Nurses must be able to assess and conclude whether a senior may have risk factors that could affect their health. There are many tools available to us to determine if various conditions will put our senior at risk and if so‚ we are able to teach and guide them toward proper solutions to help alleviate or eliminate deterioration of their health. The purpose of this paper is interview and assess a friend of the family. I will give a brief social history of the senior‚ conduct a nutritional screening
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Instructions for use Availability: Download FRAT Download Instructions for use The Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) was developed by the Peninsula Health Falls Prevention Service for a DH funded project in 1999‚ and is part of the FRAT Pack. A study evaluating the reliability and validity of the FRAT has been published (Stapleton C‚ Hough P‚ Bull K‚ Hill K‚ Greenwood K‚ Oldmeadow L (2009). A 4-item falls-risk screening tool for sub-acute and residential care: The first step in falls prevention. Australasian
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To make them feel welcome * To explain to them the organizations vision and mission * To expose them to the organizations culture * To explain fully how their job contributes to the organization * To cover basic policy and hygiene factors * To ensure they become productive as soon as possible 2.2
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Factors of production • 1 Land: McDonalds NZ uses cattle from Canterbury from farming regions to create the tastiest beef Pattie. Local goods. 100% pure beef. Beef patties are ordered in from Auckland. • Land owned by farmers in order to breed the thousands of livestock (cow and chicken) and supplied to McDonalds. • Chicken is supplied by tegal NZ leading supplier for chicken - national • Fish is bought in locally from the sparkling waters that surround NZ. -national • Buns and breads are
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Sports‚ Ltd. Introduction Sports Obermeyer‚ Ltd‚ a fashion skiwear manufacturing company‚ faces an array of issues before starting a new production cycle. The right timing for the production decision‚ prediction of production volume‚ associated risks‚ production process key steps that add value‚ and productivity issues are all concerns that must be addressed. The first step of Obermeyer’s decision making is to decide sample production volumes. The sample production (10‚000 units made in Hong
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for any safety risks. I decided to teach to her about fall risks due to her living conditions. She has hypertension‚ diabetes‚ arthritis‚ and history of Graves’ disease. From her older medical conditions‚ she takes some medications. Drugs can also play an affect in the person’s fall risk. “Any drug therapy that includes sedation‚ impaired conscious state‚ hypotension‚ brady-arrythmias‚ cerebral hypoperfusion‚ postural instability‚ and muscle weakness or relaxation increases the risk of an older
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Dementia is usually a progressive debilitating syndrome that changes the person’s life forever. People can have many different ways of coping with the diagnosis of dementia. These emotions can become obstacles that could hinder the patient’s progress in therapy if they are not addressed. It is important that therapists recognize what is dementia‚ the daily challenges their patients and family members might be dealing with when diagnosed with dementia and what skills they‚ as therapists‚ should
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better for or with Josie situations (Summers‚ 2011). The key advocacy issues or risk factors impacting Josie case are: • Learning and behavioral problems: This is categorized in several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner. I believe all three factors contributed to Josie’s family issues including depression‚ frustrations and suicidal thoughts. • Depression is another risk factor that can impact Josie’s behavioral issues and this is due to her learning and
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that reason‚ the impediment of accidental falls is essential. The aim is to describe the design of a study that assesses the effectiveness of prevention and intervention strategies implemented to lessen multiple fall risk factors in independently living older persons with a high risk of falling. For decades‚ hospitals and other health care organizations have integrated to understand the contributing causes of falls‚ to minimize their occurrence and resulting injuries or deaths. Today‚ organizations
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bone fracture that occurs much more easily than expected. Osteoporosis occurs in many people who have few or no risk factors for this condition. Often‚ patients do not report symptoms that would alert the clinician to suspect a diagnosis of osteoporosis; thus‚ this disease is a "silent thief" that generally does not become clinically apparent until a fracture occurs. Screening at-risk populations is‚ therefore‚ essential; unfortunately‚ many women are not receiving
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