He has been retired from the police force for 21 years. He lives in a 3 bedroom house close to the town centre. He still drives and goes to a weekly bowls club. Harry has a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, suffers with anxiety and low mood. Once transferred onto the ward from accident and emergency, an initial nursing assessment was done with the patient; this is the first step of the nursing process.
The patient knew this colleague worked at the hospital. Over the next six weeks, the patient noticed an increase in cancelations of appointments with his patients. The dentist called a few of his long term patients and they explained that though the sympathized with him, they no longer feel safe in his care. Within two months after, the dentist’s practice virtually collapsed. The colleague, who the dentist knew, signed an affidavit stating that the nurse’s aide in the radiology holding area called him the day of the biopsy and informed him of the dentist’s HIV status.
Task 7: Secondary prevention clinic This morning on the 17th September 2013 at the Hospital I attended the secondary prevention clinic, were patients with hypertension had to attend. One of the first patients to attend the clinic was a male and he is 49years. He was first presented to the hospital’s emergency department after an accident at work. This accident caused the patient to have two broken ankles which later lead to a myocardial infarction (MI) within a two hour period due to a possible ischaemic event within heart, suggesting ischemic heart disease. A clot busting drug Streptokinase was administered immediately to disperse the thrombus.
Case Scenario: Carl Fowler, a 46-year-old man, presents to a health clinic for a check-up. He was last seen in the clinic three years prior when he had acute bronchitis. A year ago, he was told that his blood pressure was "a little high" when he donated blood. His past medical history consists of a fractured clavicle sustained when he was playing a pickup game of football at age 24. The fracture healed without complications.
Mary is a 55 year old mother of two. Her son, John, a 26 year old man undergoes an elective procedure to reduce the size of his nose. His surgery has been scheduled since May of this year for November 20, 2011. Mary tells her employer on November 15th that she needs to take one month off to care for her son. Her boss refuses her request for time off under FMLA.
In adherence to paragraph five of the NMC code of professional Conduct (2008) which requires nurses to maintain anonymity and confidentiality, a pseudonym is used in this critical incident for the identity of the patient. The patient will be called John. I was a novice in my last placement in a dementia ward. It was a Monday morning, all the patients were having their breakfast in the lounge .It was my second week of placement where I was asked by a nurse to go and observe a suicidal patient suffering from anorexia nervosa. The patient was a 37 year old male named John.
Hospital's owners Castlebeck, apologised and suspended 13 employees. NHS South West said it was "appalled" and the Care Quality Commission said there was an "unforgivable error of judgement" in not investigating earlier abuse claims. Hillcroft Care Home, Lancashire - Research In October 2012 six care workers were arrested in connection with abuse in Hillcroft Care Home near Lancashire. The police were called into the home of May that year, after a complaint from staff. Five nurses and one matron
Why? d. What teaching interventions would you provide to the client after the change in prescriptions you recommended? (List at least 3 interventions) 2. Mary S. is an attorney (who is 48 years old) who has suffered from epilepsy for about 25 years and is taking the medication phenytoin. You are looking at her electronic medical record and note she has missed several of her quarterly MD appointments.
Health and Chronic Disease Management Patient Teaching Project Heather Cashwell, Christopher Cruz, Amanda Otten, Rebecca Thompson NUR/427 February 23, 2015 Dr. Shannon Smith | History and Physical | Name | José Juan | Date | 2/23/2015 | Gender | M | Allergies | Morphine, Latex, Sulfa | DOB | 1/30/1941 | Age | 74 | | Chief Compaint (CC) | “I just keep forgetting where I put my keys and then find them in the refrigerator or if I have eaten supper. Otherwise I feel fine” | | History of Present illness (HPI) | Family brought patient into the clinic due to frequent episodes of forgetfulness; reported that patient has had a several changes in his | Demeanor and overall behaviors. Patient has gone through several tests
Three months after that, around March 2011, my friend, Evan, fell from his motorbike when he went to my home to returned my shoe. He came to my house while I was watching football, Indonesia versus