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A short while later the nurse visited Mr H, to help support Mr H I privately, to ensure no breech of cofidentiality was broken, explained to the nurse the difficulties Mr H had with his hearing and explained to her the ways in which I communicate with Mr H in accordance to Mr H's preferences documented in his care plan. They both appreciated this as there were no misunderstandings and they both fely more at ease with eachother. I then indicated to Mr H that I would leave them in private by pointing to the door and waving, Mr H nodded his understanding and waved

The plaintiff in Ard v. East Jefferson General Hospital, stated on 20 May, she had rang the nurses station to inform the nursing staff that her husband was experiencing symptoms of nausea, pain, and shortness of breathe. After ringing the call button for several times her spouse received his medication. Mrs. Ard noticed that her husband continued to have difficulty breathing and ringing from side to side, the patient spouse rang the nursing station for approximately an hour and twenty-five minutes until the defendant (Ms. Florscheim) enter the room and initiated a code blue, which Mr. Ard didn’t recover. The expert witness testified that the defendant failed to provide the standard of care concerning the decease and should have read the physician’s progress notes stating patient is high risk upon assessment and observation. The defendant testified she checked on the patient but no documentation was noted. The defendant expert witness disagrees with breech of duty, which upon cross-examination the expert witness agrees with the breech of duty. The district judge, upon judgment, the defendant failed to provide the standard of care (Pozgar, 2012, p. 215-216) and award the plaintiff for damages from $50,000 to $150,000 (Pozgar, 2012, p. 242).

Maria Niceforo, a 75-year-old woman receiving in-home nursing care, had died of infection due to numerous pressure wounds (Le May, 2016). She was admitted to the hospital presenting with a bleeding pressure wound across her back and legs that had penetrated through the bone (Le May, 2016). It was also observed that the wounds were soiled with urine and dried faeces (Le May, 2016). She was receiving in-home support from registered nurses, who according to her son, were not consistent nor reliable in their care of Mrs. Niceforo (Le May, 2016). Another contributing factor to her death was inadequate communication and documentation of her treatment (Menagh, 2016). For example, one of the nurses had reported not providing treatment to Mrs. Niceforo's bottom as she was not aware of it (Menagh, 2016). I was quite

Last year 23 September 2012. I had a resident called “Mrs X” she was a 72year-old widowed living at ---, a Nursing Care Home. She’s not a religious type of person as she was Atheist. She has lived in the home for the past two years, and during that time I was assigned as her key worker. Mrs X had One Son and 3 grand daughters they are all regular visitors to the home. She has recently been diagnosed with renal failure, and her life expectancy is only a couple of months without dialysis. In the past Mrs X has made it clear that when her “time comes” she wants to be able to stay at Belmont House, and “go quietly”. She has stated that she does not want any treatment that will prolong her life. This means

Melvin Fuller is a patient on the medical-surgical unit who was admitted during the previous evening for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is an 83-year-old widower with two children who both live an hour away. He lives in a small house and is independent in his care. He has a housekeeper who comes in once a week to clean and fix some meals for him. He was brought to the hospital by his son who was visiting. His children visit him at least once a month. Mr. Fuller has COPD and type 2 diabetes. Alicia Brown is a 19-year-old nursing student in her first clinical rotation. She has been assigned to Mr. Fuller for morning care. Alicia enters Mr. Fuller’s room and notices that coffee has been spilled on his bed and

The facts of this case are that Dr. Guiles who is self-conscious of his prostate cancer diagnosis is treated horrendously when he finally decides to have surgery ( Buchbinder, Shanks & Buchbinder, 2014). Considering that Dr. Guiles is already sensitive about his condition, his unbearable symptoms are not helping matters (Buchbinder et al, 2014). Upon arrival at the hospital, he is treated subpar. The admitting clerk is rude and unbecoming to a patient who isn’t feeling well and who is embarrassed about his sickness (Buchbinder et al., 2014). To make matters worse, he has to find his own way up to the floor by walking, which causes him to be even later in checking in because of the need to stop frequently to urinate as well as having difficulty in walking (Buchbinder et al., 2014). Once he arrives on the floor, the charge nurse is not welcoming and unprofessional (Buchbinder et al., 2014). After figuring out what to do with the paperwork; and the nurse aide delivers Dr. Guiles to his room, the nurse aide does not offer to help settle him in (Buchbinder et al., 2014). Therefore, Dr. Guiles is faced with battling obnoxious family members who are on his bed and to make matters worse someone is in the bathroom which doesn’t help his need of having to frequently urinate (Buchbinder et al., 2014). When the issues are brought up to the charge nurse, the charge nurse accuses Dr. Guiles of wanting preferential treatment

