During Patient Y’s stay on the maternity unit‚ various laboratory studies were drawn via the patient’s blood sample. After arriving on the unit‚ Patient Y had routine blood drawn‚ which includes a rapid plasma regain (RPR)‚ CBC and differential‚ and a type and screen. Please refer to Appendix B. The RPR was drawn to test for syphilis‚ which is a sexually transmitted disease. Patient Y’s RPR was nonreactive‚ which indicates that she does not have syphilis. Patient Y’s CBC and differential was within
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an effective patient care‚ comprehensive information can be obtained through patient interview. The comprehensive patient interview includes the inquiry about the patient medical‚ social‚ family‚ personal‚ and medication history. Interviewing patient requires such skills as the active listening‚ empathy‚ open and closed questions‚ silence‚ and (W) questions. Precision and objectivity of my interviewing skills with the patient depend on many factors as my experience‚ type of patient‚ communication
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I. Lying to Patients and Ethical Relativism Ethical Relativism and Ethical Subjectivism Ethical Relativism - theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. * a culture. i.e.: nobody should ever steal) Objective vs. Subjective (Telling right from wrong) Paternalism vs. Autonomy Paternalism – authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those lower than them Autonomy is a binomial 1) Enlightenment ethics – celebration of the individual’s
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Checkpoint Patient Self-Determination Act In 1990‚ The Patient Self-Determination Act began. This Act would require that healthcare facilities inform patients about their right in case of an emergency situation. Also the patient would be informed about their rights to get advanced healthcare accommodations‚ and any related information that pertains to the legal impact and state laws regarding all healthcare decisions. Many of the healthcare facilities that exist today in America would
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technology used for diagnosis of this patient in more depth‚ and explaining why that particular technology was used above any other. In the case study I will discuss a 70 year old man admitted due to a fall and acopia with a past medical history of copd and ribhadomylosis. The patient was already on 4 hourly observations and 3L oxygen due to shortness of breath and high blood pressure. I had noticed him holding an inhaler and he had been using it liberally. The patient began complaining of chest pain
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Patient experience’s focused on Patient Centered Care Outline Phase I: Context of Concept – (where do you see the concept occurring?) Settings all across health care Patient’s depend on healthcare in a wide range of dynamic environments. Patient centered care is identified through professional quality measures known as continuous quality improvement (CQI) to validate patient satisfaction. The Joint commission and IOM (Institute Of Medicine) evaluate intuitions quality measures reflected from patient
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The management of dysphagia in stroke patients whether in long term or acute care is an important care delivery that nurses must pay close attention to. Nurses must take the time to assess stroke patients for dysphagia in order to prevent or reduce the risk of nutritional and hydration deficiency. Stroke occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (ischemia) the brain or hemorrhaging around the brain resulting in death of brain cells (Lewis‚ 2010). When a person suffers a stroke‚ parts of the body
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checks *Manage and update the Treasury Department files *To record a letter out / in the Department of Treasury *Make arrival report via e-time employees *Providing office equipment for staff *Update the online list of connections to information staff * Process and prepare correspondence and answer and questions from the Departments‚ Agencies and the public. * Prepare and arrange the letters in and out of office and file movement. * General Administration includes activities include
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make other remarks for example “she is turned the tape on‚ stupid isn’t she?” or voices can argue each other. In all cases these voices are perceived as being distinct from the individual’s own thoughts. (Graham‚ 2008) Some people hear voices talking when no one is around. These could be like the voices of people they know‚ or complete strangers. They might hear many voices‚ or just one. Voices can shout‚ whisper‚ clear or indistinct. They can speak in sentences or say single words. This voice can be
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NPO patient Teaching plan for NPO patient Dona Hubbard Hampton University NUR-327-01-F07 Georgiana Bougher and Brenda Rhea November 3‚ 2007 Teaching plan 2 The purpose of a teaching plan is to educate a patient about treatment‚ medications‚ diet‚ or any procedure that pertains to their care. If the client is educated then there is a better chance that they will be compliant with the instructions for their care. The nurse gathers subjective and objective information about
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