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
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
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
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
Shifts and some changes in the healthcare industry can affect every sector including outpatient clinics, , long-term care facilities, acute care hospitals and so on. Something like the well published health reform implementation present challenges for providers on a variety of levels be their financial, operational, or otherwise. Those healthcare which absence of strategic planning actually is the best way for
“Any doctor not fulfilling the standards and quality of care in the appropriate treatment that are set out in these Clinical Guidelines will have this taken into account if, for any reason, consideration of their performance in this clinical area is undertaken.” Department of Health, 1999.1 The failure to provide the proper medical treatment was done by a doctor or nurse will cause harmed in medical malpractice. Fortunately, only a few numbers of healthcare workers make mistakes in some of cases
on the healthcare practice and profession. This paper aims to explore how the concept of “sulat-doktor” is perceived by healthcare professionals and how it directly or indirectly affects the patient and the healthcare community in the provision of care and treatment. Furthermore, this paper also focuses on the importance of effective communication as a vital function of the healthcare system. In addition, this paper will also discuss the social issues arising from breakdown of communication inside
A pressure ulcer is a wound unlike any other, in that its cause is not surgery or trauma but death of the skin and underlying tissues from ischemia due to unrelieved pressure. There are many factors that contribute to the development of a pressure ulcer and whether or not it will heal, but the biggest factor in all of these is pressure. Common terms for a pressure ulcer include bedsore, decubitus ulcer, pressure sore, and pressure ulcer. The terms bedsore and decubitus ulcer originated from