4050BSN NURS FPX 4050 Assessment 1 Preliminary Care Coordination Plan Preliminary Care Coordination Plan NURS FPX 4050 Assessment 1 Preliminary Care Coordination Plan

The importance of proper care coordination can be understood just by its definition. The progress that a previous doctor has made on the condition of a patient has to be efficiently relayed and delineated to the professional who is taking over. If the previous doctor fails to actively convey the status of the patient, the following professional can make changes, prescribe medications or perform activities that could have been previously performed, hence proving detrimental. Poor care coordination planning can lead to devastating results and can cost the patients financially as well as emotionally. 

NURS FPX 4050 Assessment 1 Preliminary Care Coordination Plan

In this paper, the purpose is to explain a health concern and then come up with some rational goals which can be achieved by the healthcare sector in the bid to improve the standard of care given to the patients suffering from said health concern. The community resources shall also be enumerated as a part of the solution. 

Stroke

Strokes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. When ranked in numbers, stroke falls in second place with a mortality rate of 5.5 million persons annually (Donkor, 2018). The danger of strokes is not only portrayed by the mortality rate, but also by the aftereffects manifested on those who survive it. 50% of all survivors were seen to become chronically disabled (Donkor, 2018).

Strokes are categorized into two major types. These include ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes. The former is caused by the obstruction of the blood flow to a part of the brain. The interruption of the blood flow causes the loss of functioning. Hemorrhagic stroke, on the other hand, is caused by the bursting or rupturing of a blood vessel (Donkor, 2018).