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    Beginning in the late 1990s‚ pain control became a patient’s rights issue. Prescribers started focusing on the symptomatic relief of pain based on patients’ self-reporting‚ rather than the clinical investigation of the causes. This new treatment regimen led to an exponential increase in opioid prescriptions from the prescriber’s aggressive treatment of pain. As a result‚ from 2000 to 2010 the number of opioid prescriptions increased from 164 million to more than 234 million‚ and between 1999 and

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    Patient Advocacy Analysis

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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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    Furrow et al. (2013) noted the physician-patient relationship is primarily an implied contract because a written contract is not standard practice for delivery of health care. According to O’Connor (2010)‚ the basis for medical negligence for physicians‚ is the physician-patient relationship‚ which can become a contractual relationship if all elements of a contract are present including an offer‚ an acceptance‚ and consideration. For example‚ when a patient contacts a doctor’s office for an evaluation

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    Patient Bill of Rights

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    Patient Bill of Rights Bradley Parker Kaplan University In order to have a patient’s bill of rights it must be clear as to what it is. The bill of rights given to a patient is something that they are promised or something that is set by law. Many hospitals have adopted their own personnel bill of rights for the patient. These rights help the patient fill more comfortable and give a guarantee of what they can expect at the facility where they are receiving care. There are five key factors

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    Patient Safety In Handoff

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    One of the most serious pieces of patient care is the handoff. This is the point of time when crucial evidence on the patient’s care is transferred to the patient’s new care provider. Significant outcomes from current and appropriate studies on patient safety and clinical handoffs are concise and studied. After concisely revising process management the purpose of this paper is to discuss how these disciplines can be combined to further improve patient safety in handoff. After Analyzing root cause

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    Patient education is a vital part of patient-centered nursing care. To promote learning and better health‚ the nurse utilizes the nursing process which includes: assessment‚ diagnosis‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert & Hall‚ 2013‚ p. 206). First‚ a thorough assessment of the patient’s learning needs‚ readiness to learn‚ and any barriers to learning needs to be completed. With this information‚ a nursing diagnosis and goals can be established and a plan can be developed

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    One of the principles for drug administration is right to refuse. Patient has a right to refuse any treatment allocated for her or himself. For example‚ Muslim diabetic patient may refuse to accept the use of porcine derived drugs and prefer bovine derived drugs for religious purposes. Refusal or treatment not only related to drug administration but often involve a complex issue such as refusal of blood transfusions. When a nurse deal with these kind of issues‚ an accurate documentation is needed

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    Holistic patient assessment is utilised as a part of nursing to inform the nursing procedure and provide the fundamentals of patient care. Patient assessment is a essential skill used by nurses which provides the foundation for both on going and already existing patient care (Sonya Wallace ref) In this essay I will be discussing the importance of holistic assessment in registered nursing and the importance of each holistic health aspects. Through holistic evaluation‚ the collection of objective and

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    Patient Teaching Paper

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    Major Care Plan Student Name: Jane Doe Date of Care: 10/15/13 Pt. Initials: RC Rm #: 453-2 Chief Complaint: Abdominal Pain Medical Diagnosis: Acute Appendicitis/Laparoscopic Appendectomy BCF’s & Power Components Universal Self-Care Requisites Developmental Requisites Health Deviations Requisites Self-Care Deficits Unable or Unwilling: BCF: 1. Age: 64 years 2. Gender: Male 3. Developmental State: a. (Erikson Theory) Integrity vs. Despair. b. Cognitive: Alert/Oriented

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    Patient Education Project

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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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