GPT Task 1 Western Governors University GPT Task 1 In January 1822, a group of settlers on board the ship “The Lively” landed at the mouth of the Brazos River. These settlers, joined by a few others, then traveled inland and settled along the Brazos River in what would become Fort Bend County. William Little built on the west bank of the river a one room log cabin called a “fort” by the settlers. The cabin eventually became known as Fort Bend. Many of these early settlers and others who
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Families vs. Physicians Debate on Health Care Ethical Issues SHARON COLES University of Phoenix JANUARY 30, 2012 To Intubate or Not To Intubate: Families vs. Physicians The top healthcare ethical issue in the United States is the disagreement between patients/families and health care professionals about treatment decisions. It is not uncommon for health care professionals to clash with the family of the patients for whom they care for over treatment decisions. Some patients
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closeness. Professional communication requires elements of clarity, completeness, and accuracy in terms of transformation dissemination. The languages should be integrative and informative. During our course of work we speak with different health care providers and patients from different cultural diversity, we must keep in mind of their cultural thoughts and beliefs .This forms a healthy relationship between the nurse and patient . It’s important that we use simple words with patients and family
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Case 1: Is It Permissible to Shut Off this Pacemaker? The following case is based on a real clinical dilemma that led to a request for an ethics consultation. Some details have been changed to preserve patient privacy. The goal of this column is to address ethical dilemmas faced by patients, families and healthcare professionals, offering careful analysis and recommendations that are consistent with biblical standards. The format and length are intended to simulate an actual consultation
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situation. With regards to this situation, the Patient’s Bill of Rights was established to contribute to more effective patient care, and to ensure that care is considerate and respectful, and more importantly, to ensure a health care ethic that extends that respect to a patient’s role in decision-making about treatment choices and other aspects of their care. “These rights can be exercised on the patient’s behalf by a designated surrogate or proxy decision maker if the patient if the patient
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Environment Table of Contents Introduction 3 Task 1: Introducing Barts Health NHS and its industry and knowing its environment. 4 P1.1 Knowing the background and nature of Barts Health NHS. 4 P1.2 Competitive position of Barts Health NHS in the health care industry. 6 Task 2: Evaluate and explain how managers try to motivate their staff, in order to retain and improve their position in the sector that they compete. 7 P2.1 Use of two factors theory and X&Y theories and Vroom’s theory to motivate
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This includes building emotional intelligence and flexibility dealing with palliative and critically ill patiens. strategies to prevent burnout or avoid compassion fatigue, challenges in self-care, and processes nurses adopted to cope with work related stress Gillman et al. (2015) stress inoculation therapy and individual approaches that reduced the emotional impact of cancer care work. Kutluturkan, Sozeri, Uysal, & Bay, 2016 organizational interventions to increase resilience
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Ineffective Patient Handoff: A Clinical Issue Ineffective Patient Handoff: A Clinical Issue Patient care errors occur in health care due to lack of effective communication. It is estimated that 80 percent of serious adverse events involve ineffective handoff between medical providers (Joint Commission Center, 2013, para. 1). “The majority of avoidable adverse events are due to the lack of effective communication” (Solet, Norvell, Rutan, & Frankel, 2005, p. 1094). Varying styles of communication
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bring down the astronomical cost of healthcare. The prime focus in this changing healthcare scenario is the cost of healthcare. This brings to forefront how we can best utilize our clinicians without lowering the quality and efficacy of patient care. General Physicians and Specialist are the highest paid healthcare workers. There are many functions they perform some of which are routine and some require special skills. The normal routine of gathering medical history; medication profile; body vital
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Caring for the Caregiver Paul Cobb Liberty University Abstract Those who provide are care in times of emergency, trauma, and grief are at great risk for developing health related issues and complications arising from providing services to those in need. The stress associated with professions such as doctors, nurses, clergy, and family member caregivers can prove disastrous to the emotional, physical and mental well-being of these responders. Depression, burnout, and compassion fatigue are
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