Broadmoor Hospital

The rattling of the library cart being pushed echoed down the very long hallway, which smelled like hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies. The University of Michigan hospital is a neat place, with nurses everywhere, doctors checking up on their patients, and new medical school students, who were always lost. And then there was me: a high school student volunteering to bring the library cart to patients rooms for them to borrow and enjoy. I was able to witness many happy moments, but I also saw a…

What To Know About Choosing Day Care For Your Elderly Parent If you care for your elderly parent at home, you may be overwhelmed with the duties of caregiving. One solution is to use the services of an adult day care center, so you have a few hours to yourself every day to relax, shop, or go to the gym. You'll benefit from the break, and your parent will benefit too. A day care center offers activities such as crafts, and the opportunity to socialize, so your parent won't feel bored and…

You can use acupuncture to help you treat many painful conditions that people of all ages experience. Acupuncture does not hurt and when many people see the procedure they have the opinion that this is a painful procedure. This is not painful and while you may feel the needles inserted, many people are often very relaxed during the procedure. You may even feel like falling asleep and this is very common. During your first procedure the acupuncturist will often explain the procedure in…

Man’s greatest fear is death. For centuries, it has been the most dominant terror sitting at the forefront of every decision. Any form of death is dreaded, regardless of whether it be your death or the death of a companion. For me, the jobs that help individuals recover from encounters that brought them so close to death are the most rewarding. The desire to help people and their families inspires me to become a surgeon; it is not only a job, but a way to become a lifesaver and a hero. There…

Today I was in Borger at the hospital on the med-surge floor. They had many different patients today and I interacted with all of them. My patient was a 77-year-old woman and she had COPD, hypertension, and chronic microcytic anemia. When I first went in the room with my patient I went with the RN and watched her perform her assessment and introduced myself to her and told her I was a student nurse and would be helping taking care of her. She was a sweet lady and pleasant, but you could tell she…

Documentation Article Sierra N McAllister East Tennessee State University Nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, and many other healthcare workers must chart information on numerous patients every day. Any one of these health care providers could be taken to court. How do healthcare works keep themselves safe in court? The answer was to the statement is proper documentation. In the article titled, “Stay out of court with proper documentation,” the author Sally Austin, RN,…

As a patient service level advocate of eight years, I analyze any ethical issues and apply appropriate actions. Service-level advocate attempts to resolve patient issues, working in collaboration with the facility Patient Advocate to help identify opportunities for improvement. I respect the rights and privacy of patients and staff to protect their confidential information verbally, electronically, and print communications, while continuing to demonstrate leadership in identifying by responding…

Week Two Reflective Assignment Mary Carnahan HA 413 Current Issues in Health Information Management May 10, 2016 Week Two What I learned in “Health Care Information Systems” Chapter five “Clinical Information Systems” In this chapter I learned how the clinical information system can have an impact on patient quality, outcomes, and safety. I learned about EHRs and how PHRs are not protected under HIPPA unless “a health care provider or a health plan that offers a PHR as one of its…

minutes, which is longer than average for her to engage in an activity. Reflecting back, the patient’s mother wasn’t present during this part of the play session and hadn’t been in on the unit since the previous afternoon for a meeting outside of the hospital regarding her CPS case. I wonder now if the patient needed attention and to be stimulated since she had only had contact with the CPS sitter and the medical staff for roughly 12-15 hours. Another insight that just occurred to…

Our assigned reading titled The Committee, left me perplexed and questioning myself about the decision I would make if I were part of the committee. After reading Patrick’s case, and learning he was diagnosed with Hirschsprung’s disease, which is a disease of the digestive tract, and after reading about the numerous surgeries this fifteen year old had been under, making a decision to continue trying to keep him alive and try to find a cure is difficult. If I were to be part of the committee I…