Patient Evaluation Case Study

Research into the outcomes for successful ACL construction is necessary to ensure the improvement of the surgery, and thus the quality of the knee.[i] In the past, effectiveness of treatment was documented using empiric evaluation. Due to the discrepancies among existing scales, conclusions were often inaccurate, causing limitations in researchers’ abilities to compare treatment effectively.[ii] In addition, to confirm the most successful outcome of treatment, long term follow up studies are vital to analyze the successfulness. To do so, successive exams of patient progress and accuracy of surgery is important for an allowable duration.[iii] The Activities of Daily Living Scale, ADLS, is a reliable patient reported form that assesses the progress concerning the functional limitations of knee impairments.

JG, a 34-year old Caucasian female presented to the primary care physician office with complaints of losing weight and feelings that "her heart is beating out of her chest". On assessment it was noted that JG had lost twenty pounds in 3 months. JG exhibited tremors in hands, bulging eyes, and pretibial edema. On physical examination there was a goiter, or enlarged thyroid gland noted.

After reading this case study, this assignment will focus on the appropriate assessment and management that should be undertaken by paramedics to give this patient the best possible care. This will be achieved by following the five key stages of patient assessment from Pilbery et al. (2013, pp. 114–239). This will consist of the Scene management, primary assessment, History taking, Secondary assessment and reassessment of the patient. Following this, the patient’s presenting complaint would be managed according to the findings and relevant guidelines.

I did assessment on my daughter. I walk into the room and my first assessment was her safety and the environment she is surrounded by. I washed my hand and introduce myself and what I will be doing to the patient, and ask the patient for her name and date of birth. I gave a privacy and started to check for vital signs.

Helping adolescent and young adult palliative care patients communicate their end of life requests is a significant aspect of hospice nursing, yet the conversations can be difficult (Wiener, et al., 2008). The use of age appropriate advance care planning documents is one way to facilitate the death and dying discussion (Wiener, et al., 2008).

The first assessment I performed for my patient, C.P., was during a day shift on February 23, 2016. Upon receiving her into my care at approximately 0730hrs, I noticed that she was extremely difficult to rouse awake as she was drowsy and could not seem to keep her eyes open. On top of this, she was exhibiting unusually slow respirations while laying supine on her bed, with many blankets around her. For the purpose of this paper, I will be focusing on my respiratory assessment. During this event, performing a thorough respiratory assessment was challenging because C.P. was unable to fully participate due to her current cognitive state.

We are writing to request a waiver for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)- Patient Assessment Indicator (PAI) penalty for that attached list of claims. The IRF unit for Medical City Dallas opened on 6/1/2016 and received the finalized tie-in notice on 6/16/17. PAI information was submitted once tie-in was finalized; however, the claims received a 25% PAI penalty. Our MAC is Novitas.

Anxiety Disorders are an extremely prevalent type of mental disorder that affect approximately 10% of the population (Burton, Westen and Kowalski, 2015). One of the lesser-known Anxiety Disorders is Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) affecting around 2% of the population (ABS, 2007d, as cited in Burton, Westen & Kowalski, 2015). Stapinski, Abbot and Rapee (2010), define GAD as “persistent anxiety at a moderate, but disturbing level [in addition to] unrealistic worry about life circumstances” (as cited in Burton et al., 2015). Furthermore, GAD has been closely linked with depression and a reduced life quality (Roemer, Orsillo & Salters-Pedneault, 2008).

I completely agree with your statements in this week’s discussion post. Personally, I do believe the nurse completed an assessment on the patient. After realizing the patient was in distress the nurse did what she thought was right and called the emergency physician for more help. I still believe the nurse should’ve written down the patient’s vitals and assessment information on a piece of paper for example and charted the information once the patient was stable. “The basic purposes of standard of care are to protect and safeguard the public as a whole” (Guido, 2014, p. 55). I have confidence that the nurse was doing what she believed was right, but was caught in a messy situation. As all of us know health care is a hectic profession and everything

Patient is a 30 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO with HI. The Patient is under IVC paperwork due to complaint aggressive behaviors towards family. The patient reports that his brother and him got into an altercation over him dating the same girl he did 10 years ago. TACT contacted family about event that took place and was able to reach mother and brother. The patients mother reports that he tried to punch brother because he would not let him use his credit card to buy something while they were out at the store. She reports that the patient has never dated the brother's girlfriend and only seen her once before. The Brother reports saying in Georgia and is home for the holiday's. Brother reports that his current girlfriend lives

According to Blumenthal-Barby, et al. (2013), patient decision aids are intended to assist the patients to make decisions about health care. These aids are designed to be neutral, non-directive, and unbiased. However, the authors argue that this should not always be the goal of such patient aids. They identify three specific areas where this balance may not be the best alternative. These situations include early stages of prostate cancer, deep vein thrombosis and colorectal cancer screening.

Determine, within the health care setting, the main features, capabilities, and operational benefits to a health care organization using the following: Provide specific examples of each: patient care applications, management and enterprise systems, e-Health applications, and strategic decision-support applications.

Patient recently had his medication changed and he feels like "his attention and memory is improving and it is helping him to focus more."

The effectiveness in the intervention with Renee can best be evaluated through communication with involved parties, observation, and use of assessment tools. Since the intervention has many moving pieces, it is critical for the case manager to stay connected with the family and other services providers for regular updates and check-ins. Additionally, the use of assessment tools and home visits to observe the client can be effective. For instance, if the families counselor recommend new ways to address ineffective communication in the family, the case manager during a home visit could observe their interactions, and if necessary offer relevant feedback or support through role playing exercises.

But just because artificial intelligence can evaluate and analyze data to improve patient outcomes, it doesn’t mean that healthcare providers or patients for that matter, are not individuals. All the data in the world will not make a difference if a provider cannot make a personal connection with a patient. Finding out what obstacles and barriers a patient may be facing and making that connection is essential to improving their health. For example, if a patient doesn’t have a good support system at home or something as simple as not having transportation to and from follow-up appointments, it does not matter what kind of data you have. If the patient cannot even get to his/her appointment, you won’t be able to apply the data. These types of