...Introduction This week our team was asked to discuss a video of our choosing from the week 4 forums. After a small discussion between team members the video “"Debunking Health Care Myths” was selected. The video is an interview with David Goldhill the Author of “How American Health Care Killed My Father”. In this video he discusses the increased costs of health care along with the alarming numbers of hospital acquired infections death rates including his personal in sight and view point with the health care industry involving the treatment of his father and the infection that took his life that he acquired while in the hospital. His insight comes from a focus on the view point of a patient and a person who runs business outside of health care. Importance of shifting health care focus from Output to Outcomes Risa Mourey in the ‘A Sea-change for Health care’ video emphasized the need to shift health care focus from output to outcomes. Output refers to the different treatment procedures clinician’s use on a patient and outcome refers to how the patient felt after the treatment was administered and staying healthy there after. This shift is crucial because regardless of how sophisticated or complex a treatment procedure is, the end result which is how effective the procedure was to curing the patient is all that matters. If the health of the patient improves as a result of that treatment procedure then we can consider it a success. However, the measure of success...
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...reflection What can I take away from the experience of observing this video that will help me develop clinical skill (Knowledge and self-awareness) in either therapeutic communication or inter-professional communication? The video I have chosen to reflect upon is the handover of the pregnant stroke patient from the Paramedic to the Nurse. The paramedic introduces himself and the patient Sally. The paramedic describe the past events that lead to sally being brought into hospital and his observation made at the patient’s home. For example her age and weeks of pregnancy and that she is not on any medications that they know of.The paramedic completes his handover leaving the patient in the care of the nurse. The nurses takes over care of the patient and comes down to the patient’s level and introduces herself to patient. The Nurse also explains what will happen next and remains forces on the care of the patient, using Therapeutic communication. This video shows many techniques that may benefit my development of clinical skills and knowledge in relation to Therapeutic communication. This form of communication that is used in the clinical environment is a collaborative partnership between the carer, the patient and their family and/or partner. This partnership as the main interest of meeting the best possible outcomes for the patient within the mutually agreed upon goals for the individual who is in care (Berman, Kozier, & Erb, 2015) . This form of communication is based on...
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...The Effects of Music Videos on Kids It is a fact that music and visual pictures affect Kids. At Day Care they use music and pictures to teach kids, singing ABC’ s for instance. They also use pictures to teach kids animals, truck, cars, etc. You can even go back to biblical times, David played a harp to calm a vicious animal. Studies have shown that certain love songs help dolphins mate, has a slow sweet love song ever put you in the mood. So in my opinion I believe it is hard to dispute that music has some effect on all people, but in a youth that is still developing their values and morals I believe it has a lot of effect. So imagine combining both music and pictures , you get music videos. It is hard to pin point why students are in elementary, middle school, and high school grades dropping plus a higher dropout rates are higher . Plus kids are getting STD,s and pregnant at an earlier age. But look at all the sex and sexual things that are in music videos. This kids look up at these artist as role models, but the artist take on none of the responsibility . Just as the kids at day care song songs of ABC, s now it’s about sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. The extensive watching of videos has greatly affected the demeanor of dressing in female and male teens. I believe strongly that the sex in music videos is one of the main reasons grades and the youth values on sex have changed. ( Lopez., 2007) . Another horrible vision that the music videos depict is the use of drugs and...
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...HLT 205 ALL WEEKS DISCUSSIONS LATEST HLT 205 Week 1 Topic 1 Discussion 1 Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system to the health care system of another country. What similarities or difference s exist? Cite references to support your answer. HLT 205 Week 1 Topic 1 Discussion 2 The U.S. health care system evolved between the times of preindustrial to postindustrial America. How have the determinants of health care and associated strategies for improvement changed during this evolution? Include the growth of health care and expansion of legislation and associations in your response. Cite references to support your response. HLT 205 Week 2 Topic 2 Discussion 1 What is defensive medicine and how does it impact health care cost, quality, and access? How will we see the use of defensive medicine shift as we move forward with the Affordable Care Act? Cite references to support your DQ post. HLT 205 Week 2 Topic 2 Discussion 2 Watch “TEDTalks: Daniel Kraft – Medicine’s Future? There’s an App for That”: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=12129&xtid=48192 After viewing the video, select four topics that were discussed and explain their significance to the future of health care technology. HLT 205 Week 3 Topic 3 Discussion 1 The patient, the health care professional, and the health care system form a relationship in which each is dependent upon the other. What is the significance of trust in this...
