I recently admitted a 59 year old male with suicidal ideation. As I was assessing my patient‚ he told me that he was a type 2 diabetic who checks his bloodsugars with meals and uses Insulin for coverage. He was concerned that his readings at home have been elevated and has not had an appetite for the last two days. I used the glucometer to check his chemstick which was 285. I called the admitting doctor and the Hospitalist to report my findings and the result of the bloodsugar. As a nursing
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I agree with your post that the Hispanic patient values the family unit. The oldest male does have the power in the family and control’s the decision making (Carteret‚ 2011). My husband is Hispanic and is the male in his family that makes all the decisions. I grew up with no father or male influence in my life. Personally‚ it has taken an adjustment for this line of thinking for myself‚ but I have pointed out to my husband that he is living in America now and he could adopt American ways. In
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1. Provide an overview of the problem and briefly describe the methodology the study. The study was aiming to find if the patients’ perception to their physicians’ attentiveness this affect the relation between the physician’s recommendations regarding the diet and the exercises and the obese patients’ general health status. The study was recruited an ethnic group (from three ethnic groups: Caucasians‚ Hispanics‚ and African Americans) from 48 contiguous United States who were surveyed by telephone
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Patient Educational Plan Nur/427 Monday‚ March 29‚ 2010 Sara Gerrie‚ MSN Introduction Prolonged and chronic ethanol (ETOH) use has devastating effects on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. ETOH is easily absorbed from the intestine and diffuses quickly throughout the body. The bulk of the ETOH is metabolized in the liver. ETOH abuse produces functional and structural changes in the GI tract‚ such as in the stomach‚ small intestine‚ liver‚ and pancreas (Geokas‚ Lieber‚ French‚ & Halsted 1981)
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I think patient dehumanization happens because it is hard for the doctor or nurses to see someone suffering. Perhaps it is lack of compassion from patient from patient‚ but I believe that since doctors deal with pain all the time they don’t want to immerse themselves in others pain. I know from personal experience that unless I am feeling the pain for myself it is hard to be sympathetic. My sister has migraines and headaches all the time and all I can say is I am sorry; however‚ when I have a headache
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When employees experience negative feelings or emotions that result from conflict‚ it may cause them to neglect their patient care responsibilities. During an argument employees blow out‚ the tension between parties affects others around including patients. The opportunities for mistakes with medications increases because the mind is focused on the conflict; the ability to deliver an appropriate care is in danger for the emotional distress that both employees are experiencing. I remember that
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they affected the way clinicians could think. When I did all of my observation hours over the past four years‚ I never had any biases towards any of our patients. We saw a number of patients that were from other cultures or who were involved in the LGBT community and I never looked at or treated them any differently than any of our other patients. Though I felt so strongly against biases‚ there were several therapists I worked with that had biases towards certain cultures. For our generation‚ I feel
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Patient Bill of Rights All patients have the right to receive safe service that respects all of their core values. This paper will focus on the patient’s bill of rights. It will explain it meaning and how it is set in place to aid the patient. This paper will list two obligations found in the bill of rights. It will also explain which rights are currently provided in the sanction of law. The basic rights of human beings‚ such as concern for personal dignity‚ are always of great importance
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for Mandatory Nurse Patient Ratios Continues Mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios have been a hot topic of discussion for over 15 years. As of today‚ California is the only state with actual state mandated nurse- patient ratios in place. I support mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when cared for by nurses who practice under state mandated nurse-patient ratios. According to the article Mandatory Nurse-Patient Ratios “support for
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developed at the present time. One of the busiest establishments could probably a clinic. Not a day that patients visit’s his/her doctor to have a check up on what ever sickness he/she feels. The primary process in having a check-up where patient’s information is the key to every transaction using computer for filing out the personal patient’s information. Years and months go by number of patients increase having their information about them would not get hard
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