1.Healthcare sector are always a place where communication plays a vital role from completing a small basic needs to the most complicated case. Some of the instances where communication is important for colloborative process are
2.The handoff report is the report given by a nurse to another nurse after the duty ends to maintain a cintinuity of care
3.The act of the nurse could be either personal (stress,family problems, tension ,etc.,) or professional (conflicts with colleagues,misunderstanding, dominancy ,etc.,) can have been the reason for poor eye contact .In case of this scenarios ,the nurse can be asked straightly whether they understood or not and ask for any doubts ,confirm that the follow up care will be ensured smoothly .Besides this in case of a very poor response it is better to inform the seniors or in charge to report it to prevent any adverse reactions or consequences. It is also necessary to maintain a proper nursing documentation regarding the hand over.
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Initial Post Mrs. Pender is eager to get up and moving around. She frequently presses the call bell to ask for assistance to the bathroom and to walk in the hall. Her gait is unsteady and she winces with pain each time she gets up but is refusing pain medication. Mrs. Pender states: “I want to get better quickly so I can get home soon”. You are a little frustrated by her insistence on not taking anything for pain and...
UNIT-3-Clinical Practice Preparing for Clinical Practice Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice Medical treatment stabilized Mr. Lawson's condition. He had a pulmonary embolus, but he is now on anticoagulants, medications that will reduce likelihood of more clot formation. Knowing that Mr. Lawson is on anticoagulants and has had recent surgery and the processes of normal wound healing (see Chapter 48 (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. ), Tonya believes that the patient is at risk for bleeding...
UNIT-3-Clinical Practice Preparing for Clinical Practice Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice Medical treatment stabilized Mr. Lawson's condition. He had a pulmonary embolus, but he is now on anticoagulants, medications that will reduce likelihood of more clot formation. Knowing that Mr. Lawson is on anticoagulants and has had recent surgery and the processes of normal wound healing (see Chapter 48 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.), Tonya believes that the patient is at risk for bleeding from his...
unit-4 clinical practice Ethics and Values You are caring for a 17-year-old female patient with sickle cell disease who has been admitted for treatment of sickle cell crisis. Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that affects hemoglobin in the red blood cells. In a sickle cell crisis weakened red blood cells clump together and impede blood flow, causing extreme pain. To prevent stroke and manage the pain of the crisis, your patient needs aggressive fluid and comfort management. At...
unit-4 clinical practice Ethics and Values You are caring for a 17-year-old female patient with sickle cell disease who has been admitted for treatment of sickle cell crisis. Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that affects hemoglobin in the red blood cells. In a sickle cell crisis weakened red blood cells clump together and impede blood flow, causing extreme pain. To prevent stroke and manage the pain of the crisis, your patient needs aggressive fluid and comfort management. At...
Ethics and Values You are caring for a 17-year-old female patient with sickle cell disease who has been admitted for treatment of sickle cell crisis. Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that affects hemoglobin in the red blood cells. In a sickle cell crisis weakened red blood cells clump together and impede blood flow, causing extreme pain. To prevent stroke and manage the pain of the crisis, your patient needs aggressive fluid and comfort management. At the change-of-shift report,...
(documenting narrative ) 1) While you give the patient his bath, he laughs and talks a great deal. He says nothing hurts him even though e had an open cholecystectomy three days ago. You check his dressing and it seems to be in the right place and is clean and dry. He walks in the hallway during the 10 minutes it takes you to make his bed and straighten his area. You complete his care at 9:45 am. 2) Dr...
Vital Signs Case Study Mr. Charles Lamont is a 64-year-old patient who is visiting his primary care physician with complaints of vomiting x 3 days and inability to keep anything down. His wife is waiting for him in the lobby. She is hoping that Mr. Lamont will tell the physician about his recent bout of coughing and shortness of breath. He smokes 1½ packs of cigarettes per day. His wife has been encouraging him to stop, but he has not...
Handoff report -Mr.S Was admitted 2 days ago with congested heart failure; -he had a restless night with some dyspnea and a dry nonproductive cough most of the night; -crackles are heard in both lungs, he has 3+ pitting edema in both legs and sacrum; -his 6.00 AM vital signs are T 97.9 F, P 110 and irregular, R 34, BP 150/100, pulse ox 94% with Oxygen @ 3L/min/NC. -his IV site looks slightly puffy, but there is a good...
Part I – The PA It had nally arrived! e day Margo had been waiting for—retirement day. And given that the temperature had hovered around 40 degrees the last week of March in Ohio, retirement along with the move to the warm south couldn’t come soon enough. Most of Margo’s belongings had been boxed up and sent on to Florida the previous week, but a few remaining items, including her wide screen TV, would be transported in the car. Week...