Patient Diagnostic Analysis

In January 2015 a patient observation was conducted on an inner city psychiatric male admission ward commencing at 10.30 am and concluding at 11.30am. The observation was carried out by the ward manager and the patient advice liaison service (PALS) manager.

Often people forget that the community in which they live in plays a vital role on their lifestyle. Your community may influence you on how you experience others culture, it may predispose you to certain illnesses and crimes due to location. It may influence you to think big and want better for your future and your children’s future base on the people you are surrounded by. Communities sometimes influence its member’s careers paths base on merely the need of that community. The purpose of this paper is to assess the community of Stapleton, its demographic, needs and issues both

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What a relief! Has time is getting closer to in-patient clinical I begin to psych myself out. I have had a million questions go through my head. What is it going to be like? Will I be able to help someone and properly use my therapeutic communication skill? And lastly, will I be able to get my patients to talk to me?

In order for the classroom to be a successful learning environment we have to follow three major keys. Those three major keys are listening,participate, and attend class everyday. Those major keys are the top three rules that you will need to succeed in this class.

Integrate knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to deliver competent, culturally sensitive, and developmentally-appropriate care as part of the interdisciplinary team.

Diagnostic/Patient Specimens - Specimens that are collected directly from humans or animals (including, but not limited to, excreta, secreta, blood and its components, tissue and tissue fluid swabs, and body parts) that are transported for research, diagnosis, investigations, disease treatment and prevention.

Imagine going out in public or to the doctor and feeling like you don’t belong, or like you are being treated different compared to others. In T. Cooper’s “Why They’re Called Passports” and “Diagnosis” he experiences these feelings in numerous situations. Being a transgender Cooper experiences situations others normally don’t; these situations at times make him feel uncomfortable and not accepted by others. All Cooper wants, especially from doctors and nursing, is to be treated like a “normal” person. Throughout the two stories small moments of Cooper’s life are explained most of them involving medical staff, and in most of these moments the reader sees how uncomfortable he felt with the staff. T. Cooper writes about times in his life in “Diagnosis” to show how he felt when

Not only is this unequal treatment insulting, but it is also biased and unfair. Unfortunately, much of this bias comes from physician groups who argue that PT’s do not know how to properly diagnose and, therefore; may inappropriately administer treatment to a patient with underlying medical conditions. However, this is simply not true. In reality, physical therapists have a very low rate of malpractice, and proper diagnosis of a patient’s condition is a fundamental part of what a PT does. In fact, PT’s are trained to recognize when a patient demonstrates symptoms that should be evaluated by another healthcare professional before therapy should be given. Since physicians go to medical school and obtain a Ph.D., it is easy to assume that they are the most knowledgeable and qualified in all aspects of healthcare. However, what many fail to recognize is that physical therapy school is just as rigorous and competitive of a program as medical school. As highly trained healthcare professionals, physical therapists “receive extensive education and clinical training in the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention of patient/clients with functional limitations, impairments and disabilities” (“Direct Access”). Similar to physicians, PT’s are “well-qualified to evaluate a patient's condition, assess his or her physical therapy needs and, if appropriate, safely and effectively treat the patient” (“Direct Access”). In fact, just like medical students, graduates of professional PT education programs are considered doctors and hence earn a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Therefore, due to their high qualifications and levels of expertise, physical therapists are more than capable to treat and evaluate patients correctly and should not have

Privilege to order diagnostic images are limited to the physicians only in many clinical settings. Yet, other health care specialists are allowed to order diagnostic images in some clinical settings. In relation to our profession, physical therapists in the United States are becoming more autonomous and can practice some degree of direct access to ordering diagnostic images in many states and in Washington, DC (Boyles et al. 2011). Moreover, I have always stated in my previous posts that I support allowing physical therapists to request images. This is because physical therapists have continued to make significant progress in considering pathology in determining the appropriateness of physical therapy for their patients (Davenport & Sebelski

The current diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder can be found in the DSM-5. The criteria are split into ten different diagnostic features (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The first diagnostic feature is one or more situations where fear or anxiety occurs due to possible negative evaluation received from others (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The second feature is the fear is of negative evaluation such as humiliation (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The third feature is that social settings continually cause this anxiety or fear (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The fourth feature is the avoidance of social settings or large amounts of anxiety or fear when experiencing social settings (American

The purpose of the principal diagnosis is to establish what condition is causing the symptoms that the patient experiences. In some cases, the patient has more than one principal diagnosis, meaning that a medical condition connections with another condition. This also occurs when more than one separate principal diagnosis is equally responsible for a hospital stay. For example, a patient who has a chronic disease might have multiple recent manifestations that result in an inpatient stay. In this case, the principal diagnoses that caused the most recent hospital visit. The purpose of the primary diagnosis is to establish where doctors focus the majority of resources to treat a condition. The primary diagnosis is not always the principal diagnosis

Regardless of the limitation, it is crucial to read the imaging results in order to recognize the pathology related to signs and symptoms of the patient and assist in clinical decision making with an appropriate plan of care. It is imperative that physical therapists should be cognizant of imaging indications, risk factors, and

Do you think us as treating therapist, having knowledge of x-ray and other diagnostic imaging can help in reducing the risk of misdiagnosis?

Abstract—Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death, disability and economic loss throughout the world. Type 2 diabetes is more common (90-95% worldwide) type of diabetes. However, it can be prevented or delayed by taking the right care and interventions which indeed an early diagnosis. There has been much advancement in the field of various machine learning algorithms specifically for medical diagnosis.