Health care provider

… and protection of the ethical integrity of the health professional” (Position of the American Dietetic Association par. 23). This suggests that the patient’s right to decide for themselves on health issues is not absolute, meaning not totally guaranteed. The reason for this is because the state or institutions are limiting the rights of patients. They are doing this based off of “preserving life”, “prevention of suicide”, and protecting the health professionals principles. Patients have the…

scanning system is an integral part of the electronic health record. Nurses administer all medications, including i.v. piggy-back medications and i.v. large-volume medications, through the bar-code scanning system. All information is documented with a time stamp for improved accuracy of clinical information. The documented administration information is available throughout the medical center to any clinician or pharmacist as part of the integrated health record. The bar code scanning system will…

that I am working on. One is doing a PowerPoint presentation on cultural competency in mental health. This is a presentation for staff on the differing views of patients and how different cultures view mental health. Another RN and myself are also working on a project to present to the local community. We would like to reach junior high and high school students with a presentation on drugs and mental health. We see a large amount of minors in PES. Often times, these kids are having issues with…

for the interview. It is meant to give you the opportunity to share your experiences of talking to your doctor or healthcare provider about human trafficking. Your opinions and perspectives are necessary for the interview and obviously you have knowledge that can help us better understand those who have experienced human trafficking and talked with their healthcare providers. A complete honesty is needed in responding to questions. If something I am asking you is hard to understand, don’t…

concerned with being reliant on outside care services (Ohnsorge, 2014, p. 6). Independent people grow up making decisions about life everyday. It is people with these same personality attributes like being hesitant to lose self-control, an unwillingness to ask for assistance in everyday task…

In today’s health care system, it is imperative to have data accessible to the members of the health care team in real time. In the case study that was presented a patient was tested for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); the lab results were negative however, the lab record was updated as the patient being positive for MRSA. It was found that this was the third time that lab results were uploaded to the wrong patient’s EHR record from the emergency room. We are going to look at…

nurse. Two of the key elements in nursing are professionalism and patient-family-centered care. These two concepts not only show that nursing is a profession and that a nurse is always a nurse, on or off of the clock; furthermore, it shows the characteristics of all nurses to be professional yet empathetic, stern yet caring. Nurses do not follow the rules of professionalism and patient-family-centered care, they define the rules. Nurses define the rules of professionalism by how they present…

adding steps with an aim to redesign the journey by improving the care provided to the…

‘The administration of medicines is an important aspect’ of nursing care as nurses have a responsibility to supply and dispose medication as defined in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standard for Medicines Management. This essay will focus on the central skill of medicine administration and its application in treating, preventing and relieving symptoms of an illness. Medicine administration will be defined and its purpose in a clinical area will be examined. The principle of medicine…

and infrastructure as long as the doctors and nursing staff handle the patients well and offer the relevant emotional support to them. In addition, as Prakash (2010) asserts, doctors and nursing staff understanding a patient’s perspective on their health influences patient satisfaction. Notwithstanding, the doctors’ and nursing staff’s understanding of the patient should take into account their beliefs, whether religious or not (Street & Haidet,…