The patient is a 29 year old male who presented to the ED with an intentional overdose of an unknown amount of Tylenol. Patient reports relational issues with his wife as primary contributing factor to he distress. He reports experiencing feelings of depression and mood swings. Patient reports depression symptoms as feelings of worthlessness‚ hopelessness‚ tearfulness‚ isolation‚ insomnia‚ guilt‚ fatigue‚ and sadness. Patient currently denies homicidal ideations and having any visual or auditory
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National Patient Safety Goals are a specific way to focus on what are believed to be significant safety practices that have been identified by The Joint Commission as ways to improve on the care and safety of patients. These safety practices have established an approach to medical care that is now implemented by nurses and health care facilities nationwide. The use of two patient identifiers to verify that the correct medicine and/or treatment is being given to the correct patient is the
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Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy Yvette Thornton NURS 502 Grand Canyon University April 24‚ 2013 Concept Analysis: Patient AdvocacyIntroduction The concept of patient advocacy was the focus of the article entitled‚ “Developing a mid –range theory of patient advocacy through concept analysis” by Xiaoyan Bu and Mary Ann Jezewski published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 2007. In an attempt to clarify the definition as well as the refine the concept of patient advocacy‚ the
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when to delegate and assign care to this patient? There are five key factors in decision making for delegation by the charge nurse. The first is potential for harm‚ which would be assessing the ability of the person delegated to
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and moving the bed to an empty room in pre-op. We receive report from the circulating nurse and the nurse anesthetist when they first bring the patient to recovery. Together we hook the patient up to the monitors and record the first set of vitals together. These include: blood pressure‚ heart rate‚ respirations‚ temperature‚ pulse ox‚ pain (if patient is conscious)‚ and an ECG reading if they were general. When I first arrived to clinical today- I was told we were going to be busy. I was also
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Pre-warming patients to prevent hypothermia in recovery: A literature review Every day patients undergo surgery with general anesthesia for simple procedures like hernia repairs or breast biopsies. Loved ones are escorted into cold preoperative areas where nurses have them remove every stitch of their own clothing and replace them with a chilly‚ threadbare piece of fabric which ties together a handful of times and falls‚ for most‚ to the knees at best. The preoperative nurse then
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there should be enough rooms and equipment like hospital beds for the patients and their visitor. The visitors of the patients must have enough space to stay or wait for their love ones. The efficiency of meals and supplies delivery is also taken into account‚ it should be delivered warm and on time. Secondly‚ the layout should provide enough space for information to flow fluently from the doctors to the nurses to the patients and vice-versa. Thirdly‚ the layout should minimize the cost of moving
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dependent upon effective communication. Face to face interactions were key to the relationship developed between the healthcare provider the patient. As the technological advances grew so did its impact on healthcare. Description of Telecommunications Video Data Voice Videoconferencing enhanced the communication efforts when practitioners and patients could not be in the same room or location. According to C. Roh (2008) "store and forward" technologies‚ permit digital images and other information
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Checkpoint: Patient Self-Determination Act The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was legislated by Congress in 1990 as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA). Congress felt that individuals has the right to determine their final healthcare. In a Ambulatory Surgery facility setting‚ Medicare/Medicaid requires that each patient sign a HIPAA form‚ explaining their rights prior to the procedure being performed. The purpose of the PSDA would be to ensure that individuals are provided
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many different factors that can affect a patient’s eligibility. Some of the factors are income‚ employment‚ and payments. The income of a patient can affect a patient’s eligibility if they receive government assistance with medical coverage. The patient’s eligibility can vary on a monthly basis depending on their income for that particular month. If a patient were to earn too much money to be eligible for health coverage from Medicaid or Medicare‚ then they would
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