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Teach-Back Method and Readmission Rates in Congestive Heart Failure Patients Clinical Problem Hospital readmissions are considered an admission within thirty-days of being discharged from the same condition or illness. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic condition in which “accounts for an estimated 25% of all-cause readmissions” and accumulates to “more than $33 billion” in…

Pregnancy is the gestational process compromising growth and development within a woman of a new individual from conception through the embryonic and fetal periods to birth. Pregnancy lasts for two hundred and eighty days, clinically considered forty week from the first day of the last menstrual period. Psychological changes are emotional experiences of pregnancy, as…

EBP Proposal Graduate Project in Nursing Introduction Using the best available evidence is the surest way of improving patient care outcomes including augmenting the quality of care dispensed, improving patient safety, enhancing patient satisfaction, and providing culturally congruent care. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach to care delivery that integrates patient care data and…

Patient S.V. is a 54 years old female. She is a postmenopausal housewife and her family history is not being recorded. She is a non-smoker and does not drink alcohol at all. She has no-known drug allergic. The past medical history showed us that Madam S.V. is having, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), hypertension (HPT) for 10…

Chronic Heart Failure and Self-Care Abstract Heart failure is a complex and manageable chronic illness with an increase in prevalence due to the aging population, multiple self-care barriers, and lack of patient knowledge and adherence to treatment regimen. Recommended heart failure regimens, and a variety of studies will be discussed in order to support and…

Josefina B. dela Cuesta Introduction Research plays a vital role in our lives especially in the health care setting wherein it gives a lot of benefits and make the people life easier and faster. Research is described as a systematic process of collecting and understanding of information for the main purpose of growing the understanding…

Hypertension can be defined as sustained elevation of systemic blood pressure more than 140/90 mm Hg. Reduced capacitance of the venous system and increased arteriolar resistance due to increased peripheral vascular smooth muscle tone can leading causes for the hypertension. The risk associated with hypertension dependent upon the combination risk factors in the specific individual….

Patient Initials: JA Unit/Room DOB: 8/17/1926 Code Status Height/Weight 6’1’’ / 126 lb Allergies: No allergies Temp (C/F Site) Pulse (Site) Respiration Pulse Ox (O2 Sat) Blood Pressure Pain Scale 1-10 97*F 79 18 160/80 8 History of Present Illness including Admission Diagnosis and Relevant Physical Assessment Findings (normal & abnormal) Relevant Diagnostic Procedures & Surgeries /Results ( i…

Psoriasis, a painful, disfiguring, disabling lifelong disease affecting 125 million people worldwide, although 2-3% of the population has this disease there is no cure available, and it is still uncertain on how the disease affects the wellbeing of a person due to all the other factors and risks it contributes to the decline of one’s…

Pathophysiology for Medical Herbalists ABSTRACT Diagnosis of atopic eczema can be difficult as there many forms of eczema and some characteristics are often shared. In addition, there are comorbidities, overlaps, where two conditions can co-exist, and complications from bacterial and viral secondary infections. However, it is widely accepted that the U.K developed diagnostic criteria is…