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Enhancing Patient Satisfaction with the 5 Ps of Nursing Rounding

Guideway Care

The healthcare industry attempts to enhance patient satisfaction in hospitals through the implementation of the 5 Ps of nursing rounding. The 5 Ps The five Ps in the model for nursing rounding are Pain, Position, Personal needs, Proximity, and Patient Education.

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NICU Nurse Adopts Teen Mom of Three Preemie Triplets

Scrubs

When Small’s babies were discharged from the hospital several months after she gave birth, Mullen asked if they could exchange numbers, and the two have been a part of each other’s lives ever since. Fortunately, Katrina Mullen was the nurse assigned to look after Small’s children. I can’t wait for you to come home!”

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Preparing for CERT Audits and Practicing Compliant Documentation

EvidenceCare

A compliance measure calculates the percentage of patients discharged in the appropriate inpatient or observation bed status—a determinant that can result in major financial repercussions if misclassified. The goal for the compliance measure is to have over 95% of discharges compliant.

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Aflac Finds Health Care and Financial Stress will “Dampen 2021 Holiday Magic” in U.S. Households

Health Populi

Families with kids were more than twice as likely to add hours or shifts to their work schedules, and twice-as likely to take money out of their retirement savings/401(k). In fact, medical bill angst in America isn’t just a December holidays thing: they’re a year-round source of anxiety, Aflac found.

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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Case Facts Mr W, the patient, was a veteran who had been honorably discharged after serving 9 years in the Army, working as a mechanic. The scan of Mr W’s left lung revealed a complicated bulla (a rounded air-filled space in the lung, often found in emphysema and COPD, which has been linked to lung cancer in some cases1,2).

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Highs and Lows

Sensible Medicine

Luciana Luciana’s discharge day was getting close. Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. I came to her room for rounds in the morning. I’ll have it done by the time I discharge.” We were at an impasse.

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RETAIL PHARMACY VS INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY

CareerStep

Working in a hospital pharmacy may involve going on rounds with the doctor or medical students if the particular hospital does rounds, according to Jesie Davenport , CPhT, pharm tech academic lead, and instructor. Institutional, or hospital pharmacy, involves less public interaction.