Patient College Essays Samples For Students

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DISCUSSION ON TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATING EACH OTHER

In both the cases Buck V. Bell & the abstract it’s over Debbie we see that attempts are made to relieve the human race. Be it in the case of Carrie Buck being compulsorily sterilized or in case of Debbie intentionally given morphine sulphate so that she dies & is relieved permanently of her extreme condition. Endorsement of negative eugenics decision was hugely seen - the attempt to improve the human race by eliminating defectives from the gene pool. Such stern actions were taken against her without any proper proof of ...

ICE Catheterization Lab Observations

Nurses assist the physician during catheterization procedures. There specific roles are; patient care and medication, administering conscious sedation, patient procedure monitoring and most importantly providing an emergency medication. From the start to the end of operations, the nurse has to be there. Moreover, nurses should interview the patient before any operation is started. Questions about allergies, heart diseases and previous illness are part of the assessment nurses should conduct. This assessment is necessary to know the health status of the patient. It is important to do patient assessment frequently to establish the medication effectiveness.

Catheterization requires the following ...

The history of pathology testing is dated back to the 3rd century BC, when Greek scholars such as Herophilos and Eriasistratus began systematically examining dead bodies. At the beginning of the first century AD, several Greek, Roman and Arabian physicists made significant developments in the understanding of the pathology of tumors. In the 18th century, Giovanni Morgangi correlated the symptoms of his patients with the pathological evaluations o the autopsies. The discovery of the circulation of blood by William Harvey and the emergence of microsby is regarded as the foundation of modern pathology. The 19th and 20th centuries experienced ...

The use of nurse case managers has been done extensively at different levels of care. Carondelet Saint Mary’s Hospital located in Arizona had a project that exemplified the role of a nurse case manager, especially in acute care. In this project, nurse case managers formed partnerships with high-risk patients in acute care. Through these partnerships, the nurse case managers help to reduce the length of stay in hospital. Through collaborations with the physicians in acute care, nurse case managers help reduce the number of clinical services, the number of be days and the length of ...

Medical Office receptionist

- A Medical Office receptionist forms a very vital element of an elevated functioning healthcare team. Medical Office receptionists are usually considered to be the foremost row of communication amid patients and doctors – may be over phone, online or in person. These professionals are responsible for efficient and smooth management of the activities or patients, doctors and nurses with the sole purpose of ensuring an attention on concerned care on time.

- Medical Office receptionists may provide answer to questions, give wide-ranging information or may even ...

Question 1

When not handled well, conflict can stifle team work efforts and multidisciplinary collaboration, an element that is very essential in the delivery of patient centered care. Although Rubenfeld & Scheffer (2010) argue that conflict can have adverse effects on patient care, conflict can also be handled differently in order to yield positive results and promote collaboration and interdisciplinary team work. Nelson, King & Brodine (2008) argue that conflicts between nurses and physicians at time arise because of differences in opinions with regards to the requirements for patient care. The enduring hierarchical relations between nurses and ...

- Discuss how Mr. Davis’s loss of sight is affecting the way he treats others and is treated by them?

As a front liner of the health care industry, it is my responsibilty to assist the patients and the doctors. Knowing that Mr. Davis is old, has poor eyesight, and haven’t been to a doctor for quite some time, I would welcome and assist him as soon as he enters the clinic. I would greet him warmly with a smile and introduce myseld to him. Then I will guide him to a seat as I let the doctor know that ...

Introduction

End-of-life care dilemmas have in recent years become a major cause of concern for nurses and other physicians. With the emergence of modern technology that can help sustain life even at the point where there is little hope, life-sustaining measures such as resuscitation and feeding tubes have been applied to help prolong the lives of the patient at this stage (Meisel et al., 2000). However, the decisions on the use or application of these life-sustaining measures are solely dependent on the patient's preferences or those of their family. This is coupled with the guided decision-making process between the nurse and ...

A 16-year-old male was seen for routine physical exam for sports participation clearance. States he feels well today and past medical history is non-contributory. Upon exam, all systems are within normal limits with the exception of a cardiovascular murmur, loudest over the apex, grade II/IV systolic. Patient denies current or previous cardiac symptoms. Denies family history of cardiovascular disease or sudden cardiac death.

