III Clinical Path 1. I noticed in my nursing audits‚ incorrect or inaccurate documentation by nurses of procedures completed. • Visual Acuity exams documented as 20/30 (-3 or -2). • No documentation of cardiac monitoring or documentation as regular/irregular • Best practice for the administration and documentation of IVP medications. Practice Dimension-Nurse III 1. With the realization of the critical need for accurate and detailed documentation in nursing‚ I am prepared to utilize the expertise
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uncontrolled diabetes and reporting the lack of education about diabetes was evidenced by high blood sugar and knowledge deficient about controlled diabetes (Ozcan & Erol‚ 2007). Teaching should have some positive outcomes to the patient and in this case‚ there are some expected outcomes. i. The patient should demonstrate how to take his blood sugar and interpret the results ii. The patient should demonstrate how to give himself insulin injections using the sliding
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initially diagnosed with low back strain. IW was deemed permanent and stationary on 09/24/13 with 7% whole person impairment rating. Future medical care includes office visits with an orthopedist‚ PT‚ acupuncture‚ medications‚ injections and diagnostic studies. Patient underwent an L5-S 1 interlaminar epidural steroid injection per the operative report dated 06/05/13. MRI of the lumbar spine dated 12/14/16 revealed early degenerative disc and facet changes‚ without significant canal or foraminal compromise
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How your proposed program would further your academic and/or professional career. My proposed program is Master in Nursing. It will allow me to foster my academic and professional career in numerous ways. As learning never stops‚ the advancement in my academic degree or specialization would provide me with variety of learning experiences. Furthermore‚ it would not only furnish me with better opportunities in various health related aspects but also would lay a platform to use my analytical skills
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Your post provided some insightful information. I recognized the trauma that was inflicted on Laura by her mother during the early stages of her life‚ but I had not taken into consideration that the excessive amounts of time spent in the hospital only added to the fragile mother /daughter disconnection. Virginia was an adequate “care provider” for her daughter‚ but she lacked the necessary maternal skills needed for Laura to sustain healthy growth. Since there are still emotional scars in the relationship
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Hypertension High blood pressure is also known as hypertension is on the rise among all age groups due to poor dietary habit‚ aging‚ and sedentary/behavioral lifestyle. However‚ health care providers‚ patients‚ dieticians‚ and parents can jointly work together to eliminate this silent killer. The seventh Joint National Committee defines hypertension as a sustained systolic blood pressure above 140 mm Hg or higher or a diastolic pressure of 90 mm Hg or above in three separate occasions. However‚ one
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In this article‚ writers Mark Earnest and Barbara Brandt from the University of Colorado and the University of Minnesota‚ describe partnerships between Universities‚ medical clinics‚ and communities which allow medical students of varying disciplines to rotate through community clinics for preceptorships. This system which integrates acute care‚ ambulatory clinics‚ transitional care units‚ patient-centered homes‚ and community settings encourages students to step outside of their own discipline
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Case studies have been great tool for me to learn evidence based nursing that will be put into nursing practice. Retrieving information‚ recognizing deviations from “normal”‚ interpreting and prioritizing data to plan patient specific interventions are all skills that I have developed from case study analyses. Different from SIM where we have to think on our feet and rely on the skills that we have learned‚ theory case studies are written‚ allowing us to track a nursing issue through all the stages
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Patients who present to the ER with abdominal pain are often complicated cases with the abdomen housing so many organs. Trying to figure out what is going on with your patient is made more difficult because of referred pain. When trying to figure out where to start remembering your ABC’s will assist in determining if your patient is stable or unstable. Remembering which organs are located within each abdominal region will assist you in narrowing down the potential diagnosis. With the ER patient
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Patient is a 65- year- old‚heterosexual‚ upper middle class‚ a caucasian female who has been fighting esophageal cancer for the past year and a half. The patient is married with two adult children. She resides at home with her husband and has an exceptionally supportive immediate family‚ friends‚ and relatives. Patient has an older sister whom she is very close with. She reports having a job that she takes great pleasure in. Patient has experienced a difficult time coping with her cancer diagnosis
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