decisions for their patients. This paternalistic view has gradually been supplanted by one promoting patient autonomy‚ whereby patients and doctors share the decision-making responsibility. Consequently doctor-patient relationships are very different now than they were just a few decades ago. However‚ conflicts still abound as the medical community and those it serves struggle to define their respective roles. Consent Consent‚ particularly informed consent‚ is the cornerstone of patients’ rights. Consent
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demands of the field. Nurses have a lot of ethical and legal responsibilities in their professional role. This includes‚ but not limited to the duty to maintain patients’ privacy and confidentiality (McGowan 2012). The issue of patient confidentiality and electronic security problems among health care professionals normally evolve
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experience at the same time. However‚ once I was administering medication and documenting that‚ I was back to the patient. Moreover‚ I did take the rest of the vital signs for my assigned resident. In additionally‚ giving morning care and then escort the resident to the dining room for breakfast. A new experience that we were able to experience as a group was caring for a palliative patient. As a group‚ we gave a complete bed bath to a palliative
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a fair share of challenges should be faced by a renowned health facility‚ patients‚ and their family members. Medical practitioners are supposed to observe high level of professionalism when discharging their services. Despite the high expectations‚ medical practitioners are also human beings prone to making mistakes. Subsequently‚ as a nurse‚ I try to avoid a number of factors that may affect the safety of both the patients and their families. When taking care for Josie‚ I exercised vigilance and
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The management of dysphagia in stroke patients whether in long term or acute care is an important care delivery that nurses must pay close attention to. Nurses must take the time to assess stroke patients for dysphagia in order to prevent or reduce the risk of nutritional and hydration deficiency. Stroke occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (ischemia) the brain or hemorrhaging around the brain resulting in death of brain cells (Lewis‚ 2010). When a person suffers a stroke‚ parts of the body
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progresses in the Information Technology for the past twenty (20) years especially in the field of Medicine. The vast development of technology is the evident in hospitals in other countries as they have developed and implemented different forms of Patient Record Management System making practitioners and health professionals’ work easier than the manual way of gathering patient’s record that the hospitals had before. In Philippines‚ only a few hospitals (Saint Lukes Medical Center‚ Makati Medical City
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Infection Control Policy 2011; Appendix D‚ Clinical Care Protocol 26 Protocol for the care of patients with tuberculosis Policy Profile Policy Reference: Version: Author: Executive sponsor: Target audience: Date issued: Review date: Consultation Key individuals and committees consulted during drafting Clin.2.0 Appendix D Clinical care protocol 26 3.0 Juliana Kotey‚ Senior Infection Control Nurse Director of Infection Prevention and Control All Trust Staff 16 October 2012 September 2015 Infection
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Existence Walt Whitman wrote "Facing West From California’s Shores" and "A Noiseless Patient Spider‚" both of which are about looking for the meaning of life‚ and the existence of people. Whitman uses travel and a little isolated spider to explain his search for meaning‚ which he cannot find. Whitman explains that man has to find significance and meaning to the existence of the human race. In his poem "A Noiseless Patient Spider‚" the spider makes a web and each piece he strings out needs to be connected
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Patient Confidentiality The confidentiality of a patient’s medical records has been an ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals. To put it another way‚ there is a difficulty in discerning the boundaries of one’s duty and his/ her concern with the patients. Be that as it may‚ health care staff should maintain professionalism towards their work through respecting the privacy of the patients. As a matter of fact‚ this promotes the establishment of mutual trust between the health care staff and
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range of external factors such as nursing shortage‚ changing patient needs and expectations‚ decrease patient safety‚ and increased the economic inflation and a lack of internal revenue to the States. As a great disadvantage‚ the nurse-to-patient staffing ratios point to research indicating an association between nurse workload and patient mortality and morbidity. The model of the synergy model in the policy change of nurse-to-patient ratio should be carefully implemented to reduce all the external
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