National Patient Safety Goals are a specific way to focus on what are believed to be significant safety practices that have been identified by The Joint Commission as ways to improve on the care and safety of patients. These safety practices have established an approach to medical care that is now implemented by nurses and health care facilities nationwide. The use of two patient identifiers to verify that the correct medicine and/or treatment is being given to the correct patient is the
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He however feels over the last few months‚ he has trouble focusing and concentrating on his studies. He goes to see his nearest medical center and makes an appointment to see Dr Wayne‚ a practicing Neurologist. He asks Dr Wayne to prescribe him medication to help him stay focused and think better. Mr. Smith stresses it is just as a temporary measure so he can excel in his upcoming examination. Dr Wayne listened to Mr. Smith’s story understanding that he was under great stress and on an academic
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Medical Paternalism or Patient Autonomy Elizabeth Russell D’ Youville College PHI: 312 Bioethics Julie Kirsch October 29‚ 2014 A common and controversial issue facing many medical professionals is medical paternalism versus patient autonomy. At the heart of every practitioner/patient relationship is trust‚ and the duty to uphold the patient’s best interest both ethically and privately. These foundations seem basic on the surface‚ but underneath lies a much more complex issue. Medical paternalism
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Nurse To Patient Ratio Medtech College Ethics August 16‚ 2010 The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and growing hospital nurse shortage. Nurses nationwide consistently report that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care. Physicians agree‚ citing inadequate nurse staffing as a major impediment to the provision on high quality of care
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1. Nurse-Patient Relationship Phases a. Orientation (beginning) i. Therapeutic Relationship 1. Develop trust 2. Establish goals 3. Therapeutic contract 4. Nursing diagnosis b. Working (Middle) i. Planning and Implementation 1. Communication skills to help client 2. Work on behavioral changes 3. Explore feelings and problems c. Termination (End) i. Evaluation 1. Inform client of other sources of help available 2. Evaluate therapeutic outcome 3. Evaluate nurse-patient relationship
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considered a complex specialty as compared to some fields of nursing. Floor nursing as it’s commonly referred to deals with managing the care of several patients anywhere from 3-7 patients but most commonly 4-6. Patients on telemetry units vary is age greatly from 21 to 101. However is most often accustomed to an aging population approximately 60 and older. When the elderly come into the hospital there are several things that take a number one priority‚ safety. Hospitals nationally report fall rates among
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What is patient safety? Patient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care (WHO 2004). These could include “errors”‚ “deviations “and “accidents “. Achieving patient safety involves the interaction of all the system components; never residing only in person‚ device‚ or department. It is the core of health care quality. According to the Joint Commission Patient Safety (2004 through 2011). Miscommunication was listed as one of the top contributing cause
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When does life begin? Nowadays it is difficult to determine the precise instant life begins. There are two opposing sides to this issue. On the one hand‚ there are those who maintain that there is no life in fertilized eggs. On the other hand‚ some people believe that life begins at conception. This essay will examine arguments for and against the disposition of fertilized eggs. Those maintaining that there is no life in fertilized eggs contends that life begin at birth when the human soul enters
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The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a scale used to identify depression. Postpartum depression affects about 22% of mothers in the first year following childbirth (Gjerdingen‚ et.al.‚ 2009). Mood‚ pleasure‚ energy‚ concentration‚ self-worth and sleep can all be affected by depression. In postpartum depression‚ not only is the mother affected‚ but her relationship with her child and the child’s well-being may also be affected. The article‚ “Postpartum Depression Screening at Well-Child
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professions‚ it is imperative to keep up to date with current health care‚ expanding research‚ and ways in which patient care and treatment outcomes can be improved. This is especially important in the nursing field‚ in which the main focus is holistic and patient-centered care. There are constant research studies being conducted which introduce new ways to treat and approach patients. Three articles that talk about prevalent healthcare issues in modern society are: The Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular
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