The physician requests you provide the patient with the printed information concerning this condition. How do you approach this patient-teaching opportunity? Orchitis is an infection of the testis; therefore patients should complete the course of all prescribed antibiotics. The scrotum should be immobilized with limited activity and the use of scrotal support and ice packs provide relief. Follow up of urologic appointments should be continued for test and treatment.
The skin will then be injected with a medication to numb the area. Epidural Steroid Injection Procedure After the area is prepared and numb the doctor will insert the needle though the skin toward the spine. Once the needle is in the proper space a small amount of dye may be injected to verify the position of the needle on the X-ray. After this the mixture of numbing medication and steroid in injected in the epidural space. The needle is then removed and a band-aid is placed over the site.
Baraah Alardah Task 1 RTT1 Question: Discuss how an understanding of nursing-sensitive indicators could assist the nurse in this case in identifying issues that may interfere with patient care. In this case; I would like to define the nursing-sensitive indicators which correlate with Mr. J’s status. The nursing sensitive indicators in this scenario are falls, pressure ulcers and restraint use. The impact my knowledge influences the care I give to the patient promote me to offer safer environment to prevent falls. Provide adequate lighting to patient.
Adult Branch 4 Promoting Integrated Care This essay will discuss and critically analyze a nursing intervention used in practice placement. Discussion will include the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the clinical intervention. It will examine what the evidence base states should happen and what actually happened in practice. The clinical intervention chosen to reflect on within this essay is care of a patient requiring feeding via a nasogastric (NG) tube due to dysphagia. This is a condition in which the action of swallowing is difficult to perform (Royal Marsden, 2008).
1. Which assessment should the nurse complete first?A) Auscultate the bowel sounds. Feedback: INCORRECT Another assessment should be completed before assessing the client’s bowel sounds. B) Palpate for abdominal distention. Feedback: INCORRECT Another assessment should be completed before assessing for distention.
At the appointment, the doctor will cleanse and irrigate the area with sterile fluids. The doctor will make sure immunizations are up to date. The child will receive a tetanus shot and antibiotics to prevent infection from furthering along. Once the patient has been treated, the parent will be advised on how to care for the area as well as looking for changes in the signs and symptoms that could indicate infection. 2.
Bloom’s taxonomy states that the steps in this stage are remembrance, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating (Bloom, 1956). In these steps the patient learning can be evaluated by looking at each step in depth. For example if a patient is diagnosed with diabetes, the nurse will see if the patient can remember how to perform a blood glucose test properly by return demonstration, the nurse will ask questions to see if the patient can verbalize the correct low-carb diet choices, and see if the patient can put the pieces of education together to see if the patient understands the need for these life style changes. If the patient is unable to do these things then the nurse will have to go back and re-educate the
U-Health sensors in chest and leg dressings that send messages to the nurse when it is time to change dressing. (Honey, M et al 2007) Define bioinformatics and describe three implications it has for practice and nursing
Health teaching is extremely important with patients with GERD to prevent reflux and complications. Develop a health teaching plan for your patient with GERD. Please note that all of the health teaching would also be relevant to the acute care of the client in the hospital. Highlight on your plan what should be included on your worksheet in the hospital, e.g. explain side effects of meds.-5 * Health Teaching for a patient with GERD would include: -Lifestyle modifications/Teaching the patient to avoid factors that aggravate symptoms.
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) may be difficult to diagnose. A health care provider may order tests to identify the infection-causing organism (e.g., chlamydial or gonorrheal infection) or a pelvic ultrasound is a helpful procedure for diagnosing PID. After observing diagnostic test results the health care provider will determine and prescribe the best therapy. PID can be cured with several types of antibiotics. “Samples of the bacteria from the upper genital tract are difficult to obtain and because many different organisms may be responsible for PID” (Stoppler 2012).