Author: luna
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Relation to Patient Safety, Healthcare Cost, and Quality of Care
Hospital-related falls, standardized risk assessment rates, and morbidity and mortality rates impact patient safety, healthcare costs, and the quality of care. Firstly, hospital-related falls indicate that the hospital delivers poor-quality healthcare services. Also, it indicates that the hospital lacks elaborate strategies for mitigating falls. Hospital-related falls lower patient safety by predisposing them to injuries, fractures,…
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By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind. Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient. Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient. Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.
Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Patient Initials: H.B. Age: 60 years Gender: Male Subjective: CC (chief complaint): The patient (H.B.) reports that he has difficulty with concentration. According to him, his condition worsened due to heightened pressure at the workplace involving accelerated deadlines. HPI: The patient is a 60-year-old male. He reports that he has difficulty with…
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The Role of Nurses in Care Coordination and Patient Safety
Nurses should adopt optimized workflow, collaborate with other healthcare providers, and provide patient education to achieve care coordination. They can achieve optimized workflow by embracing double checks, limiting distractors, and reducing interruptions (MacDowell et al., 2021). Double-checking allows independent nurses to verify and approve medication before administering it. Independent verifications increase the accuracy of medication…
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Enhancing Quality and Safety-Role of Nurses in Medication Administration
Nurses play a key role in medication administration. Medication administration is a significant process because it determines treatment outcomes. Nurses should adhere to the standards and protocols when administering medication. After all, ineffective medication administration reduces patient safety and increases the risk of toxicities. This paper discusses the safety risks associated with medication administration, strategies…
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Race: African American Subjective: CC (Chief Complaint): Suicide attempt. History of Present Illness (HPI): M.K. is a 31-year-old African American male brought to the emergency department by his sister after a failed suicide attempt. M.K.’s sister reports that she found M.K. lying on the floor unconscious, with an empty pack of pesticides next to him.
Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation-31-year-old male Patient Initials: M.K. Age: 31 years Gender: Male Race: African American Subjective: CC (Chief Complaint): Suicide attempt. History of Present Illness (HPI): M.K. is a 31-year-old African American male brought to the emergency department by his sister after a failed suicide attempt. M.K.’s sister reports that she found M.K. lying on the floor…
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What is Multidimensional Nursing?
Multidimensional nursing care is a comprehensive approach to managing a patient who is diagnosed with cancer. It utilizes evidence-based practice and professional care standards to meet the needs of the patient. Multidimensional nursing care focuses on physical, psychosocial, social, and spiritual needs. Multidimensional nursing includes both the patient and family in developing the treatment…
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NR 501 Week 4 Concept Analysis Paper Assignment – Self Care Concept Latest
NR 501 Week 4 Concept Analysis Paper Assignment – Self Care Concept Latest In this paper, we will evaluate and analyze the concept of compassion fatigue its correlation with the environment that is provided to nurses for learning and practice. Watson’s theory of human caring talks about the relationship between patients- nurses. This relationship is…
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Title: NURS 6521 Week 1: Basic Pharmacotherapeutic Concepts Case Scenario
NURS 6521 Week 1: Basic Pharmacotherapeutic Concepts Over the years working as a nurse I have encountered many patients who state that sleep aids do not work for them. They often complain that the treatment for insomnia has the opposite effect for them. People who use these medications and fall fast asleep without difficulty would…
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NURS 6521 Week 1: Basic Pharmacotherapeutic Concepts
Title: NURS 6521 Week 1: Basic Pharmacotherapeutic Concepts I had a family member with a history of CAD, and IDDM, who was in need of an aortic valve replacement. The TAVR procedure was completed successfully and was sent home on a regimen of Coumadin/Warfarin for anticoagulant therapy. This person had other underlying health problems (one…