The English Patient

forms of cancer that runs in my family. I have seen my great grandmother to my older sister who diagnosed and caught early when she was 21 have their own personal fight with cancer. I want to work at Moffitt Cancer Center, because I want to help patients, visitors, and staff fight against cancer. I get to work alongside people who want to do the same thing I’m in this field doing, to find a way to put their life back on track. I get to help save a person…

000 hospitalizations (Heart Failure Statistics). Further complicating the issue, 25% of these patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge and at least 50% are readmitted within six months (Cost considerations in the treatment of heart failure). The intensity of the disease process poses a financial strain on both the patient and the payers, especially Medicare, as 3.6 million of these patients are 60 years or older and therefore a Medicare beneficiary. Consequently, in order to gain…

course, am aware of how corrupt the healthcare system is in the US, but, to what extent, not so much. The medical jargon used in the hospital bill, along with the codes and symbols is indicative of how confusing the healthcare system is to their patients, and sometimes, unfortunately, their litigants. The seven or so months it took for Brill to conduct his research using bills from hospitals, doctors, drug…

Nurse-Patient Ratio Imagine you are in a hospital bed dealing with a tremendous amount of pain, and your nurse is not around to give you medication to put you at ease because he or she has five other patients and just has not gotten around to you yet. How does that make you feel? Look into the nurse 's perspective, they are running around for twelve or twenty-four hours because of being understaffed, while constantly checking on patients and also getting interrupted by family members complaints…

the one who assists, such as by prescribing a lethal dose of medication. The only difference between assisted suicide and other forms of euthanasia is which person performs the final act that kills the patient. If a doctor performs the final act (e.g., an injection), it is euthanasia; if the patient performs the final act himself (e.g., ingesting pills), it is assisted suicide” (MCCFL). Euthanasia is generally misled in correlation to assisted physician suicide in which a person wants to end…

simply dedicate to others what you want. I will discuss a critical thinking assignment about a nurse attempting to create a program for a patient and was meeting much resistance. I will review what the problem is, whose problem it is, wat can be done, modes of communication, sending messages, and strategies for success. The Problem Ventilator-dependent patients have a multiple of complex care needs. In a critical thinking…

give out to anyone but the patient. It sometimes is a struggle for me to understand the differences between what information…

nutrition support and hydration will abide to an informed patient with decision making capacity. In the United States the principle of autonomy is the foundation of ethical principles of medical care choices. The individual’s right to self-determination will rule out the beliefs and desires of the health care team. This is the golden rule, the standard that all health care providers must follow, respect and uphold no matter what. If a patient denies oral, enteral or parenteral nutrition the best…

To be open-minded to an experience before encountering it allows for an incredibly eye-opening moment that leads to an enhancement in learning. Before entering into this environment, I had heard rumours that health care settings often embody very negative atmospheres that leave very little room for effective communication and teamwork. The first insight I had was one of enlightenment as I discovered that it actually happened to be an established team environment that was very positive and…

In order to achieve highest HCAHPS scores and reduce medical errors JMH Executive Committee decided to implement a bar-code scanning system of medication delivery and a patient education program during Hospital stay. The bar-code scanning system is an integral part of the electronic health record. Nurses administer all medications, including i.v. piggy-back medications and i.v. large-volume medications, through the bar-code scanning system. All information is documented with a time stamp for…