Identify And Describe Nursing Interventions CLC Home Visit
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Sallie Mae Fisher Health History
Ms. Fisher is an 82-year-old female with a history of chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. During the last 6 months, she has been hospitalized four times for exacerbation of her CHF. She was discharged home last Saturday from the hospital after a 3-day stay to treat increased dyspnea, an 8-pound weight gain, and chest pain.
As a group, observe the simulated "Home Visit With Sallie Mae Fisher" video (http://lc(dot)gcumedia(dot)com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs410v_vp01Alt.php).
Refer to "Sallie Mae Fisher's Health History and Discharge Orders" for specifics related to the case study used to inform the assignment.
Using "Home Visit With Sallie Mae Fisher" and "Sallie Mae Fisher's Health History and Discharge Orders," complete the following components of this assignment:
Essay Portion CLC group assignment. We choose four problems and divide up 1 problem each, the evidence, nursing/medical interventions and the rationales.
The problems we chose is O2, educating to weight self daily & keep journal, medication management/polypharmacy and social work involvement for assistance with medication (possible home delivery if applicable, etc due to daughter being too busy).
My portion of problem is educating to weight self daily and keep journal. So can you write about my problem with follow:
1. Identify, prioritize, and describe my problem.
2. Provide substantiating evidence (assessment data) for my problem identified.
3. Identify and describe medical and/or nursing interventions.
4. Discuss your rationale for the interventions identified.
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Self-Weighing
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Institutional Affiliation Self-weighing
Early scholars did not recognize the significance of adding daily self-weighing to the traditional formula designed for weight loss. Researchers have concluded that the combination of regular self-weighing and personalized electronic feedback can improve and sustain weight loss without the incorporation of a traditional weight losing program (Klos, 2013). Self-weighing has proved to be more advantageous and efficient in the prevention of age-related weight gain and loss. The weight of women depends on their height and frame size and not necessarily their age. Sally, for example, has been gradually losing weight because as stated when she was first admitted she weighed 136 pounds and on the present day, she weighs 122 which is a drop from when she was previously weighed which is the previous Sunday when she weighed 128. She also suffers from a chronic illness (congestive heart failure), hypertension and atrial...