The recommendation in this case should be to withhold sports clearance pending a thorough cardiovascular workup, to initially include electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, and potentially echocardiogram (with subsequent referral to cardiology) to help rule out cardiomyopathy (National Heart, ...

Delegation refers to the assigning of the responsibilities of a particular nurse to another nurse or supporting staff. The responsibility is usually accompanied by some authority. The person who delegates retains the final accountability for the actions of the one delegated to though (Antony & Vidal, 2010).When deciding which task to delegate, the nurse must consider the resource availability to meet the needs of the patients, expected outcome of the activity delegated, patient’s stability, and complexity of the task. Most importantly, the task should be delegated to a nurse with required training and who is ...

Question 1

The nursing profession requires a high level of competency among the professionals. This is because competency could be the factor influencing the patient outcomes in health facilities. In my organization, competency is assessed based on the core competencies in nursing. Although there are no formal tools developed for measuring competencies in my organization, the use of these core competencies in daily nursing practice is closely monitored. One of these core competencies is ensuring that the care provided is centered on the patient (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2010).

This entails respecting the values of the patients, ...

Discussion Question One

Patients who are terminally or seriously ill will often prefer hospice and palliative care to being inpatients in hospital wards. Looking at the pros and cons of hospice and palliative care helps vet this option. One of the advantages of hospice and palliative care is that it allows the patients to live the final phase of their life with dignity, purpose, support and grace. When hospice care is provided at the home of the patient, hospice and palliative care enables the patient to spend the final phase of life in a comfortable and familiar environment, in the midst of loved ...

Clinicians are encouraged to develop preparedness when practicing the profession. The social ties should be enhanced to enhance peaceful coexistence among the practitioners. It motivates them to work and share ideas that help to improve on how they can improve the industry (Perry, A., Potter, P., Ostendorf, W., 2014). The five Rs if applied can work for the holistic development of the persons and the improvement on how they respond to disasters. The five Rs of reflection are; reporting, reasoning, relating, reconstructing and lastly responding.

During my attachment period at a certain health facility, I was up for a responsibility I ...

Introduction

One of the most important elements in leadership is continuous personal development. This is achieved through engaging in professional development and from feedback and experience (Zuzelo, 2010 p. 3). Through this, this paper will discuss the development of problem-solving skills. Driscoll’s model of reflection will be used in this case. This is because Driscoll’s model allows for asking of the “what” question (what happened in the situation). This is then moved on to the so what (what was the feeling, was it a good or a bad one) and now what (if the situation ever occurs again, what ...

An EHR system is an electronic health records system that stores all the medical information about a patient. The system is a digital version of keeping records that can be located at any moment. When accessed, the system will show the medical journey of a patient, from a previous diagnosis, allergies, the medication they have been given and the laboratory test results. Because of this, the system helps in promoting the management of the risks that occur with errors on medication. In addition, the systems operate on a digital network that makes it easy for any healthcare to access information about a patient at any ...

The Health Insurance Portability and accountability Act (HIPPA) give regulations for the protection of health information about patients. However, whenever a patient goes to a hospital or any other medical institution, a medical professional accesses the medical information of the concerned party with ease. Therefore, there comes a concern that if the medical professional can easily access the information, so can hackers. Therefore, patients need more protection that what the HIPPA currently offers.

Thus, the most significant area is security. Stakeholders should protect records in any field from access by unauthorized persons. There are numerous reports that government records get hacked. Therefore, the ...

Informed Consent: Informed Consent is the procedure in which a patient get all the information about his/her treatment regarding mental illness to either accept or refuse the treatment on voluntary choice. Further, patient has the ethical and legal right to know what is happening with her body and should be involved in every step of treatment in a healthcare (Simon & Shuman, 2007).

Components of Informed Consent: Essential target of informed consent is that the patient has a complete knowledge about her treatment and have the decision making ability. The components add to informed consent are procedure or decision, alternatives offered for ...

