intensity of care. The difference between acute care and chronic care is the duration of times needed for treatment and the approach taken by the medical professionals. The goals of recovery are typically very similar‚ while the maintenance of the conditions can vary greatly. In both of these scenarios there can be a large impact on the patient’s life or lifestyle that must be compensated for along with the treatment for the illness and education for prevention and maintenance. In acute care‚ an individual’s
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To manage pain effectively‚ a nurse must assess‚ understand‚ and treat the patient’s pain and then reassess the pain on an ongoing basis. The Joint Commission emphasizes that every patient has a right to pain assessment and treatment. It means that a nurse must assess the nature and intensity of the pain and document the findings in a way that facilitates further assessment and follow-up. In that context‚ pain is indeed the fifth vital sign ("Pain Management‚" n.d.). The nurse will assess Lillian
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Pharmacology Teaching Plan The patient is a 70 years old man‚ admitted in Clinton Cardiology Center for repeated chest pain‚ fainting‚ hypotension‚ thoracic discomfort and cough‚ which appeared suddenly the same day. The clinical exam showed: cold‚ pale‚ sweated skin‚ dyspnea‚ tachycardia‚ a diastolic murmur in the third intercostal space near the sternum edge‚ a third degree systolic murmur above the lower sternum‚ and a blood pressure of 80/60
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Acute Care: Care Implementation and Evaluation. This assignment will be based around the care that is implemented and evaluated‚ within a National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (FT). The focus of the assignment will be to discuss two health problems that a selected patient has and has been admitted to the FT with. The selected patient had been admitted into FT with breathing difficulties and also suffering from dehydration. The assignment will focus upon the goals that are set for the
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Arkansas Tech University Coronary Artery Disease “Acute coronary syndromes represent a spectrum of clinical conditions that are associated with acute myocardial ischemia” (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2011). Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of these clinical conditions that affect approximately 13 million people (Rimmerman‚ 2011). Because coronary diseases are the leading cause of death in men and women‚ nurses need to be involved in the care and education of people with or without CAD. Prevention
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Nursing Care Plan |Student | |Course |NURS 211L |Date |5/27/2011 | |Instructor | | | | | | |Patient Initial | _____J.G________ ___Age 59 Female_____
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OBJECTIVES OF CARE INTERVENTION PLAN‚ METHOD OF CONTACT‚ PROPOSED ACTIONS‚ METHOD OF TEACHING EVALUATION PLAN RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE FAMILY OUTCOME CRITERIA METHODS/TOOLS Presence of health deficit: Illness state related to elevated blood pressure Community Nursing Diagnosis: Inability to make decisions with respect to taking appropriate health action due to: a. failure to comprehend the magnitude of the condition b. Inaccessibility of appropriate resources for care‚ specifically physical
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Ambulatory and acute facilities differ in many ways. Although‚ they both have one major goal and that is to do what is best suited for the patient. According to the textbook‚ ambulatory care is the involvement of a patient who does not require an overnight stay (Gartee‚ 2011). Most of these facilities are filled with different types of physicians and are usually privately owned. Although they are owned by a clinician‚ they are managed by administrators (Gartee‚ 2011). Nurses have an important role
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RN Program CLINICAL PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLAN NURSERY STUDENT NAME: Robin Rickards CLINICAL SITE/UNIT: SOH/Nursery CLINICAL DATE: 01/20/15 PATIENT INTIALS: F.P. AGE: 9 days Sex: M RELIGION/CULTURE: Not documented MATERNAL AND LABOR HISTORY: Mother was admitted to hospital on 01/09/15 for labor induction at 39 weeks and 4 days. Active labor began at 1015. F.P. was born at 1837
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References Student X Baton Rouge General School of Nursing Nursing Care Plan for Herpes Zoster Patient Patient is a 33 year old African American female with infected herpes zoster‚ sepsis‚ and gastroenteritis. The patient was admitted to the Mid-City Baton General Hospital on Sunday‚ June 15‚ 2014 for infected herpes zoster‚ where a chest x-ray‚ blood culture‚ specimen arm wound culture‚ and urinalysis was performed. The results showed lungs clear‚ heart size with in normal limits‚ and no abnormal
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