Facts: Client suffered serious injuries at work when she fell thirty feet off a conveyor designed to carry employees from one work level to another. She was injured when the conveyor malfunctioned and failed to stop when she reached the top of the lift. The conveyor had been in use for twenty-five years, and her employer replaced it the day after the accident. The employer dismantled the conveyor and disposed of many of the important parts. It appears that the employer intentionally disposed of the parts.
Victoria had been racially abused by a white patient, staff had tried their best to move her off the ward, and this has made akinyemi very annoyed and angry. After this many nurses covered her mouth and blind folded her for 20 minutes, in result to this Victoria then died of asphyxiation. Adding on to this her family was not informed about her death for 4 days. In June 2012, an inquest came to a result of ‘unintentional death’. The coroner made suggestions to improve practices.
9. John, a 25-year-old construction worker, is brought to the hospital emergency room with severe damage to his left forearm. The injury occurred when he caught his arm between a wall and some falling steel beams as part of a building collapsed; it took approximately 2 hours to free him. In the emergency room, his arm appears swollen, and laboratory tests reveal elevated concentrations of serum CK, LDH, and aldolase. As John’s condition is monitored, the hospital staff should be alert for: a. the appearance of dark, reddish-brown urine.
RTT1 Organizational Systems Task 2 Jenene McDowell Western Governors University RTT1 Organizational Systems Task 2 The purpose of this paper is to analyze the unfortunate sentinel event of Mr. B, a sixty-seven-year-old patient presenting with severe left leg pain at the emergency room. A root cause analysis is necessary to investigate the causative factors that led to the sentinel event. The errors or hazards in care in the Mr. B scenario will be identified. Change theory will be utilized to develop an appropriate improvement plan to decrease the likelihood of a reoccurrence of the outcome of the Mr. B scenario. A Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) will be used to project the likelihood that the suggested improvement plan would not fail.
Meet the Patient: Jeff Dickson Traumatic Brain Injury Jeff Dickson is a 17-year-old admitted to the Emergency Department via ambulance following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). He is accompanied by his parents and two of the three friends who were in the vehicle with him. Another friend, who was driving the vehicle, was transported to a different hospital by LifeCare Helicopter. A basilar skull fracture is a linear skull fracture that extends over the base of the frontal and temporal lobes. The nurse knows that this particular type of fracture can cause damage to the nerve pathways, cranial nerves, or vital centers.
Radiographs are a typical testing aid that are normal in determining ACL injury, with lateral marginal fractures being a common characteristic of a tear. This device may also depict a lateral notch sign (an exaggeration of normal indentation), on the lateral femoral condyle (Bach). Lastly, there is always an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that is quite commonly used for an ACL injury if the diagnosis of the tear is unclear (Cameron). The care and treatment of a torn ACL is extremely crucial to the future capabilities and functions of the knee joint and it’s surrounding muscles. Initial care following an injury should consist of ice, compression, elevation, and unweighting (using crutches), continuing to use these measures until the swelling and spasm within the surrounding muscle subside (Griffin).
When you have completed your analysis of individual articles, you can then look across the responses to compare and contrast the multiple perspectives on the issue. You will submit your Cause of Depression Analysis Worksheet to the Unit 6 Assignment box. Learner Name: Iresse Freeman Name of Perspective: Cognitive Analysis Components Cause of Depression Research Articles Title of Article Beliefs about causes of depression. Author[s]: Lauber C; Falcato Title of Article Physical changes that occur when depressed. Author[s]:Richard Alleyne Title of Article Reactions caused by Depression Author[s]:Richard Alleyne Title of Article Author[s] The main purpose of this article is .
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) affects millions worldwide. According to the American College of Cardiology CVD is the largest single cause of death among women. The economic impact in the United States although difficult to estimate figures show an amount over $400 billion was spent in 2006 on health care as a result of lost productivity compared to other deadly diseases, (American Heart Association [AHA], 2007). The cohort follow-up study can either be conducted from a prospective or retrospective view. The cohort prospective study collects data from a group formed and monitors over a period.
Alternative Treatments for Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic condition of the joints, affecting over 27 million Americans ("What is osteoarthritis?" 2009). It has to do with the breakdown and wearing of cartilage, which is the hard and slippery tissue that cushions the ends of bones where they meet to form a joint. Healthy cartilage allows bones to glide over one another, absorbing energy from the shock of physical movement. In OA, the wearing of the cartilage allows bones underneath to rub together, causing pain, swelling, and loss of motion of the joint.
Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research EBT 1 Task 1 Chris Collier #000321915 A Critique of a research article A1 Article Hegarty, J., Walsh, E., Burton, A., Murphy, S., O'gorman, F., & McPolin, G. (2009). Nurses' knowledge of inadvertent hypothermia. AORN Journal, 89(4), 701. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.09.003 A2 Background or Introduction According to the authors inadvertent hypothermia affects between 60-90% of patients undergoing surgery. The authors used a core temperature below 36 degrees as the definition of hypothermia. With a list of complications that can result from this hypothermia, the authors wanted to measure the knowledge level of perioperative nurses regarding risks for, prevention of, and complications from inadvertent surgical hypothermia.