A Patient Conversation Kirsten Daniels Kaplan University SC121 Professor: Glenn Huff October 29‚ 2014 Mr. Brown has been doing test all day and to find out what is going on with him. His test results come back and says triglycerides 145 mg/dL and his cholesterol is 210 mg/dL and his HDL 33 mg/dL and his LDL 160 mg/dL. As I sit with him trying to explain what the results are can be difficult. He ask what are triglycerides me being the physician that I am I explain that triglyceride is an ester
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Patient Insurance Information PleurX® Drainage Kits Patient Information: Complete the following section or attach the patient’s face sheet. Patient Name: Last__________________________________ First______________________________________ M.I.____________ Patient Phone:______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alternate Contact Name:_______________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________ Add
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The main issue that prompted the researchers to do the study on the experiences that the health care workers have with dementia patients and their caregivers was to give an opportunity to health care workers to understand better ways of improving care for these patients because the population is increasing fast and it will help them give proper education to caregivers. The significance of the study was noted by “the global prevalence of Alzheimer disease and related dementias which is estimated to
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Patient safety is to minimize and prevent the risk of harm ensuring effectiveness and exceptional quality in patient’s care. The importance of patient safety to professional nursing is to give the best possible care‚ preventing errors‚ having continuous education and appropriate training‚ receiving and giving adequate communication‚ and utilizing ways to prevent fall and injury of the patient in order to have a safe outcome. Prevent errors Reporting mistakes and near-misses are fundamental to preventing
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Patient Abandonment: An Annotated Bibliography A changing practice that should be examined by all new nurses is the abandonment of a patient. Many nurses do not see clocking out at the end of their shift without giving report to the oncoming nurse as abandonment. These nurses believe that they have left the patients in another nurses’ care and therefore they have not abandoned them. The previous example is showing physical abandonment‚ however psychological abandonment can be equally
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acquired infections are referred to as nosocomial infections. They are costly and typically can be avoided. Central line infections are no exception. Central line infections are mostly acquired in the hospital since patients aren’t usually discharged with a central line. The national patient safety goal NPSG.07.04.01 is to implement evidence-based practices to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections. This requirement covers short- and long-term central venous catheters and peripherally
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There are three problems that are associated with increases in patient exposure which are lack of physician knowledge‚ lack of patient awareness and physician’s practice of defensive medicine. These issues have led to an increase in patient radiation dose every year. From 1996 to 2010 overexposure due to radiation has doubled. (Bardi‚ p.2) This is an alarming stat and shows that we need to really focus on this issue in the future. Another alarming stat is that Americans received seven times more
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Patient self-determination is defined by the text as a law that requires healthcare organizations to inform patients of their rights as they pertain to their ability to determine the own healthcare. The Patient Self-Determination Act was drafted and enacted Congress in 1990. The law required healthcare institutions to provide information about advance healthcare directives to patients upon their admission to the healthcare facilities. The premise of the Patient Self-Determination Act was to inform
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an effective patient care‚ comprehensive information can be obtained through patient interview. The comprehensive patient interview includes the inquiry about the patient medical‚ social‚ family‚ personal‚ and medication history. Interviewing patient requires such skills as the active listening‚ empathy‚ open and closed questions‚ silence‚ and (W) questions. Precision and objectivity of my interviewing skills with the patient depend on many factors as my experience‚ type of patient‚ communication
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Human service professional and hospice care workers work with patients with the virus HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Early on during the AIDS crisis social workers or human service professionals dealt more with the terminal parts of AIDS by starting up hospice services for the patients. Later on after much research and education the human service worker dealt with more of the psychosocial issues involved. Hospice services can provide advocacy
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