Case Scenario: Mrs. Chu is a 76-year-old widow who lives alone. She slipped and fell in the bathroom and broke her right hip. She had undergone a TOTAL RIGHT HIP Replacement 2 weeks ago. Now she is home and the CLHIN has ordered a PSW to assist Mrs. CHU's daily activities. The PSW is ordered 3 hours daily for 4 weeks. Ques- PSW Role in the care of a client following hip replacement surgery. DIPPS must be mentioned and how this can be shown in the care
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Mrs. Chu is a 76-year-old widow who lives alone. She slipped and fell in the bathroom and broke her right hip. She had undergone a TOTAL RIGHT HIP Replacement 2 weeks ago. Now she is home and the CLHIN has ordered a PSW to assist Mrs. CHU's daily activities. The PSW is ordered 3 hours daily for 4 weeks.
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- Mrs Chu is a 76 year old widow who lives alone. she slipped and fell in the bathroom and broke her right hip. she had undergone a TOTAL RIGHT HIP Replacement 2 weeks ago. Now she is home and the CLHIN has ordered a PSW to assist Mrs Chu's daily activities. The PSW is ordered 3 hours daily for 4 weeks. During your initial visit, your patient states her pain is 7/10 and she does not want to do any ADL's due to her pain. There is a MAR at the patient's bedside that includes administration of an opiod pain medication, every 6 hours. The dressing on her right hio incision is dryt and intact, but she does have edema to bilateral lower extremities as well as bruising on her hip from her fall and surgery. please create a care plan for Mrs Chu, taking into consideration the PSW role in the care of a client followinh Hip replacement surgery. and also create a SOAP note summarizing the information to the next shift.Case Scenario: ISCHEMIC STROKE Patient M is an active woman, 70 years of age, who lost consciousness and collapsed at home. Her daughter, who was visiting her at the time, did not witness the collapse but found her mother on the floor, awake, confused, and slightly short of breath. The daughter estimated that she called EMS within 5 minutes after the collapse, and EMS responded within 10 minutes. EMS evaluated Patient M, drew blood for a glucose level, and determined that she may have had a stroke. They notified the nearest designated comprehensive stroke center that they would be arriving with the patient within 15 minutes. Patient M's daughter accompanied her. On presentation in the emergency department, Patient M is immediately triaged. Because Patient M is still somewhat confused, her daughter is asked to provide information on the patient's history. The daughter reports that her mother had had an episode of sudden-onset numbness and tingling in the right limb, with slight…Case Scenario: ISCHEMIC STROKE Patient M is an active woman, 70 years of age, who lost consciousness and collapsed at home. Her daughter, who was visiting her at the time, did not witness the collapse but found her mother on the floor, awake, confused, and slightly short of breath. The daughter estimated that she called EMS within 5 minutes after the collapse, and EMS responded within 10 minutes. EMS evaluated Patient M, drew blood for a glucose level, and determined that she may have had a stroke. They notified the nearest designated comprehensive stroke center that they would be arriving with the patient within 15 minutes. Patient M's daughter accompanied her. On presentation in the emergency department, Patient M is immediately triaged. Because Patient M is still somewhat confused, her daughter is asked to provide information on the patient's history. The daughter reports that her mother had had an episode of sudden-onset numbness and tingling in the right limb, with slight…
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- N, a 65-year-old woman, had sustained a fall at home causing hip fracture. She had undergone a Dynamic Hip Stabilization (open reduction and fixation) 5 days ago.Currently she is in the post-operative unit. Medical history Type 2 diabetes since 15years Hypertension since 20years Coronary artery disease 2 years ago, was resolved by PTCA Ischemic stroke 5 years ago that left her with some residual right-sided weakness. Medications Tab. Metoprolol 50 mg OD Tab. Lisinopril 40mgOD Tab. Atorvastatin 10mg OD Tab. Aspirin 75mg OD Tab. Metformin 500g BD Tab. Multivitamin 1 OD Assessment You are the nurse assigned to her this morning. You notice that Ms. J.N. is increasingly drowsy and lethargic as compared to the previous day. You are doing physical examination, Ms. J N is pale, diaphoretic, and lethargic. She arouses to voice but is able only to state her first name.Her vital signs are as follows: Blood pressure, 78/60 mm Hg; Heart rate 70 Respiratory rate, 26; Temperature, 36.9°C.…The nurse administers oral pyridodgigmine to client with myasthenia gravis. The nurse prioritize which action to ensure adherence bto safe medications administration 1, ask the client to hold the medication cup and self administer the medication 2, observe the client taking a sip of water before administering the medication 3, schedule administration of pyridostigmine at the same time every dayWhat specific interventions will you use to address the affected UE? How might you address their trunk/posture and positioning in different positions (bed, w/c, standing)? What will you teach your patient/family to work on outside of treatment times? Your patient had a L CVA (R hemiparesis) 2 days ago and has a flaccid RUE. They have difficulty standing, keeping their weight on their L side. They demonstrate slight lateral trunk flexion to the R in sitting and supine with slight cervical flexion to the R. While seated and standing, their weight is shifted to the L.
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