Lines Arterial line and triple lumen subclavian central venous catheter was placed for hemodynamic monitoring and administering medication. Physical Examination Vital sign. Mr. P is a 1.8 meter tall and weight 152.2kg. His other vital sign are as follow: blood pressure is 114/68 mm Hg‚ heart rate of 88 bpm‚ oxygen saturation 99%‚ and respiratory rate 18 breaths per minute. General appearance. Mr. P appears obese‚ stated age‚ and critically ill. He is sedated and has no signs of discomfort. He
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Part II: The Policy Process Melissa Paciello Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future/HCS 455 April 11‚ 2011 Bette Sorrento Part II: The Policy Process Part I of the policy process involves‚ the formulation phase‚ the evaluation or legislation phase‚ and the implementation phase. The formulation phase is the stage where the all the information‚ ideas‚ concepts‚ and researches from various people‚ organizations‚ and interest groups are taken. The legislation or evaluation process is defined
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continuous process improvement. Improving patient outcomes and reducing costs complement each other when staff members have the tools to improve processes. Patient-centric organizations define value in the eyes of their patients and seek to identify and eliminate wasteful work elements from every aspect of their enterprise‚ both on the clinical and nonclinical side. People who do the work know the work and can usually give you those solutions. People at the staff level complete the process‚ hospital
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experiences. You response should be 400-600 words‚ using APA style formatting. 1. Discuss the HIPAA regulations‚ their purposes‚ and their significance to health care information management policies and procedures. HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)‚ was passed in 1996. HIPPA has five purposes: to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets; to combat waste‚ fraud‚ and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery;
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quality care to the patients and their families. They put the patient’s needs‚ desires‚ and safety first‚ working to protect their rights. That is known as patient advocates; a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy. Many nurses spend more than a twelve-hour shift with their patients‚ and understand what they want and need in order to be comfortable and recover. For that reason‚ nurses would not allow harm to come to them (Huber‚ 2015). My first experience with patient advocacy began
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Alzheimer’s patient Introduction In this essay about the care required for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease‚ the essay will discuss of the holistic care needs for the patient‚ holistic care is total care of a patient which means caring for everything the patients emotional‚ physical‚ spiritual‚ social and psychological needs. Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is it important that they are always reassured and feel secured‚ when caring for an Alzheimer’s patient finding out the patients normal routines
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Communication Issues and the Effects on Patient Safety There are several factors that are important to health care safety‚ one of the most critical factors being good communication. When someone thinks about the requirements needed to be a nurse‚ he or she may think of the need for scientific knowledge. However‚ to be a nurse one has to have more than just scientific knowledge. Nurses need to possess other skills‚ one of those being the ability to communicate effectively. Communication is like
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Although the issue of Patient Safety is on growing evidence‚ it cannot be considered as a novelty. More recently‚ we have followed the disclosure of news involving errors during health care in the media‚ with the connotation that they are always associated with neglect or lack of preparation‚ as well as with bad professional practices. Although errors are undesirable‚ there is no denying that they occur and have an impact on patients‚ professionals and institutions. Contextualizing patient safety in the
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provide advocacy for patients and their family. The concerns can be attributed to the unprecedented changes in the healthcare systems. The uncertainty results in new regulations being implemented‚ financial burdens on the patient and the trend of population rise. These challenges present an opportunity for the nurses to adopt a more responsible role of patient advocacy (Benner et al.‚ 2010 & Institute of Medicine‚ 2011). Nurses and managers should be able to advocate for patients through the use of
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The Policy Process: Part I 2 In today’s society health care policies are very important. Health care policies are plans‚ actions‚ and decisions that are taken to achieve health care goals within a society or organization. Having health care policies can achieve health many things such as an outline for priorities and a vision for the future. Health care policies focus of
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