Nursing is a well-known profession of the health care sector that focuses upon taking care of the patients, individuals, and even families in the absence of the doctors. In addition, they also support the doctors in their various medication activities of the patients, which in turn would help in the recovery of the patients. The profession can be differentiated on the basis of their approach to patient care, scope of practice, and other recent developments (Bartels, 2005). I want to extend my nursing education and want to get certified myself as A Family Nurse Practitioner. I would like to enroll ...

Achieving the objective for this particular course can be considered as an important skill to develop, especially having a role of a Family Nurse Practitioner. Several measures are considered in validating the effectiveness of the objectives as against its application in practical Nursing. Moreover, it is necessary to achieve Nursing competencies with interpersonal conditioning before working with its principles in a group or organization. With the help of new learnings, new ways of applying this to one’s self and further enhancing my knowledge base, are developed to fully maximize the benefits of this course. And, with the help of instructional methods, ...

Organ transplant can be defined as the transfer of an organ from one person to another or from a different location on the body of the patient, with an aim of substituting the missing or damaged organ of the recipient. Matching donor and recipient is currently done using a computer program, which performs the matching of the donor’s organ and recipients on the basis of specific features. These include tissue type, blood type, weight, and height. The time that the patient has been awaiting, how far the recipient's hospitals is from that of the donor, as well as the ...

Dopamine hypothesis is a theory that links schizophrenia or psychosis to the dopamine levels in the brain. This theory is derived from several clinical observations and otherwise symptom related results of medication from different patients. The significant presence of dopamine level in a patient’s brain may be the strongest link in the study of patient psychosis. However, since the theory is still in clinical studies; and other factors are now being studied in relation to the change in mental state.

There are several evidences supporting the dopamine hypothesis. Firstly, the evidence comes from pharmacological studies of a group of drug called ...

Health professionals make decisions with legal and ethical consequences each day (Furlong, n. d.; Reamer, 2005). This paper will analyse the actions of health professionals in two case scenarios for their ethics and legality. The first case scenario involves a 12-year old boy who has terminal cancer and has accepted he is going to die. His parents have; however, having talked with the physician consented to a trial therapy which the nurse consequently administers. The second scenario involves a physician who admits to a nurse that he routinely prescribes antidepressant medication to new residents of a nursing home. He further instructs the nurse to ...

In order for the hospital to maintain the highest quality of service for all, compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is crucial. HIPAA provides specific guidelines that assist patients and health care providers with insurance issues, confidentiality concerns, and in controlling costs of administration. HIPAA is divided into three sections. These sections include Portability, Administrative Simplification, and Privacy. Portability helps patients to maintain insurance coverage when transitioning between jobs. Administrative Simplification protects privacy by setting standards for “receiving, transmitting and maintaining healthcare information” (Dreyzehner, n.d.). Privacy provides protection to individuals of ...

Introduction

Helping people with amnesia to live a normal life can be a daunting task. It requires patience and lots of observation of behavior. In The Last Hippie, Dr Sack presents the case of Greg F. Greg was a patient who had severe anterograde amnesia caused by damage to his temporal lobe systems and the diencephalon. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories. The afflicted individual is unable to place new information into long-term memory but the long-term memories present before the tumor or injury remain undamaged. This may occur after an injury or brain tumor. In Greg’s case, it ...

There is a clear distinction between killing and allowing to die. Killing is a process that involves taking actions that will directly lead to the death of an individual. These steps are often taken with knowledge of their consequences. Allowing to die is a term that can be used to describe a number of scenarios. At the request of a patient, the physician can allow the patient to die due to the dyer medical condition of the patient in question. This situation can also involve the physician not taking any actions that will prevent the death of the patient thus in essence the physician ...

Part 1a: Imagine you are being chased through the woods by a hungry bear. Which nervous system would engage? (parasympathetic or sympathetic) Why is this?

