In health and social care there are many different working relationships and they include users, their families and friends, colleagues, management, professionals (doctors, nurses, social workers). For each we develop different relationship, some of them may be more formal than other making sure that it will be professional all the time ( we would not talk to the doctor or social worker in the same way as we talk to colleagues or users). Relationships with users are mostly one on one, we listen and observe, ask how they feel, their needs and preferences while providing care. For doctors and other professionals we should have adequate approach and keep up to date records for medical support. Relationships with colleagues should be based on respect and collaboration on daily basis.
Healthcare is to be patient-centered, having one purpose which is to be focused on the patient. One can find both interdisicplinary and intradisciplinary teams in all types of healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing homes and clinicsbetween professionals in teams that may also include other "Interdisciplinary team work is a complex process in which different types of staff work together to share expertise, knowledge, and skills to impact on patient care" (Nancarrow, et al.,
Other users might include lawyers, employers, law enforcement and researchers. Government licensing agencies make policies that have been determined from the analysis of aggregate data gathered from medical records, in federal and state databases. Institutional users such as hospitals or clinics, depend on the Data Quality Management Model for adequacy and appropriateness of care determined by medical review organizations and the effectiveness of healthcare services reimbursement guidelines enabling the coding and billing departments to receive payments for their services. Research organizations use data to aid in experimental patient care and keep
With today’s unemployment rate and economic woes there still seems to be a demand for nurses. Although the practice of Licensed Practical Nurse and a Registered Nurse can have many over-lapping duties, there are also remarkable differences in the two professions. These variances can range from; job demand, wages, education, skills, and future employment possibilities. By looking at the two, a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Practical Nurse, most would not know the difference between them. The LPN performs basic care duties and cares for the patient under the guidance of the Registered Nurse while, the RN cares for the patient and educates them about their health condition under the direction of a health care provider, such as the physician.
Amy Bauer 16 February 2011 SCI 115 Professor: Susan Kennedy Personalized Medicine Personalized medicine is a medical model emphasizing in general the customization of healthcare, that have decisions and practices that are being tailored to individual patients in whatever ways possible. Recently, this has mainly involved the systematic use of genetic or other information about an individual patient to select or optimize that patient's preventative; extension of traditional approaches to understanding and treating illness. Since the beginning of the study of medicine, physicians have employed evidence found through observation to make a diagnosis or to prescribe treatment. In the past, this was presumably tailored to each individual, but personalized medicine makes treatment more specific. Over the years of medical care have been focuses on standards of care based on studies.
To become a medical assistant there are three avenues that you can take a certificate program, diploma program or a degree program. Both the certificate and the diploma programs are very similar to each other and training focuses more on clinical skills than administrative and could take up to a year to complete. While a degree program usually takes place in a traditional classroom setting, and focuses on both clinical and administrative stills. Certification for medical assistants is voluntary and optional, however many employers prefer or may even require that medical assistant is certified. According to the textbook Medical Law and Ethics “the employer is liable for the consequences of the employee’s actions committed in the scope of employment.” This is call respondeat superior meaning “let the master answer.” This to benefit the patient, because the patient can sue the physician and the medical assistant and if both are found a fault could seek money for damages from either the physician or the medical assistant however the collect from both.
Nursing Long ago there was a close and personal relationship between a physician and their patient, but today that no longer exists. This has left an empty gap between medical personal and their patients, and in today’s time that gap has been filled by the role of nurses. Nurses were once seen as the doctors as the doctors assistant, a mere tool if you will, assigned to a doctor for doing the work that did not seem important such as paperwork. Now, nurses have risen to the apex of the medical community not only commanding more responsibility, but also generating much more respect amongst other medical professions. Nurses were always viewed as feminine females prancing around the hospital giving sponge baths, but no more.
There are, in some cases, policies of the healthcare institutions and the nurse’s personal professional ethics that can conflict with the clinical settings’ decision making. With exception of individuals who are deeply involved in the medical profession, the concept of ethics in a clinical practice is not one that typically comes to mind. After all, the average person is likely to associate a clinical practice with medical needs, which likely implies there is a much more pressing dilemma at the forefront of their thought process. However, the same cannot be said for the multitudes of people who come together to create the
The electrocardiogram is just one instrument among many that can help distinguish the issues of a certain patient concerning his cardiologic health. Some cardiologists branch out to surgery specifically focused on the heart and the blood vessels that is connected to it. These cardiologic surgeons also work in clinics and diagnose patients while others are specifically called on for surgery only. These cardiothoracic surgeons are duly licensed to operate on the heart. Ordinary cardiologists need additional training to qualify to be a surgeon.
Nurses also provide counseling, patient education, health education, and patient advocacy. They administer medication and treatment as prescribed by a physician. The promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health also are responsibilities of the registered nurse. The definition of