REVIEW ARTICLE A New‚ Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care John T. James‚ PhD Objectives: Based on 1984 data developed from reviews of medical records of patients treated in New York hospitals‚ the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98‚000 Americans die each year from medical errors. The basis of this estimate is nearly 3 decades old; herein‚ an updated estimate is developed from modern studies published from 2008 to 2011. Methods: A literature
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Jaimes Alfredo The English Patient The English Patient is a novel written in 1992 by Sri Lankan-Canadian Michael Ondaatje‚ whose novel won the Booker Prize for best novel of 1992 and was adapted into an award-winning film in 1996. This book was written in a non-linear narrative‚ so that it provides the reader a different way to go through the reading of a novel‚ and which sometimes creates dynamism in the novel narrative‚ but also it could create confusion in the reader. «The story tells about
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Online Patient Information and Billing System for Dr. I. Mallari’s Dental Clinic I. Introduction One of the busiest establishments could probably a dental clinic. The primary process in having a check-up where patient’s information is the key to every transaction using computer for filling out the personal’s patients information. And because of that‚ most medical staff members spend between 30 - 50 % of their time just doing paperwork. Keeping and filing many patients’ dental record is a difficult
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FALL PREVENTION ON ELDERLY PATIENTS IN A SURGICAL WARD There are various reasons why elderly patients in a surgical ward may fall‚ injuring them even more almost instantly‚ the issue of patient’s safety and security have been the primary concern of most hospital and clinical institution but elders do fall unpredictably. Elderly patients at the age of 65 falling is a serious problem‚ medical professionals has realized the needs to develop a plan to purposely prevent such incidents from happening
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Health Promotion for the Mastectomy Patient The focus of this paper is on the journey of a 44-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer‚ recovering from a mastectomy. The patient’s health will be explored using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns and the Determinants of Health. Pre and post admission‚ different health related strategies‚ and resources will also be discussed. Client Description The patient in question is a fictional character that has been used with discretion from the creator
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Bedside Rounding: Improving Patient Care and Safety Purpose: * PATIENT SAFETY * Reducing preventable errors resulting in facility acquired illness/injury * Reducing increased healthcare costs related to errors due to inadequate shift change reports * Involving patients in their own care by allowing them to be involved in their own report during shift change * Reducing barriers to communication between patient‚ family‚ and staff Benefits: * PATIENT SAFETY * Allows nurse
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p37-41w29_ART&SCIENCE 18/03/2011 15:20 Page 37 art & science literature review & Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia Scrase W‚ Tranter S (2011) Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 29‚ 37-41. Date of acceptance: December 29 2010. Summary Fever or pyrexia is a common clinical condition which nurses treat regularly. Fever and hyperpyrexia are defined in this article with a physiological explanation for this adaptive response
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Page Title: 8 Care Options for Alzheimer’s Patients | Qualicare Meta Description: When a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s it is wise to find the best care option early on. Get to know your care options in this helpful article. 8 Care Options for Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s The effect of Alzheimer’s will differ for each patient. However‚ you can expect that the condition can worsen over time and they will require round-the-clock care eventually. Family members who have this disease could
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powerful the nurse-patient relationship is. The nurse approaches the relationship with understanding and experience obtained personally through their lives but also through their training and work. Generally‚ it is considered the more training and work experience a nurse has‚ the more therapeutically effective they are likely to be but this is not always the case. Stuart and Sudeen (1997). There are many influences on the relationship that can both obstruct or benefit the nurse-patient relationship. Having
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According to a recent report published by Software Advice‚ patients are increasingly using online physician reviews to acquire information about wait times before scheduling an appointment. Software Advice surveyed more than 5‚000 U.S. patients to determine how wait times affect a patient’s view of a particular physician or practice. Throughout the survey‚ it became evident that decreasing a patient’s wait time is essential; with more than 40 percent of those surveyed stating they would be willing
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