Category: nursing

Wilson is a 36-year-old migrant worker. He was admitted to the Hospital with a cough, unintended weight loss, and night sweats. He is staying with 6 friends in a one bedroom apartment near the strawberry field where he works. The ED physician suspects Tuberculosis (TB). What diagnostic testing will the Provider order to confirm a diagnosis of TB? What Isolation precautions do you expect to be put in place and why? Describe the recommended treatment regimen for TB, including the rationale for combination drug therapy. Identify the reason compliance to medication therapy is often a concern in the patient with TB. What should be done for Wilson’s 6 roommates?

Vaginal Bleeding in pregnancy: A pregnant patient arrives in the Emergency Department with complaints of vaginal bleeding. You will choose the gestational age of your patient, and based on that gestational age answer the following questions: Knowing the gestational age, provide information on LMP, and EDD What are the possible reasons she is bleeding at this gestational age? What are your nursing interventions for this issue, and please include education to your patient.

research medical technological advances that may be unique to the care of women and children. Discuss how this technology will improve care to women and children. (ideas may be: genetic screening, public health initiatives, mammography, cervical screening, Fetal monitoring, Electronic medical records, telemedicine). Which technological advances have been utilized in your local hospital? How has it impacted the care of women and children?

Evaluate the outcomes of therapeutic nursing interventions and plan further interventions accordingly.

 

According to Dresser (2012), surveillance is defined as the purposeful and ongoing collection, interpretation, and synthesis of patient information for clinical decision making to maintain patient safety. Watch the video of Lewis Blackman story and thoroughly answer the following questions:

1. Based on the definition of surveillance, which component(s) were negated to some degree in Lewis Blackman’s course of care?

2. From a management perspective what steps need to take place following this incident, for the patient, for the family, for the staff?

3. Reflect on the process of interdisciplinary care and collaboration. What can be learned from this incident? What measures must be instituted to avoid such an occurrence in the future?