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    some time, the physician would be aware of what information the PT is looking for and potentially save them time. Some say time is money, but by communicating efficiently and effectively, the healthcare professionals will be able to provide the best care for their patients. The next problem that could arise from open communication is that there could be verbal communication that could later be interrupted differently, or not even at all. For example, a physician or PT could tell each other…

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    Patient Discharge Process

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    of discharged patients are not being met up to 81% of patients needing assistance with basic functional needs failed to receive home care referrals and consequently 64% of these patients reported that no one at the hospital had talked to them about “managing at home.” (Clark et al., 2005) Other studies have found that 50% of at-risk patients failed to receive home care referrals that they needed. (Rosswurm &Lanham 1998) The current discharge process remains broken, and a multidisciplinary…

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    becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) last 2009, I know that I would be able to deal with different kinds of people and be able to be part of their healing process during their stay in the healthcare institution. Today, as I become a part of the health team, I learned a lot of things. First is being able to know how to communicate and work with varied type of people may it be our patient or a coworker. In my every day shift at hospitals and nursing homes, I was able to meet people from…

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    IOM Reflection Paper

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    Advancing Health, and came up with this outlines that would help nurses to be able to provide quality, and value health care that would satisfy the diverse future population. The IOM also came up with three recconmendations that would give american access to high…

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    Cultural competency is defined as a, “recognized and popular approach to improving the provision of health care to racial/ethnic minority groups in the community with the aim of reducing racial/ ethnic health disparities” (Truong, n.d., para 1). Cultural competency for an organization means, “creating practices and policies that will make services more accessible to diverse populations, and that provide for appropriate and effective services in cross-cultural situations” (Olsen, Bhattacharya &…

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    & Bachner, 2010). Although, if the nurse does blow the whistle and the doctor or hospital’s reputation is tarnished, it could affect the work environment and the quality of care given to the many other patients of that hospital (Mansbach & Bachner,…

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    DNR In Health Care

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    (as cited in Saevareid & Balandin, 2011), including CPR and the refusal is morally acceptable if the patient is given an explanation of the consequences of every decision (Mullen & Gow, 2010). From the essence of this ethical principle, healthcare providers including physicians and nurses should respect the patient’s preference in their healthcare decision even it contradict to their beliefs and values. Other than that, the physician is responsible for documenting the patient’s preference either…

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    longer twenty-five but eighty-five. They begin to depend more on their family and healthcare providers to keep them moving. Unfortunately, regardless of how much faith one may have in the healthcare system nothing is perfect. As an elder one may decide to enter a senior citizen long term care housing or may even be fortunate enough to hire a home healthcare nurse with the hopes that these healthcare providers will do as their title states and provide healthcare, exquisite healthcare. One…

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    Using active listening can help to learn about another’s culture. Active listening is necessary in order to extrapolate the necessary information regarding cultural customs, beliefs, and boundaries so a provider can accommodate patients accordingly (Drench et al., 2012). In the book, Dr. Alvord walked into an exam room to tend to a sick patient to find both the patient’s mother and grandmother beside her. Immediately, judging based on non-verbal cues and…

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    development of a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship and certain amount of trust which other providers might lack or may not have the time for. “Through this therapeutic relationship, nurses are assumed to develop closer bonds with patients than physicians, and thus patients may be more likely to ask questions and express concern to nurses” (Mahlin, 2010). Nurses more often than other healthcare providers meet and spend time with a patient’s family, because of this “nurses may be more privy…

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