Tertiary Prevention Case Study

During this clinical rotation, we had an opportunity to go to the different Creabrook locations and be able to observe not only clients but also Clearbrook healthcare providers and their role in providing care to Clearbrook clients. Our first stop was at the Commons, were we had to meet with doctor K. for psychiatry rounds. Unfortunately, doctor was not able to make it, but we did have a change to observe a little bit of a meeting between other nurses and social workers, where they shared a valuable health information of some of the clients and also were discussing what treatments and what changes can be done in order to see better outcomes.
Our next stop was at the other Clearbrook day program facility. There we had a change to meet new Clearbrook clients, observed them during different activities, helped to feed …show more content…
Tertiary prevention involves reducing the long-term effects of a disease by helping patients manage their conditions and chronic symptoms and to improve as much as possible their ability to function, their quality of life and their life expectancy. There are many different medications that are given for the Clearbrook clients. Some of them are muscle relaxant for people with CP, others have sedative effects or act as a CNS stimulants. It is very important for all nurses to be familiar with medications they administer and various strategies to prevent and reduce the possibility of medication errors. Some strategies that help nurses to avoid it are the first one is the five rights of the medication administration, which are the right patients, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time. Other ways to avoid medications errors is follow the proper medication reconciliation, double check of all procedures, pay close attentions to similar patients names, document everything, insure a proper storage of medication