Medical professionals should be required to be present when patients receive their genetic testing results. Not having a medical professional present when the information is read to the patients is taking an unnecessary risk that could put the patient’s life in danger. Patients should have a medical professional because the professional can quickly and accurately interpret the information‚ can give a list of possible next steps‚ and give help save the patient precious time that could save their lives
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“Forbidden” Abbreviations After reading JCAHO “Forbidden” Abbreviations‚ I learned that a newly discovered list of outlawed abbreviations was put into place. This requires all organizations to gather easily mistaken abbreviations‚ acronyms‚ and symbols and ban them. Accuracy is extremely important when writing prescriptions. Without enough attention to detail‚ mistakes can often be made. These simple mistakes can lead to many major problems. I do believe by banning these abbreviations many problems
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OFFICE POLITICS AND WHEN TO APPLY THEM Office politics is the use of one’s behavior or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one’s legitimate authority. These advantages may include access to tangible assets‚ or intangible benefits such as status or pseudo-authority that influence the behavior of others. Both individuals and groups may engage in office politics has also been described as “simply how power gets worked out on a practical day-to-day
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The use of abbreviations in the medical field has recently become a major issue and a national concern as a cause of medication or other life-threatening errors. Medical errors have been determined to be the eighth most common cause of patient deaths in the United States (Nordenberg‚ 200). When dealing with medical information and a person ’s life‚ accurate and understandable written or computerized documentation is of utmost importance. Eliminating abbreviations can reduce errors because this
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Abbreviations‚ Acronyms‚ And Initialisms Any shortened form of a word is an abbreviation‚ for example‚ etc. for etcetera and Oct. for October; but acronyms are special kinds of abbreviations‚ such as ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) and OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)‚ that can be pronounced as words. This makes them a subset of abbreviations. All acronyms are abbreviations‚ but not all abbreviations are acronyms. Initialisms are another type of abbreviation. They are often
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In Chirot and McCauley’s book Why Not Kill Them All? the authors cover specific cases of genocide‚ in addition to providing an unbiased and unemotional approach to the explanations of their causes and effects. From their research‚ the authors conclude that genocides will continue to arise of any amplitude and unfortunately no reasons for triggering these mass killings seem to be vanishing with any certainty or timeliness. Although many suggestions have been proposed and are continuously arising to
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GUEST TYPES; 1. Confidential 2. Government official 3. VIP 4. With Reservation 5. Walk Ins 6. Owner/Board of Director 7. Returning Guest 8. Employees 9. Celebrity MARKET SEGMENT ABBREVIATION CODE: 1. HU = House Use 2. Comp = Complimentary 3. Corp = Corporation 4. IT = Individual Travelers 5. FIT = Rack rate 6. LSG = Long Staying Guest 7. ALCO = All charges to Company 8. MTCO = Meal only To Company 9. RMCO = Room
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COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAM ABBREVIATIONS: Vital Signs: T (temperature) HR (pulse) RR (respiration rate) BP (systolic/diastolic) SPO2 pulse ox SYSTEM Physical Exam Documentation Detailed Abbreviation Explanation GEN: General NAD‚ AAOX4‚ WDWN (AAM‚ AAF‚ WM‚ WF) No acute distress‚ alert‚ awake‚ and oriented times 4 to name‚ place‚ time‚ purpose‚ Well developed well nourished (African American Male‚ African American Female‚ White Male‚ White Female) HEENT: Head‚ NCAT‚ MMM‚ EOMI‚ PERRLA‚ b/l TM intact & Normocephalic
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A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms http://www.chipsplace.com/helpful/Airbus/A%20to%20Z.htm#Abbreviations A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms (complete list found in back of PH) The really short list of Airbus acronyms and abbreviations: (before you get to it try to figure out what THS is) α – Stands for ALPHA as in α PROT. Refers to Angle of Attack. ACM – Air Cycle Machine ACP – Audio Control Panel‚ allows pilot to select which radios or interphones to listen to. ADIRS - Air Data Inertial Reference
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