You have three beds available in your intensive care unit and five patients who need a bed. All five patients arrived at the same time, so you cannot select on a first come first serve basis. A short description for each patient is provided below. You will need to present your case for selecting your three patients and state the criteria used for turning away the other two.
The following patient needs admission
A patient who has brain aneurysms if not treated immediately may lead to rupture of the aneurysm and bleeding.This will lead to fatal event like death.
A rare infection caused by dog bite is capnocytophaga canimosus be very serious causing infection and sepsis.This needs an immediate treatment otherwise can be fatal
Mr.Hu exhibits no symptoms which needs admission
A patient in persistent coma due to alcohol overdose has a chance to be recovered if the alcohol overdose is reversed, so can be admitted
A patient who is in persistent vegetative state needs a mechanical support to live
You have three beds available in your intensive care unit and five patients who need a...
You have a 4-bed intensive care unit and 7 patients who need a bed. The following are the 7 patients. You cannot select on the basis of first come, first served, as they showed up at your door at exactly the same time.: 1. Mr. Jones, a 75-year-old patient with chronic emphysema. He is retired and a DNR order. 2. Mr. Smith, a 27-year-old hemophiliac with AIDS contracted from a transfusion of contaminated blood. 3. Mr. Jackson, a 65-year-old Army general with congestive heart...
You have a four-bed intensive care unit and seven patients who need a bed. The following is a short description of the seven patients. You cannot select on the basis of first come, first served, as they showed up at your door at exactly the same time. Jones, a 75-year-old pulmonary patient with chronic emphysema. He is retired and has a DNR order. Cho, a 27-year-old hemophiliac patient with AIDS contracted from a transfusion of contaminated blood. Rogers, a 65-year-old...
You have a four-bed intensive care unit and seven patients who need a bed. The following is a short description of the seven patients. You cannot select on the basis of first come, first served, as they showed up at your door at exactly the same time. Jones, a 75-year-old pulmonary patient with chronic emphysema. He is retired and has a DNR order. Cho, a 27-year-old hemophiliac patient with AIDS contracted from a transfusion of contaminated blood. Rogers, a 65-year-old...
You have a four-bed intensive care unit and seven patients who need a bed. The following is a short description of the seven patients. You cannot select on the basis of first-come, first-served, as they showed up at your door at exactly the same time. Jones, a 75-year-old pulmonary patient with chronic emphysema. He is retired and has a DNR order. Cho, a 27-year-old hemophiliac patient with AIDS contracted from a transfusion of contaminated blood. Rogers, a 65-year-old retired general...
You have a four-bed intensive care unit and seven patients who need a bed. The following is a short description of the seven patients. You cannot select on the basis of first-come, first-served, as they showed up at your door at exactly the same time. Jones, a 75-year-old pulmonary patient with chronic emphysema. He is retired and has a DNR order. Cho, a 27-year-old hemophiliac patient with AIDS contracted from a transfusion of contaminated blood. Rogers, a 65-year-old retired general...
You are a clinical coordinator of a medical unit specializing in the care of patients with kidney and urinary tract disorders. You are charged with making assignments for this unit for the day shift. Your discussion post should be focused on the appropriate assignments of staff members to client groups. Your unit has 12 beds. Currently, your census is 11, with one empty bed. Please include your assignments for the shift with your rationale for making those assignments. Include your...