Health Care Research Paper
There are many hospital departments, staffed by a wide variety of healthcare professionals, with some crossover between departments. For example, physiotherapists often work in different departments and doctors often do the same, working on a general medical ward as well as an intensive or coronary care unit. Each department tends to be overseen by consultants in that specialty with a team of junior medical staff under them who are also interested in that specialty.
Accident and emergency this department (sometimes called Casualty) is where you're likely to be taken if you've called an ambulance in an emergency. It's also where you should come if you've had an accident, but can make your own way to hospital. This department operates 24 hours …show more content…
They also provide a range of care for cervical smear screening and post-menopausal bleeding checks. They usually have a specialist ward, a day surgery unit, an emergency gynecology assessment unit and outpatient clinics. Women now have a choice of who leads their maternity care and where they give birth. Care can be led by a consultant, a gynecologist or a midwife. Maternity wards provide antenatal care, care during childbirth and postnatal support. Antenatal clinics provide monitoring for both routine and complicated pregnancies. High-dependency units can offer one-to-one care for women who need close monitoring when there are complications in pregnancy or childbirth. Neonatal units have a number of cots that are used for intensive, high-dependency and special care for newborn babies. It always maintains close links with the hospital maternity department, in the interest of babies and their families. Neonatal units have the philosophy that, whenever possible, mother and baby should be together. These units provide maternity services such as antenatal and postnatal care, prenatal diagnosis unit and maternal and fetal surveillance. Overseen by consultant obstetricians and gynecologists, there is a wide range of attached staff linked to them, including specialist nurses, midwives and imaging technicians. Care can include general …show more content…
It's responsible for drug-based services in the hospital, including the purchasing, supply and distribution of medication and pharmaceuticals, inpatient and outpatient dispensing, clinical and ward pharmacy and the use of drugs. A pharmacy will provide a drug formulary for hospital doctors to use as a guide. It will also help supervise any clinical trial management and ward drug-use review.
Physiotherapists promote body healing, for example after surgery, through therapies such as exercise and manipulation. This means they assess, treat and advise patients with a wide range of medical conditions. They also provide health education to patients and staff on how to do things more easily. Their services are provided to patients on the wards, in the physiotherapy department itself and in rehabilitation units. Physiotherapists often work closely with orthopedic teams.
Radiotherapy is run by a combination of consultant doctors and specially trained radiotherapists; this department provides radiotherapy (X-ray) treatment for conditions such as malignant tumors and
Accident and emergency this department (sometimes called Casualty) is where you're likely to be taken if you've called an ambulance in an emergency. It's also where you should come if you've had an accident, but can make your own way to hospital. This department operates 24 hours …show more content…
They also provide a range of care for cervical smear screening and post-menopausal bleeding checks. They usually have a specialist ward, a day surgery unit, an emergency gynecology assessment unit and outpatient clinics. Women now have a choice of who leads their maternity care and where they give birth. Care can be led by a consultant, a gynecologist or a midwife. Maternity wards provide antenatal care, care during childbirth and postnatal support. Antenatal clinics provide monitoring for both routine and complicated pregnancies. High-dependency units can offer one-to-one care for women who need close monitoring when there are complications in pregnancy or childbirth. Neonatal units have a number of cots that are used for intensive, high-dependency and special care for newborn babies. It always maintains close links with the hospital maternity department, in the interest of babies and their families. Neonatal units have the philosophy that, whenever possible, mother and baby should be together. These units provide maternity services such as antenatal and postnatal care, prenatal diagnosis unit and maternal and fetal surveillance. Overseen by consultant obstetricians and gynecologists, there is a wide range of attached staff linked to them, including specialist nurses, midwives and imaging technicians. Care can include general …show more content…
It's responsible for drug-based services in the hospital, including the purchasing, supply and distribution of medication and pharmaceuticals, inpatient and outpatient dispensing, clinical and ward pharmacy and the use of drugs. A pharmacy will provide a drug formulary for hospital doctors to use as a guide. It will also help supervise any clinical trial management and ward drug-use review.
Physiotherapists promote body healing, for example after surgery, through therapies such as exercise and manipulation. This means they assess, treat and advise patients with a wide range of medical conditions. They also provide health education to patients and staff on how to do things more easily. Their services are provided to patients on the wards, in the physiotherapy department itself and in rehabilitation units. Physiotherapists often work closely with orthopedic teams.
Radiotherapy is run by a combination of consultant doctors and specially trained radiotherapists; this department provides radiotherapy (X-ray) treatment for conditions such as malignant tumors and