intended to encourage possible life-sustaining treatment in the event that they become seriously ill or injured and are not able to specify their desires at that time. According to this law; all hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ home health agencies‚ and hospice programs receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid are now required to create formal procedures that provide written information at admission to patients about decision making a treatment refusal rights in their healthcare. It means that patients have
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I had brought my grandma a piece of my birthday cake that was left over from my party the day before‚ even though I didn’t know she couldn’t eat it because it had way too much sugar in it. I came back the next day to visit my grandma in hospice‚ and I noticed the cake was still sitting in the same spot I had left it the day before. I asked my mother‚ and my grandpa why she hadn’t eaten it‚ and the nurse explained to me that she couldn’t eat anything with that much sugar in it. A couple hours
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of the critical functions of the organism as a whole”. If is consider the patient is with irreversible brain death‚ then it goes under several different test to determinate the brain death‚ and then the body is under withdraw care and/or including hospice‚ which means the organs will start failing until all the organs stop working and will become a sudden death of the whole
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My overall leadership characteristics have grown over the last few years. In my opinion‚ I have more strengths than weakness. However‚ I still have many areas that require improvement‚ particularly my leadership skills. When I became a Hospice Director of Nursing‚ there was no one to train me for the position. However‚ over the last two years under the direction of a new Executive Director (ED)‚ my leadership skills and knowledge have grown. My current management style is co-leadership with
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Each team in our department has a specific purpose and my team’s main function is to facilitate the smooth transition of members from hospitals to other levels of care including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)‚ long-term care facilities (LTCFs)‚ hospices‚ and homes. Below is an illustration I made showing the transition of care from hospital to different levels
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is an important person that has impacted in American History. “We argue that Florence Nightingale’s influence today extends beyond her undeniable impact on the field of modern nursing to the areas of infection control‚ hospital epidemiology‚ and hospice
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Administrative Ethics Paper HCS/335 June 13‚ 2013 Administrative Ethics Paper Biomedical ethical issues are seen frequently in the news and are in constant scrutiny. The demand for social responsibility is high and available resources are limited. Health care leaders are faced with numerous administrative issues regarding patient privacy‚ research‚ confidentiality‚ and terminal illness. Much debate has surrounded medical spending on the terminally ill‚ such as the cost and allocation of resources
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Audience: correctional staff Subject: Should prisons allow elderly people to be released and be under supervised parole for the rest of their lives. Author’s/Speaker’s Main Purpose or Claim: We will save money if it is possible and elder people leave the jail to avoid the necessary training for correction officers‚ “the costs of medication and accomadations throughout the prison such as wheelchair accesability and units with lower bunks.” Author’s/Speaker’s Tone (Tone=how the author/speaker feels
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Arizona‚ Alaska‚ California‚ Colorado‚ Nebraska‚ Nevada‚ and Wyoming (Banner‚ 2012). The organization provides emergency care‚ hospital care‚ ambulatory care‚ which includes Banner Health Centers and Clinics staffed by Banner Medical Group physicians‚ hospice‚ long-term/home care‚ outpatient surgery centers‚ labs‚ and rehabilitation services (Banner‚ 2012). Banner Health has a mission statement that revolves around the patient and their needs focusing on being a non for profit organization. “We exist
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can cover the cost of expensive hospital and prescription bills. There is a part A‚ a part B‚ and a prescription drug coverage program for those that qualify. Part A is a program that helps in covering inpatient care‚ nursing facilities‚ and some hospice care. Medicare Part B covers doctor visits‚ and outpatientcare‚ Part B also covers physical and occupational therapy. The Medicare prescription drug program lowers the cost of costly prescriptions that otherwise may be too expensive for the individual
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