Patient Abandonment: An Annotated Bibliography A changing practice that should be examined by all new nurses is the abandonment of a patient. Many nurses do not see clocking out at the end of their shift without giving report to the oncoming nurse as abandonment. These nurses believe that they have left the patients in another nurses’ care and therefore they have not abandoned them. The previous example is showing physical abandonment‚ however psychological abandonment can be equally
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Innovation Series 2003 Optimizing Patient Flow Moving Patients Smoothly Through Acute Care Settings 2 We have developed IHI’s Innovation Series white papers to further our mission of improving the quality and value of health care. The ideas and findings in these white papers represent innovative work by organizations affiliated with IHI. Our white papers are designed to share with readers the problems IHI is working to address; the ideas‚ changes‚ and methods we are developing and testing
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I agree with you‚ Sue violated the patient privacy rights when she viewed and downloaded patient information for her educational use without obtaining permission from the patient. While Sue is working in the COPD clinic‚ she is only permitted to view the portion of a patient’s medical record that would be necessary for her to do her job. According to Calloway & Venegas‚ any information that is not needed by the provider to administer care to the patient is protected by The Health Insurance Portability
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Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship * Nurse-Patient Communication * Nurse-Patient Relationship * Stages of Development of a Therapeutic Relationship * Nursing Process * Assessment * Nursing Diagnosis * Outcome Identification * Planning * Intervention * Evaluation Reported by: Christine Karen Belga‚ RM‚ RN Therapeutic nurse-patient relationship Communication
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Development Assignment 8 Michelle Turner Aspen University Healthcare Systems N-502 Dawn Deem Professional Development Assignment 8 There is considerable evidence that many of the new medical technologies are used inappropriately‚ to generate income. What patient protections against inappropriate diagnostic and other procedures should be considered? There is no doubt that the new diagnostic and therapeutic technology now available has vastly expanded the economic dimensions of medicine‚ there is evidence
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diagnosis of cancer means‚ how cancer progresses‚ or the common complications with cancer. All valuable information that must be addressed before choosing a treatment option‚ discussing treatment side effects‚ and identifying the support systems a person will need while receiving treatment. Despite advances in treatment and care the public continues to have a great deal of anxiety and fear when diagnosed with cancer. Partially because people do not understand what having cancer means. Every living
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Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Improving Process through Technology Introduction: Doctors are famous for sloppy scribbling -- and handwritten prescriptions lead to thousands of medication errors each year. Electronics to the rescue: most hospitals that switched to computerized physician order entry systems saw a 66 percent drop in prescription errors. Illegible handwriting and transcription errors are responsible for as much as 61 percent of medication errors in hospitals. A simple
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TRANSITION OF CARE: EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY Describe the patients medical/clinical condition. This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically
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The Effects of the Patient Self Determination Act on Health Care Delivery The Patient Self-Determination Act gives the patient the right to make their own decisions about their health care. The medical facilities are required to provide the patient with informed consent information about these rights and the state laws on legal choices before they can be seen by the physician. Some examples of these types of advance directives are DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Order‚ Durable Power of Attorney for
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According to McCormick (2013)‚ the patient has the right of autonomy‚ nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ and justice. Patient autonomy allows the patient to “act intentionally‚ with understanding‚ and without controlling influences that would mitigate against a free and voluntary act” (McCormick‚ 2013). The patient was given autonomy through discussion with the midwife‚ neonatologist‚ and perinatologist assigned to her care and the patient was then allowed to decide the course of action to be taken. Nonmaleficence
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