quickly they require treatment is prioritised. Triage nurses are usually experienced A&E nurses who have many years A&E experience (Dolan et al 2007). Patients are then placed in queues to await assessment by a Doctor or Emergency Nurse Practitioner. Once seen they are then put in another queue to await x-ray if necessary before waiting again to see the doctor/ENP that will interpret their x-ray and decided on the best course of treatment (Ward 1999). Many patients have long waits within
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Business Plan for Nurse Practitioner Joining a Primary Care Practice Executive Summary With diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension at epidemic proportions and with the expected influx of millions of newly insured Americans, a nurse practitioner position in a primary care office in Manahawkin area will assist with the shortage of primary care physicians. The nurse practitioner can provide much of the same services as primary care physicians. These include diagnosing and treating
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A Spirituality Assessment Sanda Stanhope Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V Patricia Mullen February 02, 2011 A Spirituality Assessment Spirituality is an imperative component in a patient’s assessment and care that can enhance the quality of life. Acknowledging and supporting a patients’ spirituality can make their health care involvements more encouraging in promoting health, reducing depression, it aids in patients coping with challenging illnesses, and increases
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Notes from SWOT analysis on the CPD Role going into ML’s Strengths: * Education is Mandatory * CPD Coordinators already have established credentials/credibility within the GP Network * General Practice is central to Primary Health Care * CPD coordinators have established GP and PHC support networks * Great relationship management experience across the Primary Health Care sector * More $$ in the budget for education * More Human Resources * Experts
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PYaidelyn Alonso SLS1125: Matos 4/20/12 Nurses: “Caring Today for a Healthier Tomorrow” Growing up in a house hold of medical personnel, such as my mother and my aunt and other close relatives has really inspired me to become a Nurse Practitioner, but most of all my inspiration has come due to the death of my father. I want to help patients who may have false hope, who may think that there’s nothing anyone can do, I want to give patients hope, and I will devote my life to make a difference
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MODULE 1: CASE ANALYSIS – CPOE at EMORY HEALTHCARE ID: 59255426 The differences between the types of physicians Compared with the full-time and directly employed physicians in other settings at Emory, most physicians at EUHM were not directly employed. The positions in EUHM were more like “part-time contractors”. In addition to work for EUHM, these physicians also took jobs from other area hospitals. Many of them were already familiar with CPOE from other places but the CPOE systems they
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self-reliance”. His words constantly remind me of how I want to live my life. I continually set goals and work to accomplish them. My professional short-term and long-term goals are to become Critical Care Registered Nurse credentials and Advanced Nurse Practitioner specializing in critical care, whereas my personal goals are to be physically fit and an amazing mother. After moving to North Carolina from Washington, I knew I might not work in the same area as I did back home. While in Washington I enjoyed
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Leadership Commitment to Physician and Staff Wellness Create a leadership commitment to the principle of caring about, monitoring for and op6mizing the health, wellness and sa6sfac6on of the providers and staff in the organiza6on. This func6on of “looking in the mirror” -‐ to focus on op6mizing the experience of the people
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Case 2.1 Interesting Idea- But Will Doctor and Pharmacies Sign On? Kanisha Bell In this chapter, an opportunity is defined as being attractive, durable, timely, and anchored in a product or service that creates value for its buyer or end user. To what extent does Script Pad meet each of these tests of an opportunity? * I think there are plenty of opportunities when coming to the Script Pad. The opportunities that they have are that it always comes in handy when wanting to know how much or
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Technology and Health Care Paper The product that I chose to use is the virtual physician visit. This visit would be structured to finance standard care for any patient with trivial sicknesses.Patients would be able to log onto a specified website where they would be able to openly communicate with a physician. After logging in and connecting with a physician, the patient would be able to communicate the symptoms that they are experiencing to the physician via instant messaging or leaving an
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