Someone being chased through the woods by a hungry bear will have his or her sympathetic nervous system being engaged in the flight. This second type of autonomic nervous system tagged sympathetic will be responsible for the control of many homeostatic mechanisms that will help the person to flit away from the hungry bear. The mechanism is that of the sympatho-adrenal response of the body. The interconnected neurons of the SNS are connected to several organs of the body which enables several organs to be controlled during this period of flight response. In response to the flight, the organs connected ...

Like any other business organization, the medical sector has a system of ethics which refers to moral principles that determine principles and rulings regarding the practice of medicine. Medical ethics as a scholarly discipline involves practical applications of the clinical atmosphere as well as application of the principles of philosophy, sociology and theology. This follows that fact that it is important to do right by the superior being, by the established societal morals and what is individually right. For this reason, persons seeking medical assistance (patients) have a right to enjoy their personal freedom while at the same time medical practitioners need ...

- Telemedicine

Telemedicine refers to a diverse concept that entails the utilization of telecommunication media for the transfer of medical information. Telemedicine can be categorised on the basis of the type of type of information exchanged between patients and the interaction between these two parties. Telemedicine has its merits and demerits. The merits include: research has shown that telemedicine is an adequate tool for follow up visits in up to 99% of the cases. Follow up done through telemedicine is cheaper than face to face clinical visits which is particularly beneficial. Given the ease with which patients can currently access the internet, ...

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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1,
- Molly Joel Coye2 and
- Wendy Everett3,*
+ Author Affiliations
- 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer ...

An electronic health record (EHR) refers to a digital version of patients’ medical records. They give real-time, records that are based on an individual patient, which are made availed securely and instantly to medical practitioners with authorization. It presents different tools that can be used by health care providers to make decisions about a patient’s health (Harvey, 2011).
EHR has several advantages and disadvantages; the advantages include enhancing patient data security and privacy. It also provides up-to-date, accurate and meaningful information on a patient at the point of care. Lastly, it facilitates efficient and coordinated care. For example, patient’s ...

Letter to editor

Letter to the Editor and copy to Legislative Representative
Health Care delivery measures require the imparting of high quality medical and paramedical care in primary, secondary and territory care. With the rapid advancement in the fields of medicine, surgery post-operative convalescence and long term geriatric or tertiary cure there have emerged more areas for making mistakes.
With this emergence of new techniques and methodologies of health care delivery there have become possible several levels of care. Along with the provision of such care came the greater responsibility of ensuring the best possible quality of care.
There ...

Resource allocation remains a challenge to nurses in their care delivery. Nurses need to allocate resource in consistency with the ethical and moral requirements. They should ensure quality delivery of care taking respect for the individual patients. The allocation of resources in most cases presents the nurses with ethical dilemmas (Nursingworld.org, 2014). The dilemmas lead to conflict between moral obligations of the profession and moral obligations of their practice. Competent nurses need to have the skills in the allocation of resources because this ensures the success of healthcare delivery.
Ethical principles exist in nursing to help the nurses make ...

Trained medical professionals attend to patients of diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds, different age groups, different sexes, as well as patients with different educational backgrounds something that that makes communication between them more multifarious and difficult. Professionals in this field are required by law that they increase their communication competencies in culturally diverse healthcare contexts, where the cultural diversity of patients and staff challenges the professionals in the field. It is believed that the intercultural lens is appropriate for understanding the issue of intercultural communication, which usually involves miscommunication in hospital settings (Coiera and Tombs, 1996). The refresher course the medical ...

The relationship between the Physician or doctor and the patient is unique and at the same time very important. If the patient corporate with the Physician, it becomes easy for the Physician to treat the disease well. Stress free environment is necessary for both. When even a medical student starts his new job at any hospital, the primary training which a doctor obtains, is the respect and thoughtful treatment of the patient. They are taught to behave well and to treat the patients in a very pleasant environment. But if the patient does not corporate with the Physician or Physician does not ...

Stevie, a forty-three year old married accountant, frequently complains of sweaty palms, dizziness, breath shortness and stomachaches. This has been going on for a period of over two years with few moments of prolonged relief. He also complains of mouth dryness, occasions of extreme muscular tension in addition to a persistent nervousness that he claims interferes with his ability to concentrate on his occupational responsibilities time and again.
Though such symptoms habitually event in frustration, Stevie denies feeling depressed in any way and continues to enjoy his various hobbies as well as family activities. Due to these symptoms, Stevie has made ...

