Archive for April, 2008

Geriatric Nursing Therapy

April 21st, 2008

It is the nursing care for aged client or patient given in a nursing home, hospital, even at home. In geriatric nursing, the health care provider, usually a geriatric nurse will do assessments of the patients. Usually, the assessment is about the physical, mental and physiologic functioning of an older person to evaluate and identify [...]

Nurses’ Bill of Rights

April 20th, 2008

If there is Patient’s bill of rights, nurses are no exception to that. Nurses have also rights in practicing his or her profession to avoid misconduct or abuse from any patient. Usually, some patients violate the rights of a nurse because they are not aware of those. However, ignorance to the facts is not an [...]

Patient’s Bill of Rights

April 18th, 2008

Patients also known as clients have basic rights in accessing on health care services. However, many people are not aware of it because of some reasons, and one is the literacy level that they have. Here are some of the basic rights of a patient:
1. Right to considerate and respectful care
2. Right to know
3. Right [...]

Mental Health: A Psychiatric Patient (Part 2)

April 16th, 2008

As said in the earlier post, there are special considerations when handling a psychiatric patient. Since psychiatric patients are not able to think like a normal person does, second is their unawareness of what will or not harm them and other person. Here are some tips to consider when handling a psychiatric patient observing at [...]

Mental Health: A Psychiatric Patient (Part 1)

April 13th, 2008

Psychiatric patients are patients confined to a clinical center with a prognosis of any mental illness. A mental health problem is actually one of the serious health problems that should be given considerable attention. However, many people are not aware on how to approach as mentally-ill person, usually, their initial reaction would be mocking and [...]

Efficiency of Health Care facilities: Is it a big deal?

April 10th, 2008

Health Care Facilities is one important aspect in giving or rendering health care services to people who need it. An efficient or state of the art health care facility will not only aid the patients but same is true with the health care providers. It will be convenient to both patient and health care provider [...]