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...The use of therapeutic communication between a professional health care provider and their client is one of importance. As stated by Arnold, E. C and Boggs, K. U, Therapeutic communication is the primary means through which the health care team, clients, and families collaboratively consider care options, plan treatment approaches, reach consensus about treatment decisions, conduct treatment activities, and evaluate clinical outcomes. (2011, p. 75) From the statement it is clear as to why therapeutic communication is essential in health care as it is there to ensure the best care possible is given to the patient. In the video Pregnancy Stroke, Sally, the client presented to the hospital, the relationship between Sally and the Radiographer is the relationship I have chosen to focus on and I will discuss and reflect on how therapeutic communication is shown between the health care provider, the client and her family. To reflect on this scenario I will be using Driscoll’s Reflection Cycle (Driscoll, 2007) and I will explain the What, So What and Now What component of the video relating to therapeutic communication. In the video David the Radiographer is in charge of giving Sally her CT Scan requested by the doctor he has a lack of therapeutic communication skills and this is clearly shown when he discovers Sally is unable to communicate with him. For Sally she has a lack of communication skills due to her stroke and for the radiographer he struggles to adapt and modify his communication...
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...|College of Natural Sciences | | |HCS/235 Version 3 | | |Health Care Delivery in the U.S. | Whenever there is a question about what and when assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document along with your Instructors Policies and Course Requirements located in our Course-materials forum. You will also find our Course Calendar at the end of this Syllabus. This will assist you with when all assignments and DQ’s are due. Course Description This course provides a broad overview of the various functions of the United States health care system. The historical evolution of health care is examined. The student is introduced to the various forms of provider models and service delivery systems found in private and public health sectors, including ambulatory, acute, mental, and long-term care. The financing aspects of health care and their influence on health care delivery and quality are outlined. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies:...
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...reflective writing, I will reflect upon my performance in the video undertaking vital signs and therapeutic communication addressing both positive and negative aspects and link my reflections to journal articles and texts. By replaying my video I found a positive aspect of my performing the skills of undertaking vital signs which is performing hand hygiene. Generally, I think that the patients in the ward are already get physical disorders and have very low immunizations, so they have high incidences of diseases. I realize that hand hygiene can remove bacteria and viruses which may spread by touching patients and easily cause infectious diseases to them. So it is essential to perform hand hygiene before and after touching patients. Alemagno, Guten, Warthman, Young & Mackay (2010) state that infectious organisms can harbor and spread by health care workers who touch the patients while providing care. Appropriate hand hygiene is basic to patient health and safety and is the most cost-effective way to decrease bacteria transfer. Barrett & Randle (2008) also state that the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections which are acquired by patients during health care, investigation or rehabilitation in a hospital or community setting can be reduced by effective hand hygiene decontamination. So hand hygiene is an important way to prevent infectious diseases in health care facilities. In my vital signs assessment video, I performed hand hygiene before and after touching the patient...
