Episode of Care

Just wondering if anyone can offer help... I'm trying write 1000 words on 'episode of care' which I'm yet to undertake. Any idea of website or journal where I can get a good objective and nursing action on 'episode of care'?

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Members are discussing the concept of "episode of care" in nursing, seeking clarification on its definition and how to approach writing about it. Some users provide examples of how "episode of care" is used in practice, while others offer suggestions on how to structure a 1000-word paper on the topic, including patient history, diagnoses, medications, assessments, interventions, and evaluations. Clarification is also sought on whether an "episode of care" paper is similar to a case study.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
desjam said:
I will try and make it clearer, you are looking after a patient and during the process of care you noticed that the patient is a high risk fall, what action and evaluation would you put in place. I understand that this patient might need a medication review. the episode of care in this contest is that you were walking a patient you are caring for and notice he is a high risk of fall. what do you write to make a 1000 word out of this episode.

You start at the beginning...the patient history, diganoses, meds, labs assessment. Describe the disease processes in detail and how they may or may not contribute to the issue at hand.

I have not seen this worred this way I would seek clarification from your program as to the expectations for this paper....to me it sounds like a case study. Maybe I am just obtuse but I don't understand what is needed

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

This is a new term for me....is this a case study? What is an "episode of care"? I know in the physician world an "episode of care" is the care of a patient from the beginning to end and is all encompassing

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Episode of Care – Definition

• All clinically related services for one patient for a discrete diagnostic condition from the onset of symptoms until treatment is complete.

• One episode only pertains to one patient, but one patient can be in multiple episodes

What is the course and what context is the "episode of care" noted ? I did a quick Google search and there is so much information.

Episode of care is used in some EMR programs to group all inpatient or outpatient visits under one specific diagnosis. For example, a patient is diagnosed as "pregnant" on an initial OB office visit. All related appointments, i.e u/s, labs, etc. are linked to the patient's pregnancy episode, generally lasting until the patient's 6 week post delivery office visit.

Another example would be a worker's comp injury. All visits, PT, surgeries would all be linked to the worker's comp injury/diagnosis.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
i will try and make it clearer, you are looking after a patient and during the process of care you noticed that the patient is a high risk fall, what action and evaluation would you put in place. i understand that this patient might need a medication review. the episode of care in this contest is that you were walking a patient you are caring for and notice he is a high risk of fall. what do you write to make a 1000 word out of this episode.

How about writing the background of the pt first; for your example risk for falls would have the assessment, which would include the pt's background; the diagnosis and goals, the interventions and the rationale behind the interventions, and evaluation of the pt (if possible).

Hopefully that would net 1,000 words. :yes:

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Could you explain a little further what you mean by "episode of care"?

Is there a specific diagnosis for which you are researching methods of treatment?

Specializes in Critical Care.

If I'm understanding it correctly based on what you've written, it could be about something you have done in clinical.

I will try and make it clearer, you are looking after a patient and during the process of care you noticed that the patient is a high risk fall, what action and evaluation would you put in place. I understand that this patient might need a medication review. the episode of care in this contest is that you were walking a patient you are caring for and notice he is a high risk of fall. what do you write to make a 1000 word out of this episode.

Specializes in Student nurse.

I need help with writing my episode of care.

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