Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksKristen L. Mauk
The handling of these DRPs was very time-consuming for healthcare professionals and costly for healthcare resources, therefore, it was widely recommended that more cross-sectoral interdisciplinary resources being put into the transitional care to prevent DRPs instead of solving the problems after they...
The physical therapist will recommend a plan of care typically including both internal or vaginal/rectal PT and external PT with a home exercise program. For patients with significant soft tissue impairments and/or pain, the therapist may provide manual therapies such as massage,myofascial release,jo...
Stroke prevention in primary care: optimising management of AF through nurse specialist supportAssessment, PreanaestheticPreoperative periodResearch, AnaesthesiaAnaesthesia surveyAtrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disturbance. It is associated with a five-fold increase in stroke. Warfarin is ...
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a telemeter floor where nurses are often found with 6-7 patients. The initial assessment has to be timed to approximately 10 minutes administration of drugs has to be completed by 10 am and the cycle continues. For those nurses who work on a stroke unit the following will be very familiar...
Background:After discharge can be a vulnerable time for stroke patients and their caregivers. Nurse navigators have been utilized in other specialties resulting in positive impacts on patient care. Nurse navigators are becoming an important part of Stroke Center teams. Responsibilities vary, including ...
If they tell me they cannot give me more PPE, then I cannot go into the room and take care of the patient. We are here putting our lives on the line for our patients, so why are they giving us a hard time? Read: A Day in the Life of a Nurse During the COVID-1...
to: geriatric assessment, medical history, physical exam, diagnosis and treatment, development of the nursing plan of care, health education, physician referrals, case management referrals, follow-up and clear documentation according to ChenMed standards for quality, service, productivity and teamwork. ...
An example of the patient-centric nature of EMRs is that most are capable of displaying a nursing care plan-driven task list for a given patient, but not for all of a given nurse's patients combined into a single task list. Yet, such a list is extremely helpful to the nurse in settin...