JOB DESCRIPTION – Practice Nurse
... focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. It is important that all mem ...
... focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. It is important that all mem ...
(SNPs) Model of Care
... cognitive, functional and mental health needs and risks Health Net attempts to complete initial HRA telephonically within 90 days of enrollment and annually or if there is a change in the patients condition or transition of care Multiple attempts are made to contact the patient including mailed ...
... cognitive, functional and mental health needs and risks Health Net attempts to complete initial HRA telephonically within 90 days of enrollment and annually or if there is a change in the patients condition or transition of care Multiple attempts are made to contact the patient including mailed ...
Pritor® 40(80) mg and Co-Pritor® 40(80/12.5 mg)
... either as monotherapy or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, including a fixed-dose combination with hydrochlorothiazide. The long elimination half-life of telmisartan ensures the drug provides effective reductions in blood pressure across the entire 24-hour dosage interval. Extensive ...
... either as monotherapy or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, including a fixed-dose combination with hydrochlorothiazide. The long elimination half-life of telmisartan ensures the drug provides effective reductions in blood pressure across the entire 24-hour dosage interval. Extensive ...
1. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
... General principles. The main types of symptomatic treatment are the same as for burns, and the experience of burn units is helpful for the treatment of TEN: environmental temperature control, careful and aseptic handling, sterile field creation, avoidance of any adhesive material, maintenance of ven ...
... General principles. The main types of symptomatic treatment are the same as for burns, and the experience of burn units is helpful for the treatment of TEN: environmental temperature control, careful and aseptic handling, sterile field creation, avoidance of any adhesive material, maintenance of ven ...
Nutrition - UC San Diego Health Sciences
... Severe burn injuries are stressful to the body. The injury causes an increase in the patient’s metabolism, therefore, patients need higher amounts of calories, protein, vitamins and minerals than normal to help wound healing and prevent extreme weight loss. Depending on the severity of the burn inju ...
... Severe burn injuries are stressful to the body. The injury causes an increase in the patient’s metabolism, therefore, patients need higher amounts of calories, protein, vitamins and minerals than normal to help wound healing and prevent extreme weight loss. Depending on the severity of the burn inju ...
Head and neck study day…… - Royal Surrey – County Hospital
... Should the patient have a bleed that is not likely to result in immediate death and complain of PAIN and/or BREATHLESSNESS, then these would be the only indications to give morphine or Should the patient be on regular opioids, the dose given should be equivalent to their usual four hourly dose o ...
... Should the patient have a bleed that is not likely to result in immediate death and complain of PAIN and/or BREATHLESSNESS, then these would be the only indications to give morphine or Should the patient be on regular opioids, the dose given should be equivalent to their usual four hourly dose o ...
Emergency Department Management of Acute Asthma Exacerbations
... any benefit of adding ipratropium once the patient is hospitalized. Children with a pulse oximetry reading below 92% to 94% often require hospitalization.1 Children younger than 5 years are generally unable to perform spirometry or peak flow testing. Infants have a higher risk of respiratory failure ...
... any benefit of adding ipratropium once the patient is hospitalized. Children with a pulse oximetry reading below 92% to 94% often require hospitalization.1 Children younger than 5 years are generally unable to perform spirometry or peak flow testing. Infants have a higher risk of respiratory failure ...
more - Itsan
... ication list. Ask your patient for a comhealth care provider may prescribe plete list of topical medications that she systemic tetracycline derivative antibicurrently uses or has used on the afotics to suppress inflammation. Your fected areas, including steroids, herbal patient may need support by t ...
... ication list. Ask your patient for a comhealth care provider may prescribe plete list of topical medications that she systemic tetracycline derivative antibicurrently uses or has used on the afotics to suppress inflammation. Your fected areas, including steroids, herbal patient may need support by t ...
Magellan Health Services – Southeast Care
... including dependence. The four-item CAGE is the most popular screening test used in primary care.3 (AUDIT and CAGE can be accessed at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa65/AA65.htm.) Administer a single-question screen: “When was the last time you had more than four drinks (women) or five drin ...
... including dependence. The four-item CAGE is the most popular screening test used in primary care.3 (AUDIT and CAGE can be accessed at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa65/AA65.htm.) Administer a single-question screen: “When was the last time you had more than four drinks (women) or five drin ...
integrated care news
... Asthma is a chronic medical inflammatory condition of the airways that often results in a person experiencing breathing difficulties. It is considered a chronic condition because it interferes with daily functioning for more than three months a year and/or may cause prolonged hospitalization. Asthma ...
... Asthma is a chronic medical inflammatory condition of the airways that often results in a person experiencing breathing difficulties. It is considered a chronic condition because it interferes with daily functioning for more than three months a year and/or may cause prolonged hospitalization. Asthma ...
Medical Law and Ethics
... v. Therapeutic research: a form of medical research that might directly benefit the research subject w. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): the legal entity in the United States responsible for allocating organs for transplantation List and discuss at least ten bioethical issues the modern phys ...
... v. Therapeutic research: a form of medical research that might directly benefit the research subject w. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): the legal entity in the United States responsible for allocating organs for transplantation List and discuss at least ten bioethical issues the modern phys ...
Drug Safety in the Elderly
... • Many drugs prescribed to older patients not tested in this age group • Prescribers lack education about how to treat older patients with drugs • Older people are treated for their symptoms, not based on diagnosis • Effects of drug treatment in the individual patient is not monitored • Lack of coor ...
