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Since I was five, I dreamed of becoming a doctor. While living with my grandparents, I noticed that they were always sick. They had many diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and more. As their grandchild, I was naturally worried for them. I visioned saving them and making their diseases go away. This led to the idea of becoming an anesthesiologist. My goal is to one day save people’s lives from deadly situations. Anesthesiologists play one of the most significant roles in the…

Medical treatment helped millions of people, but there are responsibilities that all health care professionals must abide by to ensure patients’ rights are supported. The established presumption is that every adult of sound mind has the right to decide what will be done to his or her body. Before any treatment is carried out on the patients’ body by any HCP, their consent must be obtained. Consent to treatment can be verbal, written or gestured/implied. The patient must have the capacity or…

In this assignment I will be evaluating care strategies that can be used initially to help and support the individual disorder and the disorder I will be discussing will be Dementia. The positive aspects in having patients in a hospital setting it allows them to care for by a nurse that’s nearby. Also this strategy would help the individual a lot and this strategy works. A nurse has special training and background in caring for and teaching people with diabetes. A nurse works closely alongside…

Recent stories in the news have posed this controversial question: should terminally ill patients have the right to end their own lives? Empathetic stories of terminally ill patients’ last wishes have captured attention of the media and created a controversial debate on the ethics and morals of physician assisted suicide, otherwise known as PAS. Some claim that PAS is inhumane and unethical, while others insist that it is a given right to anybody under such extreme circumstances. In his article,…

Actual opportunities and potential barriers for expert clinical leaders Recognizing the fact that, clinicians seem to play an important role in leadership positions throughout organisations to enhance organisational performance, it seems now crucial to find an answer to the question: why do clinicians seem to outstand from leaders with no expert knowledge? One advantage is that clinicians have a deep understanding about the core business, which might be useful with decision-making strategy…

What advantages and/or disadvantages are likely to result from the FIAT Health Systems proposed implementation of a BCMA system Addressing the issues of medical or medication errors has plagued the health care industry for a long period of time, and according to the report published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) approximates that 98,000 patients die in the United States as a result of medical errors that could have been easily avoided (Wideman et al, n.d.). The publication of the IOM…

Patients today have many different health needs and often require more than one health care team member of a different scope of practice. It is nearly impossible for one health care team member to address all problems associated with the patients’ health issues. The interprofessional education approach also known as IPE is considered to be a collaborative approach between team members. The team members had to show respect to each other’s practice and work together to achieve the best possible…

Medical assistant is an allied health professional that supports the work of physicians, mainly in outpatient or ambulatory care facilities, such as medical offices and clinics. Medical assisting is one of the nation’s careers growing much faster than average for all occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (2016 American Association of Medical Assistants). Medical assistants are trained to do administrative duties such as, using computer applications, greeting…

The best course of action for this appointment is to get signed consent to obtain the patient's medical records from the other providers where she used to live. Obtaining the records will help the current provider have an overall picture of what all has already been diagnosed for the patient and the treatments that she has received in the past. The next step would be to complete as thorough as a history as possible to gain as much information on the patient and her history since birth. The…

APN Leader Interview Project Advanced practice nurse is registered nurse who has advanced clinical roles in nursing such as assessing a patient, diagnosing, ordering labs and providing treatment. They also play a leading role in coordinating health promotion by educating patient about their health condition. Clinical competence helps the advance practice nurse to achieve advance skills for assessing and meeting needs of the patient but it also helps to create a safe and trusty relationship…