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A Follow-Up Phone Call To Post-Operative Patients Using The Five A’S, Brittney Ochs
A Follow-Up Phone Call To Post-Operative Patients Using The Five A’S, Brittney Ochs
Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts
Abstract
Background: The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 53 percent of people that misused pain relievers in the past year received them from a friend or relative. The NIDA describes that from 2002 to 2008 that drug abuse in service members went from 2% to 11%. Often patients are initially prescribed and introduced to opioid medication for acute pain. One such circumstance is in the perioperative period that could provide an opportunity to promote opioid-sparing techniques to reduce the exposure to opioids.
Purpose of Project: To assess discharge medication characteristics and reinforce discharge medication instructions …
Fall Prevention Assessment In The Intermediate Care Patient Population, Dawn Rose
Fall Prevention Assessment In The Intermediate Care Patient Population, Dawn Rose
Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts
Fall Prevention Assessment in the Intermediate Care Patient Population
Falls cause greater than 600,000 deaths per year and are the most common injury in people over 65 years of age. Fall prevention in the acute care setting has been identified as key goal in the most recent JCAHO review process. Falls on an intermediary care unit lead to an increased rate of morbidity, delayed discharge, and excess cost expenditure.
Even with appropriate evidence-based tools in place, Hospital A’s intermediate care unit, recorded an increased rate of falls; the highest rate in its health care system. An investigation identified factors contributing …