Ans) Strategies that have successfully reduced fall rates at the
hospital:
• Make it easy to identify high-risk patients.
• Provide safety companions.
• Keep the patient busy.
• Set bed alarms.
• Do safety rounds
• Call bell within patients reach
• Bed height low & side rails up
• Avoid slippery floors.
Describe how the programs can be applied to the care of your patient/s or patients in...
Describe how the programs can be applied to the care of your patient/s or patients in the medical surgical unit. Preventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism
Thoroughly justify why these programs would promote safe and quality patient outcomes. Preventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism: and Preventing falls in hospitals :
1. Describe the characteristics of patient-centered care AND the importance of each characteristic. 2. You are taking care of an 80 African-American year old male patient in a medical surgical unit who was hhospitalized with congestive heart failure. He is being discharged with multiple medications and home health care. Describe the steps you would take to provide patient education including cultural considerations. 3. Describe how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your education on the scenario stated in question Each...
Describe how a Patient-centered medical home has or can impact: Chronic care management Care transitions Unnecessary hospitalizations (admissions, re-admissions) Coordination of care
You are taking care of an 80 African-American year old male patient in a medical surgical unit who was hospitalized with congestive heart failure. He is being discharged with multiple medications and home health care. Describe the steps you would take to provide patient education including cultural considerations. Describe how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your education on the scenario .
1. describe how you would develop a staff education program and create an outline of key points that you would include CASE STUDY ing from 175 to 321 beds, f few weeks ago you were hired as Director of Patient Edu- stion for a regional medical center located in the Midwest. medical center includes three community hospitals rang- 175 to 321 beds, four outpatient clinics, and five cen- of excellence. The five centers of excellence are located at of the...
After reading Sally Wilde's article, “The Elephants in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Patients' Clinical Interactions and the Changing Surgical Landscape of the 1890s,” who would you say makes most of the decisions about patients' medical care in today's health care system in America? Also, how did people’s financial state of affairs factor into 1890s medical care, and how does it factor into medical care today?
Page 2 of 2 specialty unit to include medical surgical/telemetry, rehabilitation, post operative, cardiology, intensive care, surgical intensive care, pediatrics, oncology endoscopy, behavioral health, nursery, labor and delivery, dialysis, obstetrics, and orthopedics Urgent care Patient financial services that assists patients with billing questions and financials during the patient stay d. Inpatient facilities are to stay overnight and provide 24 hour services. A hospital is a self-contained facility that provides acute care to patients with injuries or illnesses. equipped for patients...
Please help 1. Briefly describe a patient with Cardiac problem in the clinical setting and describe how you applied what you are learning in med/surg and pharmacology to your clinical practice. Entries should be a minimum of 3 paragraphs Grading criteria (5pts each): Paragraph #1: Patient’s age, sex, brief PMHx, explanation of current medical situation Paragraphs #2: Clearly describes application of medical surgical concepts discussed in class thus far. Paragraph #3: Clearly describes application of pharmacology to clinical practice. Does not...
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) approach focuses on the ______ as coordinator of patients’ medical care and the approach makes extensive use of health information technology. A. primary care clinician B. patient C. patient health care management officer D. health care office manager E. all of the above F. none of the above