Patient

For this patient centered experience paper, I interviewed a woman in her eighties who was admitted to the emergency room after experiencing some respiratory issues and had a pulse oximeter reading of below ninety. I will refer to this patient as “Mrs. Jones”. Mrs. Jones was admitted to a hospital in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She spent several days within this facility until she was healthy enough to return home. Mrs. Jones then tells me that this is where her daughter had all of her children…

most specifically focusing on one thing: patients. The Patient-Centered Medical Home was created to enable necessary health care to patients, wherever and whenever needed. This concept will not only revolutionize the access to health care, but allow for a better healthcare experience for both health care providers and patients. The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a health care model which provides continuous and comprehensive care to patients at a lower cost. According to the American…

nurse’s job is to care for patients to the best of their abilities. There are many issues that could determine life or death. One that stands out is not about what medication our patients are getting, or the type of treatment they have for their disease process, but the care and attention nurses give them. Patients always remember how they were treated, and the call lights are in place to help nurses deliver better care. Last semester, the nurse manager said that the patient satisfaction ratings…

Justice, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and autonomy are four ethical principles that can be applied to issues in patient-clinician communication (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2014). Justice is to treat people fairly no matter their age, race, sex, or socioeconomic status (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2014). If a person comes to the emergency department with no insurance, we care for that patient just the same as if they had insurance. They will receive all the same testing, labs, and treatments. If their…

Health and Safety of Patient or Clients (i) Pharmacists must have specialized and updated knowledge about medicines, health related products, medicinal and complimentary therapies and are expected to use this knowledge and their experience to benefit their patients or clients. (ii) Pharmacists are aware of the limitations of their knowledge, skills and facilities and refer patients to appropriate health care professionals when they are unable to meet the needs of their patients or clients.…

descriptions of patient experiences have over time of services, it represents the total number of steps taken, as well as the total number of people involved, the total time taken to perform the process step, and all documents used. Understanding the patient journey and their parallel experiences of services with process mapping is essential, because it could then become a template for identifying key service touch points and improvements. It is important to understand how patients experience…

Every Patient Tells a Story was a great book that offered unique perspectives on patient care. It provided an alternative way of thinking and approach to the physical examination. One of the first sections of the book that I found interesting described an analogy of a mechanic checking a vehicle. Mechanics cannot just check under the hood and see if a part needs to be replaced. Mechanics as with medical professionals need to take a detailed assessment and based on their findings are able to…

intimacy of the nurse-patient relationship and the ability of the nurse to have a significant impact on a patient’s life. My favorite part about my nursing career has been the connection that I have made with patients and their families. When reflecting on my nursing career and the patients, I think of the hospitalized, critically ill ones, incapable of caring for themselves; experiencing one of the hardest times in their lives. While extremely difficult to experience this with patients, it…

“Nurse Knowledge Exchange”, “bedside report”, “patient satisfaction” and “communication”. CINAHL and peer review were used to get results. Additionally, Google scholarly articles were also used for search. After reviewing the article, author has selected fifteen research articles that support the proposed proposal for the study. The article discussed about research design, methods, population, strength, weakness, results and significance to nursing and patient care. 1. Lin, M., Heisler, S.,…

decreased nurse satisfaction, high staff turnover rates, risk for poor patient outcomes, increased risk for patient on staff and patient on patient violence, and increase risk for safety concerns to patients and staff. All of these issues are currently costly to time, resources and finances. Four years ago the American Psychiatric Nurses Association identified how these issues are impacting the care of psychiatric patients and call for changes to be made in staffing (American Psychiatric Nurses…