nursing career by allowing me to understand how important patient teaching is for the patient. One of our assignments was to complete a patient teaching session and discuss the basics of how it went and what in the session could be improved. Upon review of the syllabus before conducting the teaching session‚ I figured there was a limited amount of research and preparation which needed to be done. I assumed that once I had met the patient I would understand on my own observation what would be best
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Patient Advocacy Analysis Chenfang Li‚ Nan Zhou‚ and Yin Lin Florida International University Introduction A patient advocate may be present for healthcare appointments and alert the healthcare provider about patient compliance issues. He or she may separately assist the healthcare provider and support staff with potential issues and communication challenges. The patient advocate is
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In the article‚ Patient Safety and Patient Safety Culture: Foundations of Excellent Health Care Delivery‚ by Ulrich and Kear (2014)‚ patient safety issues are identified and ways to improve these safety issues are also discussed. “Patient safety forms the foundation of healthcare delivery […] ensuring patient safety requires the ongoing‚ focused efforts of every member of the healthcare team” (Ulrich & Kear‚ 2014). In 1999‚ a report was released regarding the number of medical errors and injures/deaths
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Patient education is described as any set of devised educational undertakings created to improve patients’ health. Its main objective is to conserve or to improve the health of the patient or‚ in some cases‚ to slow down the progression of the disease process. However‚ patient education goes beyond the main objective. An informed and educated patient can actively contribute in his or her own therapy‚ improve results‚ help detect mistakes before they happen‚ and decrease length of hospital stay
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patient’s culture when providing care. Because cultures and customs that are followed vary so much from patient to patient‚ the nurse should be educated on how to provide culturally competent care. Being culturally competent means showing respect for‚ and knowledge of‚ the patient and their culture‚ and will help the nurse build rapport and a trusting‚ therapeutic relationship. By building this trusting relationship‚ the patient is more likely to be compliant with the health care regimen and therefore‚ will
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Master Patient Index i Master Patient Index Master Patient Index 1 Master Patient Index (MPI) and the Primary Key are important parts of a health care organizations database. They help in the retrieval and organization of data in an organizations data base. The Master Patient Index (MPI) is an electronic medical database that holds information on every patient registered at a health care organization (TechTarget‚ 2011). The information that is contained in the patient record is things
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lawmakers on how nurse patient ratio can affect the patient’s outcome but not much has changed over the years. Thirty years ago‚ when I was a new graduate nurse‚ I remember the exhausting 12-15 hour days I experienced working in a medical center‚ three days in a row and being responsible for fifteen patients while working with a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Certified Nurses Assistant. During that time I worked on a medical-surgical/telemetry floor where we also had patients on ventilators. Nurses
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Seisay I completely agree with you that nurses play a vital role in ensuring patient safety‚ since we all know that patient safety can improve patient outcome and subsequently reduce the cost of healthcare. The culture of safety is a continuously changing concept and focus on preventing medical errors and maintaining patient safety and that when those errors happen‚ they lead to bad consequences including‚ increase in length of hospital stay‚ litigation costs‚ healthcare-associated infections‚ lack
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removing blood from the circulatory system through a cut (incision) or puncture in order to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis. Phlebotomy is also done as part of the patient ’s treatment for certain blood disorders. There are times when drawing blood is the only way a doctor can diagnosis and treat a patients illness. Phlebotomists draw blood from your vein with the order from your physician to find out exact blood levels so that he or she is able to treat your illness to the best
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Worldwide doctor patient communication it holds high importance in healthcare profession due to its effect on the treatment outcome. To have the required skills as a doctor to gain information from the patient as well as to assure the understanding of the patient and to get her or his cooperation sometimes it could be difficult to master these skills. However good communication skills is a mandatory to achieve high quality care. Starting this year I had my first patient encounter‚ it was challenging
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