Comprehensive Exam Student 100

The overall process of discharging a patient from a hospital and the transition back home or to a care facility are critical advancements in the overall course of both acute and long-term care. It is important that the hospitals releasing these patients have ensured the proper overall course of care from beginning to end. The lack of consistency with both the discharge process and the quality of discharge planning has led to many avoidable readmissions. To reduce the amount of hospital readmissions, it is imperative that hospitals recognize the need for focused patient care and that programs are being implemented to assist in the care transition.

This article establishes that there are many differences in patient outcomes based on nurse-patient ratio in ICUs, looking at infection control in particular. One strength of this source is that the study has a lot of detail, and the methods are solid. It does back up my thesis that nurse-patient ratios are needed to save lives and reduce complications in hospital inpatients. However, a weakness of the source is that it was conducted in an ICU. Most patients in ICUs receive a high number of invasive

The ICU should be equipped with a recliner in every patient room, therefore 12 more recliners need to be purchased. Signage inside the patient’s room can be made by printing and laminating the AACN Early Progressive Mobility Protocol from their website with minimal cost. Total estimated cost including 12 recliners and staff education time: $ 10,200. Re-teaching will be implemented at staff meetings on a quarter-yearly basis and the ICU nurses will have the opportunity to provide constructive feedback. HCAP statistics will provide data regarding length of stay in the ICU, Ventilator and Health-care Acquired Pneumonias and Wound care will contribute the data for Decubitus occurrence.

1 Question 5 out of 5 points Minerva told Prudence that Prudence could park her farm tractor on Minerva's land but only for one month. Two months later, Minerva is annoyed because the farm tractor is still on her land; and Prudence refuses to move it. Which of the following causes of action, if any, would Minerva have against Prudence? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Trespas s Trespas s

Paired comparisons may be from one individual – before and after samples - or from different individuals who have been matched for some characteristic, e.g. sex, age, height etc. In this question, we are looking at “healthcare workers”. The needle-stick observations of healthcare workers share a link that makes them similar to one another and allows the researcher to “compare” needle-stick injuries in various settings, e.g. “all healthcare facilities” including in community and tertiary-care hospitals.

This model reimburses hospitals based on quality of care instead of the volume of patients. The quality of care is assessed by patient questionnaires and if hospitals are unsatisfactory penalties may be imposed (Edwoldt, 2012). The value-based system also affects Medicare and Medicaid. It was reported that Medicare readmissions within 30 days of discharge cost 17 billion dollars annually (Edwoldt, 2012). Due to the high costs of readmissions Medicare and Medicaid have implemented a Hospital Readmission Reduction program. A formula is utilized to evaluate readmission rates within 30 days of discharge for any medical reason related to their original admission such as heart failure and pneumonia. Upon review the hospital is potentially penalized. It is important that nurses strive to provide excellence in care despite their beliefs on the ACA. Nurses have the ability to provide a safe patient environment and reduce the risk of hospital associated infections by following hospital protocols such as hand washing.

To achieve a distinction, I will be exploring the future of the gaming industry on each of the various platforms.

Chapter 31 32. The red scare of 1919–1920 was provoked by a. the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities. b. the strict enforcement of prohibition laws. c. evolutionary science’s challenge to the biblical story of the Creation. d. the public’s association of labor violence with its fear of revolution.

Assume that next year management wants the company to earn a minimum profit of $162,000. How many units be sold to meet this target profit figure? [3 points]

The progress of my project to develop a nurse driven sepsis screening tool and an algorithm for implementation on the intensive care unit (ICU) for early identification and prompt treatment of septic patients has progressed remarkably well. I have been productive in gathering current guidelines for sepsis with the aid of my preceptor who is a critical care nurse practitioner on the ICU. With his help, I have been able to assemble key pieces of research to create a sepsis screening tool, and a treatment algorithm with sepsis resuscitation bundles. Extensive research has been conducted to integrate evidence-based practice in my project. I have also spent time with the unit educator, critical care intensivists, and my colleagues in brainstorming and collecting ideas about my project.

(TCO1) In the United States, the control of the money supply is the responsibility of the:

| Because every piece of music moves through time, every piece of music has some type of rhythm.

B ) A theory is an integrated explanation of numerous hypotheses, each supported by a large body of observations and experiments.

The following exam is an open book exam. You are directed to answer each of the questions presented fully, taking care to answer each part of the question. Your responses should be typed, proofread and edited. I am grading on the clarity, depth and extent of your response. When you have completed the exam, submit it into the exam 1 area in Blackboard. This is an unlimited time, unlimited entry exam. If you use information directly from a source, including the book, make sure to provide a citation. For example, from Peak, (Peak, 2014).

Earlier studies describe the impact of cardiovascular disease, disability and comorbidity on very old general ICU patients [4]. These factors may have a potential influence on the admission decision, although concrete admission criteria are not well-defined [2]. With respect to prognosis, the systematic review of Minne et al. [5] proved that none of the predictive models for mortality in elderly ICU patients was sufficiently valid, and recommended the incorporation of specific factors for ICU elderly population [5]. Concretely, the present results showed that in very old ICU cardiovascular patients comorbidity was a relevant factor, with effects on long-term prognosis. In this sense, the modified Charlson index can implement daily ICU clinical