NHS hospitals

Topic: Acute Hospital Care Course: Health Care and Insurance Date: November 28th, 2012 Acute Hospital Care Acute care is medical treatment at a hospital which is short-term. Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment, pharmaceuticals

This assignment will discuss and explore the implementation of a proposal service improvement within an NHS trust. It will explore the reasoning for the change and the leadership style needed to utilise the change. The proposed change is to raise awareness of isolation room within the hospital setting in the NHS trust to help improve quality of care for patients and implementing a checklist to improve the proposed change. The advantage of isolation rooms is to increase privacy and dignity, reduce

An 86-year-old patient was admitted to hospital for right fracture neck of femur secondary to fall. Social status: Lives alone in a three-bed house, toilet upstairs, independent with activity of daily living, got good support from family and friends. Her in-patient and surgical care was carried out effectively and her discharge was within normal the range expected for this type of condition. I will be using the Models of Reflection (4) Boud’s (1985) Experiential Learning to identify how we had managed

a young woman claimed that “without a change in the law she may commit suicide alone. She was in great pain, and could not find a place in a hospice.” (J Med Ethics, 2006, para. 13). Although patients are terminally ill that does not call for the hospital to take away their human rights to have a choice on their own life as to whether they want to live or die. Those who

a case study which was highlighted in a report presented by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2011), I will be identifying and reflecting on issues raised in the complaint concerning the quality of care for elderly people given by the NHS. Throughout this assignment, I will be using a wide variety of research sources in order to evaluate my own personal and professional developments in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code (2015). The NMC sets out professional standards

Medication-administration errors in an urban mental health hospital: A direct observation study This research was embarked upon to present medication errors throughout a United Kingdom mental health hospital and to explore the dynamics that may cause an increase in medication administration errors. An evaluation of articles printed between 1963 to December 2013 was completed in order to find how many had been published on medication administration errors in mental health hospitals by direct observation. Out of 106 articles

Because I have a very strong interest in nutrition and both internal and rehabilitative medicine, I would like to dedicate myself to serve the medical needs of those less fortunate. I believe that this is the best way for me to contribute to society from the experiences I have had. I believe there is nothing that I would find more meaningful than studying and practicing medicine. Being part of Balavikas, youth service group, has given me a glimpse into the vast class differences that occur in

A 2,000 word essay, considering the experience of inter-professional collaboration in your area of clinical practice For the purpose of this essay, the importance of interprofessional working (IPW) in effective patient care will be discussed, along with the challenges and constraints. A patient case study will be used for example purposes; all names and places will be changed in line with Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC, 2008) guidelines. According to The British Medical Association (2005), interprofessional

“Primum non nocere”, a phrase that all doctors must recite, modernly translates to “first, do no harm”. When students graduate from medical school they must recite the Hippocratic Oath. Taking this oath is a historical tradition that requires the physician to swear to preserve certain ethical standards. Although the text states that a doctor must never take a life, it also states that a doctor must help a person to the fullest extent. A difficult ethical question arises when the only way to help

Despite the availability of many effective treatments and evidence-based interventions, asthma still a significant problem in public health between children. Asthma is one of the top causes of hospital admission and emergency visits in the United States children (Mansfield, et al, 2015). Asthma causes significant restrictions on child’s activities, many work absences for parents, quality of life, and many absences from school days due to the increasing symptoms exacerbation. The severity of asthma