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...the health care professional, and the health care system form a relationship in which each is dependent upon the other. What is the significance of trust in this relationship? Describe the ethical framework for establishing “trustworthiness.” Cite references to support your response. HLT 205 Week 3 Topic 3 Discussion 2 View the video clip, “Cultural Diversity in Health Care”: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=12129&xtid=43850&loid=125382 . After watching the video, explain how you would go about overcoming cultural differences in order to gain the trust of patients from different populations. HLT 205 Week 3 Assignment Gaining Trust With Cultural Disparities Details: For this assignment, you will apply critical thinking to what you have learned up to this point in this course regarding the successes and failures of the U.S. health care system as it relates to issues of cost, access, and quality. You are expected to address these topics from the perspective of a medical professional that is both ethical and respectful. Select a vulnerable population as described in your textbook and complete a 1,000-1,250 word paper that addresses the following: 1. Describe elements that contribute to this population’s distrust of the health care system and/or medical treatments. Why is trust important? Can we effectively treat a patient whose trust we do not have? Why? 2. Discuss how the U.S. health care system has...
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...Chairman of Neurology and Director of Acute Stroke and TeleStroke Services meant he had little time to chat, Farrell used the near-collision as an opportunity to quickly mention a recent conversation with a nurse from Falmouth Hospital on Cape Cod. An active participant in the TeleStroke service, Falmouth Hospital was regularly honored for its adherence to best practices in stroke care. “Recently some Falmouth nurses asked how we can convince other MGH departments—such as in critical-care pediatrics—to provide similar telemedicine consultation services,” Farrell stated, adding “Their nurse stroke coordinator, Jean Estes, is a huge cheerleader for TeleStroke.” Dr. Schwamm continued moving toward his office as he replied, No tC Shawn, don’t we already have too much to do? I need to see patients, complete the analysis for a study I am working on, submit a grant application. Next week I will speak at an international neurology conference. Telemedicine can certainly be invaluable in many clinical domains, but there just are not enough hours in the day for us to get involved beyond stroke care. Before entering his office and shutting his door, Dr. Schwamm added one last remark: “We can’t do everything, Shawn—but we can do TeleStroke very well.” Shawn Farrell was not a medical doctor. A graduate of the Boston University School of Management, he had worked as an operational manager in several Boston area hospitals...
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...What can I take away from the experience of observing this video that will help me build knowledge and self-awareness in one of the following areas: therapeutic communication; or inter-professional communication? DOCTOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VIDEO * Therapeutic Communication ‘Therapeutic communication is defined as the face-to-face process of interacting that focuses on advancing the physical and emotional well-being of a patient’ (Laffan. S, 2011) and as ‘a process in which the nurse consciously influences a client or helps the client to a better understanding through verbal or nonverbal communication’ (Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.). Reflecting on the ‘Doctor Emergency Department’ video (Doctor Emergency Department), I chose to concentrate on therapeutic communication. Therapeutic Communication uses many different strategies to gain trust, demonstrate empathy and to provide the best and most comfortable care for the patient. There are also barriers involved with therapeutic communication, which will hinder healthcare. Therapeutic communication differs from our every ‘day to day’ communication between friends or family (social relationship) as it is a learned skill, that is patient focused and is beneficial to the patient. Therapeutic communication has a defined life line and the relationship will cease when the healthcare for that patient ends. Also ‘The Nursing and...
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...& Johnson’s annual report uses a visual/verbal strategy of a number of engaging videos to demonstrate quality of products, a verbal strategy of industry details and statistics to show competitive dominance, and visual strategy consisting of family images to convey diversity among consumers. Johnson & Johnson uses a number of engaging videos with personal stories to demonstrate the quality of products and how they care for its consumers. In the video, “Our Safety and Care Commitment,” Susan Nettesheim, vice president of product stewardship, is explaining the new website where consumers can view the ingredient policies and learn about scientific standards of the five level safety assurance programs. She states, “As a leader in scientific research about baby care products for over 100 years, the Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies pioneered much of the research that our industry relies on.” This information is important to investors because telling this story shows that Johnson & Johnson has a commitment to their customers, as well as quality and safety of the consumers of its products. Johnson & Johnson’s “Transplanting Love” video explained the tremendous affect the innovative Ethicon sutures used during surgery, had on a mother and her family. The heartfelt story explains the effectiveness of Johnson & Johnson’s products, as well as its commitment to care for consumers. Johnson &...
