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...? Assignment II: work; Physical Assessment and Application of Clinical Judgment Physical Assessment and Application of Clinical Judgment Case Study 1: Obtaining a prioritized health history requires interpersonal and professional skills. In taking the health history, the first thing will be asking questions on shortness of breath. Such questions seek to get information about the time the patient first experienced the condition, the frequency of the condition, the extent and severity of the condition whenever it occurs, the far that the patient walks or climb before having to stop because of the shortness of breath (Beaman, 2011). Firstly, the patient...
8 Pages(2000 words)Coursework
...DEMONSTRATING NURSING MODEL USING PATIENT ASSESSMENT Introduction I assessed 1Mr. Parker who is 50 years old and working as a manager of Bio-safe Constructions. Mr. Parker came with symptoms that have disturbed him for along time but he has not found the solution. I assessed the patient using Ewles and Simnett's Six Dimensions framework.
Physically the patient had a problem of excessive weight. He weighed 99 kilograms and was actually overweight. This had resulted from lack of physical exercises due to his sedentary lifestyle. His height was 1.65". Physically he is experiencing problems of polyuria,...
5 Pages(1250 words)Essay
...no other. To provide quality patient care for people of all ages, emergencynurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to
provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be
ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations, ranging from a sore
throat to a heart attack (NHT, 2008).
"The Emergency Nurse provides services to patients of all ages. This includes nursingassessment, intervention and management of perceived, actual/potential, sudden /urgent,
and...
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...performed. The CT showed haemorrhage in the right Sylvian fissure.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is catastrophic bleeding from a cerebral aneurysm situated on the Circle of Willis or from an arteriovenous malformation . Subarachnoid haemorrhage is associated with high morbidity and of the patients who survive the potential for rebleeding and ischeamia increase morbidity and mortality. Hence subarachnoid haemorrhage is deemed to be a life threatening condition and management and care of the patient is subsequently based on prevention of complications and achieving the optimum outcome for the patient.
In order to observe and assess Mrs B appropriately and...
12 Pages(3000 words)Case Study
...of this was not clear in the clinical examination. There is evidence in literature that this problem may be solved through a nursing process approach where assessment of the patient, framing nursing diagnoses, care planning, care delivery, and evaluation of care may be done through a structured framework to accomplish the best results (Faucett, Ellis, Underwood, Naqvi, & Wilson, 2006). Within the nursing process, use of the stated framework has been demonstrated to be effective as a contextualised framework relevant to emergency conditions. This framework consists of 5 steps of history taking, potential red flags, clinical examination,...
6 Pages(1500 words)Assignment
...Patient Nutrition Health Assessment Introduction Dietary assessment has become an integral part of clinical evaluation and nursing assessment. Good nutrition is not only important for preventing disease, but also for comprehensive management of a sick patient (Rosenberg, 403). Dietary assessment includes 24 hour recall of food intake1, including the type and quantity, calories analysis, estimation of protein, fat and other important nutrients like vitamins and minerals and comparing with standard references for respective age, sex and physiological condition like pregnancy, lactation and adolescence.
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...of the attack, is unable to recollect whatever English he knew. He appears suspicious of the police, and shows signs of agitation when standing near a window. Based on this case study, it is essential to identify the immediate priorities of care, how the patient would be triaged and why, provision of optimal care to the patient by services and support, and delivery of culturally appropriate care in the emergency room.
DISCUSSION:
Identification and Provision of Rationale for Immediate Priorities of Care, the Methods by Which the Nurse Would Triage This Patient, and the Reasons for Triaging.
A failure to recognize and intervene...
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...NA Nursing Assessment Monica Jones was admitted because she was experiencing severe shortness of breath or dyspnoea. Crackles were present upon lung auscultation and she was diagnosed with pulmonary oedema, wherein the inter-spaces of her lungs are filling-up with fluid due to cardiac failure. The nursing assessments for Monica Jones below were based on all information gathered – that were both volunteered and observed. The collated findings will be the basis for physician diagnosis and care treatment plan in relation to the physiological and psychological problems manifested by the patient (Ellis, Janice Rider, Nowlis, Elizabeth Ann, Bentz, Patricia M.,...
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...Discussion 2 Emergency Nursing Since this is a pure resuscitation activity that took place on the 12 year old Freddie, it would be a better option tokeep the family away. They should not be shown the entire activity as one can hardly fathom any advantages to crop up from the same. The family can go into a trauma and hence the chances of someone failing on the count of nervous breakdown are immensely high. It would be preferable for the nurses to understand this quotient and keep the family away as there are more cons than one can think of the pros. Resuscitation involves normal breathing measures that take place after cardiac arrest to a patient as well...
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...to assess and manage patients at an early stage, thus enhancing the role of clinical judgment, without merely depending on laboratory diagnosis (Cadogan, 2009).
Potential negative outcomes
The four hour rule has some negative effects too. It causes increased stress because of increased number of after hour shifts, 24- hour emergency consultant cover and increase in weekend shifts. Such stress, without punitive penalties can lead to gaming of figures, facts and flow of patients. The stress can also cause reduction in the standard of care delivered in the emergency room. Also, the autonomy of the emergency physician...
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