| Patient Rights |
| Do nurses have the right to know the condition of her patient especially when her patient is HIV positive? |
its what you call privileged communication in medical jurisprudence. the nurse has to know because they are the ones who take the orders of the doctor and carry it out. and the medical history of... |
| Can someone give me 2 Nursing Diagnosis related to Diabetes Mellitus? Patient has an ulcer on right toe and il |
I like the two above me but to add to those:
Risk for infection r/t ulcer on rt toe
I guess I would need to know more about the patient: age? how long with DM? Compliant? ... |
| What would you do to help breast cancer patient with the fiber consumtion? |
i tell people about graviola. it costs about $10 a bottle sent to your address. you take 2 tablets a day for two months and decide if it helps you. it has worked for three people i know of personal... |
| How long does a doctor have a legal right to issue a patient with a sick certificate without charging? |
i became to ill to work in June 2005 and I've been issued with sick notes free of charge since then. ... |
| As a patient, do I have the right to read my medical records, specifically notes and comments the doctor wrote |
Your rights under state law depend on what state you're in, which you don't say. The federal law that applies is called HIPAA, which you can find here: ... |
| Should a pharmacist have the right to deny a patient Emergency Contraception? |
We are all entitled to our personal opinions and what we do and say to our friends and families outside of work is fine. Even if we want to agree with Hilter's outlook, we have that constitut... |
| What is a physician's legal and ethical responsibility to a patient who signs out against advice? |
It does not matter WHY a patient signs out AMA. Once the AMA is signed, the physician and hospital are released from liability of that patient. If the patient is unhappy with the medical care he/... |
| Should a soapsudes enema be given with patient on left side right knee drawn, or knee chest with head down? |
It should be given with the left side with the left leg straight and the right knee flexed (Sim's position). If someone else is giving it to you, it should be more comfortable to assume the kn... |
| Diagnose this patient: school project? |
The patients sounds like he had an abscess that was inadequately treated. The abscess probably led to the patient becoming septic. The infection can cause the blood sugar to go up and also accoun... |
| Should a patient rely on family members to make an "right decision" when it comes to an medical procedure? |
Now I am going to assume to that your are asking advise on a procedure that you need to have done.
You can certainly ask anyone in your family their opinion , but ultimately the decision is YOURS ... |
| Anyone you know or are you a gerd patient?Pls advice me to do the right thing in my daily life style!? |
GERD(gastroesophageal reflax disfunction)...first if u have over weight u have to try to count it down...if u are smoker its better if u decrease the number of it per day.....secound u have to have... |
| Is it right for a doctor to tell a patient who suffers from bulimia to loose weight? |
That doctor has to off his/her rocker, 5'3 at 115 lbs and that's overweight? I'm 5'3 and no way near close to 115 or even 120 and as you can see I'm not over weight, tellin... |
| If a patient is rude to a dentist office, do they have the right to be rude back to the patient? |
A day at the dentisit office....
Isn't it great that all days are different??
I have had patients yell and scream at me (but never the dentist ... LOL). I just tell them not to shout a... |
| Does a neuroligist have the right to refuse a long term patient for a scheduled appoinment? |
In general, a doctor can refuse to see any patient. I would ask WHY he/she wouldn't see you. ... |
| Do doctors have the right to refuse surgery due to financial status even if patient has already been admited? |
If it is life or death situation no. But for pancreatitis, yes. ... |
| If a patient was admitted with suspicion of intracranial aneurysm. On the following day, the patient underwent |
So uh, what test are you cheating on? ... |
| If a patient was warned of something up front, do they really have a right to get mad at their dentist later? |
I know! I mean it's not the dentist's fault that the patient let their tooth decay to the point of needing a root canal. The dentist tries to save the tooth when possible. If the dentist ... |
| Can chinese acupunture cure really stroke patient? |
1) Any neurologist you consult will tell you it's impossible.
That's what they are trained in medical school to believe.
There were quite a few statements the previous poster said in re... |
| Can a patient's "natural" (drug-free) estrogen and progestrin levels be measured to target what's needed? |
Unfortunately, the range of "normal" levels of estrogen varies widely enough that it is almost impossible to say whether a woman's levels are "abnormal" or not. The amount... |
| What are the right typa food, and rest/ regimen for a typhoid patient? |
YOU SHOULD BE IN HOSPITAL FOR THE BEST RECOVERY!
The incubation period is usually 1-2 weeks and the duration of the illness is about 4-6 weeks. The patient experiences:
poor appetite,
heada... |
| What happens when a patient first goes into hospital with a transmittable disease? |
the hospitals hire doctors who are experienced and well trained! ... |
| My Dentist has changed me from an NHS patient to a private patient. Can he do this? |
simple do you want your teeth taken care off ... |
| How do feel about the way some facilities treat there patient's while there in a convalesent home? |
They won't understand until the shoe is on the other foot. ... |
| Do you think the TB patient was poisoned? |
Mookie is right, 1/3 of the world is infected with this disease, it's not rare in anyway. We see it all the time in the healthcare field and healthcare workers have to be tested for it every y... |
| What rights do I have if one of my patients gave me Tuberculosis? |
Fortunately, there are effective medications for it. All doctors are exposed to TB beginning in med school. Negative TB skin tests are positive in most students by the senior year. Those are all th... |
| What are the cuases of hypertension in postop patient especially in mastectomy? |
Did she stop taking her hypertensive meds right before surgery? Patients are kept "nothing by mouth" prior to surgery, so depending on whether or not her doctor ordered intravenous bloo... |
| RE: A wrist band that indicates that substitute blood is not to be used on a patient? |
I read about this. There were clinical trials going on in certain cities. In those cities only, one had to get a wristband if one did not want to receive the substitute blood products. I didn'... |
| Assaulted by Alzheimer's patient, what do I do? |
I worked as a CNA at an Alzheimer's nursing home. Alzheimer patients can be difficult and dangerous sometimes because they often just don't know what they are doing and whom they are any... |
| Treatment of Rhumatoid Arthritis patient of advance stage,is possible of not? |
THERE NIS A VERY GOOD rHEUMATOID dOCTOR IN tOLEDO AT tHE rUPERT cENTER AT THE mEDICAL cOLLEDGE OF oHIO...OR mco, HIS NAME IS dOCTOR kAHALIE. hE IS VERY GOOD, SYMPATHETIC TO PAIN AND SETS IMMEDIATLY... |
| Pain clinic and cancer patient? |
Does he have a separate cancer doctor, besides the radiation one?
If so, try him/her. Also, ask to see the DOCTOR, instead of the nurse practitioner. NP's may be restricted in their prescript... |
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