Ratched’s treatment and care of the patients was unethical when compared to the standards one would expect of a health care administrator. She used control over her patients to ensure order‚ without regard to the feelings and concerns of the patients. This issue is presented by the director‚ Milos Foreman‚ through symbolism‚ characterization and scenes. This‚ in turn‚ determines how the director wants us‚ as viewers‚ to feel about the issue. The ethical issue of patient treatment is portrayed
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Title VII‚ as it pertain specifically to disparate impact and disparate treatment policies that should be implemented to avoid liability for potential Title Vii violation. Do research to prepare for your presentation‚ and write a brief set of answers to the following questions: The difference between a disparate impact and a disparate treatment claim; Disparate Treatment: Also known as differential treatment‚ disparate treatment claims are ones in which the plaintiff alleges he or she is the victim
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In this modern time‚ the demand for care placement for elderly particularly with dementia patient is increasing thus‚ provision of proper nutrition is very vital. The rate of malnutrition for older people in care homes and hospitals are increasing especially those with dementia simply because the sufferers are not eating enough and this may cause difficulties for the carers. This article discuss some contributing factors that can seriously affect unplanned weight loss‚ how to overcome these problems
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acquiescing‚ or yielding. The patient is passively abide by the advice and yield to the health care professional. It has a dictatorial connotation. The patient abides by the goals of the health professional. In contrast‚ the terms adherence and collaboration are used to describe implied that patients have more autonomy and independent in following their treatment planning. Adherence is based on patient-centered model; through research‚ it has shown to promote patient satisfaction and health outcomes
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The patient is a 29 year old male who presented to the ED with an intentional overdose of an unknown amount of Tylenol. Patient reports relational issues with his wife as primary contributing factor to he distress. He reports experiencing feelings of depression and mood swings. Patient reports depression symptoms as feelings of worthlessness‚ hopelessness‚ tearfulness‚ isolation‚ insomnia‚ guilt‚ fatigue‚ and sadness. Patient currently denies homicidal ideations and having any visual or auditory
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Portfolio task - Module 6 “Write a properly referenced essay on the treatment and management of a patient with corns” (Words 488) This essay will discuss the different types of corns. This requires looking at the possible causes‚ treatment and management of a patient with corns. According to SMAE Institute (2012)‚ the different types of corns include Heloma Molle (soft corn)‚ Heloma Durum (hard corn)‚ vascular and neuro-vascular helomata. Hard corns are described by Carlson et al (2004)
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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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Patient S cannot hear well and requires whoever is speaking to him to face him so he can see the lips move and hear more clearly. The patient also wears bifocals and requires them for reading. Patient S also claims they help him ‘watch his feet while walking.’ The patient explained that the best way for him to learn is to perform activities and receive written information about medications‚ diet‚ and exercises that should be continued throughout his life. The patient also expressed interest about
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the text‚ and I would like to use an example for enabling based on a situation that I was thrown into professionally. I once had a forty-something year old (Patient A) patient that presented to the ED as a heroin overdose. The patients seventy-something year old mother called EMS after finding her son unresponsive on the bedroom floor. Patient A was a well known poly substance abuser that preferred heroin to achieve his high‚ but would use ANYTHING in its place‚ he has overdosed at least 7 times during
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period of one month. An alternative diagnosis is which symptoms cluster together and whether they form disorganised‚ positive and negative symptoms (Liddle et al. 1994). Current treatments for schizophrenia are divided into drug treatments‚ psychological and social management and electroconvulsive therapy. Drug treatments have developed around the biological explanations of the causes of Schizophrenia. There are ample studies around but problems with some of the research in this area such as supporting
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