Patient is a young female‚ between 20-30 years of age‚ with history of schizoaffective disorder who has been hospitalized for about 3 months in an acute facility for acute mania with psychosis and disorganized/combative behavior. At first‚ patient refused to take medication‚ so a hearing was held and was deemed with an involuntary treatment commitment. Initial medications were found to be ineffective‚ which called for further treatment. Over the past few months‚ medication regimens were balanced
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7th‚ 2013 The Villa is Alive‚ But the Sand is Forever Barren. Lifeless. Considered one of the most hostile environments on the planet‚ the Sahara Desert takes away all meaning and identity and covers it with sand. Amalsy‚ the so-called English Patient and one of the central characters of our story‚ thrusts himself into this empty land to dispose of the idea of nations. In this way the desert is an escape; a common void for those who wish to cede into the past rather than survive in the present
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EL1121 – Interactive English Everything Comes To Him Who Waits If there would be someone impatient would ask for my words of wisdom‚ these are the words I would say: everything is possible if you believe‚ if you pray for it‚ if you work for it and if you really mean it‚ then why think negative and act too impatient? For all things are possible if just God really permits it. Faith without work is dead‚ the bible says. There’s simple Filipino story and everybody in this room might have heard
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Analysis of a Novel “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway “A Day’s Wait” is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway in 1933. The events described in the story happen during a day. That is why the title of the story is suggestive as it presumes some kind of expectation. This title is very important for the novel as it focuses the reader’s attention on the following information and main idea of the story. The title of the novel is one of means that the author uses to help the reader to understand the text
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Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Neribel Claudio HCA 375 John Gomillion July 25‚ 2010 Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Patient safety is such an essential part of our health care system and it helps describe quality health care. Keeping the patients safe is a challenging issue because errors and mistakes can and do happen every day. Error occurs “when a process does not proceed the way that it was intended by its designers and managers” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny 2006)
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Preventing Patient Falls in Inpatient Hospital Settings Introduction For the most part‚ hospitals are places where one comes for healing and it is place where our clients should feel safe and away from harm. Nurses have an important role as a patient advocate and are to provide all clients with safe‚ compassionate‚ and quality care at all times. Nonetheless‚ the hospital can also be a dangerous place for inpatients. It is a foreign environment to clients and there may be alterations in their
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Patient Privacy HCS/335 February 9‚ 2012 In health care patient privacy is important in organizations. Patients have a right to have their information protected and confidential at all times. Patient Privacy is a major concern and has enforced privacy laws into place‚ which protect patients medical and the confidentiality of records. Patients have a right to understand also exactly what information is private and protected. Patient put their trust in their health care
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Confidentiality and making patients feel confident in giving us their information. Confidentiality is taken advantage of every day by healthcare professionals. HIPAA states that healthcare professionals should not give information such as date of birth‚ patient name‚ or social security number. What about talking to your significant other or best friend about a patient you examined today with an ominous skin malady? You apprehend it every day in the healthcare field. Nurses talking to one another
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1.1. Nosocomial infection burden Nosocomial infections or healthcare acquired infections can truly be a grave toll for hospital management as much as it is for end-beneficiaries‚ customers‚ and stakeholders. Mortality reaches 80‚000 annually ; 3 patients die per minute ; 10-20% % incidence globally‚ and figures are expectedly higher in Third World settings. This is not to mention the corollary problem of emerging microorganisms resistant to overuse of prophylactic and anticipatory shotgun antibiotic
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Patient Care September 17‚ 2013 Citation: www.webmed.com Medical Terminology Text book The Medical profession isn’t all about treating illness it’s also about enhancing patient care in any way possible. Patient care has a variety of benefits and all can improve the quality of life for both practical and vocational nurses and the people they care for. Patient care involves the sharing of information with patients that is tailored to their particular
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