Associated Suicidal and Violent Behaviors. Summary In this study the relationship between victimization and both suicidal and violent behaviors was studied in high school students across New York State with the exception of the city of New York. It was also sought to be seen if there are differences between male and females in this area. Females were shown to have a higher prevalence of suicidal tendencies only. In general it is thought that victimization can end up causing feelings of depression‚ or disillusionment
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The patient is a 29 year old male who presented to the ED with an intentional overdose of an unknown amount of Tylenol. Patient reports relational issues with his wife as primary contributing factor to he distress. He reports experiencing feelings of depression and mood swings. Patient reports depression symptoms as feelings of worthlessness‚ hopelessness‚ tearfulness‚ isolation‚ insomnia‚ guilt‚ fatigue‚ and sadness. Patient currently denies homicidal ideations and having any visual or auditory
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Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record Melissa Fuller HCA 417 John Saindon April 29‚ 2013 Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record Improving patient care is a process that always has room for improvements. It is important to make sure patients receive the best quality care available. "Studies suggest that high quality patient care relies on careful documentation of each patient ’s medical history‚ health
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barriers. Patient Advocacy According to Hanks (2010)‚ nurses define advocacy as “intervening on behalf of a patient within a system‚ resulting in nurses’ actions of speaking‚ fighting and standing up for patients” (pg.98). Nickitas‚ Maddaugh and Aries (2016)‚ expanded on this definition by including language related to ethical nursing practices
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Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed
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Patient satisfaction is interesting to me‚ and I chose the Press Ganey Associates as my selected organization. Press Ganey’s most common formats used to gain information regarding patient satisfaction are surveys utilizing email‚ paper or phone. The information received from these surveys is organized by Press Ganey in easy to understand charts‚ performance scorecards‚ and progress evaluating side-by-side comparisons. This prepared data can be utilized by all levels of the organization to empower
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Interact with Your Patients on a Deeper Level One of the best ways to get referrals from your patients and dentists is to have conversations. Rather than keeping everything strictly business and always being matter-of-fact‚ start a conversation that is not about treatment. If you know one of your patients loves soccer‚ bring up some games and ask if they play. If you know that patient has a birthday or an appointment coming up‚ see if you can surprise the person with a couple of tickets to the local
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nursing staff to and from patients when giving first hand care. Good or bad communication can make there experience within the health care setting a positive or negative one and can leave a lasting impression. A good health care provider can use there communication skills to put a patient at ease with a few comforting words or gestures‚ a lack of positive communication in the health care setting could leave the patient feeling neglected‚ ignored and not valued as a patient. By successfully communication
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families. Providing an environment that offers respect‚ dignity and spiritual support has proven to reduce stress and promote healing in clients and families (Zborowsky & Kreitzer‚ 2008). Spirituality is sometimes conceived as being part of religion‚ when in fact it is about food for the soul or simply a step closer to feel the presence of God. This paper will have it main focus on explaining the components of a healing hospital and their relationship to spirituality‚ what are the challenges of creating
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HS711 CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND PATIENT SAFETY Student no 1106154 UP:12/04/2012-07:22:52 WM:12/04/2012-07:23:40 M:HS711-4-SP A:11a1 R:1106154 C:247CF1EADC9DA0F26065022703A21C45C87E8E62 The aim of this assignment is to explore the clinical governance in connection with the provision of patient safety when administering drugs‚ study will relate to an incident in the author workplace (See appendix 1). The author presents the outcomes of Care Quality Commission (CQC 2010) related to this situation
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