remained the same. The areas that showed the greatest improvement were on the mesial buccal surface of number
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During my rotation at Sartin’s discount drug store I had a somewhat different patient experience. Many of the patients that I have met on my other rotations were pleasant and easy to work with, but this summer rotation was the exception. A patient came to the pharmacy wanting to fill his pain medication early on the first of June. He wanted to wait in the store for the prescription so the staff started filling his script quickly. It came to the staff attention that they did not have the full amount
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Did you know that the Heritage Valley Health System has 3500 employees? They have two hospitals, sixty physician offices, and eighteen community satellite facilities (About Heritage Valley Health System). I had the pleasure of doing my job shadow with them. While doing my first job shadow, the women that I was shadowing, was kind enough to let me interview her. Not knowing how many job Shadows I would be able to complete, I thought it would be a good idea to do some more interviews. Danette
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The surgical removal of a fallopian tube and an ovary. Purpose This surgery is performed to treat ovarian or other gynecological cancers, or infections as a result of pelvic inflammatory disease. Occasionally, removal of one or both ovaries may be done to treat endometriosis. If only one tube and ovary are removed, the woman may still be able to conceive and carry a pregnancy to term. Description If the procedure is performed through a laparoscope, the surgeon can avoid a large abdominal incision
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