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    removing blood from the circulatory system through a cut (incision) or puncture in order to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis. Phlebotomy is also done as part of the patient ’s treatment for certain blood disorders. There are times when drawing blood is the only way a doctor can diagnosis and treat a patients illness. Phlebotomists draw blood from your vein with the order from your physician to find out exact blood levels so that he or she is able to treat your illness to the best

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    Patient Safety Issues

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    Patient safety is the primary concern of hospitals and health care staff members of a well-being of the patients in their care. Nurses number one priority should be the responsibility of other patients and parent’s safety because it will help sustain quality health care. The books case study shows that Physicians and patients can get into a conflict and the methods of eliminating the argument is really important. Keeping our patients safe can sometimes be a challenging issue because errors and mistakes

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    Patient Bill of Rights

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    injuries to his head. John refuses to cut his hair in order for it to be properly cleaned and Sutter. It is the right of the patient to refuse care and the responsibility of the care given to educate the patient about the receiving care and the implications of refusing care. And he as the right to recommended a treatment or plan of care in case of such refusal John the patient is entitled to other services that the hospital provides or transfers to another hospital. Legal framework The advances

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    vision impaired patient

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    We need to know a lot about patients with visual impairment so we can give them the best dental care that they deserve. “More than 20 million Americans report having loss of vision including trouble seeing‚ even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent of people with severe visual impairments are under 18 years of age. The majority of those who are blind lose vision after age 20.”(Mahoney‚2008) Limitations of sight cover a large spectrum from people with slight vision problems to people

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    Elderly Trauma Patient

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    Intervention Paper: Treatment Paradigm of Elderly Trauma Patients N569 Darren J Hunt‚ RN College of Nursing University of New Mexico Abstract As the population of our world grows older on average‚ the question of how to care for them becomes increasingly complex. With the longer life expectancy there exists a kind of Achilles heal regarding elderly trauma patients and the response to treatment for life-threatening injuries. The older trauma patient is often times a victim of slow trauma (occurring

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    DEMENTIA AWARNESS 1.Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ A syndrome due to disease of the brain‚ usually of a chronic progressive nature in which there are multiple disturbances of higher cognitive function. These include impairment of memory‚ thinking and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language and judgement. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia are the temporal

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    The catholic patient is 87 years old. The patient is diagnosed with dementia‚ muscle weakness‚ cardiac dysrhythmia‚ anxiety‚ and lack of coordination. She is ordinated and alert but sometimes has episodes of confusion. The patient can ambulate but uses a walker for assistance. Patient experiences pain from past back accident and because of muscle weakness‚ occasionally. Patient’s plan of care includes maintaining health and daily activities. Due to her being incontinent‚ she developed a stage one

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    Essay On Patient Safety

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    Patients can be harmed from health care‚ resulting in permanent injury‚ increased lengths of stay in hospital and even death. Over the past 15 years‚ adverse events occur not because people working in medical professions intentionally hurt patients‚ but rather due to the complexity of health-care systems‚ where treatment and care depend on many factors‚ in addition to the competence of health-care providers. When so many and varied types of health-care providers‚ such as dentists‚ dieticians‚ doctors

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    Improving Patient Care

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    Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record Melissa Fuller HCA 417 John Saindon April 29‚ 2013 Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record Improving patient care is a process that always has room for improvements. It is important to make sure patients receive the best quality care available. "Studies suggest that high quality patient care relies on careful documentation of each patient ’s medical history‚ health

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    Communication

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    is essential to an understanding of communication as a key feature of care. To elaborate on this statement‚ we need to understand the definition and meaning of communication and its role in health and social care. Finnegan (2010) cited in Robb et al (2010) argues that communication is both a human and an interactive process which embraces a range of activities and uses resources‚ thinking about the implications of interactions in care settings. Communication is central to the quality of services

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