PART A QUESTION 1 Infection control in a health care setting Chickenpox in a Health Care Worker – Total 13 marks A registered nurse working in an HDU (High Dependency Unit) notified the Infection Control Nurse that her daughter had chickenpox. The daughter’s skin lesions had appeared five days prior to the notification. The staff member did not have a history of having had the disease and was in the second trimester of her second pregnancy. Blood tests on the RN for antibody to Varicella zoster virus (VZV) were negative. She was rostered off work and given varicella zoster specific immunoglobulin by her obstetrician.
Two days prior to drowning her children Andrea Yates had visited Saeed and the doctor described her condition as “increasingly declining ‘ then sent her home . Russell Yates had no choice but to trust the doctor ‘s wisdom , after all Saeed was the professional trained to understand mental health (Cohen ) It might be said that this was just a slight mistake in judgment or that the doctor may have assumed that the situation at hand wasn ‘t that serious but as history revealed itself the world would find out that Dr . Saeed made a number of bad decisions in Yates ‘ case . In May , Yates was admitted to the Devereux Treatment Network in League City , Texas where she was under the treatment of Dr . Saeed .
She had just finished seeing what seemed like a hundred diabetic patients, one after the other. As an endocrinologist, she specializes in the management of hormonal disorders she specializes in the management of hormonal disorders. More than sixty percent of her patient visits focus on diabetes. Dr. Vollbrecht picked up her last chart of that morning and noticed it was just another patient with Type 2 diabetes. But the doctor didn’t know that she was in for a surprise.
RUP 1 Laurie Mahaffey Western Governors University A. Functional Differences The differences between a regulatory agency such as the Board of Nursing (BON) and a Professional Nursing Organization (PNO) is that the BON regulates, writes laws, approves licensure and governs nurses at all levels of nursing and at all levels of care. Its ultimate goal is protection of the patient. A PNO consist of groups of nurses that gather for the purpose of education, information sharing, benchmarking and overall growth of the nursing profession and the patients they serve. PNO’s provide strength to the nurse’s voice as well as serving as an advocate for patients (Matthews, 2012). The states regulate laws established to protect the
Scenario 1—Asthma o What patient compliance issues are evident in this scenario? The patient compliance is the doctor telling the mother to take the medicine twice a day and use inhaler during emergencies. The doctor also stated to call for further questions. o What communication problems are contributing to the patient’s lack of compliance? The communication of the patients lack of compliance is that the mother did not call the doctor back to help clear up her questions and she jumped to conclusions and switched doctors and didn’t even try to get a hold of the doctor’s office for clarification.
Frequently Asked Questions Roles of State Boards of Nursing: Licensure, Regulation and Complaint Investigation What is the role of state boards of nursing? State boards of nursing are government agencies charged with regulating nursing practice. The boards protect the public by ensuring that standards of nursing practice are met and nurses are competent in their practice. Typical powers and duties of a board of nursing include: • Interpreting and enforcing the state nurse practice act • Administering nurse licensure by overseeing exams to grant licenses and taking action against licenses of nurses who have exhibited unsafe nursing practice • Accrediting or approving nurse education programs • Developing nursing practice standards
My friend lifted up her shirt, showed her a bright red (not pink) belly, and told her mother she had been calling and informing the doctor's office for days. They simply told her it was normal to have pain, not to worry, and they could not fit her in for an appointment until the following week. From the site of my friends stomach, her mother rushed her to the emergency room in horror. What my friend had was a horrible disease called necrotizing fasciitis and it had spread through parts of her body like wild fire. So I began investigating and found that she was not the only one.
Theory in Professional Practice Critically ill patients are at high risk for becoming deconditioned and delirious. When I started working in intensive care, keeping your patient sedated and comfortable on the ventilator was the norm. However few years ago early mobility became the new norm. Intubated patients that were mobilized within twenty-four hours from admission were weaned off the ventilator sooner; and they never became delirious or deconditioned. Using fewer sedatives that promoted a normal circadian cycle prevented delirium.
Eventually, a bill was passed by George W. Bush, which gave hospitals the power to remove patients from life support. Soon after, Terri's feeding tube was removed and thirteen days later her heart stopped beating. (NNDB) Similar cases to Terri’s happen more than people think; it is a current growing dilemma. Nobody knows who was right in that situation, but many wonder if it was necessary to keep her alive or if it would have been better to take her out of misery. In “CORRECTED: When to Let Go?
I just hope things improve.” The family of resident Olive Bewick decided to move her to a different care home after she was found with bruising on her shins. Mrs Bewick had lived at Honeymead for five years until, over the last four months, her family became so concerned about her care that they complained to management. Her granddaughter Julie Ryall, 38, said: ‘We noticed things with her personal hygiene. Her nails were absolutely filthy, but she is either in bed or a wheelchair, so it’s not like she was doing gardening. “We also noticed dried food on her face where they had not washed it after meals.