Discussion

Gastric Banding Device Vs Normal function of the Stomach
A gastric band device is also known as the lap band device. It is being operated on the top portion of the stomach. Gastric band can easily be mounting in the patient’s stomach by surgery known as bariatric surgery. It is used to check the patient’s body mass index. The body mass index of the patients is 35 to 40. It will improve the weight loss, diabetics, hypertension, etc. There are two types of gastric band device; they are lap band device system. This device comes with ...

- What Is Endometriosis?
Abnormal growths of tissue that resemble the endometrium histologically, but present in locations other then the uterine lining are observed in the disease endometriosis. It occurs commonly in women who are at their reproductive ages (American Medical Network, 2011).
- Causes for Endometriosis
Retrograde menstruation has been attributed to be the leading cause for endometrioses. Proposed in 1920, it postulates that during menstruation, there are viable endometrial portions shed. These fragments pass through the uterine tubes and develop into endometrial lesions once deposited on the peritoneal surfaces in the pelvic cavity.
...

Introduction

Some patients, especially those facing life-threatening illnesses, choose to avoid certain procedures or treatment or medication and may leave the hospital or clinic before they are treated. Regardless of this, it is the role of discharge staff to make sure that these patients are well-informed and that they are willing to pick a particular course of action by their own free will. Informed consent is based on the common law, which has the basic idea that all adult human beings have a right to determine what shall be done to their own bodies. Patient consent is the permission, which must be ...

Introduction

Decubitus ulcer also referred to as bedsore or pressure sore is an open wound on the skin (Thomas, 2006). Thomas (2006) indicates that the decubitus ulcer mostly occurs on the skin that covers the born areas. Notably, the most common areas for bedsore to appear are; hips, ankles, back and buttocks. Decubitus ulcer are common among the disabled, elderly and those people who spend long periods of time on wheelchairs or bed, and those who are not able to move certain parts of their body without assistance (Thomas, 2006). In keeping with Albert and Spencer (2007), decubitus ulcers/ bedsores ...

The primary role of physicians in hospitals is to help save lives to the best of their abilities. Life support systems introduce ethical concerns and legal issues in the medical practice. Life support systems are usually regarded as a form of treatment that may assist the patient to recover and then the patient can be nursed into normal health when the life support system is removed. Currently, medical lawsuits against hospitals and physicians have made hospitals be more careful when dealing with issues of life support systems. According to Humphrey (2004, p46), physicians have opted to use other non-controversial approaches ...

Importance of Health Informatics

Technology has changed how every industry conducts its activities and operations. Information system in hospitals has helped towards better delivery of health care. Research shows that hospitals that have adopted the use of information system perform better. It helps in preventing medical errors ensuring patient safety. The patient records are safe with adoption of information system and it allows easy access by various physicians who come out with a better solution after careful analysis.
Before adopting the information, system to the hospital the health care committee needs to consider a number of factors and characteristics of the information system for ...

Medication processes entail the cooperation of healthcare professionals such as a physician, pharmacists and nurses that play major roles in medication processes. The procedure usually starts from the physician's prescription, towards pharmacist’s administration and then the nurses' contribution towards monitoring and administration to the patients. We need to understand that along these medication processes is where medication errors tend to occur. This is a major concern for both the patients and healthcare professional.
According to the definition of the American National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP), the medication error can be defined as "as ...

The aim of this essay is to plan and suggest an intervention plan for Henry. Henry underwent a temporary loop ileostomy approximately six months ago. The aim of this essay is to discuss the various aspects of peristomal skin care. The evidence for and against various products described for peristomal skin care will be reviewed and discussed. The intervention plan has to focus on reeducating the ostomate about good self-care practice for the peristomal skin.
The peristomal skin is the skin that surrounds the stoma and the skin to which the stoma appliance adheres to. Patients who undergo ileostomy ...

