Acute Renal Failure NU270 Assignment 6.1 7/26/2012 Patients that are in acute renal failure have many obstacles that they are faced with. The nurse should follow evidence based interventions when caring for them. Electrolyte imbalance, blood loss, infection, and nutrition are just a few of the issues the nurse must be educated about. It is important for the nurse to impose every intervention available to reduce the risk of infection in the patient experiencing acute renal failure. “Make sure appropriate hand hygiene is used.
Take for example, often times a group or subjects are chosen for a number of characteristics of the subject are measured and recorded to collect data such as weight, blood pressure, diet, and smoking habits. The subjects are then followed up in time to see if there has been an occurrence of a disease. This course did a great job with breaking down the different age group and ethnicities for different diseases and how it affects the body. The course did changes my views on how we act as a community and making sure the people who have been diagnosed with most of these diseases have the resources they need or able to get the what they need. It is up to the state to follow up on their part to get the information out there and letting the people know that it is available.
Carol Alborn HIM CORE Day 11 9/12/2011 Purpose and Function of the Health Record A health record is a virtual storage place that documents health care services from healthcare providers at various locations such as the DR.’s office, nursing homes and ambulatory service locations. It’s made up of data or facts from the patient and family members, and these healthcare services, which is analyzed for useful information. It is the HIM professional’s responsibility to take data from traditional practice forms and any Personal Health Record (PHR) or from any other sources, then enter data into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. Anything missing can alter the patients care. Its Primary purpose is to ensure quality patient care and managing the cost of that care.
Not only is it important for healthcare providers to construct and implement a treatment plans, but also to involve patients in medical decision making about their treatment. To determine effectiveness, healthcare providers must assess how treatment of the illness effects the patient in addition to their own evaluation of treatment. The dictionary definitions of effective are (a) adequate to accomplish a purpose, producing the intended or expected result; (b) in operation or in force, functioning; (c) producing a deep or vivid impression; (d) prepared and available for service; and (e) a member of the armed forces fit for duty or active service (“Effective”, n.d. a). According to Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (2006), the medical definitions of effective are (a) the extent to which a treatment achieves its intended purpose; (b) A measure of the accuracy or success of a diagnostic or therapeutic technique when carried out in an average clinical environment. According to Wikipedia (n.d. b), the usage of effective includes (a) mathematics, can be used as a synonym of
Throughout this paper all patterns will be covered and assessed according to subjective and objective data. Assessment is ‘the collection of data about an individual’s health state’ (Jarvis 2004, p.7). Subjective data are ‘the client’s perception about their health problems, only the client can provide this information’ (Crisp & Taylor 2009, p.260). Objective data are ‘observations or measurements made by the data collector’ (Crisp & Taylor 2009, p.260). The activity-exercise pattern which is domain 4 will be covered in more depth, because Mrs Louisa has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis which affects this pattern significantly.
This can alleviate their stress about tests that might involve threatening diseases. Having all medications labeled in containers will reduce medication errors for patients. This will help health care providers to see what is in each container, syringe and vial at all times. This goal is a crucial one in keeping medication errors to a minimum (The Joint commission, 2011). A vital area need for infection control is ensuring hand hygiene guidelines are strictly followed.
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The EHR is a computerized electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports. The EHR automates the clinician's workflow and has the ability to generate a complete record of a patient encounter - as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly, including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcome reporting. In this paper I will discuss the many benefits and drawbacks of EHR’s, the types of software used and their functions as well as my thoughts on the future of Electronic Health Records. Many healthcare organizations have switched over to electronic health records since President George W. Bush called for health records to be stored electronically by 2014, and President Obama’s administration plans to continue pushing for that deadline.
Health information system or HIS; is a system for the collection and/or processing of data from an assortment of sources, and using the information for policy making and management of health services. It could be paper-based or electronic. HIS incorporates data from civil/vital registration, censuses, population surveys, facility surveys, individual records, service records and resource records for policy making and efficient management of health services. (web.worldbank.org) There is general agreement among all that a strong HIS is a key component of any health system. Any type of physician’s office would greatly benefit from health information systems.
Introduction Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood against the walls of the vessels in which it is contained It is essential in every assessment of a patient to get the baseline vitals (Valler-Jones, Wedgbury, 2005). Accurately taking these levels can greatly assist healthcare providers in diagnosing possible illnesses or diseases that a patient may have. That is why it is imperative to accurately take a patient’s blood pressure. Misreading a patient’s blood pressure can lead to wrongly diagnosing a patient with hypertension, hypotension or many other abnormalities. There are many techniques in which to measure blood pressure and there has been much debate on which technique is the most accurate.