Triage

That was until I was visiting my daughters dad I was hit with tremendous pain in my left side. I was rushed back home so my parents could take me to the emergency room. As I sat in the labor and delivery triage bed, I began to worry about what was wrong with me and if my baby was okay. I was only in my seventh month so my baby wasn 't fully developed yet, I knew if she was delivered early she would likely not survive. I just laid there in excruciating pain…

Journal: Team Collaboration Description: Describe the communication and teamwork problems noted in the videos. Share how you rated the performance of one of the teams on one of the videos The STEPP primary care videos and long term care video demonstrated various situations in which team work “failed” due to lack of communication. The first set of videos illustrated team dynamics between front line staff, medical assistants, nurses and physicians. In clip one the breakdown in communication…

nursing care model that promises patient-centered care through providing a theoretical support for decision-making that facilitates the safe interfacility transfers of the patient in critical care. On the basis of their review, they designed a Transport triage tool and described their idea through representing example cases. The authors concluded that adapting Synergy model in interfacility transfer will extend continuity of care from sending to receiving critical care unit (Swickard et al.,…

Leadership, Consultation, and Ethics Describe how you would work within a professional treatment team to consult, triage, and treat this case. Include a description of the various members of the professional team with whom you would be likely to interact. Additionally, explain the roles and responsibilities of each member of the treatment team. According to APA Ethics Code (2010), under 4.05 Disclosures, the evaluator can only disclose information by law only for a valid purpose such as to…

JACKSONS ZONES OF TISSUE INJURY Jackson’s Burn Wound Model provides a model for understanding the pathophysiology of a burn wound. Primary injury is the zone of coagulation nearest to the heat source . This zone has irreversible tissue necrosis at the centre of the burn due to exposure to heat, chemicals or electricity. The extent of the injury is dependent on the duration and the temperature of exposure . Zone of Ischaemia is the zone surrounding the central zone of necrosis in which there…

As a Registered Nurse, I begin my shift by accepting report from the previous nurse. I understand that I am orientating a new Licensed Practical Nurse who is almost complete with her orientation. I have three patients, and I am expecting a new admission from the Emergency Department, who presents with chest pain. My job is to delegate the appropriate patient or patients to a licensed practical nurse after I introduce myself and the LPN. It is very important for me to know how to prioritize…

Understanding and Applying EBI Within the social work, many types of interventions arise to treat different illnesses or problems that people face within their lives. Some interventions are considered evidence-based practices or evidence-based interventions. Evidence-based practices relate to applying current research and evidence in making decisions about the care of individual clients. This means integrating clinical expertise with the available evidence from research. Additionally,…

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented in March of 2010 by President Obama requiring all Americans by law to have quality health insurance and describes the new provisions to control health care costs, and improving the delivery of the health care system. “Congressional Budget Office stated that the ACA was fully paid for and estimates that more than 94% of Americans will be fully covered while still trying to stay below the limit of $900 billion.” 1 The ACA is…

In light of the recent and controversial election of President-Elect Donald Trump, perhaps no economic issue plagues the minds of Americans as much as the Affordable Healthcare Act—colloquially referred to as “Obamacare”. It’s no secret that in the United States, healthcare accounts for a significant amount of government spending “consuming 17.1% percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013, about 50 percent more than any other country” (The Commonwealth Fund, 2015). In response…

Introduction In the past decade, the healthcare industry has seen many changes and challenges, especially with the Affordable Care Act. The policy promises to bring inexpensive health care to all American’s. Additionally, the act places further emphasis on the pay for performance model, which pays physicians, based on the quality, effectiveness and patients total care experience. For this reason, institutions are using Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics to aid with measuring process,…