Patient satisfaction surveys and studies is an important tool in assessing the quality care outcomes. If designed and administered properly‚ the patient satisfaction surveys become excellent tools for assessing the quality of care received. However‚ there has long been a debate whether there is a correlation between patient satisfaction and quality outcomes‚ especially when the physician and the hospital compensation has been tied to the patient satisfaction measures. Patient satisfaction is largely
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perspective of the level of health care provided. Moreover‚ quality of life assessment has been criticized for being a biased view of healthcare providers‚ not the patients (1)‚ and cost-effectiveness analyses of quality of life only look at the clinical outcomes through an economic lens. During the past two decades‚ the United States healthcare industry has been progressively shifting toward a more “consumer-directed industry” ‚ focusing on translating patients experience into scoring systems through
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Patient is a young female‚ between 20-30 years of age‚ with history of schizoaffective disorder who has been hospitalized for about 3 months in an acute facility for acute mania with psychosis and disorganized/combative behavior. At first‚ patient refused to take medication‚ so a hearing was held and was deemed with an involuntary treatment commitment. Initial medications were found to be ineffective‚ which called for further treatment. Over the past few months‚ medication regimens were balanced
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Patients with AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV causes the human immune system to be altered‚ causing the human body to be vulnerable to infections and diseases. AIDS is a growing virus in the human race affecting men‚ women‚ and children. Target Population In the past‚ white homosexual males and intravenous drug users were people who were known as targeted population for Aids
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OREM’ SELF-CARE DEFICIT THEORY OF NURSING Dorcas Gray NUR/403 January 13‚ 2014 Marilyn Moorhouse University of Phoenix Material Nursing Theorist Grid The chosen theorist is Dorothea Orem. Description of key points of the theory The self-care deficit theory “provides a way of looking at and investigating what nurses do” (Blais & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 102). It speaks to activities that individuals can perform independently to maintain life‚ health‚ and wellbeing. The theory outlines
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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106: Level 100 Tools Leadership L 101: Becoming a Leader in Health Care Patient Safety PS 100: Introduction to Patient Safety PS 101: Fundamentals of Patient Safety PS 102: Human Factors and Safety PS 103: Teamwork and Communication PS 104: Root Cause and Systems Analysis PS 105: Communicating with Patients after Adverse Events PS 106: Introduction to the Culture of Safety Person- and Family-Centered Care PFC 101: Dignity and Respect Quality Cost and Value QCV 101: Achieving
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Today‚ one of my patients presented to the ED with a 3cm laceration on his right hand that was three days old. He also reported a pain level of 7/10. First‚ my nurse preceptor and I had the patient wash his hands with soap and water to remove the dirt and bacteria from the wound. Thereafter‚ we sprayed wound cleanser to the wound and rinsed it with normal saline to further aide in removing debris and decreasing bacterial counts. After‚ I dried the wound edges with a sterile gauze. This is done in
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Proceedings of the 5 Asian Mathematical Conference‚ Malaysia 2009 th DESIGNING A DISEASE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM BY USING FUZZY SET THEORY Ahmad Mahir R.‚ Asaad A. Mahdi and Ali A. Salih School of Mathematical Sciences‚ Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia‚ 43600 UKM Bangi‚ Selangor‚ MALAYSIA E-mail: mahir@ukm.my ; wakilali@yahoo.com ; asaadmahdi@gmail.com Abstract: Many diseases affecting millions of people every day. Information technology could be used to reduce the
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Initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of microsurgical patients Giang Nguyen Ngan BSN‚ Ha Nguyen Hông Ph.D‚ Thai Pham Hong BSN Abstract Aim: To summarise the initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of patients undergoing microsurgery. Methods: The study design was a retrospective descriptive analysis. Subjects were patients that underwent reconstruction of amputated body parts and free tissue transfer by microsurgical technique from August 2007 to August 2010
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