acceptable and responsible practice in today’s health environment and economy. A main goal of this therapy technique is to minimize the number of staff needed, because they can save money. Concurrent Therapy is also said to save the therapist time during their day giving treatments. While they may be reducing the number of staff they have to pay they are putting the patient’s safety at risk. As a respiratory therapist your job is to provide quality and safe care in the best interest of the patient. Anytime
the health care that they may need without having to worry about financial hardships. Currently the cost associated with privatized health cares is really expensive. Private companies are able to set their own cost for insurance premiums on medical tests and other services in order to make a profit.
promote the well being of others. However, the nurses that was assigned to the patient did not administer medication, insulin and also failed to carry out tests for blood sugar level. Therefore, these nurses has breached this principle by failure to care the well being of this patient. The team of nurses do not bother reading plaintiff’s medical notes certainly violates the ethical principle of non-maleficence, it cause harm to the plaintiff intentionally. The nurse, who is taking over should have
argument against assisted dying, that ending a life is wrong, because, as suggested in some cultures, the human life is sacred. It follows this argument up with another which suggests that allowing doctors to assist dying will lead to cumulative malpractice. At this point, the author brings up the argument that liberty and autonomy are origins of human dignity and therefore it is a persons’ right to choose to end their life if continuing their life meant prolonged suffering. The next argument against
Patient safety is what everything in healthcare revolves around and it should be practiced in every step that a nurse takes at work to care for a patient to reach their individual outcomes without medical error. There are multiple ways that patient safety can be breached as evidenced by the thousands of deaths seen each year because of malpractice. Risks can be greatly minimized by correctly following standard procedures and using critical thinking throughout the nursing process. There are many ways
introduces the first argument against assisted dying, that ending a life is wrong, in the view of some cultures, human life is sacred. It follows this argument up with another which suggests that allowing doctors to assist dying will lead to cumulative malpractice. At this point, the author brings up the argument that liberty and autonomy are origins of human dignity and, therefore, it is a persons’ right to elect when to die if continuing their life meant prolonged suffering. The next opposing argument brought
apply, willing is not enough; we must do”. Concept 1: Nurse as an Educator This concept is taken from module 1 of block 4 entitled “Health education” 1.1 Significance of the Concept A nurse is a person who is trained and licenced by the regulatory body of his/her country to give care (Help) to people who are sick or injured. Nurses work with doctors and other health care workers to make patients well and to keep them fit and healthy nurses also help with end of life needs and assist other family members
Negligence is predominantly a theory of liability concerning allegations of medical malpractice, making this type of litigation part of the Tort Law. Negligence Negligence is simply failure to exercise due care. Negligence is the breach of a legal duty to care. Thus legal duty of a person means the duty the law gives to every person to respect the legal rights of the other. Therefore the legal right of a person can be defined
THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUALITY AS IT RELATES TO INDIVIDUAL HEALTH STATUS Significance if the concept Religious beliefs are important in a patient’s life yet majority of nurses are not comfortable with discussing the subject of religion with their patients, since health cares for the total man including the spiritual aspect of an individual’s life it is important for the nurses to be aware of the patient’s belief and how he or she value spiritual care. This is also very important in the end stage of life
Health insurance becomes a widespread topic nowadays. Health insurance is a type of compensation for you when you are getting injured or sick. It enables you from paying the full costs of medical services. By the way, you need to pay a certain rate or premium each month. There are various types of insurance in Malaysia, Great Eastern Life Assurance Berhad, American International Assurance (AIA) Berhad, Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad, Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad, so on and so forth