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A Glance at Informed Consent in Healthcare

Caregiver Support Services

When it comes to healthcare, few concepts are as criticaland often misunderstoodas informed consent. At its core, informed consent is the process by which patients are given the information they need to make educated decisions about their care. What Makes Up Effective Informed Consent?

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How Augmented Reality Helped AccentCare Improve Patient, Staff Satisfaction

Hospice News

But so, too, is the ability to adequately assess whether an augmented reality program is appropriate for a patient and ensure sufficient documentation in their electronic medical record. There is research that shows AR programs may be contraindicated for patients with seizures and have adverse reactions for some other terminal diagnoses.”

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How Fraudulent Hospices Evade Regulators

Hospice News

They all have the same answer: By the time an [Additional Document Request (ADR)] comes through, which is like that enhanced scrutiny, all of these patients will be transferred over to another hospice,” a hospice executive told Hospice News. Scammer hospices enroll patients without informed consent.

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

And I have gone through my not-so-long career, but it’s coming up on nine years now, seeing the way that we have talked about CPR in such problematic ways, in ways that really do not enable true informed consent. You’ve had three documented conversations to “clarify code status.” Sunita: Oh, yeah.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. But like, if you look at a surrogate document, it walks you through step by step, the hierarchy of decision makers, but also, like, how that surrogate should be making decisions. Because if you.

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5 Steps to a Stronger Nursing Resume

Minority Nurse

No matter how many job boards allow you to create a personal profile with your career details, having your own consistently updated document accurately representing your expertise could not be a smarter way to always be ready for the next opportunity. Instead, you can keep a separate document on hand listing your most important references.

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The Legal Responsibilities of Nursing

Diversity Nursing

Nursing malpractice can include physical, emotional, or financial harm or injury to a patient, medication errors, failure to report, or documentation issues. Documentation Accurate and comprehensive Nursing documentation is a crucial element of patient care.