Consequences of medical errors

Consequences of medical errors

1.Write a paper regarding error that nurse RaDonda Vaught made. The paper should include the nursing process and how it could have been prevented.(1-2 pages)

2.Using the nursing process from the Nursing Peer Review(NPR) News article entitled, “As a nurse faces prison for a deadly error, her colleagues worry: Could I be next?” .(1-2 pages)

 

Use of morphine for blunt pain

Read the case study You be the Judge presented at the end of Chapter 18 which begins, “The older adult male patient was admitted…” (Guido, p. 363) and answer the following

1.Was the nurse negligent for not questioning the use of morphine for a patient with blunt abdominal pain before administering the dose of morphine?

2.Would knowing that the patient’s blood pressure was 148/94 when the morphine was administered impact the finding of the trial court?

3.What evidence would you argue in the nurse’s defense regarding the care of this patient? How would you decide this case

Sexually transmitted infections

 

Young adults are at a higher risk for sexually transmitted infections than other age groups. Mention one reason why you think this is the case and what can be done to reduce the risk by focusing on your reason.(minimum of 500 words)

Oral hygiene instruction of a teenager

Complete the sections below to describe the oral hygiene instruction you would give to a thirteen year old child who has just had an upper fixed orthodontic appliance fitted. Use the headings provided to structure your advice.

1) Cleaning around brackets and under arch wire

2) Dietary advice

3) General tooth cleaning

Routine extraction of molar tooth

An anxious patient is attending the surgery today for a routine extraction of an upper right first molar tooth. Good communication is essential when dealing with patients of this nature.

1) What methods of verbal and non-verbal communication can the dental nurse employ to make the patient at ease?

2) What instructions can be given to a patient who is anxious prior to having a local anaesthetic?

Type III hypersensitivity reaction

1. Describe the pathophysiology of a type III hypersensitivity reaction and explain the process by which an attack of hay fever follows exposure to pollen.

2. Explain why anaphylaxis is considered life threatening. 10.

Purpose of a booster vaccination

1.After the Covid-19  pandemic, vaccines  were invented against the disease. What is the purpose of a booster vaccination? What is its difference from a vaccine.Describe the purpose of gamma globulins.

2. Where is IgA found in the body? Describe how type III hypersensitivity develops.

Passive artificial immunity

1. Compare active natural immunity and passive artificial immunity, describing the causative mechanism and giving an example.Describe the role of the macrophage in the immune response.

2. State the origin and purpose of lymphocytes.

 Gastrointestinal series  of x-ray

Chapter 19 Case Study 19-2 (pg.697)

Gloria McDermott is scheduled to have a  gastrointestinal series  of x-ray next week because of persistent episodes of stomach pain that is unrelieved by the medication Dr.King has prescribed for her.

1.) How will you explain to Ms.McDermott the purpose of the test?

2.) What will you tell her about how to prepare for the test?

Chapter 19 Case Study 19-3 (pg.697)

Ray Manard has had a series of x-rays, a  gastrointestinal series, a cholecystogram, and an MRI of his abdomen. He has scheduled an appointment with a gastroenterologist and asks you to get all of the films for him to take to the gastroenterologist.

1.) What is your response to his request?

2.) Explain why the films should be kept on site?

Diagnostic imaging

Diagnostic Imaging (Chapter 19 Case Study 19-1 (pg.697) )

In the radiology department of Inner City Health Care, several patients are waiting to have their procedures performed. Gwen Carr, Certified Medical Assistant, brings Don Waite to the department for an excretory urogram known as an intravenous pyelogram. She is careful to make certain that Mr. Waite to the has been properly prepared for the procedure. She does not want the procedure to have to be repeated because of the inconvenience and anxiety it might cause Mr.Waite, nor does she want there to be additional expense and time spent repeating the procedure.

1.) What is the patient preparation for excretory urography (IVP)?

2.) What should Gwen tell mr.Waite about what to expect as he begins to have his procedure?