Medical Terminology Section I Assignment Reading: I. AMBULATORY CARE FACE SHEET Admit Date: 7/8/20XX @ 20:22 Discharge Date/Time: 7/9/20XX @ 10:10 Sex: M Age: 47 Disposition: Home Admitting Diagnosis: Possible esophageal foreign body. Discharge Diagnosis: Esophageal foreign body. Procedures: EGD with foreign body removal. CONSULTATION Date of Consultation: 7/8/20XX This is a 47-year-old
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This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically necessary to admit her. Unfortunately‚ the decision to discharge then resulted in a total lack of
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“Your DNA Is an Abomination” written by Rudy Martinez. This article caused offense to many‚ and it was later defunded. John Samples‚ vice president at the Cato Institute‚ wrote an article in response to the article by Martinez. This article‚ “Is Hate Speech Protected by the First Amendment? What about this?” argues that regardless of a person’s view towards the article‚ Martinez had the right of the First Amendment to keep the article up. Rudy Martinez was not given the same support others have
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Deepkia Menon works as an assistant professor of science education at Towson University in Towson‚ Maryland. Deanna Lankford is a retired outreach specialist at the University of Missouri in Columbia‚ Missouri. They conducted many experiments with a 4th grade class to prove that they have misconceptions about sound waves. They based their experiments on these common misconceptions held by elementary students: “sound can only travel through air not through solids or liquids‚ sound can travel thought
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Right to Discharge Discharge from the hospital is the point at which a patient leaves the hospital and returns home or is transferred to a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home. The discharge process typically centers on the specific medical instructions which will encourage the healing process necessary for a full recovery by the patient. The planning process or discharge planning is also a service which fully integrates the recovering patient’s needs just after the hospital stay. In many
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diagnosis 2. In a hospital setting‚ the care provider takes the patient ’s history‚ details the reason the patient is being admitted and performs a physical exam. The report of this information is known as the: A. initial progress note B. discharge summary C. history and physical D. SOAP note 3. The SOAP documentation format is most commonly used in which healthcare setting? A. hospital inpatient B. physician ’s office C. hospital emergency department D. outpatient diagnostic department
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Constructive Discharge‚ Employee ID - 4022 Message: With respect to the case filed by our former employee against the company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ constructive discharge‚ I would like to draw your attention towards the legalities of constructive discharge. Constructive discharge occurs when employees resign because their employer ’s behavior has become so intolerable or heinous or made life so difficult that the employee has no choice but to resign (Constructive Discharge). The
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This memo should clear up any questions you have remaining about the situation of the constructive discharge/ violation of Title VII lawsuit filed by our former employee‚ and will also give some suggestions for how we can avoid this problem in the future. First‚ it should be made clear that constructive discharge is that act of “forcing an employee out of a job with an ultimatum to either resign or face one of several unpleasant consequences”‚ which could be‚ among other things‚ unwanted transfer
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze my own experience and the research I found regarding discharge planning. Discharge planning consists of an array of assessments and teachings as the patient moves from one facility (hospital) to another (home‚ nursing home‚ etc.). Essentially‚ this is significant in preventing a patient from re-hospitalization. In regards to my patient‚ she received an assessment and teachings concerning her mental status‚ mobility‚ previous surgery‚ current medications‚ and
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Kimberley Ayala Discharge Planning Checklist Discharging a patient from a hospital setting should be very easy‚ according to all of the patients that are in the hospital and don’t care about anything at the moment except getting home. While the patient is inpatient there are many things that could go wrong‚ however in house the patient is being controlled and managed. When a patient goes home there are no monitors or hourly blood draws to ensure their safety and survival. Discharge planning is not
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