...Davis Role of the Provider and Scope of Practice Many only know of doctors and nurses who provide care, but in reality there are many health care professionals behind them that work together to provide them with the proper care they need. There are so many health care professionals that work together and form a work flow to maintain the proper and correct care given to each and every patient that they rely on each other. If one of the professionals were to fall out of sync with the rest of the team then it causes the patient care to fall. In particularly many do not know of cardiovascular technicians and respiratory technicians they are as equally important as nurses and doctors. In this paper I will explain the roles and scope of practice of both cardiovascular and respiratory technicians have in health care, the skills and education needed, and about patient-centeredness. Respiratory and cardiovascular technicians go hand and hand with each other because our body relies on our heart to pump and breathing is the most important thing we all need, therefore a respiratory and cardiovascular technician work closely together to provide for the patients. The role of a respiratory technician is “Respiratory therapists care for patients with both acute and chronic breathing problems across the entire age spectrum.” (Becker & Nguyen, 2014). The job of an RT is to manage and care for those who have respiratory issues. For a cardiovascular technician they specialize...
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...Jobs and functions in St Saviours and St olaves school. There are many department roles within a school organisation and these are: Teachers-these people have to do research and deliver lessons based on their findings, take the register and make sure their class is in order. Teachers also tackle any behaviours issues, set and mark student’s homework. To add to this, teachers will organise trips, do assemblies and keep important files of their students. For example, keep records of any behaviour or dietary issues. Furthermore, teachers observe other teacher’s lessons. Office staff-these people send emails to teachers, phone up parents if there is problem within or outside school and have to make sure they have a registered record of the school’s students and staff. The office staffs also provides cover teachers from teaching agencies for classes whose teacher are not in due to illness etc. Caretakers-these people have to look after properties, clean and do repair work. They also hire cleaners and make sure buildings are secure from intruders. Furthermore, care takers have to monitor. Senior management-these people are at the top of the hierarchal organisational within a school, as you would have headmistresses or headmasters as well as the deputy head’s. These people are in charge of the school and make sure students comply with their policy. They also take assemblies and interview teachers Dinner’s staffs-these people prepare dinners and clean up after students mess....
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...P3; explain possible influences on dietary intake. M2; assess how influences on dietary intake may affect the nutritional health of individuals There are many different factors that can influence diet. Potential influences can be grouped together into the following categories: Health factors: lactose intolerance, not having ability to feed independently Dietary habits: influences, e.g. meal patterns, snacking, personal tastes, food availability Lifestyle: influences, e.g. eating at home, social eating and drinking, exercise/activity levels, Economic: influences, e.g. cost of food, e.g. seasonal variation Socio-cultural: influences, e.g. beliefs, socialisation, food rituals, role of food in families and communities Education: health education, food hygiene Social policy: Every Child Matters Health factors There are some factors in someone’s health that may influence on dietary intake, for example diabetes. This is because Diabetes effects a person’s diet as the body can’t use sugar and carbohydrates as well as it should as the pancreas can’t produce enough insulin to break the sugars down to turn into a source of energy. if you have diabetes, you need to know how foods affect your blood sugar levels. It's not only the type of food you eat but also how much you eat and the combinations of food types you eat. There are many more reasons as to why health factors could affect your dietary intake, for example when someone is suffering from physical or mental problems,...
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...Pre-Operative 1. The nursing responsibilities in the pre-operative phase of surgery are to do a patient screening, this includes any blood and lab work, history of surgery, any allergies to medications, history of chronic illness, nutrition level including any dietary regimens the patient should be on before and after surgery, as well as assessing all medications the patient is on and if there are any contraindications to surgery. To prepare the patient mentally physically and spiritually and also to conduct a patient teaching to ensure the patient has all the information that they have the right to know. The nurse also acts as a witness to the signing of the informed consent. 2. The nurse must assess the needs of the patient pre-operatively this can include the need for information, education, the need for comfort, the need for spiritual guidance. The patient may need to use the bathroom; the patient may feel ill or need some calming techniques shown to them. 3. The nurse has the responsibility of ensuring the patient is ready for surgery. The nurses’ duties usually include placing the patient on NPO status, starting an IV line, prepping the intestinal tract and skin and administering the preoperative medicines. The nurse is usually following orders from the surgeon or guidelines of the facility they work in. The nurse also had the responsibility of ensuring that the patient feels as though they have all the information that they have rights to and that they have...
