Respiratory Discharge Nurse Specialist (Nurse Led Discharge) A Concept Paper for the course Evolving Roles of the Nurse in Education‚ Practice and Research Raymund Christopher R. dela Peña Saint Louis University Background Patients who are well enough for discharge are sometimes spending hours or days longer than they needed to in hospital waiting for the next doctor’s ward round. At the same time‚ patients in the emergency department are waiting for a bed to become available so they
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Discharge Criteria in Day Surgery The continuing increase in day surgery procedures has led to a number of issues‚ as nurses are challenged to provide the best possible care within a short time frame as well as to minimize the length of hospital stay. Utilizing the evidence from the literature‚ I am focusing especially on factors that lead to a delay in discharge and the introduction of guidelines to overcome the issue. I presently work the day surgery unit of a new hospital and
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Lilly Copeland‚ in "Who Was She? A DNA Test Only Opened New Mysteries‚" highlights the key points of DNA testing by using logos‚ knowing her audience‚ clarifying the subject‚ using effective tone and applying sentence structure. Copeland’s uses these concepts to support her purpose. She attempts to influence the reader to understand the beneficial and deleterious effects of DNA testing like 23andMe. Copeland reveals logos--knowledge and reason--within the text by word choice and tone. “In 2014‚ 23andMe
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Misty Danielle Copeland was born to Douglas Copeland and Sylvia DelaCerna‚ September 30‚ 1982 in Kansas City‚ Missouri. She came from a misfortunate childhood‚ with many troubles but she still managed through. She is the first African American female principal dancer to dance with the American Ballet Theatre in 20 years! Misty is the fourth of six siblings of generally mixed heritage. Sylvia DelaCerna had consecutive marriages and boyfriends‚ which includes the family moving constantly‚ sometimes
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Improving Individual Health Practices and Patient Understanding through Comprehensive Discharge Education Improving Individual Health Practices and Patient Understanding through Comprehensive Discharge Education. As healthcare enters a new frontier with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ millions of previously uninsured Americans will flood the healthcare market. As members of this complex and vast healthcare system‚ individuals
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changed by the circumstances? 1. Can the Ms. Granbury claim illegal discharge from her employment through a citation of breach of an implied contract? 2. Can Ms. Granbury claim unfair (discriminatory) treatment of her discharge case by the company’s personnel committee? Brief Answers The relationship between Ms. Granbury and her employer changed following the interpretation of handbook. 1. Ms. Granbury can claim illegal discharge through citing breach of an implied contract. The handbook lists a number
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be free from injury | |Predicted Behavioral Outcome Objective: Patient will verbalize appropriate interventions to take minimize the risk for falls by discharge. | | | |Nursing Interventions
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Planning of Discharge Needs in Geriatrics Elderly patients have unique discharge planning needs. As such‚ the hospital nurse and case management team may find themselves challenged to not only identify the needs of each patient‚ but to also address those needs when planning the patient’s discharge. In the case of Mr. Trosack‚ a 72-year-old widower being discharged following a total hip replacement (THR)‚ careful assessment of his home situation needs to be completed prior to discharge to ensure
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objective information C. an assessment D. a diagnosis 2. In a hospital setting‚ the care provider takes the patient ’s history‚ details the reason the patient is being admitted and performs a physical exam. The report of this information is known as the: A. initial progress note B. discharge summary C. history and physical D. SOAP note 3. The SOAP documentation format is most commonly used in which healthcare setting? A. hospital inpatient B. physician ’s office C. hospital emergency department
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In the case of Safety and Glove Discharge‚ With Just Cause the union claim that the company violated the collective bargaining agreement in the dismissal of Mr. McNamara without just cause. However the company is of the opposite view and claim the the employee dismissal was of just cause. The union took on several position in showing that the dismissal was not a just cause dismissal. the union argues that the dismissal was of insufficient cause and that the plant rule violation as a cause does
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