Nursing Informatics The scenario described herein is in grounded in geriatric medicine, and utilizes the NANDA, NIC, and NOC elements to link the various components in standardized language to the data, information, knowledge, and wisdom associated Continue Reading...
Case Study: Urinary Tract Infection CHIEF COMPLAINT: Urination with a burning sensation, pelvic genital pain, frequent and urgent urination, urine which is colored for the past three days and dribbling urination. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: A patient Continue Reading...
Healthcare professionals usually encounter challenges to address the health conditions facing female patients. In light of the changing nature of today’s society, chronic and acute illnesses among women have become more prevalent. The prevalenc Continue Reading...
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Decreasing the health care-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a goal that most hospitals and doctors are trying to do. The purpose of this project was to create a gathering count starting Continue Reading...
Urinary Catheterization Urinary catheterisation: indwelling catheters Urinary catheterization: indwelling catheters In the medical field, the uses of indwelling catheters have become a common patient care intervention (Clinical Review, 2009). In a Continue Reading...
Mr. Ms CaseSubjective and Objective Clinical ManifestationsMr. M.\\\'s subjective manifestations include difficulty recalling names of family members and remembering his room number. He has trouble repeating what he just read. He experiences rapid mo Continue Reading...
Geriatric Population What is the best way to assure that older people are well cared for in an acute healthcare setting? What are the roles that nurses should play when it comes to providing the best possible care to older, frail people? These ques Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement Program Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan Paula Stechschulte, PhD, RN Quarter This paper discusses the process of drafting a quality improvement plan at a community level medical facility, a plan that is aimed at Continue Reading...
Nursing 201 Nursing Process PaperClient ProfileThe patient is a white 80year old whose religion is unknown and was admitted on February 2, 2022, for a UTI infection. Care for the patient began on the day of admission. He is a father of three and a gr Continue Reading...
hospital acquired infections, popularly known as the nosocomial infections in adults, specifically elderly adults. In this research paper, the focus is built on infections caught by elderly people and the preventions that can be taken as measures to Continue Reading...
Healthcare Associate Infections Hospitals are often associated with providing care and treatment in the face of an illness. However, what is not often discussed is that many patients who are admitted to hospitals contract infections from the hospita Continue Reading...
Treatment to Patients The main objective of providing treatment to patients is to relieve symptoms along with decreasing the progression of the disease as well as the mortality or morbidity. However, in some cases, this objective is not fully achie Continue Reading...
Long-Term Nursing Facility Management Risks FACILITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS Long-Term Nursing Family Management Risks The major risk management issue of our hospital is the spread of nosocomial infections, more popularly known in the medical circle a Continue Reading...
This is important because the cost of hospital acquired infections run high. The cost to care for a patient with a hospital acquired infection is almost three times the amount to care for a patient without a hospital acquired infection (Hassan et al Continue Reading...
Healthcare Organization and Finance Scenario Medicare covers healthcare services such as surgeries, laboratory testing and doctor visits. It also covers supplies such as walkers and wheelchairs. These services and supplies must be considered as ind Continue Reading...
There are remedies (albeit not easy ones for the individuals involved), as suggested by the research. However, and this is very important, the current public health approaches that the Saudi government has taken, as Mabrey et al. (2010) note, have Continue Reading...
Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Depression Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, and Depression: A Case Scenario Mr. P is a 65-year-old Hispanic male who presents to the clinic with a symptomatology that leads to three broad closely associated di Continue Reading...
Jackie Smith is an 82-year-old right-handed Caucasian woman. She has been diagnosed with dementia and her eldest son has petitioned the court for guardianship in the past. At that time Mrs. Smith's eldest son and his family were living with her. A ps Continue Reading...
This could hardly be seen as a way to lower the healthcare costs of people in this country. Still, though, it is apparent that something must be done. Healthcare is extremely expensive anymore, and there are more and more people in this country tha Continue Reading...
Green provides some clear guidelines to assist health education and promotion specialists in the identification and design of health promotion techniques for implementation in health promotion and disease prevention programs. Discuss how five of the Continue Reading...
Disorders in Older People Alzheimer's and Eating Disorders and how they affect Older Adults Alzheimer's and Eating Disorders and how they affect Older Adults Disorders in Older People Alzheimer's-Type Dementia Eating Disorders Disorders in Olde Continue Reading...
Pharmacology Case StudiesScenario 1: Mary\\\'s Hypothyroidism ManagementProblem DescriptionMary, aged 35, has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, as evidenced by an elevated Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) level of 20. Alongside, she suffers from i Continue Reading...
Critical Pathway: Chronic Renal Failure Advanced Pathophysiology Regents Online Degree Program Critical Pathway: Chronic renal failure Chronic renal failure is often occasioned by chronic kidney disease, immune disorder, trauma among other condit Continue Reading...
Concepts of Altered Health in Older Adults What physiological factors would typically increase Joseph’s risk of falling while walking outdoors? Considering Joseph's age, he is likely to suffer from fatigue when walking outdoors and this mig Continue Reading...
Categories of Antimicrobial Agents Differentiating between viruses and bacterial infections is absolutely critical to give a patient adequate treatment. Antibiotics such as penicillin and its derivatives will not work on a viral infection. Not only Continue Reading...
..significantly below the maximum of $3,000 per day" (and more like $300 to $350). And fourth, in about 22% of the cases where nursing homes were in serious violation of regulations - and causing harm to their patients - "there was no record" of san Continue Reading...
For example, prior to 2007, there were approximately 1 million confirmed cases of hospital-acquired ("nosocomial") infections in American hospitals and other healthcare institutions (clinics, nursing homes, etc.), resulting in the premature and prev Continue Reading...
Personal Response There does not appear to be a "chicken little" quality involved in the resources reviewed; indeed, the statistics cited make it abundantly clear that the healthcare profession is in big trouble today and things are going to get w Continue Reading...
Specifically focused on products for each phase of a persons' life, this business segment is the most mainstream in terms of promotional strategies. Skin Care, OTC and Nutritionals have successfully given JNJ a permanent marketing strategy for selli Continue Reading...
Pain Management in Post-Operative Patients Pain suffered patients undergoing surgery. The severity pain vary patient. It nurse caring patient postoperative phase manages patient's pain. Questions arise pain assessment, nurses estimation mismanagemen Continue Reading...
Search the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Guideline Clearinghouse website at http://www.guideline.gov / for a quality guideline that pertains to the area of nursing in which you are interested. Describe the guideline and how th Continue Reading...
Prescription, Nonprescription and Herbal Medicines Prescription, Non-prescription and Herbal Medications: Exploring Interactions in the Geriatric Population Geriatric medicine, generally referred to as just "geriatrics" is a branch of internal medi Continue Reading...
Loss of Function on the Quality of life and Independence, and Quality of life for the elderly Population Although living longer comes with a price, having a good social relationship, support system, social relationships, and residing in their own a Continue Reading...
Risk and Quality Management Assessment This analysis focuses on three different types of risks that are commonly associated with a nursing facility. Risk and quality management is an important aspect to many health care organizations. This is espec Continue Reading...
Numerator: number of patients for whom administration of low-dose glucocorticoids for septic shock was determined in accordance with a standardized ICU policy over the first 24 hours following the time of presentation Denominator: total number of Continue Reading...
The quality of life was another issue addressed in research of the use of feeding tubes with patients who have dementia (Finucane, 2001). Robert MCCann, MD reports that the everyday imagery of food and its pleasant addition to life cannot be ignor Continue Reading...
