Chapter 66: Nursing Management: Critical Care Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care? a. Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. b. Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. c. Silence the alarms on the cardiac monitors to allow
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or Latinos. Within this group‚ there are numerous health disparities which affects their quality of life; however‚ type II diabetes is becoming a detrimental disease altering the Hispanic community. Diabetes is a nationwide disease that bears on all age groups and minorities‚ but the burden of this health problem and its consequences impacts the Hispanics. “Type II diabetes affects Hispanic populations disproportionately and is the fifth leading cause of death for Hispanic people in the United
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THE NURSING PROCESS: NURSING CARE PLAN NURSING DIAGNOSIS 2 (Problem; Etiology; Signs & Symptoms) P Decreased Cardiac Output R/T E Atrial Fibrillation and Mechanical Ventilation AEB S – Client on mechanical ventilation. Albumin 1.1 – 2/4/14 – low osmolality in blood – third spacing. Atrial Fibrilation Sluggish Pupil response Blood pressure 97/39 Heart Rate 54 Peripheral pulses diminished PLANNING ____________________________________________________________________________________
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on diabetic ketoacidosis Page 60 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing NS562 Hoe J‚ Thompson R (2010) Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 4‚ 47-56. Date of acceptance: July 27 2010. Summary This article provides an overview of factors relevant to dementia care today. The number of people experiencing dementia is increasing and dementia is at the forefront of health policy. The evidence
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DOI: 7/12/2014. The patient is a 39-year old male forklift driver who sustained a work-related injury to his lower right leg after it was crushed when he was knocked over by a forklift. As per OMNI entry‚ the patient is Permanent and Stationary as of 10/16/2015 with future medical care to include pain management medications‚ as well as durable medical equipment in forms of shoes and inserts. Per progress report dated 5/24/16‚ patient was prescribed with ibuprofen‚ Lyrica‚ Norco and Lidoderm patch
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HLTEN611B – Apply Principles of Diabetic Nursing Care Assessment 1 – Case Study James is 18 years of age and has just presented (with his parents) to his GP with a 2 week history of extreme fatigue‚ polyuria‚ polydipsia‚ and weight loss. His random BGL is 41mmol/l and his blood ketones show 3.2mmol/l. His GP has diagnosed Type 1 diabetes with DKA and has sent him to the emergency department to see an endocrinologist at your public hospital‚ St Health Skills. The endocrinologist has decided on
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Improving Patient Satisfaction in Health Care Settings Quantitative Analysis of Business MBAM 5223B Session 7 Article Summary #1 April 05‚ 2014 Health-care managers are tasked with addressing many organizational aspects including patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is clearly one of the critical priorities for managers. There has been many patient satisfaction studies to respond to the need of improving patient satisfaction. In order to develop an effective intervention
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Patients that have Medicaid have poorer access to care and poorer health results than patients with private insurance. In this case‚ privately health insured patients are able to discover more opportunistic treatment options‚ swifter medical care and are able to access more primary or preventative care. Medicaid patients have a difficult time accessing health care from medical facilities due to the poor reimbursement for provided
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Staffing Levels on Nursing Quality and Care In recent years‚ the healthcare industry has seen a significant decline in the quality of patient care it provides. This has been the result of reduced staffing levels‚ overworked nurses‚ and an extremely high nurse to patient ratio. The importance of nurse staffing in hospital settings is an issue of great controversy. Too much staff results in costs that are too great for the facility to bear‚ but too little staffing results in patient care that is greatly
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NM5004 Nursing Management of Care Delivery and Therapeutic Interventions Summary Management of a Proposed Service Improvement Word Count: 1‚051 The following assignment will discuss a proposed service improvement. It will detail what the proposed improvement will be‚ why this is a significant improvement to current services. How the plan would be managed and implemented. The student has chosen to plan an improvement to physical health needs assessments for mental health
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