physics Medical applications of x-ray Introduction: X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers‚ corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) X-rays up to about 10 keV (10 to 0.10 nm wavelength) are classified as "soft" X-rays‚ and from about 10 to 120 keV (0.10 to 0.01 nm wavelength) as "hard" X-rays‚ due to their penetrating abilities.[3] Hard X-rays
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Cultural Diversity and Patient Care Knowledge of cultural diversity is key to all levels of the nursing practice. Knowledge and skills related to cultural diversity can strengthen and broaden health care delivery systems. “In 1986 the American Nursing Association (ANA) issued its first intention to strengthen cultural diversity programs in nursing” (Lowe & Archibald‚ 2009‚ p. 11). Despite good intentions made by nursing‚ progress in the area of cultural diversity has been slow and sporadic.
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has become the main stream approach for nursing care today. This fifth core competency is directly intertwined with the four previous competencies that have been outlined by the IOM. Patient centered care is the first of the core competencies. Utilizing informatics can assist nurses in providing patient centered care by decreasing the amount of time spent on documentation and searching for data. For example‚ by having an electronic medical record (EMR) available‚ less time is spent on searching
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EMERGENCY SERVICE ADMISSION REPORT Patient Name Brenda C. Brenda C. Seggerman Patient ID: 903321 Date of Admission: 03/27/---- Emergency Room Physician Alex McClure MD Admitting Diagnosis Ectopic pregnancy CHIEF COMPLAINT: The patient presents to the emergency room this morning complaining of lower abdominal pain. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient states that she has been having vaginal bleeding‚ more like spotting‚ over the past month. She denies the chance of pregnancy‚ although
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A1. Tracer Evaluation: The patient is a 67year old female that was re-admitted for a surgical infection following an abdominal hysterectomy. She was admitted to the facility seven days ago followed by a surgical procedure which was completed five days prior to this report. Patient is scheduled to be discharged with home health and IV antibiotics. This patient was selected for audit. Review of the chart shows that the patient’s H&P was completed on day 3 of the admission. Joint Commission hospital
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appropriately deny patient information to an unknown caller? Too often‚ unauthorized people succeed in extracting protected information from health care providers. Invasion of privacy also affects noncelebrities‚ when anyone seeks health information the patient has not chosen to share. More often‚ though‚ scam artists seek patients’ billing information for financial gain. The patient’s insurance identifier is then used by an uninsured person to obtain medical services or by a fraudulent health care provider
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION “There is a huge missed opportunity for health care professionals to contribute to hand hygiene as they miss 1 in 2 of all hand cleaning opportunities.” --WHO‚ 2006 “What kills women with childbed fever is you doctors who carry deadly microbes from sick women to healthy ones!”—Louis Pasteur‚ 1870 1 . 1. Background of the Study 1.1.1. Nosocomial infection burden Nosocomial infections or healthcare acquired infections can truly be a grave toll for hospital management
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nurse has‚ ensuring patient-centered care is considered an essential objective of high-quality health care system. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) is a project which main purpose is to prepare future nurses with the knowledge‚ skills‚ and attitudes that are fundamentals to promote quality and safe healthcare systems (“QSEN Competencies‚” 2014). The first competencies which QSEN focuses on is patient-centered care. Patient centered care is described as a care that implements respect
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Managing leave applications for staff *Manage application courses for staff *Manage the use of Treasury Department meeting room *Manage voucher checks *Manage and update the Treasury Department files *To record a letter out / in the Department of Treasury *Make arrival report via e-time employees *Providing office equipment for staff *Update the online list of connections to information staff * Process and prepare correspondence and answer and questions from the Departments‚ Agencies
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GUEST EDITORIAL Communication: why is this such an emotive subject? Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender‚ a message and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality
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