Entries by Daphne Hanson

Documentation guidelines across the health system

Evaluate the importance of compliance with documentation guidelines across the health system as they relate to patient care, reimbursement, quality improvement, and research. Based on your interpretation and evaluation of the documentation guidelines provided, create a 1-2-page report for your facility’s administration. Your report should identify one facility setting such as a hospital, home health […]

Pediatric primary care

Aiden is a 13-year-old white male seen in pediatric primary care for concerns regarding behavior. Mom states she “doesn’t know what to do anymore”. Aiden is failing all of his classes with the exception of gym and music. Aiden does well on test scores but does not turn in homework, even after he has completed […]

Cognitively impaired elder assessment

Cognitively impaired elder assessment. The registered nurse reports that when the nurse aids attempts to get him out of bed, he actively resists and strikes out. He also screams when being showered, especially when his lower extremities are washed, and when being dressed. He has been moved to a private room in the facility due […]

Respiratory infections

The CD is a 28-year-old administrative hospital worker who presented to the emergency room complaining of headaches and shortness of breath. She was admitted to the hospital for evaluation when she was found to have a blood pressure of 170/110 mm Hg and mild congestive heart failure (CHF) by chest X-ray. CD reports that over […]

Mental health in the workplace

Discuss how you might start to evaluate the issue(mental health in the workplace) in order to start addressing it. If you were to develop a study to address this issue, what type of study would you propose (qualitative or quantitative) and what study method would you use? Be sure to provide a rationale for your […]

Study of risk factors for lung cancer

A longitudinal epidemiological study of risk factors for lung cancer was conducted. 500 smokers who smoked a pack of cigarettes for more than 30 years developed lung cancer, while 14,500 smokers did not develop lung cancer. In the same study, 50 cases of lung cancer occurred among people who never smoked. The remaining 29,950 who […]