must look‚ listen and understand our patient needs‚ and make sure they are met. This makes life so much more easier. In this article we are going to explore communication in health care assessments. COMMUNICATIN TECHNIQUES 3 Case managers: How can they effectively promote patient-Physician engagement? Introduction: "Understanding a patients individual needs and perception of health
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Role of Nursing to Mitigate Uninsured Patients As a nursing profession‚ the American Nurses Association is advocating for a single-system payer to reduce inefficiency‚ simplification of rules for the health care reform that will provide a universal coverage‚ and curtail the increase cost of administration‚ as originally proposed by the Institute of Medicine in 2004 (Lopez‚ 2011; Groves‚ 2014). Nurses can stand together to petition the lawmakers in Texas to expand the current programs for Medicaid
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criteria set forth by these changes‚ which includes higher patient to nurse ratios. Low staffing can lead to nurse burnout‚ job dissatisfaction and poor staff retention (International Journal of Nursing Practice‚ 2014). This article will outline some issues at hand with unsafe staffing ratios and the legislative actions regarding this matter. Literature Review At the time of this paper‚ there is a planned rally for a demanded change in nurse patient ratio‚ to be held in Washington D.C. The rally is
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Patient Hand-Offs in the Health Care Setting Patient hand offs in the medical field involves the exchange of critical information. It is the transfer of information‚ knowledge and responsibility for patient care from one healthcare professional to another (Foster-Hunt‚ Parush‚ Ellis‚ Thomas‚ and Rashotte‚ 2015). Ineffective hand-offs can result in putting the patient’s safety at risk‚ wrong treatment‚ incorrect diagnoses‚ and other negative outcomes that can negatively affect the patient. The goal
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What is Patient Identity Management? Patient Identity Management is an important function for healthcare-related to federal and state government agencies (North Page Research‚ 2010). In the government agencies‚ there are five tips that can be helpful in the success of patient identity management; first‚ do not reinvent patient identity management wheel. Second‚ automate patient identity management integration and delivery. Third‚ align your patient identity management architecture with agency’s
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A 25-year-old female patient has recently had a fight with her boyfriend‚ who wanted to break up with the patient because of her unstable emotion and manipulation. She did not want the break up so she threatened to commit suicide. Patient has been in four relationships within the last year‚ and all relationships started well as the patient put in lots of effort to keep her partners from leaving her‚ but all of her boyfriends broke up with her because they found it difficult to keep up with her emotion
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Diagnostic Studies: x-ray was performed. Patient was diagnosed with right Femur sub-trochanteric Fracture after analyzing the X-rays. DRUG/DOSE/ FREQUENCY/ROUTE DRUG CLASS REASON WHY THIS PATIENT IS RECEIVING THIS DRUG Ondansetron (Zofran) 4 mg q6hr or as needed. antiemetic Given to avoid nausea or vomiting. Lactated Ringers IV Premix continuous 100 ml per hour fluid and electrolyte replenishment Given to replace body fluids. Patient fell and was dehydrated after being on the ground for several
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Impact Restraints have on Children in Residential In-Patient Treatment 1. Introduction There have been many concerns regarding the use of physical restraint among children in residential and psychiatric in-patient treatment facilities. Many have debated the use of physical restraints among children as being dangerous‚ causing trauma or re-traumatizing a child‚ unethical‚ and taking away the legal rights of children. They have argued that the potential dangers within the practice of
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effective patient-centered care even in the presence of cultural conflict (Campinha-Bacote‚ 2011). As a future nurse educator‚ my role will encompass assisting students to provide patients culturally competent care “... even when the patient’s health beliefs‚ practices‚ and values are in direct conflict ...” with that of the student or medical team to achieve positive patient outcomes (para. 1). Two concepts discovered are that patient-centered care and cultural competency aim to provide patients high-quality
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court or the family/guardians of the patient? 2. The Facts: a. Clinical: A 67-year-old white male was reported to have an IQ of 10 and the mental age of approximately 2 years and 8 months‚ but was otherwise in good health‚ strong‚ and well built. He does not communicate verbally‚ but instead he uses grunts and gestures. The patient was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic monocytic leukemia‚ and his physician proposed chemotherapy. With chemotherapy‚ the patient had a remission chance of 30-50 percent
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