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documentation. Nurses will have to be educated and competent in EHR since nurses do the majority of documentation. Nurses obtain and document patient’s allergies, current medications, vital signs, past and current medical, surgical and social history, during triage or an admission assessment these are many of the required core objectives in the MU core criteria. Nurses will ultimately be the deciding factor for compliance to MU and the incentives that can be…

Aidan Briody Rough Draft 5/1/18 Medicine changing because of World War Two *Introduction Daily thousands of soldiers died from wounds and injuries from the battle, what adaptations will doctors make without the proper medical equipment during a time of crisis? For centuries wounded soldiers of every nation were responsible for much of their own care. Medical attention was primitive and often not a high priority for military planners beyond the officer corps.…

Introduction Due to the complex nature of the needs of the elderly in the emergency room setting, there has been a movement to identify such high-risk patients through the initial triage in the emergency room. One such example is the Identification of Seniors At Risk (ISAR). The ISAR is used as a screening tool to expeditiously identify patients 65 years and older who are at risk for adverse outcomes while in emergency room setting as well as post–ED visit. The tool includes a six validated…

evaluated against facility needs during an emergency with the overall goal of effective response to the needs of the community. Supplies and equipment that are non-medical in nature, such as food, water and fuel will be arranged for by the Logistics and Operating Chief. Texas Health Denton has inventory storage agreements with Owens and Miner. The resource management strategies outlined by Texas Health Denton appear to be sufficient for successfully managing supplies and equipment during an…

Jamie Lancaster Professor Marissa Vigneault ARTH 3740 The Art of the Steal Albert C. Barnes, a man with an inventive outlook and an explicit objective, built the world’s greatest collection of Post-Impressionist art. After his death, Barnes left his collection and educational institution in a trust. To break apart his trust is to break apart Barnes vision. He mapped out the future of his institution, and for a time after his death, his wishes were followed. The Barnes Foundation gained more…

Registered Nursing The field of nursing has a wide range of careers. The thought of helping patients to recover, giving people advise on various medical conditions and how to manage them makes me enthusiastic about choosing a career in registered nursing. A Registered nurse is a professional in the field of nursing who has several roles when it comes to offering medical care. A registered nurse coordinates and delivers patient care gives guidance and counseling to patients and the public on…

Year Author Title Journal Purpose Design/Sample Results/Recommendations Limitations Level/ Grade 2015 Sion Jo, Taeoh Jeong, Young Ho Jin, Jae Baek Lee, Jaechol Yoon, & Boyoung Park. Emergency Department (ED) crowding is associated with inpatient mortality among critically ill patients admitted via the ed: Post hoc analysis from a retrospective study. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. “To evaluate the assassination between ED crowding and inpatient mortality among critical ill…

Individuals performing different occupations may seem to be completely different, but in reality, they are all the same, mentally and emotionally. Also, these individuals will face dilemmas in their line of work that will make them question their morals. These inner battles may influence the individual's decisions, which may result in consequences for the individual. In Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, the soldiers were required to kill certain individuals that they would typically never hurt.…

In most cases, the first point of contact a patient has with the healthcare system will be a GP or triage nurse. In order for a patient to access more specialized care, they need a referral from the GP to a specialized physician, often based in a hospital or clinical setting (Bodenheimer and Grumbach, 2009). A specialized physician, or secondary care…

Participants Participants were prospectively recruited from the cohort of consecutive patients referred to the Combined Head and Neck Clinic (CHNC) at a large tertiary hospital in Brisbane between September 2013 and November 2014. For inclusion, all patients had to have at least one parotid gland affected by either primary, metastatic or recurrent disease, and were planned to receive either definitive XRT or surgery with postoperative XRT to a prescription dose of 60Gy or greater. Patients were…