Phlebotomy and How it has changed Christina Hughes HCS 212 March 9‚2015 Elwanda Whitaker Phelbotomy has made a lot of changes now with technology . According to an article that was written by anymous in the Clinical Labortatory Science Journal‚”Phlebotomy is more accurately defined now as a bloodletting by incision of a vein or skin puncture for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.” Certified (ANOMYUS‚ 1999) I think these changes are great and are very helpful in performing veinpunctures on
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The quality of health care remains an ongoing concern for consumers‚ payers‚ and policy makers. There are a number of national initiatives to measure quality and drive improvements in care. One initiative that has received significant attention is an effort by a group of purchasers known as the Leapfrog Group. (Sultz and Young) Founded in 2000‚ the Leapfrog coalition includes more than 65 employers and agencies that together purchase care for more than 34 million people. The Leapfrog Group has focused
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Autonomy which is within the context of patient care has replaced paternalism which was the formal approach to patient care in healthcare practice (DH‚ 2010). The respect for autonomy which advocates for patients’ decision making rights (Gillet‚ 2008; Walker‚ 2009; Beauchamp and Childress‚ 2009) and discourages paternalism which has been the norm in the nurse-patient relationship for decades‚ permits Miss KK to decline surgery which she considered more
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The chief feature of a health care organization’s philosophy is patient-centered care. The industry focus is to ensure that they provide a high standard of care to ensure the meet the needs of the patients which is more vital than making profits because if the care is substandard‚ they will lose patients and will be unable to generate money. Since patients are at the forefront facilities ought to support the execution of an integrated delivery system. According to Kreidler (2017)‚ the integrated
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Patient Centred Care Essay This essay is based on the Case study of a patient named as Mrs Ford. It will be written as a logical account‚ adopting a problem solving approach to her care. She is elderly and has been admitted onto a medical ward in the hospital‚ following a stroke. This essay analyses the care that she will receive and focuses on the use of assessment tools in practice. Interventions will be put in place directly relating to the assessment feedback and in line with best practice.
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in this section since the beginning of internship. Being able to extract blood from different kind of patients such as the geriatric‚ paediatric and obese is very rewarding because this is the hallmark of being a skilled phlebotomist. At the start of the rotation‚ I felt a little nervous and excited at the same time. Good thing that I was already oriented with the dos and don’ts in phlebotomy during my afternoon and night shifts more so‚ made me feel a little bit confident. Before doing any blood
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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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residents living in a long-term care facility‚ 60% of hospitalized older adults‚ and an estimate of 5%-10% of older adults living in community settings are malnourished (Maher and Eliadi‚ n.d.). These statistics sadly show that hospitalized and long-term care patients are more likely to become under nourished compared to the elderly population in the community. According to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI‚ 2007)‚
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In the healthcare professions‚ it is imperative to keep up to date with current health care‚ expanding research‚ and ways in which patient care and treatment outcomes can be improved. This is especially important in the nursing field‚ in which the main focus is holistic and patient-centered care. There are constant research studies being conducted which introduce new ways to treat and approach patients. Three articles that talk about prevalent healthcare issues in modern society are: The Primary
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did not choose the career path as a pharmacy technician it tend to choose me. It seemed to be the right career for me because I’m more of a behind the scene type of person rather than in the spotlight. I really like to do office type of work and to work with different types of medication. I also love to learn what the different types of medication are for and also used for rather than to be out on the floor of a hospital dealing with certain situations that makes me squeamish. I feel this is the
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