ETHICS DEFINITION The branch of philosophy that deals with the distinction between right and wrong‚ with the moral consequences of human action ( Stedman’s Dictionary) Principles in Medical Ethics Informed Consent Common Law Confidentiality PRINCIPLES IN MEDICAL ETHICS 1. 2. 3. 4. Autonomy Beneficence Non-maleficence Justice RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY Respect for the individual and their ability to make decisions with regard to their own health and future. Eg. Patient has the right to refuse/choose
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Overview Patient is a 83 year-old female‚ presented to the ED on 7/2/13 with complaints of chest pain caused by what family believed to be aspiration pneumonia‚ also with worsening stage 4 sacral wound. Patient has a past medical history of a subdural hematoma secondary to a fall from a ladder‚ IDDM‚ bleeding gastric ulcer‚ and aspiration pneumonia. EKG and cardiac enzymes were ordered in the ED‚ EKG was unremarkable with a normal sinus rate and rhythm‚ enzymes within acceptable range. Patient sacral
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"Patient Confidentiality" (ID: 11116011 Krishna Rana) Description: For the past two weeks I have been working in a large surgical ward that has mass thoroughfare of people in and out of the ward - namely doctors‚ visitors and other allied health care staff. One method of Patient Confidentiality which I have encountered is the use of cavity lockers for each individual patient - which lock patients files and confidential information safely in the wall. In addition‚ these lockers are secured with
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Observation of Patients Florence Nightingale is said to be one of the major influences in nursing throughout history and today. In 1898‚ she wrote Notes on Nursing What it is‚ and What it is Not. Her ‘notes’ on nursing outline many of the nursing practices used and implemented in today’s practices. Observation in patient’s is a key element in being able to give proper care and gathering the proper data‚ as well as being able to properly assess and monitor the patient to enable them to make
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solving skills. Reasoning is inductive. Can use numbers beyond 100 with understanding. Can do simple fractions. Patient is talkative and understands the hospital setting and his illness. He speaks about his personal life and communicates his needs. Patient was in pain and did not want to ambulate; however‚ he had been told that he needed to walk in order to go home. Patient used logical thinking and ambulated so he
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- Law and Management in Occupational Health and Safety Patients in the Perioperative environment are often required to be repositioned on the operating table and most of these patients have had a regional or general anaesthetic‚ making it impossible for them (the patient) to assist staff in that repositioning. The added risk in any repositioning is loss or damage to the patients’ airway‚ and maintaining the patients’ musculoskeletal alignment‚ so as to not cause any damage to nerves
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Patient Care September 17‚ 2013 Citation: www.webmed.com Medical Terminology Text book The Medical profession isn’t all about treating illness it’s also about enhancing patient care in any way possible. Patient care has a variety of benefits and all can improve the quality of life for both practical and vocational nurses and the people they care for. Patient care involves the sharing of information with patients that is tailored to their particular
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intend to heal. Patients are confined to
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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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Running head: JUNGIAN Jungian’s Interpretation of June’s Dream Lynn Rainey Missouri Baptist University Abstract The treatment plan for June using the Jungian Theory based on dream interpretation and assessing two of the important relationships in June’s life: June and her daughter and June and her mother. Using the Jungian Theory can help bring June’s unconscious thoughts into consciousness and can help her achieve individuation and come to terms with the underlying cause of her dreams
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