unaware of SARS virulence and potency. As mentioned, the SARS outbreak originated in the Guangdong Province in China. SARS was easily spread to healthcare staff who in-turn infected their friends, family, colleagues, and other patients. Also, family members would sick patients, and then transport the virus back out into the community. This scenario played out repeatedly whenever a SARS carrier reached a new population, and was especially destructive in Hong Kong, which had at least two different people
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Introduction The leading cause of death up to the 20th century has been communicable diseases (Maurer, 2013). With the advancement we have today in healthcare treatments, access to medical care and an expanded knowledge and understanding of diseases, it has lead to a significant decrease in the mortality rate sustained from communicable illnesses. Diseases such as hepatitis, tuberculosis, HIV, and influenza are all communicable diseases, meaning they can be spread from one person or thing to
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Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Care Environments Nancy P. Hanrahan, Ph.D., R.N. Aparna Kumar, M.A., M.P.H. Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N. Objective: Although general hospitals receive nearly 60% of all inpatient psychiatric admissions, little is known about the care environment and related adverse events. The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of adverse events and examine the extent to which organizing factors of inpatient psychiatric care environments were associated with
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Affordable Care Act (ACA). Passage of this act enacted broad sweeping changes across the health care system focusing on expanded coverage, control of health care costs and improvement in the health care delivery system (Kaiser Family Foundation [KFF], 2013). This represents the largest change to the nation’s health care system since 1965 with the creation of Medicare and Medicaid programs (Institute of Medicine of the National Academies [IOM], 2010). As the “largest segment of the health care workforce
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INSURANCE BILLING FOR THE MEDICAL OFFICE CH 4 SHIRLEY QUAN | | Acute | A medical condition that runs a short but relatively severe course. | Attending physician | A medical staff member who is legally responsible for the care and treatment given to a patient. | Chief complaint (CC) | A patient's statement describing symptoms, problems, or conditions as the reason for seeking health care services from a physician. | Chronic | A medical condition persisting over a long period of time
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the amount of fluid accumulation, how quickly it accumulates, and whether the inflammation resolves after the acute phase or becomes chronic. An acute pericardial effusion is caused by an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac. The fluid accumulation interferes with cardiac function by compressing the cardiac chambers. Chronic constrictive pericarditis usually begins as an acute inflammatory pericarditis and progresses over time to a chronic, constrictive form because of pericardial thickening
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Records documentation available; it may be paper or electronic. The first type of documentation is Acute Care. Acute Care is the foundation for content and practices for other healthcare settings, like Clinical Data, Administrative Data, Consents, Authorizations, and Acknowledgments. Next is Specialized Health Records like Emergency Care, Ambulatory Care, Ambulatory Surgical Care, Long-term Care, Hospice Care, Behavioral Healthcare, and Rehabilitation Services Documentation. Paper or Plastic? That is
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person-centered care in the literature and in the clinical setting. It is proposed that utilizing a person-centered approach during medication related activities has the potential to improve patient experiences and outcomes. This research summary and ethical considerations analysis is based on the article published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies by Bolster & Manias in 2010 “Person-centered interactions between nurses and patients during medication activities in an acute hospital setting:
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Operative Care 2 The following essay will use a systematic approach to critically evaluate the care and treatment delivered to a non-elective paediatric orthopaedic patient within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) by a student Operating Department Practitioner at a local trust hospital. The assessment and management of the patients care will be examined and rationale provided for strategies employed during delivery of individualised patient care. In accordance with Health and Care Professional
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The Accountable Care Act was signed on March 23, 2010. The goal of this act is to transform US health system into a quality and efficient health system. With emphasis on the public programs this calls for hospitals to create an innovative workforce. With this creation calls for a change in nursing education, nursing practice and nursing leadership. Impact of Nursing Education Currently there are three routes one can purse for their endeavor of becoming a registered nurse. There is the three year
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