Williams first would be a malpractice lawsuit if something was to go wrong with the caller taking the medication. If the patient passed away from complications of taking the refill then that opens the door for a wrongful death lawsuit. Jerry could lose his license as well as Dr. Williams if Jerry calls in the refill and the patient has an adverse reaction. When it comes to problem solving for this situation, Jerry just need to weigh out the pros and cons of him calling in the refill without consulting Dr. Williams. He needs to think about what is best for the practice, for Dr. Williams, and what’s best for Jerry and his job.
Thus, it is essential that the technician inputs the mathematical formula correctly because too much radiation can cause the patient to get sick, depending on how long or the amount of gamma radiation is exposure to the patient. Some types of radiation are not harmful, such as the radiation used to kill cancer cells in the anatomy of a patient; this type of radiation to project bones would be bad if the formula is not
This same protocol inadvertently restricted phlebotomy personnel from drawing blood out of the heparin locks, forcing them to initiate another needlestick procedure. Needs Excessive needlesticks are leaving patients angry and bruised. By addressing this problem immediately, we can help restore patient confidence and staff credibility. We must reduce the number of needlesticks are patients are receiving and eliminate any protocol that inherently or inadvertently increases the number of needlesticks. Scope The proposed plan includes a detailed assessment of methods, personnel requirements, training (including costs), feasibility, and expected results.
For example, when a child is having to get a blood test done and is afraid and refusing to do, the nurse will look for a positive behaviour and then gives the patient immediate reinforcement by saying, “you are such a big boy” or “you did an excellent job”. Another time the behaviourist theory is used in health care is a classical conditioning it is done when the patient is recovering from alcoholism, they are given a drug mixed with alcohol which produces undesirable physiological effects such as nausea and vomiting. This helps the patient associate the alcohol with the horrible effects, making the needs and wants to avoid drinking alcohol, because the body has started to know the reactions while drinking the alcohol which is not necessarily true but because of the pain that the drug has caused changes their
Stage 1 – Idea Occurs At this stage the doctors and nurses are thinking about what to say to the patient. Stage 2 – Message Coded This stage is when the medical team have decided what to say to the patient. Stage 3 – Message Sent At this stage the doctors and nurses send their message to the patient only to realise that he is hearing impaired and the communication cycle has been broken, unless they can think of a way for the patient to decode their message. Stage 4 – Message Received This is when the patient notices that a message has been sent to him and begins to try and understand it Stage 4 – Message Decoded This is the stage where the patient would normally understand the message he is being sent, however
It gave very useful information and outlined very critical components related to strokes. I like that it gave the signs and symptoms of a stroke and explained that medical attention is needed immediately because a medication could be given to lessen the effects or even reverse the potential damage caused by strokes. The only thing that could have been improved in the brochure is more detail about what to do if you have risk factors that could potentially lead to a stroke. It was stressed in the brochure to talk with your doctor who is very important, but it could have gone into greater detail about how to change lifestyle behaviors on your own, such as changing your diet, getting involved in more physical activity, and so
Patients should follow their doctor’s recommendations on health care and checkups (Elekta, n.d.). Having regular checkups allows problems to be detected and treated promptly (Elekta, n.d.). When people have cancer, life can change for them and for the people who care about them (Elekta, n.d.). These changes in daily life can be difficult to handle. It’s natural for a person with Hodgkin’s disease to have many different and sometimes confusing emotions (Elekta,
It is a humane and judicious way to allow a person relief from suffering that modern medicine has prolonged. There should be evaluation by a psychiatrist and all options of treatment should be explored. If the prognosis is still certain death or an egregious decline in quality of life, then physician assisted suicide should be an option for those who are capable of choosing it. With appropriate safeguards defined and a process to closely monitor extreme cases of suffering, this procedure should be on the table. If it isn’t, we are condemning people to a long and painful end without dignity or humanity and we are forcing their loved ones to stand by and watch, powerless to help them.
Uncertainty and errors in prognosis and diagnosis is feared. The State has an obligation to protect lives from these inevitable mistakes and to improve the quality of pain and symptom management at the end of life. Fallibility of the profession is going to happen in any circumstance and patients will be adversely affected. Doctors have performed surgery on the wrong limb and have left instruments in the patient only to cause serious harm that lead the patient right back to the hospital! As with these mistakes, progress is being made to the laws surrounding PAD to eliminate these unfortunate occurrences.
To use a technical language could be scary for the service user as he doesn't understand the terms and start worrying about what is going to happen is case you might, let say ,wanna take the service user to hospital to give blood to make sure on his health. Emotional issues(upset etc), can lead people to loose concentration and not hear or listen what is been said. Health is an important factor for each individual as could affect communication ,especially if is a chronic