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disagreements within members of the medical team is inevitable, if there is quality and effective communication, this interaction generates novel ideas and solutions that help to further stimulate thinking skills in the team. With the use of a tool like ISBAR, ineffective communication leading to subpar patient care, dissent among members of the team, medical malpractice, substandard patient transfer as well as the uneven patient care continuity can be overcome and reduced. The learning…

Culturally Sensitive and Diverse Clinic Environment This is a patient centered approach to ensuring that the patients feel the urge of honoring appointments, but also reduces feelings of depreciations. Fostering a culturally sensitive and diverse clinic environment would play a significant role in reducing no shows among patients (Sue & Sue, 2012). In addition to welcoming them all, patient care-providers should also eliminate the behavior of creating a feeling of guilt among patients, despite…

methods of reducing and dealing with life’s stressors in a positive manner. It is my belief that if we provide these outlets to our patients, we are giving them the keys to a much healthier lifestyle, in which they will likely reduce the amount of illness they may encounter. As nurses, it is our duty to the public that we are able to develop relationships with our patients in which they feel comfortable voicing their concerns early on, which can be vital in preventing larger issues farther down…

The importance of lifelong learning was recognised as being pivotal in addressing these issues (Jones and Jenkins, 2007: 10). It introduced a four-tier structure, incorporating a competency based system for continual learning, the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF); this provided fair CPD access to all (Gould et al, 2007: 27). Within the imaging department it promoted, encouraged and expedited role development and generated new radiographic roles (Woodford, 2005: 321). It was highlighted…

The main character in the book Ben Behind His Voices is Benjamin; Ben suffers from Schizophrenia. He is the son of the author Randye Kaye. Early life for Ben was as normal a life a child could have with a single mother. Ben was warm and happy, like any other child. Ben was very well liked and he was often called often to babysit; Ben did very well in school and loved his baby sister with all his heart. Ben was often thought to have ADD or ADHD as a child, but it was not believed necessary to…

The committee I will be reviewing is the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee. I will outline the functions; listing three explicit tasks they are responsible for. I will outline how I would implement risk management in this committee. And lastly, I will incorporate how those responsibilities look through a biblical framework. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee is accountable for “developing policies and procedures relating to the selection, procurement, distribution, handling, use, and…

personal experience with family members, that mental illness is a topic that interests me immensely. In my lessons I learned how mental illness is treated and theories about how it is caused, such as the biological approach which suggests that mental illness is caused by changes to the brain or neurotransmitters. For example, there is evidence to suggest that depression is caused by the lack of serotonin in the body. My interest in mental illness stemmed from when I found out my aunt suffered…

With regards to the nursing field, drug administration is extremely imperative. If not accurately completed, misdiagnosis may result in numerous complications for the patient and the nurse. It is estimated that an excess of 1.5 million preventable medication errors happen yearly in the United States (Neal, 2010), prompting demise, tolerant handicap, expanded length of doctor 's facility stays and expenses. As indicated by Abudato (2014), restorative lapses (counting drug organization blunders…

Euthanasia is the act of ending someone’s life (Goldberg, 1987, p. 22). This issue raises controversy, as many individuals perceive this act as a criminal homicide. The capacity to sustain human life through the use of technology and improved life support measures causes people to question the controversial topic of patients’ right to die. According to Goldberg (1987, p. 22), active euthanasia is the direct act of shortening a human being’s life, such as providing a patient with a lethal…

relief from an illness’ associated symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress of a serious illness, no matter what the diagnosis is (Materstvedt, 2003). This kind of care can address and potentially change many of the factors involved in individual request for assisted suicide by providing respect, careful attention, and open and sensitive communication in the clinical setting, aiming to ease the worries that patients may have surrounding their illness and future with the illness.…