CHAPTER I The Problem and Its Setting This chapter presents the background of the study‚ the statement of the problem‚ the assumptions made in accordance with the design of the project‚ the scope and delimitation‚ the significance of the study‚ the research design and methodology‚ and the definition of terms used in the study. Background of the Study There have been major progresses in the Information Technology for the past twenty (20) years especially in the field of Medicine. The vast development
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A SYNOPSIS ON Patient Monitoring System Guided by: - Mrs. Sneha Pravah Das Submitted to: - Dr. J D Jain Submitted by: - NITIN CHOUDHARY
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an uninsured homeless patient. The uninsured homeless patient may need medication to relieve a symptom from an STD disease in order to mitigate an undesirable symptom. The Nurse may cause discomfort. While providing care to the homeless patient‚ Nonmaleficence must be balanced by beneficence. The Nurses intent is to provide a treatment to the homeless patient which benefits the patient must outweigh the discomfort caused. The Nurses intent must be to help the homeless patient‚ not
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What is patient safety? Patient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care (WHO 2004). These could include “errors”‚ “deviations “and “accidents “. Achieving patient safety involves the interaction of all the system components; never residing only in person‚ device‚ or department. It is the core of health care quality. According to the Joint Commission Patient Safety (2004 through 2011). Miscommunication was listed as one of the top contributing cause
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Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Patient safety indicators are used by Hospital’s to help identify any potential risk to patient safety and to improve healthcare. The focus is to increase knowledge and the understanding of the effects on the hospital reputation. As a patient‚ you really should know what kind of care you are expecting to get when you visit a hospital. With that being said‚ they also have an option on what hospital they choose. We need to be that hospital that is shown to be
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evidence before making a judgement. In “The Final Patient”‚ Remen utilizes an anecdote‚ from her own life‚ to symbolize a much larger societal problem within our healthcare’s structure. Impressively‚ Remen effectively uses a variety writing techniques to portray a terrifying example of structural violence‚ which is much more common than is acceptable in a moral society. Remen’s example
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Patient abuse in nursing facilities is becoming more prominent. Abuse is not only physical‚ but emotional‚ sexual‚ neglect and financial exploitations. The elderly are the most vulnerable and least likely to complain‚ so unfortunately they are the targets. Most families research in depth about the nursing facility that they will place their loved one‚ in hopes that abuse doesn’t occur. Although the research is done‚ families should still look for signs and symptoms of abuse since they are leaving
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a fair share of challenges should be faced by a renowned health facility‚ patients‚ and their family members. Medical practitioners are supposed to observe high level of professionalism when discharging their services. Despite the high expectations‚ medical practitioners are also human beings prone to making mistakes. Subsequently‚ as a nurse‚ I try to avoid a number of factors that may affect the safety of both the patients and their families. When taking care for Josie‚ I exercised vigilance and
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external factors such as nursing shortage‚ changing patient needs and expectations‚ decrease patient safety‚ and increased the economic inflation and a lack of internal revenue to the States. As a great disadvantage‚ the nurse-to-patient staffing ratios point to research indicating an association between nurse workload and patient mortality and morbidity. The model of the synergy model in the policy change of nurse-to-patient ratio should be carefully implemented to reduce all the external factors that
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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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