... • Many drugs prescribed to older patients not tested in this age group • Prescribers lack education about how to treat older patients with drugs • Older people are treated for their symptoms, not based on diagnosis • Effects of drug treatment in the individual patient is not monitored • Lack of coor ...
Professional Practice Gap
... injection and inhalation also are administered intravenously because they are mistaken for intravenous (IV) solutions. These medical errors can lead to severe patient harm (e.g., hemolysis, death) and are preventable. Some degree of perioperative hypothermia has been estimated to occur in more than ...
... injection and inhalation also are administered intravenously because they are mistaken for intravenous (IV) solutions. These medical errors can lead to severe patient harm (e.g., hemolysis, death) and are preventable. Some degree of perioperative hypothermia has been estimated to occur in more than ...
alcohol withdrawal syndrome (aws)
... (2) agents with long duration of action (e.g., diazepam) provide a smooth treatment course with less breakthrough symptoms; (3) agents with shorter duration of activity (e.g., lorazepam) may have lower risk when there is concern about prolonged sedation, such as in patients who are elderly or who ha ...
... (2) agents with long duration of action (e.g., diazepam) provide a smooth treatment course with less breakthrough symptoms; (3) agents with shorter duration of activity (e.g., lorazepam) may have lower risk when there is concern about prolonged sedation, such as in patients who are elderly or who ha ...
country xeperience and response to mdr and xdr tuberculosis
... incidence rate of TB in Swaziland is the highest in the world OF 1155 PER 100,000 population. The TB programme faces problems of poor diagnosis of cases, poor case holding and high defaulter rates. The treatment success for new pulmonary smear positive was 42% while that for all cases (new and r ...
... incidence rate of TB in Swaziland is the highest in the world OF 1155 PER 100,000 population. The TB programme faces problems of poor diagnosis of cases, poor case holding and high defaulter rates. The treatment success for new pulmonary smear positive was 42% while that for all cases (new and r ...
Shortness of Breath - UNC School of Medicine
... Admit or not? • Depends on: Improvement of symptoms, risk factors for death, social situation, compliance, and patient comfort with going home • In general: • HOME if complete resolution of symptoms and peak flow > 70% of predicted • ADMIT if poor response to treatment and peak flow < 50% of predic ...
... Admit or not? • Depends on: Improvement of symptoms, risk factors for death, social situation, compliance, and patient comfort with going home • In general: • HOME if complete resolution of symptoms and peak flow > 70% of predicted • ADMIT if poor response to treatment and peak flow < 50% of predic ...
as a PDF - Center for Patient Safety
... An aspect of a system design that prevents a target action from being performed or allows its performance only if another specific action is performed first. Hazard Analysis Process used to determine the potential severity of the loss from an identified risk, the probability a loss will happen, and ...
... An aspect of a system design that prevents a target action from being performed or allows its performance only if another specific action is performed first. Hazard Analysis Process used to determine the potential severity of the loss from an identified risk, the probability a loss will happen, and ...
Chadwick N. Ahn, M.D. Ronald Shashy, M.D. TONSILLECTOMY
... By the time most patients are referred to me for consideration of T&A surgery, the family physician or pediatrician will have exhausted most, if not all, nonsurgical options. In patients having T&A surgery for recurrent infections, continued treatment of these infections with antibiotics remains an ...
... By the time most patients are referred to me for consideration of T&A surgery, the family physician or pediatrician will have exhausted most, if not all, nonsurgical options. In patients having T&A surgery for recurrent infections, continued treatment of these infections with antibiotics remains an ...
Dispensing - The Ridgeway Surgery
... The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: ...
... The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: ...
Round and Oval Window Reinforcement in Superior
... Symptom grading Scale •Sensitivity to increased middle ear pressure 1- Not bothered at all 7- Completely disabled •Hearing loss •Aural fullness •Imbalance ...
... Symptom grading Scale •Sensitivity to increased middle ear pressure 1- Not bothered at all 7- Completely disabled •Hearing loss •Aural fullness •Imbalance ...
709 Prescription Dru.. - University Psychiatry
... (Normal response) • Tolerance - reduced effect from level ...
... (Normal response) • Tolerance - reduced effect from level ...
Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (ECAQ)
... The need for long-term care is rising The number of older people who are no longer able to look after themselves in developing countries is forecast to quadruple by 2050. Many require long-term care, including homebased nursing, community, residential and hospital-based care. ...
... The need for long-term care is rising The number of older people who are no longer able to look after themselves in developing countries is forecast to quadruple by 2050. Many require long-term care, including homebased nursing, community, residential and hospital-based care. ...
AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICES
... All persons with asthma should avoid exposure to high allergen concentrations (Gøtzsche et al., 2004) [B] and, for example, sensitizing chemicals at work. Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be used cautiously, as 10 to 20% of patients with asthma are allergic to t ...
... All persons with asthma should avoid exposure to high allergen concentrations (Gøtzsche et al., 2004) [B] and, for example, sensitizing chemicals at work. Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be used cautiously, as 10 to 20% of patients with asthma are allergic to t ...
Pharmacy - UZ Brussel
... No interruptions during preparation of pain mixtures Standardized preparation techniques trained personnel / pharmacist supervision ...
... No interruptions during preparation of pain mixtures Standardized preparation techniques trained personnel / pharmacist supervision ...