Personal Essay: Urgent Care Life

The main key issues in case #5 is that the MMG system had not achieved its overall financial performance goals; therefore they experienced a big loss secondly the transition of new leadership became an issue. The difficulties of implementing the MBS business model in the Hospitals and Clinics division also became a very important issue. Having to come up with a strategy to improve the financial side and being able to focus on customers and relationships was not an easy task for them. Hospitals had a different approach of helping customers in

The career that I will be researching throughout Capstone is an Urgent Care Doctor. Throughout my six weeks at Mercy Urgent Care I observed many exams, treatments, and patients. I assisted the doctor in exams, viewed and gave my opinion on X-rays and CT’s, and read over patient history with the doctor. I gained valuable knowledge from the doctors at Mercy Urgent Care.

It was the aftermath of the Friday night game that I’ve given any signs of an injury, and my family and close ones felt sorrow for me and the following Monday. Throughout my life, peers and elders engraved an image onto me being that sports held a bright future for me, and it will lead to the true path of greatness, and one single injury puts me an aggravating, melancholy rut. Viewing my teammates playing angered me since the injury forced me into a world of therapy for the rest of the season. All the promises I made for myself were undone, athletic scholarships, the path to greatness, and my only school pastime and passion flowed throughout my body and into a pipe dream.

The high percentage of unnecessary ED visits should be redirected to alternative care sites allowing individuals that truly need emergency care to receive it in a timelier manner. Introducing alternative care sites such as urgent care centers, after-hours clinics, telemedicine, and work-site clinics can prevent incongruous use of the ED. Unfortunately hospitals must create a balance between generating revenue from the ED and increasing quality in the ED. The revenue that hospitals generate from ED visits may dissuade hospitals from establishing urgent care centers even though these centers could drastically reduce overcrowding in the ER. Choudhry et al. (2007) found that health centers could save Medicaid approximately $4 billion annually if they are implemented properly. The implementation of specialty programs that redirect patients to appropriate primary care settings rather than ED for ambulatory care sensitive medical issues is one way that Medicaid is proactively seeking cost saving solutions (Choudhry et al., 2007). Ultimately, hospitals must determine if these alternative solutions could establish enough financial incentive for the hospital to counter the potential decrease

Since my first encounter with the ICU environment in the sophomore year of the nursing school, critical care has become not only my profession but also a life-long passion. I completed the diploma nursing program in 2006, and as a new graduate RN, I was fortunate to be hired in the intensive care unit immediately after graduation. Seeking to expand my professional knowledge and expertise I became critical care certified as soon as I was eligible. Eight years I spent in the combined cardiac/medical intensive care unit had been an excellent opportunity to provide care for the patients in various stages of critical illness, and gain invaluable experience. Exploring my interest in the critical care one step further, I ventured into a new professional

Long-term acute care hospitals were created "to facilitate prompt discharge of medically-complex patients" (http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/3/438.full) in the 1980s in an attempt to reduce Medicare spending. Acute care hospitals are for short-term stays where as, long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are for patients with more serious conditions that require longer care, usually more than 25 days. Most patients at LTACHs have been in an acute care facility in an intensive care or critical care unit and require longer, more complex, more specialized treatment, such as, IV therapy treatment, complex wound care, long term ventilator usage, ventilator weaning, intensive respiratory therapy, and dialysis for chronic renal failure. Another

Being part of the Sports Medicine program at Citrus Hill High School has given me so many new opportunities. I´ve been part of this program for two years now and I can not see myself doing anything else beyond this point. When I first joined, I never thought I would care so much for it and actually want to take the next step and do this in college. I have learned so within these two years and I want my life to be surround with it.

In the summer before my senior year, I tore my ACL while playing a small soccer scrimmage. The doctor explained my injury as very common in female soccer. But the heartbreaking reality made me feel much more than the statistic on the dry erase board that Dr. Mayer held. I loved waking up, going to school, and finishing the day with some type of sports practice! After the incident happened, I cried and whimpered for hours as my leg swelled to the size of a balloon. But the pain was much more than skin and muscle deep. With a post-surgery recovery time of nine months, I realized my high school athletic career had come to an abrupt and expeditious end. I had also ran out of college credits at my small school in the same year. Because of this,

The next day came and I woke up to my mom helping me get up to get in the car to drive 45 minutes from home to attend to an appointment my mom made with an Orthopedic specialist. Luckily, my mom knew the doctor and he told her to have me come immediately. The doctor’s office was so cold but maybe I was also just so anxious to find out what was wrong with my ankle. Was my ankle fractured? Or was my ankle broken? I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I couldn’t stop thinking about the news I was just about to receive because I knew it was more than just a fracture. I wish it was all just a dream but it came to turn out that my ankle was more than just

A sport was not only an after-school activity, it was a commitment. Practices were held early which required diligence and dedication of every member on the team. Lessons of leadership and teamwork strengthened my passion for pursuing a career in medicine. Although my interest in medicine started young, my devotion heightened when I began university. The experiences in my father’s office allowed me to

As with any other department or unit, the least invasive measures are attempted firsthand and invasive measures are reserved as a last resort. With that being said, it has been shown that dexamethasone sodium phosphate for injection (DSPI) is effective given orally as well as the intramuscular route (Toledo, Amato, Clarke, Reitz, & Salo, 2015). So when dealing with pediatric patients the oral route is preferred. The problem arises when there has not been proper training beforehand for the staff that administers the medication. Many pediatric urgent care clinics stock DSPI, and the vial is intentionally and clearly labeled for injectable use only. So if a provider requests this medication to a new nurse or a nurse that does not have prior

Washington, DC was among the first metropolitan areas to be affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. According to recent data from the D.C. Department of Health’s HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Administration (HAHSTA), the total number of District residents living with the HIV disease was 14,465. This accounts for approximately 2.7 % of the population 13 years of age and older.

Relatives are the principal caregiver to the patients, they provide different crucial cares. These are, helping with toilet, feeding and washing, bringing food and medicine from outside, assisting with administering medicine and with monitoring exercise, negotiating with hospital staff, mediating between the hospital and outside world, they also provide emotional support to the

Chronic care refers to patients with medical and possibly mental disorders which will require long term care. The patients may have a pre-existing or a long term illness that plays a daily role in their lives. Patients have ongoing health issues which can develop into other illnesses over time. A patient may have a condition that requires frequent appointments, where they may receive a considerable amount of information along with orders to follow which they must incorporate into their daily routine. The ultimate goal is to suppress the progression of the disease. Individuals have to recognize that they are living with diseases that will not get better, and that they will need to adapt and learn how to live a normal life. Patients will need

Flashing red and blue lights accompanied by an alarming siren in the distance is signaled when the double doors of the emergency room burst open. Pushed by several nurses, doctors, and other medical staff, a lone hospital stretcher with a bloody, wounded patient flies through the medical center towards the doors to the operating room. This image is what generally comes to mind when you think about an emergency room. Many people believe that the hospital’s emergency room is a dark and scary place. While this is true, the common misconception is that the emergency room is a place clear of humor, when in reality humor is present, even necessary, for many reasons. Many television shows, like the show ER, are based in the setting of the