via phone so that the patient does weather a patient is on a positive the patient is on the right track to not have to come to appointment, track to recovery. This may also recovery. After asking the patient which could be discouraging for allow the patient to ask questions if she could follow up with a the patient if she had to come to a that may have not occurred during provider I would work to have her physical location. the initial patient education lesson. follow-up fit her schedule even if it meant that she followed-up with a phone call with health professionals within her area of need. The nurse would ensure to Assessing the patient before a Assessing the patient's pain level time the patients was given administer the medication as medication administration a will help decrease and prevent the her medication, her pained was ordered. Whether it be within the zero to ten rating pain scale. Zero under treatment of pain and assessed before and after. The one hour before or one hour after being no pain and ten being the resulting harmful effects (Wells, patient did indicate that the rule. The nurse should assess the worst pain ever felt. After a pasero, McCaffery, 2008). This will medication was helping relieve her patient level of pain before and pharmacological intervention, the help the nurse establish a baseline pain. Also the provider came into after administration. patient should be reassessed. of the patient before the to see the patient and ensured that medication. This will let the nurse the medication was helping relieve or health provider know whether her pain. the intervention worked or not. If it does work, this intervention can be reused and if it fails the intervention can be modified until a positive affect occurs. ±2 DISCHARGE PLANNING: (put a * in front of any pt education in above care plan that you would include for discharge teaching) Consider the following needs: Consult □SS *□Dietary Consult OT □PT/ Care □Pastoral Medical Needs □Durable □F/U *□Med Instruction/Prescription are any of the patient’s medications available at a discount pharmacy? No □ □Yes □ HH □Rehab/
via phone so that the patient does not have to come to appointment, which could be discouraging for the patient if she had to come to a physical location. weather a patient is on a positive track to recovery. This may also allow the patient to ask questions that may have not occurred during the initial patient education lesson. the patient is on the right track to recovery. After asking the patient if she could follow up with a provider I would work to have her follow-up fit her schedule even if it meant that she followed-up with a phone call with health professionals within her area of need. The nurse would ensure to administer the medication as ordered. Whether it be within the one hour before or one hour after rule. The nurse should assess the patient level of pain before and after administration. Assessing the patient before a medication administration a zero to ten rating pain scale. Zero being no pain and ten being the worst pain ever felt. After a pharmacological intervention, the patient should be reassessed. Assessing the patient's pain level will help decrease and prevent the under treatment of pain and resulting harmful effects (Wells, pasero, McCaffery, 2008). This will help the nurse establish a baseline of the patient before the medication. This will let the nurse or health provider know whether the intervention worked or not. If it does work, this intervention can be reused and if it fails the intervention can be modified until a positive affect occurs. time the patients was given her medication, her pained was assessed before and after. The patient did indicate that the medication was helping relieve her pain. Also the provider came into to see the patient and ensured that the medication was helping relieve her pain. ±2 DISCHARGE PLANNING: (put a * in front of any pt education in above care plan that you would include for discharge teaching) Consider the following needs: □SS Consult *□Dietary Consult □PT/ OT □Pastoral Care □Durable Medical Needs □F/U *□Med Instruction/Prescription □ are any of the patient’s medications available at a discount pharmacy? □Yes □ No □Rehab/ HH
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