Scholarly Discussion Forum: Data Collection and Risk Management

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Scholarly Discussion Forum: Data Collection and Risk Management (graded)

Discussion

Saleema had total hip replacement in March 2015. One week later, the stitches started to bleed. She was concerned and went to the doctor’s office and was told it was a superficial hematoma. The bleeding continued on for three weeks and involved two doctor’s appointments and one trip to the emergency room. She was sent home each time with a diagnosis of a superficial hematoma.

Finally, Saleema’s visiting nurse saw her on a home care visit and called an ambulance, concerned about the amount of blood loss. Upon further investigation at the ER, a terrible infection was discovered that had spread into the bone. Saleema went in for emergency surgery and a PICC line was placed in order to administer the medication vancomycin. On this medication, she developed Steven’s Johnson’s syndrome, which was not diagnosed right away as the skin peeled off her hands. She ultimately went into acute renal failure and had to go back to the hospital. Two days post-admission, she developed C-diff and several vancomycin-resistant infections. She died in the hospital, two months after the original surgery. The cause of death was determined to be septicemia. Saleema lost her life over what was supposed to be a routine hip replacement.

As a future risk management nurse, please discuss the following points and questions.

• Discuss your interview plan with Saleema’s family to collect data around her incident.

• Which method of interview do you prefer to use, and why?

• The goal of the interview is to provide accurate answers to questions of interest. Please provide two relevant questions and discuss which measurement levels you would use with your question. Explain your choices.

The initial posting must meet the following expectations:

• Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.

o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.

 Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.

 One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.

o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.

 Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.

 Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.

• Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.

• Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.

o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.

o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.

o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.

o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.

o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied.