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The most common presentation of cerebrovascular disease is an ischemic stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes a hemorrhagic stroke. [2] Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most important contributing risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular diseases as it can change the structure of blood vessels and result in atherosclerosis. [5]
437.1 Other generalized ischemic cerebrovascular disease; 437.2 Hypertensive encephalopathy; 437.3 Cerebral aneurysm nonruptured; 437.4 Cerebral arteritis; 437.5 Moyamoya disease; 437.6 Nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous sinus; 437.7 Transient global amnesia; 438 Late effects of cerebrovascular disease. 438.0 Cognitive deficits; 438. ...
Nursing care plans provide continuity of care, safety, quality care and compliance. A nursing care plan promotes documentation and is used for reimbursement purposes such as Medicare and Medicaid. The therapeutic nursing plan is a tool and a legal document that contains priority problems or needs specific to the patient and the nursing ...
Activity exercise-whether one is able to do daily activities normally without any problem, self care activities Sleep rest-do they have hypersomnia, insomnia, do they have normal sleeping patterns Cognitive-perceptual-assessment of neurological function is done to assess, check the person's ability to comprehend information
The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) is a care classification system which describes the activities that nurses perform as a part of the planning phase of the nursing process associated with the creation of a nursing care plan.
A clinical pathway is a multidisciplinary management tool based on evidence-based practice for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care are defined, optimized and sequenced either by hour (ED), day (acute care) or visit (homecare).
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The evidence underlying this decision was a survey that showed that the Omaha System was used in 96.5% of Minnesota counties. The Omaha System became a member of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics in 2009. It is a reliable nursing documentation tool for outcome and quality of care measurement for clients with mental illness. [11]