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This paper discusses the importance of accurate nursing documentation, which serves to ensure and maintain continuity and to inform health professionals of ongoing care and treatment. The paper further points out that nursing or professional notes also constitute legal evidence. At the same time, research indicates that nursing documentation is not synchronized with actual patient and family care. This paper also considers problems with documentation, some of which are based in a distorted nursing perspective and others that are of a systemic nature.

From the Paper
"In order to ensure and maintain continuity and to inform health professionals of ongoing care and treatment, accurate nursing documentation is vital. Nursing or professional notes also constitute legal evidence. At the same time, research indicates that nursing documentation is not synchronized with actual patient and family care. This paper will discuss problems with documentation, some of which are based in a distorted nursing perspective and others that are of a systemic nature. A number of solutions and recommendations to these problems will be provided. While it is not feasible to fully standardize nursing..."

Tags:documentation, flaws, solutions

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This paper is based on a phone interview with an experienced Clinical Psychologist. It specifically focuses on the use of writing in counseling profession and the documentation required in professional records.

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"Information for this project was obtained in a phone interview with Mrs. Mary Boyce. M. A. Mrs. Boyce has been a practicing Clinical Psychologist for 25 years specializing in Marriage, Family, and Child Psychology. Her experience includes families, couples, children, adolescents, small ones, and a variety of disorders. The interview focused on the amount and types of writing involved in the Clinical Counseling profession, specifically Childhood Counseling. Mrs. Boyce runs her own private clinical practice."

Tags:mary, boyce, psychologist, psychology, childhood, private, practice, write, document, tax, account, record, records

Abstract
In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of health care documentation. Specifically the writer discusses medical documentation errors and the use of abbreviations in medical documentation, which can be misconstrued when reading handwritten medical documentation. The writer points out that documentation errors can be costly and even deadly. The writer notes that many people believe eliminating abbreviations in the documentation can help avoid medical errors and create documentation that is safe and effective.

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"Eliminating abbreviations can reduce errors because abbreviations can often resemble another word or abbreviation, thereby causing confusion in the medical orders. For example, "QD" is often used to mean "daily," but it can be written qd, q.d., and several other ways. If the handwriting is not perfect, it could be taken as "QOD," which means "every other day," and that could have serious consequences for the patient if the medication instructions were misconstrued due to an error in reading the abbreviation. This is dangerous to the patient, to the healthcare staff, and to the healthcare facility, and so, abbreviations can lead to medication errors, and that can lead to patient injury and death, and lawsuits for the organization. The Joint Commission notes, "Abbreviations have been identified as the root cause in medication sentinel events" ("Improve the Effectiveness"). Thus, abbreviation management is essential for any healthcare organization, large or small.
"The issue is so important that organizations like The Joint Commission, a non-profit healthcare accreditation organization offers guidelines and a "do not use" list of abbreviations that they urge healthcare facilities to adopt."

Tags:patients, handwritten, notes, abbreviation, misunderstandings

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The paper explains how documentation is important when an emergency medical technician renders aid to a patient when he/she is ill, critically injured or hurt. Documentation would enable the hospital to keep a track of what type of treatment has been given to the patient, and how he/she responded to the treatment given. The paper illustrates how organizations have made lists of rules and regulations to help those people responsible for documentation while taking care of their patient. This ensures that they would be able to perform their duty efficiently, as well as provide the important documentation needed for the administration of the hospital.

Contents:
Thesis Statement
Introduction
Conclusion

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"An Emergency Medical Technician, who has been able to successfully establish an EMT-patient relationship by the mere fact that he was the individual who had begun emergency care for the patient that he is taking care of at the present time, has a responsibility and a duty to make sure that he take care of that patient until such time that help arrives in the form of a specialist or some other person who can relieve the emergency medical technician. It must be noted that this relief generally comes when the patient reaches the hospital, and the report made by the EMT is submitted to the attending staff. At times, when it so happens that the patient is not actually transported by the first arriving EMT but by another provider, then it is the duty of the first EMT to give a full report on the patient to the second arriving EMT, who would be taking over the care of the patient from that point of time onwards."

Tags:patient, administration, EMT, treatment

Abstract
The paper explains why accurate nursing documentation is vital for quality care. The paper explores the problems with documentation, some of which are based on a distorted nursing perspective and others that are of a systemic nature. The paper provides a number of solutions and recommendations to these problems.

From the Paper
"Nursing documentation is a highly significant issue since documentation is a fundamental feature of nursing care. Patient records are legally valid, and need to be accurate and comprehensive so that care can be communicated effectively to the health care team. Unless the content of documentation provides an accurate depiction of patient and family care, quality of care may not be possible. Many nurses do not realize that what they document or fail to record can produce an enormous effect on the care that is provided by other members of the health care team. More importantly, the nurse's attitude as documentation proceeds, determines how other members of the interdisciplinary team will react to the patient and/or family."

