As a Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinator‚ I interview several patients a day. I often discuss their prescribed medications‚ any treatment they are receiving‚ evaluate their cognitive level‚ pain‚ depression and much more. I take all their information we discussed‚ their medical records‚ and physician orders and develop an individualized care plan for the direct care staff to follow. I then submit this information to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Initially‚ at the start of an interview
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Confidentiality and making patients feel confident in giving us their information. Confidentiality is taken advantage of every day by healthcare professionals. HIPAA states that healthcare professionals should not give information such as date of birth‚ patient name‚ or social security number. What about talking to your significant other or best friend about a patient you examined today with an ominous skin malady? You apprehend it every day in the healthcare field. Nurses talking to one another
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overcoming obstacles that one encounters throughout his/her career. Six University of West Florida students procured six individual healthcare providers and performed semi-structured interviews with the professionals in order to gain insight into the patient-provider relationship. Five of us interviewed providers in the field of nursing‚ while one us interviewed a provider in the field of pharmacology. Within the domain of Nursing‚ our professionals included: a lead RN in the field of cardiovascular/thoracic
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Patient Teaching HLST 320 Caroline C December 31st‚ 2007 Introduction: I have chosen breastfeeding as my teaching topic for this assignment. The specific clientèle will be the new mother at between 2 and 7 days postpartum‚ newly discharged from hospital. As a community health nurse working with children and young families‚ I do initial postpartum visits at home. Breastfeeding is a very complex skill‚ natural‚ yet sometimes difficult
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Mentally Ill Population HSM/210 September 23‚ 2012 Unmet Needs of the Mentally Ill Population Mental illness in a year’s time invades about 5 to 7 percent of the adult population and 5 to 9 percent of the children population. This means millions of adults and children are disabled by mental illness every year. (National Alliance on Mental Illness‚ 2012) Given this information‚ how is the public reacting toward the mentally ill population? How is health care taking care of this
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For one who plans on having a career in the medical field‚ is bound to have patients come in who’s allegation may not always be true due to tests contradicting their information. These are the types of situation where‚ as a physician‚ one needs to be careful in order to prevent making the patient angry or in some cases embarrassed. As physicians‚ it is our job to make sure that our patients feel they can be trusted and respected at the same time. Personally‚ I need to make sure that all of the information
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Class IX Chapter 13 – Why Do We Fall Ill Science Question 1: State any two conditions essential for good health. Answer: The twoconditions essential for good health are: (i) An individual must have better health facilities and more professionals to deal with health problems. (ii) All basic necessary conditions to prevent diseases must be present. For example‚ proper garbage collection and disposal‚ clearing of drains‚ supply of healthy drinking water‚ etc. Question 2: State any
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with a thrill of the wilderness‚ because he didn’t talk to plastic people in order to stay distant and not conform‚ he was social to the people he wished to be social with and he had a plan to like and almost made it. Chris was known as mentally ill most of the time; however that isn’t the case. The fact is mc Donald’s coworkers see him as mental because he didn’t talk to them and rode in the desert every day; however in reality McCandless didn’t have any reason to talk to them and he was perfectly
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Patient scenario The patient Mr. Smith was diagnosed with prostate cancer 5 years ago. It seemed as if his condition was worsening so he visited his physician who performed a physical examination on him. A physical examination has many components they include observing the signs of a disease by checking for signals like change in skin pigment or alertness. Then there is checking vital signs such as blood pressure‚ heart rate and temperature by comparing your results to a standard. Next step the
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nurses‚ the paragon and paramount of healthcare‚ the helping hand and the leading constant through ailment and illness‚ the men and women who care for those in need‚ and yet we push them to their limits and ask everything of them for the impossible. The amount of patients a nurse receives needs to be reduced to better improve level of care and safety for a patient. The need and or necessity for such action come from the very stressful environment that is nursing. Nurses become overworked and pushed
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