developing a "Patient Billing Software System" (PBS) which is important to a hospital for tracking the information and records of the inpatients and outpatients of the hospital. This Project “Patient Billing Software” is a solution to Apollo Hospitals for billing and storing the information about the patient by computerization. So‚ the information can be available in all the branches of Apollo Hospitals Group. This system can be used to maintain the location(bed number) of each patient either in
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an uninsured homeless patient. The uninsured homeless patient may need medication to relieve a symptom from an STD disease in order to mitigate an undesirable symptom. The Nurse may cause discomfort. While providing care to the homeless patient‚ Nonmaleficence must be balanced by beneficence. The Nurses intent is to provide a treatment to the homeless patient which benefits the patient must outweigh the discomfort caused. The Nurses intent must be to help the homeless patient‚ not
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always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes are in conflict with others‚ the nurse seeks to help resolve the conflict. Where conflict persists‚ the nurse’s commitment remains to the identified patient” (Code of ethics for nurses with
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Clinical Application Assignment Telemetry is not considered a complex specialty as compared to some fields of nursing. Floor nursing as it’s commonly referred to deals with managing the care of several patients anywhere from 3-7 patients but most commonly 4-6. Patients on telemetry units vary is age greatly from 21 to 101. However is most often accustomed to an aging population approximately 60 and older. When the elderly come into the hospital there are several things that take a number one priority
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A reflective overview: Developing knowledge on the assessment and intervention of asthmatic patient focusing on adult Introduction In this essay‚ I need to reflect on the situation that taken place during my clinical assignment to develop and utilize my experiences on the assessment and intervention of asthmatic patient in my work place. In this reflection‚ I am going to use Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle. This model is a recognised framework for my reflection. Gibbs (1988) consists
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Analysis The nurse-patient relationship boundaries are mainly achieved through a bond which is special and is build through trust‚ mutual understanding‚ respect‚ and compassion. There is a code of Ethics for nurse according to the National Council of state boards of Nursing (NCSBN) that states that’ Nurses maintains and recognizes boundaries that establish limits to relationships appropriately when acting within one’s role as a professional. There should be space between the power of nurses and
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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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Patient autonomy is one of the rising problem in medical industry as it is creating boundaries between doctors and their patients‚ harming the relationships between those two. The movements of the 1960s and 1970s such as Civil right‚ women suffrage sets up the foundation and led to patient autonomy rights as they follow same goals and mindset. Movements like Civil rights and women’s suffrage were arose for equality issues whereas patient rights were side effects of these movements. Patient autonomy
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National Patient Safety Goals are a specific way to focus on what are believed to be significant safety practices that have been identified by The Joint Commission as ways to improve on the care and safety of patients. These safety practices have established an approach to medical care that is now implemented by nurses and health care facilities nationwide. The use of two patient identifiers to verify that the correct medicine and/or treatment is being given to the correct patient is the
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Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy Yvette Thornton NURS 502 Grand Canyon University April 24‚ 2013 Concept Analysis: Patient AdvocacyIntroduction The concept of patient advocacy was the focus of the article entitled‚ “Developing a mid –range theory of patient advocacy through concept analysis” by Xiaoyan Bu and Mary Ann Jezewski published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 2007. In an attempt to clarify the definition as well as the refine the concept of patient advocacy‚ the
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