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...Pre-Operative 1. The nursing responsibilities in the pre-operative phase of surgery are to do a patient screening, this includes any blood and lab work, history of surgery, any allergies to medications, history of chronic illness, nutrition level including any dietary regimens the patient should be on before and after surgery, as well as assessing all medications the patient is on and if there are any contraindications to surgery. To prepare the patient mentally physically and spiritually and also to conduct a patient teaching to ensure the patient has all the information that they have the right to know. The nurse also acts as a witness to the signing of the informed consent. 2. The nurse must assess the needs of the patient pre-operatively this can include the need for information, education, the need for comfort, the need for spiritual guidance. The patient may need to use the bathroom; the patient may feel ill or need some calming techniques shown to them. 3. The nurse has the responsibility of ensuring the patient is ready for surgery. The nurses’ duties usually include placing the patient on NPO status, starting an IV line, prepping the intestinal tract and skin and administering the preoperative medicines. The nurse is usually following orders from the surgeon or guidelines of the facility they work in. The nurse also had the responsibility of ensuring that the patient feels as though they have all the information that they have rights to and that they have...
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...CONCEPT OF CRITICAL CARE Critical care nursing is that specialty within nursing that deals specifically with human responses to life-threatening problems. * As defined by the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses: Specialized nursing care of critically ill patients who have manifest or potential disturbances of vital organ functions. Critical care nursing means assisting, supporting and restoring the patient towards health, or to ease the patient’s pain and to prepare them for a dignified death. Aim To establish a therapeutic relationship with patients and their relatives and to empower the individuals’ physical, psychological, sociological, cultural and spiritual capabilities by preventive, curative and rehabilitative interventions. Illnesses and injuries commonly seen in patients on critical care units (CCUs) Gunshot wounds Traumatic injuries Cardiovascular disorders Surgeries Respiratory disorders Shock THE EVOLUTION OF CRITICAL CARE * Forty years of development in critical care and critical care nursing has given rise to a recognized specialty in nursing practice . * Critical care units have evolved over the last four decades in response to medical advances . HISTORICAL PRESPECTIVES * Florence nightingale recognized the need to consider the severity of illness in bed allocation of patients and placed the seriously ill patients near the nurses’ station. * Modern medicines boomed to its higher ladder after world war 2 * Dr. Walter...
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...chapter 11, pg. 320, despite the criticisms, health news does offer several advantages. Media organizations are credited with increasing people’s awareness about health. And even when medical news is not what scientists would wish, its presence keeps health on the public agenda and garners support for medical science. In 1996, I began traveling on my road to learning about being a dietary manager in a nursing home. At first I was exhausting every aspect of reading the old paper chart just to find the information that was necessary for me to do my job. This chart included every point of information about the patients that lived within the confinement of the facility. The cover page held every detail in the life of the patient from the social security number to a doctor’s diagnosis to what industry that person had worked in for the largest part of his or her life. Now this information is just a click away. The nursing staff has possibly been one of the most affected by these programs, they are now able to see in print what and how the doctor had ordered any treatments or medications. The med technicians are able to point a mouse and order any medications that are needed for the patients at current time and not have to wait on the phone and make sure that the pharmacy is able to fill the prescription. It also allows for a more accurate medicine ordering method because if the chart does not have the information on the medicines, they cannot be ordered without having a new doctor’s...
