Understanding the Patient Intake Process

As a Registered Nurse is a crucial component to ensure that there is effective communication between the nurse and patient. As well as being respectful to the person’s dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights. This is because everyone is different, and due to this it is important that I am being cautious to each person’s individual needs.

In a professional setting, one must act and present themselves as a professional, treat everyone equally and exactly as one would expect to be treated if he or she were the patient. Be honest with oneself and realize I have no idea what this person’s personal life is, what their financial situation is, or how they came to need medical care. At the end of the day, I personally want to go home and be proud that I helped a fellow human in need with their care regardless of their personal life or social

These are usually the people that fill out the surveys stating that they waited too long, or they were not treated fairly. As one article quotes “Patients can be very satisfied and dead an hour later. Sometimes hearing bad news is not going to result in a satisfied patient, yet the patient could be a well-informed, prepared patient” (Robbins, 2015). Patient education encompassing everything healthcare is key. Not just how to take care of their sutures, proper wound care, or dosing instructions on their new medications; but they need to be fully informed of the process it takes in the busy emergency rooms, and why some patients get prioritized over others. The power needs to be taken out of their hands from rating hot meals as a gradient of medical care. They need to be truly rating the provider’s bedside manner and the outcome of their

A common goal all healthcare providers share, is the desire to provide excellent patient care. The delivery of care is constantly changing in healthcare, however, the patient will continue to remain the focus of care. The success of nursing care thrives off the ability to fulfill patient needs and to maintain patient safety and satisfaction. When patients are admitted to the hospital, their need for an increase in their level of care and attention, due to the decline in their health status, and inability to preform normal daily activities of daily living. The loss of independence places the patient in a vulnerable state of mind, causing the individual to rely on members of the healthcare team to assist with basic self-care needs while in a stable and well-organized environment. A structured environment can be accomplished through the practice of hourly rounding on all patients.

A study conducted by Young, Minnick, and Marcantonio (1996) compared the opinions of more than a thousand staff nurses, numerous nurse managers, and more than two thousand patients from 17 hospitals regarding certain aspects and perceptions of patient care needs. Interestingly, staff nurse and managers

It is important for me to continue to have respect for myself, my coworkers, but most of all, respect for my patients in my chosen profession. I must treat them with honestly and in turn, they will do the same. My patients must know that they can confide in me and count on me at all times. I will honor nonmaleficence and strive to beneficence my patients at all times. By doing this, I will remain accountable to myself, my patients, and to the code of

During a patient’s stay at any health care facility, health care professionals are to assume complete responsibility over the wellbeing of patients. As health care professionals, it is

Patient intake process is considered to be an area in healthcare that does not receive much attention. It is a critical component of the healthcare delivery and now a new Virtual Clipboard Initiative pilot has been released to improve it. The Sullivan Institute for Healthcare Innovation is leading the project and teamed up with Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS). The organizations released the new Virtual Clipboard Initiative pilot for patient matching and patient registration to improve patient intake and healthcare registration process. It will automate the patient intake process which will increase efficiency and

Cheryl, you are absolutely right that the healthcare providers may have to go beyond what they see physically to evaluate what is causing disturbances in the lives of their patients and address it. We are advocates of the patients, and we need to listen to their concern and address what the problem may be. Based on my experience as nurse I found out that talking to patients and addressing their concerns is therapeutic for both the nurses and the patients because when I leave my job to go home, I am at peace knowing that I have put a smile on people’s faces, or I have made a difference in somebody’s life or have saved a life today. Great

Overall the medical staff's job is to try and maximize the overall patient outcome but if the patient disagrees we need to look for alternative

Throughout the experience, I shadow some of the health care professionals such as physicians (intensivist), clinical pharmacist, nurses, dietician, social worker and case managers during patient rounds. All the members on the team has their own roles and responsibilities. Nurses are the one who take care of the patient and provide an overview of patient health. Clinical pharmacists are the drug experts and they give the recommendations of the medications appropriate based on patients’ condition. Case management team is responsible for working with patients’ insurance to get their services covered. From the above health care team, I would like to focus on the role and responsibilities of the intensivist. The intensivist is the critical care

The burden to control who comes in contact with the patient falls on nursing staff and their skill to manage difficult situations.

Beck, (2013), states that within the ‘hospital culture’, patients’ who are vulnerable present with varying degrees of physiological, psychological, spiritual and social perspective complications that require care. However, nurses on the other hand, are expected to follow the hospital protocol, that encompass performing routine assessments on patients, with the expectation that the nurse will ensure they are responsible in their clinical practice, (Beck, 2013). These role sets, serve to uphold and influence hospital protocols which are precautionary to ensure patient safety and that optimal health outcome are met, (Van Beuzekom, Boer, Akerboom, & Hudson, 2010).

One way to make patient intake more efficient would be to design a website so the patients could log-in to make appointments or to cancel an appointment. The site could also be used by new patients to fill out the necessary

The answers to these questions are fulfilled by adopting the basic concepts of patient centered care which is the engagement of the patient and family in order to determine the needs of the patient and to recognize any room for improvement. Patient centered care calls for a more dynamic and involved approach to care where the care that you will provide is personalized for that patient. Dr. Peter Fader, of the Wharton School of Business talks about a very interesting concept called ‘celebration of heterogeneity’. What this concept explains is that we have designed our services in such a way that they fulfill most of the needs of our customers. However, this doesn’t mean that all of our customer needs are fulfilled. This is where