Essays on Patient

Your genes hold the keys to how your body looks and works. They’re behind everything from your hair color to how you digest your food. So if something goes wrong with them, it can have far-reaching effects. People with Down syndrome are born with an extra chromosome. Chromosomes are bundles of genes, and your body relies on having just the right number of them. With Down syndrome, this extra chromosome leads to a range of issues that affect you both mentally and physically.Types of Down's ...

A boundary crossing is when a therapist and/or patient does something that falls outside of the prototypic therapeutic relationship. A boundary violation then is an action that is ill thought out and, despite immediate gratification to one or both parties, may cause long-term damage to the patient and/or future work. The important thing to remember about these is that the specifics do vary by patient and can often build off one another. A dual relationship is any relationship in which a ...

The following assignment was undertaken to identify a patient during clinical placement and using the preferred Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing, carrying out a comprehensive assessment on this patient using the model’s 12 activities of daily living. Both the patient and the hospital’s true identities will be protected for the purposes of anonymity, in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code for Nurses and Midwives (NMC 2015) and the Data Protection Act 1998, and the ...

Lewis Blackman was a 15-year-old boy who died at a teaching hospital following surgery. His mother Helen Haskell spoke on his behalf explaining her emotions about what happened to her son during their hospital experience. Helen starts off her story by mentioning her son because she feels like her son’s story is another example of a patient failed because of the shortages of staff members in the hospital systems. Lewis died because of a medication error which leads to an enlarged duodenal ...

The purpose of this paper is to argue that the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statements is sufficient to address the ethical issues raised by the nurses’ utilization of social media. Information technology is rapidly changing in all areas worldwide, creating new challenges and opportunities for different industries every day, including healthcare (Cassano, 2014). The use of social media is one of the major changes in technology (Jackson, Fraser, & Ash, ...

Expand on the doctor-patient relationship: what is it? What variables involved in it? What are the four models we have discussed? The doctor–patient relationship is a fundamental part of health care. It forms one of the basics of contemporary medical ethics. Patient is always a subject of a therapeutic relationship. Patients are responsible for their wellbeing. It is their obligation to protect their life and take care of their health. Physicians are specialists who aid in preventing or ...

The health worker tended to a critically ill patient which was on bedrest. This patient was riddled with pressure ulcers due to nurses not rotating bedridden patients. This incident was just the trigger needed to evaluate other concerns like patient safety. The identified problem was poor patient care. A research study was done by Mayeng and Wolvaardt (2015). This research then identified the inadequacies with PSC and gives health professionals clear directive to develop strategies to ensure a ...

Color is a paramount element of environmental design. It is linked to psychological, physiological, visual, aesthetic, and technical aspects of human-made habitats. Color is a vital aspect of every design that influences variety of surroundings. A hospital is a place that conveys a feeling of peace and calm. A healthcare professional marks the influence of color in a variety of environments within healthcare facilities, which impacts the brain and results in betterment of health. In the ...

We are the part of evolutionary process that led to the emanation of anatomically modern human from primates, genus Homo to Homo sapiens. So has the human evolved from just a homo sapiens to a digitally smart homo sapiens. All the basic needs of a human are being fulfilled by the digital convenience of myriad sectors. Healthcare being a sector of utmost importance is not away from the hackles of digitalization. Ordering medicines to availing nursing care at home is just a tip away. In this ...

Patient care has risen to become a significant factor when considering treatment for any ailment. When deciding which hospital to entrust with care, patients will consult reviews of their insurance-approved facilities before selecting one to entrust. Reviews of said hospitals are no longer focused solely on the efficiency of treatment or the cleanliness of a facility, but also on whether or not the services were provided “with a smile”. Often times, facilities with lacking “customer service” ...

The magnetic technology that I have decided to talk about is the MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging. This machine has helped fix injuries and even save lives by being able to see and create detailed images of inside the human body that cannot be seen from the outside. It helps doctors examine internal body structures and can detect many problems, including spinal damage, tumours, strokes, eye and ear problems and can also be used to measure brain structure and function. Another key use of the ...

Nurses who experience the loss of a patient can become very emotional. These experiences are common with people who are nurse, doctor, and hospice because these people deal with death and dying. Death is acceptable if patients and the patient’s family cooperate at the moment, hospice is defined by the process not by the outcome. Before death it’s important that you make the patient comfortable to die some patients need to release anger, they need to talk about being scared of death, unfinished ...

This assignment will focus on the widely used Roper-Logan-Tierney model for nursing based on the activities of daily living, as well as the nursing skills used and assessment tools in place for the assessment of a patient whilst on placement in an acute medical respiratory ward. The Roper-Logan-Tierney model for nursing, initially designed as an elementary teaching tool for new nursing students and tutors is now widely used as the building blocks for nursing care and practice, and teaching ...

The heart is an organ in animals, including human beings that acts as a pumping mechanism for blood around the body, through veins and arteries. The heart and the blood vessels together form the cardiovascular or circulatory system. Cardiovascular diseases refers to the diseases and disorders that affect this system, of which there are several types, such as, for the heart: angina, arrythmia congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, dilated and ...

Utilization Management (UM) has become a necessity in our healthcare landscape today especially since the focus has shifted towards avoiding indiscriminate use of healthcare resources. Read on to learn more about the concept of Utilization Management and the activities it encompasses. Utilization Management is a practice that involves a set of activities that aim at containing costs without compromising the quality of care delivered to the patients. In a prosperous nation like the United ...