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...he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge (Virginia Henderson) 2. Art A superior skill that you can learn by study, practice and observation. 3. Science The ability to produce solutions in some problem domain. 4. Other disciplines that are related to nursing and how they contribute to nursing: i) Medicine- Doctors consult patients and order investigations to be performed on a patient as well as prescribe medicine for the patient. They give instructions as to how the patient has to be nursed for example post-operatively the doctor may instruct that the patient be kept nil by mouth for a given period. ii) Dialetics- The patient needs a balanced diet so it is the duty of the dietician to work out the dietary requirements of the patient. The food has to be prepared according to the patient’s ability to digest for example if the patient is on liquid diet or light diet. Special diets may need to be adhered to depending with the patient’s condition for example low salt diet for hypertensive patients or diabetic diet for diabetic patients. iii) Laboratory Technology- Patients’ specimens need to be processed so as to come up with a proper diagnosis. Laboratory results help in ascertaining the medicines the patient is sensitive to in cases of infections. iv) Pharmacy- Dispense medicine to the patients. v) Sociology- Social assistance may be required where financial challenges are faced. The social worker may be conducted. vi)...
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...Unfortunately, the nation’s food environment is out of balance in some places as evidenced by higher rates of diet related conditions like obesity and diabetes (Eckert and Shetty 2011). Several health studies reported increased dietary intake of fruits and vegetables as advantageous for promoting overall health by increasing vitamin and nutrient intake and also as a preventive measure against chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes (Rasmussen et al., 2006; Story et. al., 2008). Story et al. (2008) argued that food environments play an important role in diets beyond personal determinants like preparation skills and motivation in the article Creating Healthy Food and Eating Environments: Policy and Environmental Approaches in the journal Annual Review of Public Health. People eat what is most available, the foods nearby, even perhaps if they are merely food like substances. Food environment complexities are preceded by markets of scale and determined by factors largely out of the hands of those most likely negatively impacted by a lack of healthy foods, the poor. This has inspired many communities to intervene in distribution...
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...PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES Professional Roles and Values Western Governors University 0 PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES 1 As a nurse my mission is to be transparent, compassionate and discerning to the individual patient, family and their need. I vow to confront issues, be innovative, inspiring, motivating and an educator with integrity focusing on improvement for my patient, community and profession. Professional nursing encompasses many roles. The role of nursing has been defined and redefined throughout history. It involves much more than just bathing patients and giving medications. Nursing is regulated by Boards of Nursing, supported by Professional Nursing Organizations and gets its core values from the Nurse Code of Ethics as well as practice Nursing Theory from past and the present. Nursing is an ever evolving profession applying holistic care while functioning within the parameters set by legal and moral standards. A. Functional Differences The Board of Nursing is a regulatory agency found in all fifty states. It is a governmental agency that holds the responsibility for the regulation of nursing practice standards. This agency function includes approving educational nurse programs, interpreting and enforcing it’s state nurse practice act. Many nurses and non-health care persons know the Board of Nursing most for its responsibility for issuing nurse licenses, monitoring exams and intervening against nurses who commit acts that violate...
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...The aim of this essay is to explore an acute deterioration in the health of an adult I have encountered during a clinical placement, in an acute care setting. The essay will begin with a definition of acute care, followed by the introduction of my patient and predisposing factors. This essay will include an explanation of the significant pathophysiological changes and related clinical manifestations and a critical analysis of the nursing interventions implemented during the acute episode of care, focusing on holistic care, rationale and evidence base. It will then describe the actual deterioration in the patient’s condition, and discuss the nurse’s role in the recognition and assessment of the actual deteriorating condition following the trusts policies. Assessment tools, monitoring, detecting and reporting will be considered. Finally this essay will include a discussion of the importance of multidisciplinary team collaboration in the diagnosis and provision of care during the acute episode, and a discussion on whether the deterioration could have been prevented by identifying any areas of practice which could change in relation to evidence based practice. For the purposes of privacy and confidentiality, in accordance with NMC (2008) code of conduct, the name of the patient will be changed to Peter and the placement area will remain as an acute care setting. According to McFerran (2008) the term “acute” is described as a disease of rapid onset, severe symptoms, and brief duration...