Abstract

Working in a multicultural health care setting calls for a workforce that clearly understand the ethical and legal considerations that exist in relation to culture, beliefs, background, as well as knowledge. While physician and nurses have the upper hand in ensuring quality health care as well as life sustaining measures, the patient holds a very critical role in dictating the care procedures that they prefer. Bioethics studies have had differing approaches to the issue of making informed consent to health care procedures. However, there is one thing that remains untouched. The greatest responsibility is the life if the patients and the satisfaction ...

Introduction

One of the most controversial issues during the last few years is the right to assisted suicide. It is a burning topic that raises debates all over the world, and patients with terminal illnesses insist on been given the right to choose whether they can end their life, with the help of a physician or not. Those against point mainly to their religious beliefs and morals to reject assisted suicide. Physicians are also divided on this matter because, to them; the line between providing relief from dying and killing is extremely thin and vaguely defined. No matter how viewpoints collide, the ...

I am of the opinion that it is inappropriate to experiment with patients lives leave alone write about it. Most of the research carried however has been carried out on patients. Experimenting with patients is dangerous as the consequences could be dire and unbearable. It is not an accepted code of conduct in the medical practice.
It is widely assumed that the skin is highly contaminated and this contamination may be a major risk to the body through injections. This assumption leads to the practice of skin preparation prior to injections. The mode of skin preparation however differs amongst ...

Psychosis is a mental disorder that leads to extreme impairment of the brain. It makes a person have difficulties in communicating, and it influences the performance of the individual. This condition occurs because of many factors. It occurs due to use of drugs like cannabis, methamphetamine and cocaine. The condition can arise because of a mental disorder that a person has. The condition results to hallucinations and delusions. Delusions refer to false, strange and an irrational belief held by a person. The members of society do not accept the belief. Hallucinations refer sensory perception that occurs in the absence sensory organs (Carey, 2014). Hallucinations ...

Exam III Due: Friday March 21st, 2014

Total Points: 100
Since this is a take home exam, you may use notes/references.
Cardiovascular & Congestive Heart Failure (Total points: 58)
- Which lipoprotein normally returns most of the cholesterol to the liver for disposal? (2pt)

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is involved in eliminating excess cholesterol via the liver.

- Which nutritional factors contribute significantly to the rise of total serum cholesterol over time? (4pts)
- Dietary cholesterol
- Total fat
- Saturated fat
- Trans fat
- Excess calories
- Omega-6:
- Omega-3:

Seafood

Meat
- What is C-reactive protein and how does it relate to cardiovascular disease? (4pts)
C-reactive protein ( ...

I am a Magnetic Resonance Imaging technician (MRI Technician). My career involves using magnetic fields and radio waves to get images of tissues and systems of organs in order to search for or diagnose illnesses. My job entails preparing patients for MRIs, management of schedules, reporting and interpreting findings to doctors. I work in a hospital. In addition to the mentioned duties, I also move heavy equipment and assist patients to get into position for the procedure.
Like any other job, being an MRI technician comes with a myriad of challenges and ethical dilemmas. Most imaging departments are always busy. We ...

Chronic disease can be defined as a long-lasting state that can be controlled, but that which there is no cure. Chronic diseases can affect anybody throughout the world. Chronic disease has been recorded to be the main source of deaths and disability in many nations worldwide. Sick role is a term used in the medical field in relation to sickness, and the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of the affected (Sartwell 1952)
Diabetes is one of the common chronic diseases that affects a large number of people worldwide, and thus encounters with diabetes patients is always common. Persons suffering from this disease ...

A second-generation drug is a drug that is designed to target a patient’s molecules that have defects. These defects may include cancerous cells in the body of a patient. Cancer growth in the human body is the unregulated or uncontrolled growth of cells with metastasis and usually this growth spreads to the other organs and tissues of the body. The second-generation drug targets the cells that are continuously reproducing and thus prevent the cells from continuously reproducing uncontrollably.
The clinical candidate tipifarnib is a second-generation drug that targets the causative agent of the chagas disease. - Protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (T. ...

