Patient Profile: Jada is a 9-year old Pitbull-mix. She is a spayed female. History: Jada has bright red splotches on her abdomen and surrounding her vulva. The area is inflamed and tender to the touch. She licks frequently. Physical Examination: Heart rate= 102 bpm (normal range= 60-140 bpm). Temperature= 101.8°F (normal range= 100-102.5°F). Weight= 35.1lb (normal range= 30-60) Diagnosis: The doctor used a scalpel to scrap off crust on Jada’s lower abdomen. A slide was prepared with a blue-violet
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Patient zero can be anyone‚ it can be your co-worker‚ your neighbor‚ or even someone you have never even met and is across the world. This person is the first one that has been contaminated with the new disease that is about to spread throughout the population. Patient zero makes contact with other people causing them to get the disease then they go around doing the same cycle as the person that gave the disease‚ which in this case it is Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The patient zero
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can in themselves be representative of words‚ objects or merely be state projections. Trials ave shown that humans can communicate directly in this way[5] without body language‚ voice tonality or words. Categories and Features G. W. Porter divides non-verbal communication into four broad categories: Physical. This is the personal type of communication. It includes facial expressions‚ tone of voice‚ sense of touch‚ sense of smell‚ and body motions. Aesthetic. This is the type of communication that
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reflection the main focus of this assignment is to discuss the communication skills used in the critical incident. This will include; definition of communication‚ the use of non-verbal and verbal communication skills‚ the barriers that affected communication with the patient and how these were overcome to return the patients autonomy. Driscoll’s (2000) identifies three processes when a nurse reflects on practice. They are: ‘What’ (returning to the situation)‚ ‘So What’ (understanding the context) and
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Patient Centred Care Essay This essay is based on the Case study of a patient named as Mrs Ford. It will be written as a logical account‚ adopting a problem solving approach to her care. She is elderly and has been admitted onto a medical ward in the hospital‚ following a stroke. This essay analyses the care that she will receive and focuses on the use of assessment tools in practice. Interventions will be put in place directly relating to the assessment feedback and in line with best practice.
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Ethics: Therapeutic Patient Relationship Training Session By: Michael R Rigda Ohio University 2014 Table of Contents Ethics: Therapeutic Patient Relationships Overview Since the 1970s‚ ethics has been incorporated into virtually every aspect of the health care system. Because of such a small time window‚ the study of ethics in a medical perspective continues to change and improve for the benefit of the patient. Studies of doctor-patient relationships indicate the need
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I. Lying to Patients and Ethical Relativism Ethical Relativism and Ethical Subjectivism Ethical Relativism - theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. * a culture. i.e.: nobody should ever steal) Objective vs. Subjective (Telling right from wrong) Paternalism vs. Autonomy Paternalism – authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those lower than them Autonomy is a binomial 1) Enlightenment ethics – celebration of the individual’s
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my care for a dying patient with a lingering illness such as cancer because the patient and I may have a different definition or outlook on what quality of life means. To me this would mean making the best of what little time the patient has left to live. Most importantly is to keep the patient comfortable which may include positioning the patient in bed‚ giving a gentle massage and administering pain medications if necessary. It is also very important to provide the patient and the family with emotional
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Non Caries Lesions Tooth surface loss is a process that results in non-carious lesions. Several categories of tooth surface loss exist‚ including attrition‚ abrasion‚ erosion and abfraction. (Dentistry‚ n.d.) Non caries lesions will be discussed: • Attrition (wear) • Abrasion • Erosion • Enamel hypoplasia • -Enamel hypocalcification • -Discoloration • Malformation Causes of non caries lesions: - Bruxism - Clenching - Disease - dietary factors - habits and lifestyle - incorrect tooth brushing
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Patients’ internet use and its effects on the healthcare professional-patient relationship The use of Internet plays an increasingly important role on receiving health information. About 50% of the people who were able to access to the Internet in the US sought health information during 1997(Eng et al‚ 1998‚ as cited in Cline and Haynes‚2001). The prevalence of searching health information from the internet by the patients has‚ without doubt‚ affected the healthcare professional-patient relationship
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