aging population amplifies the fact that protective legislation for the elderly must be introduced. Question 7: Refer to both the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995 (SA) and the AHPRA Code of Conduct to explain why medical practitioners and others are obliged to explain to patients/clients the consequences of proposed treatments. Medical practitioners and other health care professionals are obligated to explain to patients/clients the consequences of proposed treatments…
As the healthcare industry has changed so has Kettering Medical Center. Once a one hospital building, now owner of 8 operating non-profit hospitals which employees over 12,000 employees, a 4 year college, a group of physician (ambulatory) practices known as Kettering Physician Network (KPN) with over 1,200 physicians…
HISTORY OF JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER Jacobi Medical Center, formerly known as Bronx Municipal Hospital Center was established in 1955 by the New York City department of hospitals. “The mission statement of the hospital has been to serve the Bronx community by providing high quality, cost effective healthcare, in a respectful way to all, regardless of ability to pay”. The hospital has a specialized care facilities and a teaching hospital located in the northeast part of Bronx. Jacobi Medical Center…
Problem: Swedish American Medical Center/Belvidere (SAMCB) is a smaller hospital in a neighboring town that Swedish American Health System in Rockford Illinois owns. At SwedishAmerican Medical Center/Belvidere, we currently have one Philips x-ray room and one AMX portable x-ray machine. The medical center only has one computed radiology (CR) laser reader. The x-ray room and portable x-ray both utilize this (CR) laser reader. If the laser reader happens to break down, we have no way of…
the hard job that the Howard Medical School admissions committee has. Out of thousands of very qualified, competitive, and very competent applicants the committee must decide who fits best with the program and who will have the most to offer the school and the community which it serves. Like most, my young professional career is decorated with academic accomplishment and personal achievement. Today, however, I would like the committee to evaluate my readiness for medical school not only based on…
the danger signs that are found in pregnancy. The layout of the text is a bulleted list of information of all the dangers, and then an in-depth coverage of the listed topics, in addition to the bulleted list, the article lists symptoms of when a medical doctor should be notified. This article will be helpful in determining differences in unremarkable pregnancies in comparison to a drug dependent pregnancies. The article reveals danger signs that happen to people who are not using illegal drugs.…
Thomas, John, Wilfred Waluchow, and Elizabeth Gedge, eds. "Case 3.3 Discontinuing Force Feeding of an Anorexia Nervosa Patient. "Well and Good -Fourth Edition: A Case Study Approach to Health Care Ethics. 4th ed. New York: Broadway, 2014. 131-135. Print. This is a case study of a patient who suffers from anorexia nervosa and has been force fed for 4 years in order to keep her alive. No improvements in her mental state have been made in this time, despite the many types of therapy have been…
and is influenced by both nursing standards and the standards of the individual. The Four-Way Method is a good way to analyze the situation and is used to analyze our case study. We evaluated both of the case studies and they brought up interesting topics to discuss. We chose the first case study to evaluate deeper. The case study involves a 48 year…
After accomplishing my individual case study, I realized that it has helped me have a great understanding of a struggling reader psychology. I have noticed that there are many factors that interfere with the child’s reading ability that is not solely based on his/her intelligence. If a child is struggling in reading, I need to take into consideration what factors may be affecting the child. For example, I should be aware that if there are any medical conditions/disabilities that may be affecting…
the pinnacles of development to guarantee information security. The services as well have not been of essential use in that there is inefficiency in the software developed that link up the data for data entry as well as access to the cloud. In the medical field, a second of blindness in the information database could be disastrous and cloud cost lives and resources invested in the wellness of users of hospital premises (Griebel et. al., 2015). The providers of they services as well require that…