Most importantly, a special patient relationship is formed that enables an assistant to provide quality care and service. Active listening is an essential skill that will aid in the success of a medical assistant. Although human error is inevitable, listening carefully will lead to less room for mistakes. Confusion can be avoided altogether if one pays close attention to detail. When instructions are followed properly, the chances of failing at assigned tasks decrease dramatically.
While this might sound easy, proper documentation requires diligence by everyone involved as this data provides critical information for tracking processed instruments to the patient and assessing the reliability of the sterilization process. Sterilization documentation is used when instruments need to be recalled in the healthcare facility and determining the reason for a sterilization process failure. Documentation provides a permanent record that you’ve done everything you said you did, from cleaning to sterilization to instrument distribution. Simply put, documentation established accountability. An important aspect of quality control, this part of documentation or record keeping documents each item or instrument that is processed, assists in proper stock rotation, establishes accountability, and assists with recalls.
Speakers can often tell through body language and lack of eye contact, if someone is listening or just present in the meeting. Even if the message is boring or not attention grabbing, the material is of great importance if you are present. Faking listening can back fire because in the event the speaker asks you to summarize or offer an opinion on the topic (Omalacy, 2014). The benefits of active listening can be very beneficial in the healthcare environment. One main benefit is that effective listening leads to better communication.
They tend to treat the whole person and not just their condition, this gives the patient a relief from other possible problems they have and reduces the chance of their condition coming back. Patients experience one to one treatment, which is beneficial for them as the practitioners time is invested into just them and they will experience a better treatment. The increase the overall health and well-being of the patient, this is an advantage for the patient in their present and
I noticed that these documents are highly important to performing medical tasks and procedures that allow patients to feel comfortable and in the blood transfusion case, to live. There was similarities and differences between the two documents that made the understanding of medical research so complex and distinct. The rhetorical analysis between the two can be valued as mostly similar, with the context of them to be
Team Structures in Health Care 1) Team structure in the Intensive Care Unit: People who work in ICUs include lab technicians, Respiratory Therapists, Nurses, Ultrasound Technicians, X-Ray Techs, and Physicians. Chaplains and social workers may also be called to come to the department. All of these care providers must be able to communicate effectively amongst themselves to provide care for patients. People who are in the Intensive Care Unit are often exposed to critical care patients and have to deal with crisis and emergencies as they occur. The environment can contain a high level of stress and it is important for those who are working there to remain calm and be aware of their surroundings (36).
I do however, feel that the person centered approach is very effective in more than just the therapy setting. It can be useful in an educational setting and also in health and social care settings. I work in an elderly care environment and find this approach very effective in offering the highest standard of personalized care to my residents. As a result of this I feel almost bias towards this approach. The person centered approach is a humanistitic approach to psychotherapy.
This skill will be useful to me as a learner because I am not yet confident about explaining the situation if being asked by someone and nursing is all about good communication and practice to illustrate the different condition of the patient and their family members. As a next step, I need to concentrate more on my practical skills such as practising on taking blood pressure with the correct procedures, communication skills and my confidence level in order to achieve success in my further clinical assessment. In conclusion, looking at the some key factors now I realise how important communication is in order to understand the client needs, feelings and reactions. The concept of reflection is helpful in order to know my strength and weakness and also give me the concept to justify specialist practice in the light of further evidence-based care, accountability and practice. Also I have learnt that reflection can be used as a tool in order to turn an unpleasant experience into a positive
A senior person will also check your work and will be there for guidance if any conflict of interest occurs. A senior person is there to consult if a situation arises that you are unsure of. They will make you aware of performance standards, your responsibilities, your level of authority and the policies, procedures and strategies used to support and uphold the standards of the practice. As a medical receptionist, you are often the first point of contact with a patient. It is extremely important to build a good relationship with the patients who attend the practice.
Roger use these therapy in treating individual as a person to improve his quality of life. Carl establish supporting evidence that individual inductive knowledge as the fundamental healthful effect. He also states that the therapeutic process is substantial achievement made by the patient. He strongly believed that his structured analysis should be practice rather than the other way round. His persuasion for the improvement of care is based on sincerely felt or expressed in a genuine emotion in helping patient grief.