(TCO A, C) Jim worked for AAA Job Shop, Inc. for over 30 years. Two months before Jim retired, the head of human resources told Jim that the company would pay for health insurance for Jim and his wife for the remainder of his life, and for his wife’s life if she were to survive him, and handed Jim a letter from the company describing this. Jim had

On my first day on the ward it was decided that I should shadow one of the staff nurses to acustomise myself with the ward. During this induction we had to assist an elderly gentleman with sever diarrhoea the gentleman in question was quit large and almost completely immobile. On inspection of the

Mark Dalton works for a chemical company; he is a dedicated worker who is committed to doing excellent work. Following a sick leave, the company nurse learns that Mark suffers from Chronic Renal Disease. Mark failed to inform the company of his disease on his initial health status forms. The department heads decide to

On this date worker visited Walker Rehabilitation in Carbon Hill Al., for the purpose of monitoring Ms. Phillips placement. When worker arrived Ms. Phillips was in bed sleeping but woke when her name was called out. Ms. Phillips was dressed appropriately with good personal hygiene. Ms. Phillips did not remember worker from previous visits but was friendly with worker. During visit, Ms. Phillips talked about her roommates and appears to have adjusted well to her new living arrangement. This was a concern for Ms. Phillips because she went from a room for two into a room of four. Ms. Phillips stated she enjoys the food but doesn't participate in activities. Ms. Phillips stated the only time she leaves her room is to eat and get a bath. Worker

Mr. White greeted us after we completed his wife’s deposition. He also was very friendly and in surprisingly good condition despite suffering three strokes and a heart attack within the last fifteen years. (He has not been diagnosed with mesothelioma or other respiratory illness.) Mr. and Mrs. White give the impression of a typical blue collar couple entering the elderly years before she became ill.

On Tuesday, February 17, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., the Investigator arrived at the single-family home residence for Claimant, Mr. Eduardo Real at 19165 Otilla Street, Bloomington CA 92316. A disability interview was conducted at 10:15 a.m. Mr. Real based his disability on Stage IV colon cancer, which now the cancer has traveled to Mr. Real’s lungs.

Ann is seventy-seven-year-old that was diagnosed with moderately advanced Alzheimer’s disease two years ago. She has periods of confusion, frustration, anger and obsessive thinking. When Ann began to realize her health was deteriorating, she and her husband Frank discussed their wishes should anything happen to them. Ann stated she would not want to be hooked to a breathing machine if she had no chance of survival and no papers were ever signed regarding this. Frank sincerely loved Ann, they were married for sixty years. As Ann’s Alzheimer’s progressed, Frank started to take care of Ann by cooking for her and cleaning all while watching her health decline. Eventually, for Ann’s safety she was admitted to a long term care facility. After three weeks in the nursing facility Ann developed pneumonia and was transported to the local hospital and started on

During the home health observation day, there were several opportunities to observe a variety of patients with varying levels of functioning ability, different illnesses, and different needs and levels of interaction with the nurse. The first patient seen was a seventy-three year old Caucasian female with an ulcer on her right heel. Several weeks prior, she had scratched her left leg and she also had several small wounds on her left leg. The orders were to clean and redress the ulcer. She has a history of end stage renal disease, pneumonia, weakness, diabetes, dialysis, and right hip fracture. Upon entering the home, the patient was found to be sitting in a wheel chair in the living room watching television with her husband close by her side. She greeted the nurse with a smile and began to update her on her current condition. Her heel was “hurting” and she rated her pain an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. She also had some “swelling” that she could not “get to go away; because, she could not get up and walk. They need to fix my foot so that I can get up and get around.” She told the nurse that she had been to see the doctor “yesterday” and the doctor had given her a written order that she wanted her to see. The order was written for an evaluation for a soft pressure shoe fitting. The nurse read the order to

This article is about a benefit for a man diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. His name is Rick Benson, and he lives in Mason City, Iowa. His close relatives and friends are organizing the benefit, which will take place on April 8th. The proceeds from the charity event will go to Ben, and his wife to help lighten the financial burden. Before Rick was diagnosed with cancer, he owned a construction business, Benson Construction, for 30 years. Nine years ago he lend the business to his son Jarrod, and became over-the-road truck driver. However, his career at the moment is on hold because he can't legally drive with the medication he is currently taking. During the early days of April, Rick will undertake chemotherapy with radiation to see if