Research Presented to College of Information & Engineering of Mary The Queen College of Quezon City. “Patient Monitoring System” Produced for: B.A.B. DIAGNOSTIC CENTER #7-D BF Road‚ Barangay Holy Spirit‚ Diliman Quezon City Produced by: October 2013 INTRODUCTION Patient Monitoring System is not new in health care. The first primitive patient monitoring system started with the work done by Santorio in 1625 that was measuring of body temperature and
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Patient advocacy is a big part of nursing. According to How To Be An Advocate‚ (2009) advocacy is defined as “one that pleads the cause of another‚ one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal‚ or one that supports or promotes the interest of another” (pg. 2). Nurses are the forefront as advocates for our patients. It is our duty as nurses to stand up for our patients and ensure that they are receiving the care they should and support their decisions holistically. Nurses have the most
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Gone are the days of individual practitioners providing care for individual patients. Today‚ more than ever healthcare relies on a team approach. Healthcare facilities are made up of teams of caregivers‚ including physicians‚ nurses‚ and many ancillary staff. In order to provide the highest level of care to individuals‚ there must be effective clear communication across the entire continuum of care. Now more than ever‚ patients have become an intricate part of the health care delivery system. It is therefore
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As a Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinator‚ I interview several patients a day. I often discuss their prescribed medications‚ any treatment they are receiving‚ evaluate their cognitive level‚ pain‚ depression and much more. I take all their information we discussed‚ their medical records‚ and physician orders and develop an individualized care plan for the direct care staff to follow. I then submit this information to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Initially‚ at the start of an interview
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Patient Education Project The digestive system is a very complex but efficient system that allows the intake and disposal of material that allows the body to perform routine daily activities. The digestive system allows the intake of food and water to be broken down to be used for energy. The digestive system is made up of the mouth‚ esophagus‚ stomach‚ small and large intestines‚ colon and the rectum. A Potential life-threatening disease of the digestive system is color-rectal cancer. Color-rectal
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Pre-warming patients to prevent hypothermia in recovery: A literature review Every day patients undergo surgery with general anesthesia for simple procedures like hernia repairs or breast biopsies. Loved ones are escorted into cold preoperative areas where nurses have them remove every stitch of their own clothing and replace them with a chilly‚ threadbare piece of fabric which ties together a handful of times and falls‚ for most‚ to the knees at best. The preoperative nurse then
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Title: Access and Patient Safety Issues Author: Dorcas Moore Capella University Access and Patient Safety Issues Patient Safety: Multiple failed organizational and departmental processes may lead to wrong patient‚ wrong procedure‚ wrong side or wrong site. Prevention of these errors requires a safety system to ensure accurate scheduling and procedure ordering. Proper patient identification will also eliminate these errors. Ensuring correct patient identification is a recognized healthcare
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Analysis Case: Selecting Patient Escorts Introduction City Hospital is one of five major hospitals in the core of a large Midwestern City. The hospital has just recently added a small addition for the treatment of “well known” patients‚ such as Athletes‚ Music Stars‚ and top business executives relative to the area. Local and visiting celebrities always choose City Hospital when they are in the city and in need of medical assistance. The Hospital has a 1‚200 patient bed capacity and currently
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Understanding the unpopular patient. The intention of this reflection is to raise a personal awareness of patients who have a chronic diagnosis and the importance of identifying potential issues surrounding their care. The model of Bowers (2008) will used to structure and guide the reflection as it allows for an accurate analysis‚ whilst acknowledging both good and bad practice. This model promotes forward thinking as well as retrospective study by future recommendations and the use of an action
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their patients. In this regard‚ there are many fashions in which physicians may communicate their compassion and display their empathy. A compassionate physician treats the patient as a person‚ and not merely as a set of symptoms. A compassionate physician understands that their patient is a unique person‚ with a history that is more comprehensive than any simple set of questions and answers can reveal. Perhaps most importantly‚ the physician is not abstracted in the presence of the patient. They
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