Deep Vein Thrombosis after Open-Heart Surgery - Assignment Example

Student Name: Student Number: Tutor: Tutorial time/day: You are providing nursing care for Grace following her open-heart surgery. Grace has been prescribed compression stockings and anti-coagulant medication. The physio has also devised an activity/rest plan for grace to encourage her early ambulation following surgery. These interventions are designed to prevent Grace from developing a post surgical deep vein thrombosis (DVT). 1) What 3 barriers might Grace encounter that discourage her from preventative action to reduce the risk of DVT? 6 Marks 2) What would you recommend for Grace to overcome these barriers? 6 Marks The health of individuals and populations is influenced and determined by many factors acting in various combinations. Health determinants can be described as those factors that raise or lower the level of health in a population or individual. Determinants help explain and predict trends in health and explain why some groups have better or worse health than others. They are the key to the prevention of disease, illness and injury. 10) A range of evidence has found a number of ‘determinants’ to be strongly associated with health, name ONE determinant? 1 Marks 11) Explain why the ‘determinant’ you gave above can result in disparities in health between individuals and communities? 6 Marks 12) Describe briefly the details of one of the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion? 6 Marks 13) Describe how the action area listed above would reduce the health inequalities due to the determinant listed in question 10? 8 Mar You are providing nursing care for Anne following her knee surgery. Anne has been recently diagnosed with osteoarthritis. You gain the following information regarding Anne: Anne is 63 years of age. She currently overweight and lives a sedentary lifestyle, but was a well known basketball player in her late 20s. Anne states that the pain in her joints often wakes her up at night and she struggles to get out of bed in the morning because she feels “very stiff” Anne also finds the pain is worse when she does the gardening because of all the bending Anne tells you that she has been told by her doctor to regularly take NSAIDs but she hasn’t been taking them because she doesn’t want to ‘depend on them’. 14) On the basis of this information what osteoarthritis self-management plan would you suggest for Anne? 8 Mark 15) What else will you do to encourage Anne’s successful self-management of her osteoarthritis? 6 Marks 16) List 4 questions would you ask yourself when evaluating the effectiveness the osteoarthritis self mangement plan ? 8 marks 17) You are providing nursing care for Rob - an elderly client following the surgical repair of a fractured hip after a fall at home. In coordinating his discharge care – list at least 2 allied health professionals that you would contact in relation to follow-up rehabilitation care of Rob? 4 Marks 18) Outline the roles and activities of ONE of the allied health professionals you listed in relation to Rob’s care? 6 Marks 19) List 4 pieces of information this allied health professional requires from you in regards to Rob? 8 Marks 20) List how you plan to overcome some of the potential barriers that may prevent your discharge care planning from being effective? 6 Marks Please provide a bibliography below using QUT APA style. A bibliography is an alphabetical list, by author, of the sources (books, journals, websites, etc) you have used to research and write your short answer questions.   20 Marks will be deducted from the overall mark of your short answer questions if a bibliography is not provided! Bibliography Read More