Personal Narrative: A Career In Health Care

Unlike the MA job duties, nurses’ roles and responsibilities are different from the MA. The nurse are responsible to do phone calls to and from patient, faculty, doctor and other staff members all day long. They help manage day-to-day operations of the health care clinic, maintain health records, documenting each patient contact and updating patient profiles, ensure confidentiality during visits and telephone contact, distribute non-prescription medication after appropriate assessment, encourage health maintenance and promotion through counseling and awareness activities and assure that patients understand instructions.

Responsibilities include: scheduling, monitoring and acting as team leader for a small group of in-house RNs as well as conducting

We then load trolleys with the necessary paperwork and go from patient to patient, checking which paperwork needs replenishing and noting down what time physiological measurements etc. need doing and tidying the bed areas.

Inspect and manage medical records to insure that the correct information is being used for the right patient.

Front Desk Clerk/Victim Services-Answer all incoming calls and refer to appropriate office and or department. Order supplies for staff. On some occasions attended court with victims.

Some duties will be conducting physical exams, making urgent care visits, prescribing medications and providing preventative care to residents. Providing education to families and staff education, attending care plan meetings to ensure quality care is received is also a role of an NP. Adequate documentation for billing Medicare and Medicaid or private insurance for reimbursement of services provided, is an ongoing process for both the physician and facility for payment and an NP could make the process

Responsibilities: Perform Follow-Up Appointments, Refer Patient to other doctors for more in depth tests, First point of contact for family members

Our role is to make sure we are completing forms thourghly and submitting all required documentation, as well as codes regarding the patients diagnosis. This information is necessary in order to prove why the equipment is necessary for the

As a PSC Jheanelle main functions are checking in patient, updating demographic information, obtain referrals, printing medication list, and putting together new patient paper work, collect co-payment complete the end of day deposit. Jheanelle also post charges daily, work the ClientTell cancelation, NOS report and the waitlist, work the bump list and scan medical records for the OPAT department. On occasions Jheanelle work the message box for Travel Well when there is a staffing issue. Jheanelle also work with the social workers and communicate with them regularly to announce patients needing help. Jheanelle also work with the nurses and providers when there is a late patient, walk-in and other patient

-Interview patients for medical histories and chief complaints, measure vital signs, and review medication lists

I will make it my responsibility to speak with the members of the team who can assist me in understanding the services that the client may need. For example, if a patient is being discharged from Cobble Hill I would contact a rehab center to find out if the patient needs a walker or any other services. I will make it my duty to seek out concrete service that is tailored to the client specific needs and

State the names and professional credentials of the employees assigned to provide health information functions. What are the tasks or duties assigned to these persons?

• Responsibilities included performing orientations to new patients along with answering any questions or concerns they have.

As a chiropractic assistant my day to day activities range from helping patients to talking to lawyers. Daily tasks include helping patients with therapies, answering phones, making appointments, and assisting the doctor. Other tasks include calling insurance companies, speaking with attorney offices, talking to other doctors’ offices, and working with the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation (BWC). Tasks that come up often but not daily include, entering payments and checks, auditing accounts, billing patients, billing BWC, and sending patient files to auto insurance companies or other personal injury attorneys or third party adjusters. Weekly to bi-weekly tasks include filling out orders and faxing them to imaging providers, filling out and

Written documentation that is required at my practicum agency include assessments, treatment planning, case notes, referrals, and some have their eating habits logged also. This is what I have personally took note of. At Richard’s oral reporting is a very important in entering your shift. Knowing the current disposition of each individual, good or bad, is very important in keeping a proper atmosphere. For instance if someone has gotten some upsetting news from a doctor or loved one, rolling in with a high five might not be appropriate and might call for a more somber or neutral projection. Last semester I did not do a lot of paperwork but I was updated every time I went in, from my supervisors what were the mountaintops and the travails