Introduction

In nursing practice, it is important that the conduct of a nurse is guided by identified and laid down ethical and legal considerations in the administration of care to the patients. The patient has the right to understand the course of action intended for them, and consent to its implementation. The American Nurses Association has developed a list of code of ethics that act as a guide in informing the decisions taken by the nurses in administration of care and treatment. Some of the issues it lists as pertinent for nurses adhering to ethical conduct are;
- Respect for the patient’ ...

PICO beside report

P: Population: The target population are the patients under the care of nurses in a health facility. The patients suffer from different health problems and are in need of quality care and responsibility from the nurses.
I: Intervention: The best intervention for the patients is to use the Bedside report that entails the transfer of nurse’s responsibility, their accountability and authority for one’s patients from one nurse to the other. This should be done in the presence of the patients where the outgoing nurse gives the incoming nurse the patient’s report. This gives the patient a chance ...

The nursing profession, just like any other profession, is bound by ethics, rules and regulations. The most pertinent legal and ethical issues revolve around getting the consent of the patient for any given treatment. However, when the patient is incapable of giving an informed and voluntary consent, the nurse may have to act in the best interests of the patient. This is applicable to both adults and children.

Mature Minor Concept

One of the most controversial legal and ethical doctrines in the nursing profession is the mature minor doctrine. The mature minor doctrine is a statutory, regulatory policy stating that un-emancipated minors have ...

Management

Question # 1
10 Different Types of APCs under OPPS
The unit of payment under OPPS in most of the cases is APC. CMS allocates each services of Hospital a common procedure code to APC based on similar clinical feature and cost. The rate of payment and co-payment is calculated for an APC that is applied to each service within in APC. Sometimes newly introduced services are assigned to new technology of APC, which are depend on similarity of resource used, until cost of data are available to permit assignment to APC clinical .
Packaging is the critical feature ...

The cancer patient navigation was developed to help solve the problem of detecting the late and adverse stages of cancer that resulted to death of the patient. It was established to rid of obstacles that made it difficult to reach the doctors in time, to make medical payments when due and since breast cancer was common it helped doctors to development managerial skills and a duty of care upon the diagnosed patients. The patient navigation was to be used as a guideline map to patients so that they may not get lost while seeking medical attention. Patients navigation helps to improve ...

Medical error refers to wrong administration of medication with the intention of healing. Medication errors have serious direct and indirect harm to the patient. The medication errors arise from various parts but mostly they arise because of system breakdown. The medication errors lead to many costs. The direct costs include direct harm to the patient. It sometimes even leads to loss of lives and disability. It leads to loss of income through the need for replacements. It leads to loss of assurance in the health care professionals. The satisfaction of the patients and the practitioners reduces. The patients who ...

The accuracy of the information that health organizations use is a critical asset to the healthcare decision making. The decision made should be based on identification and assessment of appropriate data sources done within the boundary of the data of interest and its availability. The healthcare information is extremely critical as it primary; contains demographic information from admission, medication uses, discharge and treatment of all patients. The health data also contains coronary anatomy and intervention from the laboratory module (Lichtenstein 2004). In addition, health data is obtained directly from the patients, therefore, gives a true reflection the state of the hospital.
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It takes a special person to be a caregiver. Whether they make a decision to care for a family member or decide to dedicate their education to learning how to care for others, giving one’s time to take care of those who cannot is a significant act. These people are caring, selfless, and kind. They have big hearts that are filled with love and compassion for everybody that they meet. Unfortunately, it is a common misconception that caregivers never experience burnout. It is expected by many that an individual making the choice to care for others will never tire of the work, emotionally exhausted, ...

Within the health care industry, a unanimous drop has been recorded. Ideally, the recorded backdrop is in the form of the health care reforms, as well as level of medical efficiency in the whole world. Normal livelihood and health care are some of the most essential element of elevating poor economic status hence reducing the level of poverty. Medical care is one of the sectors that demands rapid development strategies since the efficiency of patient care is deteriorating with time (Frey 23). An intensive study indicates that there have emerged renowned technological firms, which re health oriented. These medical technology ...