Chapter 4 Key Terms Angela Fuca Undoing - actions designed to make amends to cancel out inappropriate behavior! ! ! ! ! ! ! Active Listening - received massage is paraphrased back to the sender to verify the correct message was decoded! Time Focus - defines the period of time that is important and to which an individuals actions are directed or orientated! Bias - slant toward a particular belief! Body Language - nonverbal communication that includes unconscious body movements‚
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Unsafe Abbreviations In 2001‚ The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on the subject of medical abbreviations‚ and just one year later‚ it’s Board of Commissions approved a National Patient Safety Goal requiring accredited organizations to develop and implement a lost of abbreviations not to use. In 2004‚ the joint Commission created its “do not use” list of abbreviations as part of the requirements for meeting that goal. Currently‚ this requirement
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medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and therefore people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals who would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. That’s why many organizations are developing written policies stating which abbreviations should not be used and medical professionals are trained to write legible when using other abbreviations. Simple
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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 in the medical field make it 10 times easier and quicker but elimination some of these abbreviations can help reduce errors. (1) Through new technologies such as computerized order entry systems are being introduced into heath care. It is estimated that currently 5 percent of US physicians utilize these systems and write there prescriptions electronically. If more physicians used this system it would automatically reduce the errors. If some of the more common misused abbreviations
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Physical Effects of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery on Patients A cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Despite the development of non-surgical techniques‚ it is the most common method for treating symptomatic gallstones. There are other indications for the procedure‚ including carcinoma. Each year‚ more than 500‚000 Americans have gallbladder surgery. Most of the options of surgery include a standard procedure‚ called laparoscopic cholecystectomy‚ and an older more invasive
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TrueBlood Case 1‚ Refer-a-Friend Background Runway Discount (Runway)‚ a privately held online retailer‚ has implemented a new customer referral marketing campaign. The campaign involves incentivizing current customers to refer their friends to Runway’s website. When a current customer refers someone who makes a purchase on Runway’s website‚ the referring customer receives a $25 credit to be applied to a future purchase. Two important provisions should be highlighted regarding this “Refer-a-Friend”
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Communicative Competence refers to the ability of understanding‚ producing‚ and interpreting the different Communicative events taking into account not only their explicit sense (what it seems to be more immediate for us)‚ but also its implications; Linguistic Competence: it refers to the ability of producing utterances in an efficient way in all its grammatical levels. It is formed by these competences: lexical‚ grammatical‚ semantic‚ phonologic and orthographic competence. That is to say‚ what
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NO TO THE REMOVAL OF FIELD TRIPS By: Maries Imee M. Venturillo BSEd1-1 Palawan State University College of Teacher Education Title: No to the Removal of Field trip Thesis statement: I am writing about keeping field trip in the curriculum of the schools and I am going to argue‚ show and prove that field trip should remain the curriculum by stating: the integration of field trip to teaching program‚ field trip as the ground of oral communication‚ studies about scientific exploration
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Retest Social Problem Nowadays. A Number Of Innocent Girls Have Already Committed Suicide Around The Country Being Victims Of This Social Even Killed By The Teasers. So‚ It Is A Crying Need To Stand Against Eve Teasing. What Is Eve Teasing: “Eve” Refers To The First Woman In World Mentioned In The Bible? All Women Represent “Eve Trashing”. It Is Actually A Euphemism For Sexual Harassment Street Harassment Of Women By Men. What Eve Teasing Includes: School And College Going Girls‚ Female Teachers
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