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...Dove Hair Care on Yahoo! Yahoo! Confidential Background Dove was launching its hair-care product in India with an ambition to deliver the most beautiful hair. Dove believed real beautiful hair is when its damage free. Key thought: Beauty is fragile…you constantly need to protect it. In most women’s minds especially in India, there is an almost inevitable tension between beautiful hair and doing damage to it, though the damage is not selfinflicted. Dove wanted to tell the truth to women that “really beautiful hair is hair without damage. The only real way to get beautiful hair is to deal with the damage that life meats out.” 2 Yahoo! Confidential Objectives Core communication - Zero Damage (functional benefits) hair with Dove hair care Emotional Connect – Generate buzz for the brand around the thought of “real women real hair”. 3 Yahoo! Confidential Strategic Insights Our perception about beauty is based on the standards set artificially by someone else. Dove’s philosophy is to celebrate each woman the way she is, each woman to feel beautiful and nurture herself as she is unique. Who says peahen is ugly & peacock is beautiful. May be in their species peahen is considered beautiful & peacock ugly Women should begin to question what exactly is real beauty Create disruption in the category which is currently governed by the norm of straight black hair doctored in the ads as the ultimate symbol of beautiful hair Get responses/ reactions...
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...debate over funding for Planned Parenthood and the response of celebrities. The article talked about the House of Representatives passing a bill to cut millions in federal funding for women's health care centers. This bill has enraged many people including many Hollywood movie stars. Some of the Hollywood stars speaking out include Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachel Bilson, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Moore, Dana Delany, Amber Tamblyn, David Eigenberg, Alan Cummings, and Jason Alexander. Even 17-year-old teen sensation and “iCarly” starlet Miranda Cosgrove is not happy with the situation. Former American Idol judge also shared her opinion about the proposed cuts. “I don’t think it’s a good thing to cut those budgets. It’s hard because we are going through a tough time economically, and sometimes they cut money from things that we really need to keep”. Scarlett Johansson was also very outspoken regarding this bill. "The House passed a bill to eliminate our country's family planning program and to stop Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money to provide life-saving preventative care. That means no money for cervical cancer screenings and breast exams. No money for testing and treatment of STDs, not even testing for HIV. No money for birth control… For many people, especially those with low incomes, Planned Parenthood is their only source of health care.” Quite frankly, I am getting really tired of hearing the opinions of famous people. Just because...
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...Escape Fire After watching this video, possibly discussing it with your peers, answer the following questions: 1. What do you see is the main message from this video? (Elaborate) The message in this video is to promote and emphasized the importance of a primary care in healthcare delivery by going from high-tech invasive specialty care to complete, holistic, multidisciplinary, and preventive medicine. It showed the lack of incentives and education patients were receiving in current healthcare system, so patients are no complying with any lifestyle medication to improve their health. Emphasizes the importance of educating the patients to change lifestyle to be healthy and we need to teach the new generation of health providers to deliver holistic...
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...Opening Doors 100 Years of Public health is a video which follows a number of different public health nurses and shows many of the different roles and duties which they are responsible for. The video is a great introduction to public health which helps one better understand what public health nurses do and how much of an impact they can have on both the individual and community level. The video does a great job of illustrating how diverse and complex the job of a public health nurse can be. It helped me see that this type of nursing is very multidimensional. I did not realize how long public health nurses had been in existence, it is amazing got see how much they have had to evolve and adapt as we, as a country, have changed the way we live. Medicine has also changed a great deal over the last 100 years; this has lead to a great change in the types of problems that these nurse deal with as well as a change in the way care is delivered. Though the profession has evolved very much in over the last century, it is clear to see that one thing that has not changed is how great of an impact these individuals can have on a whole population. As I heard these nurses talk about the profession and some of the challenges that they often encounter, I could not help but think that these are often the unsung heroes in our community, it is easy to see how this can be a thankless job. It is amazing to see how dedicated and determined these individuals are to their patients, even with the great...
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