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    you for your encouraging note.I would love to reply to your question on how we can make clinical decision based on whether the patient has dementia or very early stages of dementia that is undiagnosed. I was introduced to Global Deterioration Scale(GDS)‚ at my workplace 3 years ago.I utilize this screening tool for tracking the disease process. The Global Deterioration Scale " is useful as a quick‚ standardized assessment of individuals with dementia which helps determinea clinical stage or level

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    acquiescing‚ or yielding. The patient is passively abide by the advice and yield to the health care professional. It has a dictatorial connotation. The patient abides by the goals of the health professional. In contrast‚ the terms adherence and collaboration are used to describe implied that patients have more autonomy and independent in following their treatment planning. Adherence is based on patient-centered model; through research‚ it has shown to promote patient satisfaction and health outcomes

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    DOI: 07/01/2005. Patient is a 68-year-old male dialysis center director who sustained injury to his back while lifting patients at work. Per OMNI entry‚ he was diagnosed with low back herniation. IW was deemed at maximum medical improvement (MMI) by QME Dr. Conrad on 04/10/06. Future medical care includes surgery‚ physician visits and medications as needed. Per office visit note dated 11/10/2016‚ patient’s medications included gabapentin 600mg‚ Soma 350mg‚ Ttrazodone 50mg‚ and Norco 7.5/325mg

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    Patient Satisfaction

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    Patient Satisfaction Patient satisfaction is at the core of patient centered medicine. Improved patient satisfaction not only leads to an enhanced patient experience—something every sick or injured patient deserves—it is also associated with improved treatment outcomes. Measuring and reporting on patient satisfaction with health care has become a major industry. Background Patient satisfaction is a widely used health care quality metric. However‚ the relationship between patient satisfaction and

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    Patient Confidentiality

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    "Patient Confidentiality" (ID: 11116011 Krishna Rana)   Description: For the past two weeks I have been working in a large surgical ward that has mass thoroughfare of people in and out of the ward - namely doctors‚ visitors and other allied health care staff. One method of Patient Confidentiality which I have encountered is the use of  cavity lockers for each individual patient - which lock patients files and confidential information safely in the wall. In addition‚ these lockers are secured with

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    Patient Care

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    ISSUES IN PATIENT CARE LASONDRA HOLLIE ISSUES IN PATIENT CARE Patient cares issues in the healthcare field is very profound in United States issues surrounding the medical field can make are break an individual’s career. Patient care can be very intense in the medical field in most sittings it’s hard to separate and individual emotions especially in the field of pediatric health care however when loved ones get involved with the patient it’s a known fact that issues in patient dramatic And

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    Patient Observation

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    Observation of Patients Florence Nightingale is said to be one of the major influences in nursing throughout history and today. In 1898‚ she wrote Notes on Nursing What it is‚ and What it is Not. Her ‘notes’ on nursing outline many of the nursing practices used and implemented in today’s practices. Observation in patient’s is a key element in being able to give proper care and gathering the proper data‚ as well as being able to properly assess and monitor the patient to enable them to make

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    Patient Privacy

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    Patient Privacy Destiny Hill HCS 335 October 2‚ 2011 Patient Privacy The law protecting patients’ rights and privacy known as Health Insurance Probability and Accountability (HIPPA) was enacted and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. HIPPA is created to help protect patients’ medical records and personal health records nationwide in addition to keeping all medical information confidential. Documents are filed and stored‚ but with technology evolving documents

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    Patient Repositioning

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    - Law and Management in Occupational Health and Safety Patients in the Perioperative environment are often required to be repositioned on the operating table and most of these patients have had a regional or general anaesthetic‚ making it impossible for them (the patient) to assist staff in that repositioning. The added risk in any repositioning is loss or damage to the patients’ airway‚ and maintaining the patients’ musculoskeletal alignment‚ so as to not cause any damage to nerves

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    Patient confidentiality

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    Patient confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ Carol Hathaway became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ Carol Hathaway had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about whatever the patient discussed with her. But upon realizing the high risk of the girl’s behavior‚ Carol Hathaway came to find herself in a dilemma of

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