For instance, programs offered by community colleges the U.S. military hospitals and universities. (“Ultrasound Tech Education Requirements and Career Information,” 5). “Ultrasound technicians assist doctors in the diagnosis and treatment of medical aliments. They often act as communicators between the doctor and patients. Ultrasound techs must be able to explain complicated technical procedures and ultrasound results to their patients while describing possible methods of treatment.
A patient presenting with a head injury can pose a lot of complications and the nurse needs to assess and monitor the patient thoroughly. Management of traumatic brain injury focuses on stabilisation of the patient and prevention of secondary neurologic damage due to high intracranial pressure. Assessment of the brain injury hinges on evaluation of the Glasgow coma scale, GCS and examination of the pupils (Chesnut, 2006, p.1). Nurses make important clinical decisions everyday and these decisions have an effect on the patient’s healthcare and the actions of other health care professionals, as the emergency department treats patients with various complex needs nurses need to rely on sound decision making skills and assess monitor and
P3: Describe the investigations that are carried out to enable the diagnosis of these physiological disorders A service user would usually visit their GP if they suspect something is wrong with them; there are several different stages that would be followed prior to a diagnosis being reached. There are three types of referrals which can enable a service user to be a diagnosed Self-referral is when a patient refers themselves to health care professional, usually this is their GP. Professional referral is when a person goes to their GP and undergoes general tests, is examined after describing their symptoms and if their GP is concerned about their health, the GP will then make a referral to a specialist professional, for example a hospital doctor to see the patient immediately. The patient will then go on to see the doctor and then may go onto different specialists once a diagnosis has been made or is suspected. Another type of referral is third party referral.
When she attempts to talk, she slurs her speech and appears very frightened. 1. Which additional clinical manifestation(s) should the nurse expect to find if Nancy's symptoms have been caused by a brain attack (stroke)? (Select all that apply.) A) A carotid bruit.
Clinical Manifestations The Emergency Department (ED) nurse is completing the admission assessment. Nancy is alert but struggles to answer questions. When she attempts to talk, she slurs her speech and appears very frightened. 1. Which additional clinical manifestation(s) should the nurse expect to find if Nancy's symptoms have been caused by a brain attack (stroke)?
Patients must be asked questions that allow them to provide as much information about their health related issue. A complete medical history along with the subjective and objective data assists the nurse in reaching a nursing diagnosis (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011). There are five labels associated with nursing
* First, read about the pathophysiology of your patient(s) medical diagnosis(es). You may want to start drawing your concept map at this time. * Review head to toe physical assessment, and transfer to care map the relevant physical findings that correlate with your patient’s (s’) medical diagnosis(es) * Review remaining objective data (labs, meds, etc.) and transfer relevant items to diagnostics
Identifying a need Workers in the health and social care industry have to plan every step they take, and every decision they make, and they use research principles to pinpoint the needs of an individual. In a doctors surgery, or in a hospital, the doctor takes a medical history of a patient in their first consultation, and he may take measurements such as blood pressure, their pulse rate, which may require blood samples so they can be analysed. It may come to the attention of a care home manager that one of her residents needs more assistance with their personal care, and they would then discuss this with the individual. Th e information that is gathered from these situations would then enable the professional to make decisions about treatments and care to meet the individual’s requirements. The precise needs of one
The faster the patient receives treatment, the less damage will occur. The patient’s treatment will depend on whether the stroke is caused by a blood clot (ischemic) or by bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic). Treatment focuses on restoring blood flow for an ischemic stroke or controlling bleeding for a hemorrhagic stroke. The doctor will use a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the patient’s head to diagnose the type of stroke they have had. I recommendations the patient should have to avoid a stroke are the following: The patient should know their blood pressure and abnormal heartbeat that can increase stroke risk.
Like I previously mentioned, I make use of the must up to date nursing research and evidence based data to improve my critical thinking reasoning and skills. In my opinion, nurses demonstrate scholarship into practice when they question certain products, medications, look up actions, adverse effects and drug interactions. When they look up laboratory results and are able to tell which is abnormal and when nurse’s question doctor’s