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Pressure ulcer or bedsores or debucitus ulcer refers to lesions that are formed on the skin due to several factors such as unrelieved and constant pressure, friction, temperature, application of shearing forces, or using certain medications on the body.... A hospital-acquired condition is a condition that the patient may get affected with during the stay in the hospital.... Usually hospital acquired conditions are faults arising from improper treatment of the patient and would usually not arise if proper protocols are being followed....
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Term Paper
The paper 'Pressure Ulcers Risk Management' states about pressure ulcers, also called bedsores or decubitus ulcer.... In the year 2000-2002, there were 474,692 new cases of pressure ulcer( patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004) it is about 0.... 34,320 deaths due to pressure ulcer were attributable to patient safety.... Basically, CMS will reimburse to acute care facilities for pressure ulcers if the patient was admitted with the pressure ulcer, but if it is a nosocomial pressure ulcer then CMS will not pay....
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Research Proposal
Pain often causes distress, and alleviation of patient distress is a primary goal.... In fact, according to the American Journal of Nursing, contemporary nurses will care for more patients in the age range 65 and older than any other type of patient (“Nursing Care of Older Adults”).... The physical, psychological, and social impact of geriatric pain will be highlighted in this study, and the particular issues of pain assessment and management will be explained as related to nursing care....
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Essay
This essay "prevention of Pressure Ulcer" discusses how there are various subjects in relation to the duties of a nurse as per the different fields of nursing.... prevention of pressure ulcer can be considered as such a topic which is concerned with multiple specialties.... he reason behind the choice of topic: A pressure ulcer is a skin area that would break down as the patient stays in a constant position for too long....
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Essay
The levels of pressure ulcers within hospitalized settings have been in use for assessment of patient service and hospital safety.... Clinical Problem: Pressure sores, bedsores as well as decubitus ulcers are among other common types of pressure ulcers, which patients (especially elderly) run high risk of due to immobility....
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Essay
Pressure ulcers are also referred to as pressure sores or ‘bedsores'.... he role of the baccalaureate-prepared NurseBaccalaureate-prepared nurse act as the direct and care providers where they are patient educators and advocates.... Spiritual assessment in clinical practice....
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Essay
This paper "Rehabilitation Following a MCA Stroke" discusses the rehabilitation of a patient with left MCA stroke from a physiotherapist's perspective.... Since the non-dominant hemisphere is involved, the patient will have impaired perception of deficits known as anosognosia and qualitative deficits of speech.... When the lesion is in the sylvian fissure of the dominant hemisphere, the patient will have dysphasia which may be fluent or nonfluent (Slater et al, 2009)....
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Case Study
The "Essential Nursing Care: Student Care Plan" paper contains a nursing plan of a patient who expresses pain in the abdominal and anal area when seated on the toilet, observed grimacing during the attempts at defecation; stool brown, dry and small.... nbsp; Rationale• To facilitate the elimination of feces; to soften stool and moisten the colon for easier and faster excretion (Funnell, Koutoukidis, & Lawrence, 2009)Rationale• To determine factors in relation to diet or other activities which may have caused constipation (Meiner & Lueckenotte, 2006)• To address the cause of the problem and resolve itRationale• To determine changes in the regular patterns of elimination• To determine if changes in elimination patterns may be caused by medication, by diminished activity, by diminished intake of fruits and vegetables (Timby, 2009)Rationale• Instruct patient on increasing fiber in his diet to increase bulk and frequency of stool elimination (Grodner, Long, and DeYoung, 2004)• Promote fluid (water and bulk-forming juices) intake to ensure the formation of soft and moist stool (Wold, 2004)• Increase mobility by assisting patient movements within his capability and as tolerated (Kyle, 2007)• Instruct patient in following and sticking to regular patterns of elimination – following regular times in defecating (Mosby, 2010)• Teaching family members on the following: the importance of John following regular patterns of elimination (including regular times in elimination)....
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