Health History Thalia Braschi Chamberlain School of Nursing NR302-Health Assessment Part I September 2015 Service Date: 09/18/2015 Type of Service: Health Assessment (Annual) Patient Name: XV Biographic Data XV is a 47 year-old divorced Caucasian female. Born on Oct 6, 1968 in San Diego, California and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia. Her ethnic origin is American. XV is employed full time for the Arlington County government. She is insured for medical, dental, and eye care through her employer. XV is catholic who states belief in alternative therapies. Source of information was obtained from the patient who seems to be reliable, alert, oriented, and recall of information intact. Present Health Status or Illness XV seeks healthcare for her annual health assessment. XV denies any concerns or health complaints at time of visit except for “occasional left sided headaches.” She states “I have no current medications other than a multivitamin everyday and 2 tablets of Excedrin migraine as needed.” XV believes “health is very important.” She added “for someone to be healthy there must be a balance between physical, mental and spiritual.” XV expresses being pro-active in obtaining her yearly routine physical, gynecologic, dental, and eye examinations. Past Health History XV is currently up to date on all immunizations such as but limited to: polio, rubella, Hepatitis B, influenza, tetanus, and varicella. Patient denies any major illnesses and prior
In this essay I will be analysing the communication and interpersonal interaction that took place in various sectors such one to one interaction, group interaction and how effective these skills and other elements in the health and social care setting such as the environment was being demonstrated.
After learning of this opportunity to interview an elderly adult, I already had a candidate in mind. S.F. is the grandfather of my boyfriend and this was the perfect opportunity to learn more about his family roots. It made for an easier interview because I was able establish more intimate connections by interviewing the grandfather of someone so close to me. S.F. is an 80 year old Caucasian male living with his wife of 59 years in Mineral Wells, Texas. Born in Brazos, Texas, he is the middle
The client weight is 70 kg and has maintain same weight for past 10 years and is 5 years
This guidance can be used alongside the NHS Health Check programme, the national vascular risk assessment and management programme for those aged 40–74. This is an integrated approach to identifying and preventing four diseases: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke and kidney disease (NHS Health Check Programme, 2009). The programme is being rolled out throughout England. The aim is to ensure everyone aged 40–74 who has not already been diagnosed with one of these conditions is offered a risk assessment and given advice and support to help them reduce and manage that risk.
M1- Discuss how policies and procedures help children, young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after.
In this report for Serious Topics Radio Station i will discuss the reasons why a child gets taken away from their parents/ guardian and need to be looked after. I will also talk about the short and long-term solutions. Children are generally best cared for within their own families. However, there are times when children aren't able to live with their families. If a child isn’t able to live with their parents, they may be taken to care.
A health service is a service that provides care and is under the NHS. For examples hospitals or a G.P. They provide treatments but also prevent illnesses through health promotions. A social care service is about providing support to individuals to help them get by and who ever needs it such as emotional support or practical support with daily living tasks.
Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:
Session 1: During this face to face session on 8/8/16, MHS addressed the following ADLs: Medication Monitoring, Community Involvement, and Functional Skills. MHS asked the client if he had taken his medication today. The client reported that he did take his medication. The client mood was cheerful and inviting. The stated he is still looking forward to working when he can. The client stated he gets bored sometimes just sitting at home. The client requested to be accompanied to the library. MHS praised the client in making progress for independent living (20 mins). MHS accompanied the client to the library to view educational videos on how to display appropriate social skills in the workplace (25 mins). MHS suggested visiting the library gives
No Secrets – Guidance published by the Department of Health, builds upon the governments respects for human rights and highlights the need to protect vulnerable adults through effective multi-agency work.
There are many forms I use to assess an individual’s needs. The first bit of the information comes from Derby City Council, which is called a outcome based support assessment. This is what they use to identify someone’s needs and how much care they require. The information on this document is great for Derby City to use, but I also need to do my own and adapt it so it’s easier for a care worker to understand as they are the ones who will be doing the care. It’s important that I read this document before going out to do my own care plan as it gives me a bit of back
Statuary sector is an organisation where the money is collected through the government and the money is off an individual through in come tax and national insurance. A example of a statuary sector for asthma is the NHS, if an individual needed to go to A&E because their asthma was life threating, if they are from the UK they would not need to pay for their treatment they would attend the closest hospital to them instead of needing to go to a hospital which could be miles away just so they could afford it. And the nurses, doctors would ask questions about their problem instead of their bank details because they are not paying for the treatment. An example for influenza is GP, some individuals would need to pay for their medication and prescriptions
WebMD.com is a organization that provides credible timely information for its consumers that matter the most. Doctors Micheal Smith, MD MBA, CPT (Chief Medical Editor ) Brunilda Nazario, MD, BC-ADM (lead medical Editor), Hansa Bhargava, MD (Medical Editor) Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH (Medical Editor) Works Closely with a team of over 100 nationwide doctors and health experts across a broad range of speciality areas to ensure WebMD's content is up to date according to WebMD's policies. WebMD's selection criteria is more reliable because it is based on Relevance, Clinical Significance, and seasonal interests. Its relevancy ranges from important ranging topics
A comprehensive family assessment provides a foundation to promote family health (Edelman & Mandle, 2011). 1987 Marjorie Gordon purposed 11 functional health patterns to use for guidance in order to facilitate nurses to have a frame work for the family assessment in. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns help organizes basic family assessment information. This standardized format will guide nurses to complete the family assessment using system approaches, which will identify a patient’s
Through statistical analysis, there were ten AHRQ inpatient quality indicators that are statistically different from that of the reference population. To determine which ones were significant, the reference population was compared to the risk-adjusted confidence interval. Those whose reference population was outside the risk-adjusted confidence interval were deemed as significantly different. These ten indicators are listed below in Table 1.