My time as a volunteer brought me to Prairie St. Johns where I was able to work with the children and adolescent patients in various capacities. The way the hospital is set up splits the youth floor into two wings, the east (where the children are) and the west (where the adolescents are). I spent about half my time in each wing usually playing games with anywhere from 1-8 of the patients at a time. There were a variety of games to choose from but some were much more popular than others. In the east
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Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes. CO #1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO #1) CO #4: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO #4) CO #8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute
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Guide * Functional Health Pattern (FHP) Template Directions: This FHP template is to be used for organizing community assessment data in preparation for completion of your collaborative learning community (CLC) assignment. Address every bulleted statement in each section with data or rationale for deferral. You may also add additional bullet points if applicable to your community. Value/Belief Pattern Predominant ethnic and cultural groups along with beliefs related to health. * All
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them enjoy the present and promote their futures. These patients teach me how to be the best version of myself, a reward that is priceless. The greatest challenge is caring for multiple patients at the same time. Each patient is in a different stage of the disease process and catering to their individual needs can be difficult. I have learned that being patient with the patients is key. Organizing social activities that a group of patients can participate in while also making time for one-on-one
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In this essay, I will do a journal article comparison. The articles selected have something in common – treatment of drug. The first article is “Do drug treatment variables predict cognitive performance in multidrug-treated opioid-dependent patients? A regression analysis study” by Pekka Rapeli, Carola Fabritius, Hely Kalska and Hannu Alho. This article was taken from an open access article under Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2012, at http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/7/1/45
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In health care today nurses are confronted with the challenge of leading a variety of people; whether it is patients, families, co-workers or communities; the need for leadership and organizational skills are in demand more now than ever. The goal of this paper is to further discuss the purpose of my leadership development plan utilizing professionals, peer-reviewed articles, and credible websites that pertain to each of my SMART goals. The SMART goal topics that I have chosen are to improve
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HCA459: Senior Project (BGM1046A Instructor: Kristin Akerele November 18, 2010 Medtronic, Inc. Is changing the face of chronic disease. By working closely with the physicians around the world, they create therapies to help patients do things they never thought possible. Their medical technologies help make it possible for millions of people to resume everyday activities, return to work, and live better, longer. They are able to do this with the help of some very special people
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services is wait time. For emergency room visits, a patient may spend 2-3 hours in an emergency waiting room for non-critical treatment such as fever, cough, sprains, etc. Quick2treat is an online concept developed to allow consumers access to WeeCare’s current office wait times and allows the patient to schedule an appointment, or hold their place in line for urgent care treatment. Once the patient has confirmed the appointment time, the patient is guaranteed to be seen within 15 minutes upon arrival
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tank was introduced in 1954. This transducer was mounted on a rotating ring gear form a B-29 gun turret that was also mounted around the rim of a large metal cup. In 1961, Howry’s group and two engineers, William Wright and Edward Meyer, developed a direct contact scanner but in 1962, after Wright and Meyer left, the group produced the prototype of the first hand-held scanner available in the United States. Fred Winsberg, a radiologist, traveled to Germany to see the first and only real-time ultrasound
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Abstract Physician and Patient Relationship is something that you should have with your physician because it will give you that trust and confidence that you to talk to him and explain what’s going on. Something that is very recommendable is that if your first language is not English you should probably go to a bilingual physician that would understand you and you can understand him. There are some patients that don’t understand to let the physician do what they think is right for them, for example
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