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...Aims and Objectives Aims On the completion of the seminar students gain the knowledge regarding hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and will utilize this knowledge with a positive attitude. Specific Objectives The group will able to; * Define dialysis * Describe the history of dialysis * Explain the principles of dialysis * Enumerate the indication of dialysis * Explain details about hemodialysis * Describe details about peritoneal dialysis * List down the Psychosocial Issues In ESRD Patients * Dietary Management Dialysis Patient * Nursing Responsibilities Introduction The introduction of dialysis as a lifesaving treatment for kidney failure was not the result for any large scale research programme, rather it emerged from the activities of a new pioneering individuals who were able to utilize ideas, materials, and methods from a range of developing technologies. Hemodialysis as a routine treatment for renal failure was introduced in the late 1970s. The recognition for the need for immunosuppression in the transplantation and the lack of availability of transplant in the 1960s enabled it to become the preferred treatment for many patients. Definition Dialysis is the movement of fluid and molecules across a semipermeable membrane from one compartment to another. Clinically dialysis is a technique in which substances move from the blood through a semipermeable membrane and in to a dialysis solution called dialysate. Historical Evolution...
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...Health Care Management Issues | March 29 2013 | Medical errors and the quality problems to which they lead harm millions of Americans each year. If the errors reduce and improve quality substantially professionals must create systems and care processes that anticipate inevitable human errors and either prevent them or compensate for them before they cause harm. National surveys of registered nurses, physicians, and hospital executives document considerable concern about the U.S. nurse shortage. There were also many areas of divergent opinion within and among these groups, including the impact of the shortage on safety and early detection of patient complications. Healthcare providers need quick access to patient medical information whenever and wherever patients present for care. A system to standardize electronic medical records, such as the National health Information Infrastructure, would provide quick access to patient information. | HEALTH CARE | Health Care Management Issues There is now a robust evidence base in the quality improvement literature on process and outcomes, but structure has received considerably less attention. The health care field would benefit from expanding the current interpretation of structure to include broader perspectives on organizational attributes as primary determinates of process change and quality improvement. Solutions to the health care management issues dealing with the quality of care should be discuss with the following key...
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...|Ethics Case Studies—Learning Application of the 2009 ADA/CDR Code of |[pic] | |Ethics for the Profession of Dietetics | | |Case Study #1: A registered dietitian (RD) is newly employed as part of a treatment team in an ambulatory care setting. After several | |counseling sessions, one of the clients he is counseling for obesity discloses that she is being physically abused by her spouse and is | |experiencing depression. The RD continues to have the client come in for nutrition counseling sessions in an attempt to better understand | |the relationships among her current domestic situation, psychological state and weight issues. During a treatment team meeting, the RD | |reports on the client and is questioned by one of the team members about why he did not refer the client to the mental health professional. | |What should be done in this situation? | |Questions for Discussion | |Is the situation described an ethical issue? Or, is it a business dispute? It is an ethical issue. | |What principle(s) of the Code of Ethics does it...
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...December 31, 2014 Summary The Food and Drug Store industry consists of stores that primarily focus on the sale of food, drugs (nonprescription and prescription), or a combination of both. Typically smaller than General Merchandisers, such as Wal-Mart, the companies in the Food and Drug Store industry provide grocery products such as cold and hot foods, pharmaceuticals, general pet care, and typical household products meant for everyday living. Stores that fall within the industry may specialize in one aspect over the other, such as CVS Health in pharmacy and health care. Even though the major products of the industry are food and drugs, there are several other minor products like health clinics and fuel centers that play an important role in the industry. Industry Sales The industry revenues can range from $139,367 Million to $14,194 Million and profits range from $4,644 Million to $113 Million, just within the companies within the Fortune 500. Their revenue is mostly derived from their sales of their inventory, no matter which side of the industry they sell from. Since most companies will use FIFO inventory methods, this helps decrease their product waste due to expiration dates and will increase their total sales and revenue. Their highest costs tend to be for plant, property, and equipment. Kroger, for example, owns a majority of the buildings where their retail stores are located and they are slowly disposing of their leased properties. Majority of their long-term...
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