The history of psychiatric hospitals find its origins in classical workhouses and houses of correction. From the 18th to 20th century‚ there was a transformation of workhouses into insane asylums and finally into psychiatric hospitals and along with this transformation of institutions came a shift to medical understandings of mental illness. Ultimately‚ the barbarous practices that occurred within asylums caused another shift in psychiatric care towards deinstitutionalization‚ psychology outside
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tell her parents of the bad new they are devastated and imminently rush to the hospital to be by there only child side as she is being rolled out of the surgery room she is laced into the intensive care unit her parents get a good gimps of there child before the doctor pulls them aside to tell them the she is in a grave conditional and might not make it out of the hospital alive. Although her body is lifeless on the hospital bed her spirit is wondering freely and confused among her parents she is lost
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Question 1: i. Fixed Cost = ($660 + $770) x 3‚000 units = $4‚290‚000.00 Variable Cost = $550 + $825 + $420 + $275 = $2‚070 Total Variable Cost = $2‚070 x $3‚000 = $6‚210‚000.00 Unit Contribution Margin = Sales – Variable Cost = $4‚350 – $2‚070 = $2‚280 ii. Contribution Margin Ratio = Total Variable Cost Total Sales = $2‚280 x 3‚000 $4‚350 x 3‚000 = 0.524137 iii. Break even volume in units = Total Fixed Cost Unit Contribution Margin = $4
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Ever since I was a kid‚ I’ve always saw hospitals as a scary‚ evil place that takes away a person’s life. To me‚ once you entered‚ you’d never come back out. I thought of it as the grim reaper in the form of a building. The reason I believed this was because I would ask about one of my mom’s adult friends and she’d tell me that they went to the hospital but they won’t be coming back. Unexpectedly‚ my view on the hospital has since changed at the age of ten. It was a night that I heard a high pitched
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and whether the malnourished participants were being identified and documented as malnourished. To evaluate the impact of poor documentation on financial reimbursement to the hospital. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-four inpatients from a total of 690 randomly selected patients consented to participate in the study. Design and setting: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) was used to assess the nutritional status of inpatients. There were
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health care process itself. Also‚ the use of reusable equipment/supplies‚ invasive devices or techniques (catheters‚ valves‚ etc.). Patients in a hospital setting are also exposed to more drug resistant strains of microbes; as in this setting the microbes are selected at a higher rate than outside the hospital due to antibiotic usage in the hospital. NI usually involve the urinary tract‚ respiratory tract‚ surgical incision sites‚ and blood; again usually points of entry/exit from the human body
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Operated by Kaayong Lawas Foundation‚ Inc.‚ A Primary Hospital located at Bandung Village‚ Barangay VII‚ Victorias City about 34 kilometers to the North of Bacolod City‚ the capital of the Province of Negros Occidental. It is a 24 Bed Capacity composed of Male Medical Ward with 6 Beds‚ Female Medical Ward with 5 beds‚ Pedia Ward with 6 beds‚ 6 Private Rooms‚ 1 Labor Room‚ Delivery Room‚ OPD and Emergency Room. The Hospital is a licensed Primary Hospital with a Licensed Secondary Laboratory. This is run
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Saying psychiatric hospital facility policies need to improve significantly is an understatement. During my eight-day stay at Clarion Psychiatric Center‚ located in western Pennsylvania‚ was one of the worst experiences in my life. I know staying in a psychiatric center wasn’t a life or death situation but‚ the horrid experience was certainly a catalyst to my reoccurring nightmares. Hitherto‚ I still have nightmares of being sent back to the psychiatric center. While I was there‚ I could have almost
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Hospital Emergency Room Overload As the name implies‚ the purpose of hospital emergency rooms is to provide quick and expert medical treatment for urgent and life threatening medical problems. The truth of the matter is that patients seek the ER for a variety of illnesses and injuries. They can range from catastrophic to as minor as a young child running his/her first fever. The downfall to this is that those patients who are truly not suffering from life threatening situations are taking
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Dr. James is a consultant and specialist in Surgery at Mercy Hospital. The interview took place at his office in Mercy Hospital. The interview focused on his career‚ why he chose the field of medicine‚ various challenges experienced in his career‚ his day to day activities and how he dealt with emergencies and stress due to the workload. Why did you choose to be a doctor? Dr. James chose a career in medicine because he wanted to help ailing people. He grew up in a village where access to medical
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