need to evaluate. Some of these include the following: heart rate, respiration, ECG, and blood pressure. Blood pressure is one of the important monitoring tools that a technician has available to them to use when they are taking care of a cardiovascular patient. A technician needs understand what the different readings mean so they can respond appropriately. In addition, a technician needs to know the correct procedure for taking a reading and how and where to use the equipment. Hypertension is one
Hypertension is unusually high blood pressure that affects nearly 600 million people around the world. So many people are affected because hypertension rarely shows any symptoms while damaging the eyes, brain, heart, and kidneys. There is no known cure for hypertension although it causes five million premature deaths per year. One of the most effective hypertension treatments is homeopathy, a branch of alternative medicine based on the idea that the body has the ability to heal itself. There is evidence
to ensure the area is safe for yourself, Mr Camilleri and others. This may include objects or aggressive visitors that may cause harm. Secondly, the patient’s responsiveness is checked. The “AVPU” grading scale could be used to measure the patient’s responsiveness which help indicate the level of consciousness. This scale rapidly assesses the patient’s “Alertness”, “Verbal” response”, response to “pain” and if the patient is “Unresponsive” (Anne Kelly, Upex, & Bateman, 2004). Mr Camilleri is given
confidence of obtaining a manual blood pressure is an ever growing issue in the healthcare field. This paper will outline the importance of taking a manual blood pressure accurately. Providing the proper blood pressure measurement can determine a patient’s care and outcome when in a healthcare facility. I will talk about the pros and cons of manual blood pressures and personal experience of this vital skill in the healthcare field. I will also provide some simple but effect ways to increase confidence and
multiple detrimental effects due to IV insertion, and by understanding these complications the healthcare provider is better equipped to provide competent medical care. Although a minor procedure, if not done correctly, an IV can negatively impact the patient’s health and possibly prognosis. Furthermore, extended knowledge of the following topics can enable these problems to be caught early and treated promptly. First, infection at the puncture site; a harmful result of tactless care that can almost always
“tech-savvy”. The technological revolution can be found in the self-checkout aisles at Walmart, the touch screens on the tables at Chili’s or Applebee’s, or printed newspapers transitioning to online newspapers such as the New York Times. These “tech-savvy” ways of living have replaced “good, old-fashioned” clerks, waiters/waitresses, and newspaper printers. Many careers are slowly being replaced with more efficient technology, but there is still one career field which technology may never have the capability
The other will allow the blood that is returning to back into the body. Treatments will last anywhere from 2 ½ to 4 ½ hours. Your blood pressure will be check regularly. Your machine will be adjusted to ensure that correct amounts are being removed from your body. You are allowed to relax, read, watch television, do work, or even sleep. The other type of dialysis is called
classes for NURS1005 were a series of clinical skills activities. These activities refreshed the student’s minds on what they will be doing on placement and how to do it. We got assessed on three clinical skills; taking and recording vital signs, blood glucose levels and doing a urine analysis. I’ve chosen to reflect on taking vital signs and how I performed them. Reflection is a very important part of learning from experiences which is essential in nursing. Nursing practises continue to change and
I do this repeatedly for each machine which can take up to 3-4 minutes and than run a test on the machine to make sure everything is connected to the correct place and the machine does not malfunction. About an hour later when this process is completed amongst other things my co-workers are helping finish off some tasks and my nurse for the day shows
Assessment of Geriatric Patient with Multisystem Failure The initial immediate assessment of the patient would be to assess Mrs. Baker’s airway and breathing since she is having dyspnea. Next, obtain vital signs: respiration rate, blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate. The nurse should also listen to lung sounds. It would be extremely important to determine the oxygenation of the patient by placing a pulse oximeter on an available index finger while observing Mrs. Baker’s skin color, skin around