Medical emergencies

Sallie Mae Fisher Case Study Many elderly patients do not have the proper support for their personal needs and medical diagnosis. If an elderly patient is provided with a thorough education on their diagnosis it can lead to positive health outcomes. In like matter with the proper support of nurses provided at home for the patient, medical errors can also be prevented. The purpose of this paper is to discuss Sallie Mae Fishers home visit with four problems identified based on substantiate…

As an emergency room nurse my mind is hard wired to treat patients as quickly as possible and have them vacate to an admissions bed or back home. The acute care environment can be so hectic that looking past a patient’s discharge instructions can easily be over looked. An emergency room nurse regardless of her or his acute care mindset still knows how to apply the nursing process to any plan of care at hand and it is no different to a plan of continuous care in a patient’s home. The key is…

Medical Record Documentation in the Veterinary Setting A record, synonymous with other terms such as, health record or medical record, is a collection of related fields that refers to all the data accumulated regarding the patient’s visit or all of the patient’s visits. The health information professional will find that in relation to the veterinary health medical record, similarities between the veterinary delivery care setting and human health care setting extend to the approach veterinary…

for patients in the emergency room at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Not only did my time there further improve…

approving of treatment, care, or the responsibility of another individual, consent is the priority. Consent will protect the patient’s right, or their lawful surrogate to express the decision that is in the best interest of the patient. Before any medical intervention, consent must be attained voluntarily, with full disclosure of the treatment, risks, and must be recorded (Simpson, 2011, p. 510). In the case that a patient or lawful surrogate refuse to sign consent or refuse treatment does…

about what it takes to be a cardiologist and what he loves about his job. I learned that he spent a total of twelve years and $228,000 on his schooling after high school. The twelve years included four years of an undergraduate degree, four years of medical school and eight years at his residency, when the minimum is three years. He spent so much time in his residency learning everything there was about the heart, specializing in four different areas. Each of these specialties required a board…

Chronic Illness A chronic illness is any medical condition that is long lasting in its effects and that vary greatly both in their essential characteristics and the ways in which they affect families and its adaptive functioning. Some chronic illness get worse over time, while the symptoms of other chronic illnesses will flare up occasionally. Every family is a balanced system and after learning of a patient’s chronic illness, a family will experience some loss of equilibrium. The illness…

clueless as to what I wanted to be when I got older. I am the first person in my family to attend college, so I was never around anyone who had any type of education for their occupation. It was not until high school I decided I wanted to pursue the medical field since I have always had a strong notion to help those that are in need. Soon after a coworker of mine suggested the radiologic technology program at Roane State Community College. I began doing research on radiography and I was very…

Medical drama has always been a fairly popular genre on television, but it has grown so much within the past few years. What exactly is medical drama? A medical drama is a televised show that has a setting of a hospital, or surgery room, and typically has characters acting as doctors or nurses. During these medical shows more events happen beyond the medical part, and goes further than the events that pertain to the characters’ job. A typical medical drama portrays some aspects of characters’…

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