Healthcare Case Studies
Q1:Answer1: The student must examine the living conditions of the patients as a priority. The vital stats of patient, as well as subjective and objective data of the patient, are necessary to analyze during the process. Depending on the condition of the heart patient he or she should be referred to the health care units or provided any home-based assist. For a heart patient, it is essential to observe the core measures including discharge statement, LVS (left Ventricular Systolic) evaluation, medication (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker, (ARB)). Four core processes of patient care include analyzing his needs, designing the care plan, medication, and services, offering care to the patient, and coordination of care and intervention. Thus based on these cores the whole process should be applied.
A physical, analytical data of patient including his vital stats, addictions, pain, history as well as his subjective data including his complaints regarding the incidence, his socio-economic status, and his support system must be observed. Variations in care processes are mostly related to the spiritual and cultural factors. These types of variations can impact the outcome of the variations that may include hesitation by the patient along with less confidence and no-cooperation with the treatment.
Q2:Answer2: What works in the processes is the data or information from the patient’s side. Without any history or incapability of the patient to describe his condition often makes it difficult to proceed in the process. The healthcare professionals first analyze the past data and carefully listen to the patients complaints. A heart patient with a history of smoking needs proper counseling and cooperation. Timely instructions to the patient either he has arrived or leaving the hospital are necessary that includes monitoring of patients’ activity levels, diet, medication, follow-ups, etc. Any delay in taking action can reverse the results of the treatment and worsen the case.
Q1:Answer1: The data shows that the UTI rates were higher for those children whose parents were collecting the samples. There may be several factors that were showing higher UTI rates, such as the biggest risk is of contamination due to unprofessionalism of the parents. On the contrary, the nursing personnel were skilled and took care of contamination factors. There are various types of pathogens that transmit through various ways, such as blood, semen, vomitus, air, insects and direct contacts.
Q2:Answer2: Another point that grabbed the attention is the difference between UTI rate between the samples gathered by House staff and parents. As discussed the House staff had started to follow a wrong protocol of sample testing which was providing a high opportunity of contamination to pathogens. For some clinical settings as in pediatrics, general surgery, and gynecology clinics the differences are just double. Mostly the atmosphere of the hospital is kept sterile though there are risks of healthcare-associated infections, in such settings the recommended standard guidelines by CDC and WHO are implemented. Furthermore, the average time interval in point-of-care is also higher in parents’ case. All these variations may occur due to the lesser knowledge and incompetency (Nicolle 2359-2364.).
Q3:Answer3: Flow chart demonstrating the steps of Multistix Testing on specimen by House staff
The flow chart involves the changes at the initial stage of Multistix testing where the specimens are needed to be separated into another container as an aliquot specimen. Another main point is the covering of original container to avoid contamination.
Works Cited
Nicolle, Lindsay E. "Urinary tract infections." Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine (2012):
2359-2364.