Tags:care, content, standardization, communication, patient, perspective

Abstract
This document contains two examples of business writing. The first is a short report justifying the purchase of an asset. The report provides product comparison and recommendations. The second report is an oral presentation outline titled 'How Employees Access Online Services' - to illustrate this, the issue of employee benefits - the benefits of - was discussed.

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"The goal of purchasing a digital camera for the Marketing Department is to reduce time and film development costs of the existing standard camera equipment. The purpose of this report is to present an evaluation of two potential camera models as well as a recommendation. A. Needs Assessment The following is a summary of the digital camera features that were identified in an interview with the Marketing Manager as essential for the Marketing Department, as well as features that are desired."

Tags:report, presentation, writing

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This paper provides a background of the problem of elder abuse followed by a review and discussion of the relevant literature. The study uses a retrospective review of adverse patient incident reports in selected Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) and domiciles in the United States. The paper determines what controlling legislation is in place and the associated responsibilities for healthcare practitioners. It notes that the next step involves detecting and substantiating cases of elder abuse when they occur or are suspected of having occurred. The paper further discusses what should be done when abuse has taken place. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion, where it is noted that virtually all sources suggest the rates of elder abuse are on the increase. However, the definitions of elder abuse have been sufficiently codified in recent years that such incidents can be identified and, when appropriate, reported, investigated and actions can be taken to prevent such abuse in the future.

From the Paper
"Today, there are more elderly than ever before, and their numbers are expected to increase as a percentage of the population in the coming years (Litwin & Zoabi, 2004). Based on this increase in numbers of elderly citizens, it is also reasonable to assume that there will be a concomitant increase in the incidence of elder abuse as well. In fact, in recent years, elder abuse by family members has been identified as a growing problem in Western societies (Bergeron & Gray, 2003; Litwin & Zoabi, 2004); however, it is difficult or perhaps even impossible to know whether elder abuse is actually increasing or decreasing because there is a paucity of national prevalence studies (Litwin & Zoabi, 2004; Johnson, 1991; Ebersole & Hess, 1998). The data that is available, though, suggests that the incidence of elder abuse is on the increase, particularly among those aged 75 years and above (Pritchard, 1993). According to the National Elder Abuse Incidence Study, the most accurate national estimate is that a total of 449,924 elderly people, aged 60 years and over, were the victims of abuse and/or neglect in domestic settings alone in 1996 (p. 6). Furthermore, of that number, just 16 percent or so, or approximately 71,987 cases, were actually reported to elder protection agencies (Bergeron & Gray, 2003). This means that across the country, there were approximately 380,000 cases of elder abuse in the home that went unreported - which is not to say undetected - during that year. Moreover, the National Center on Elder Abuse estimated the number of elder abuse cases across the country in all settings to be from 820,000 to 1,860,000 (cited in Ebersole & Hess, 1998). In reality, though, it does not matter whether elder mistreatment is increasing or decreasing because the fact that some elder citizens continue to experience unnecessary suffering is adequate to warrant attention (Johnson, 1991)."

Tags:healthcare, practitioner, protection, initiatives, reporting, investigating, treating, gerontology

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An overview of the existing security management software programs for computer systems and the risks of operating with a security management system that is not up to standard. This paper also reviews the security management systems that are currently being developed, keeping up with the dynamic pace of the computer world.

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"The new standards as given in the recent security documentation methods provide some guidance, yet these methods do not guide the security officers engaged in the job. When the data is collected in the traditional formats, they may not provide good security, as most of this data will have to be regularly updated. There have been suggestions that a security officer with a database and GUIs may provide better security. This requires an improvement of the information system and the secure items have to be presented in a standard format. There are security officers even now, but they are involved with only security and their job is to check that systems are being implemented correctly. On the other hand, they should try to view the business risk due to security flaws and request for changes in the system from the point of view of better security.
To make this judgment, there is a requirement for assessment of risk and that is a time consuming job. Thus most of the concerned people prefer to work with more simplified models of the system and ask for estimates of risk from IT employees, which are subjective. In a complex system, this is not possible and is dangerous when the defects in information can cause harm to the organization in terms of money. This means that security officers should be ready with convincing documents to support views of their risk if the system fails due to any reason. Thus it is clear that security officers in organizations should be able to understand the importance of proper methods, but no system does that at present."

Tags:concept, visual, basic, data, information, risk, analysis

Abstract
This paper examines primary documents concerning Pugachev's leadership of the Russian peasant revolt of 1774, pointing out that his documents and those of others do not agree in every respect.

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"A study of the Pugachev documents comprises documents from him to others, from others to him, and from others about him. These documents do not agree in every detail, leaving the reader to determine which part of conflicting statements is true. This paper asserts that although primary documents are used, this does not guarantee that everything in them is factual. The main peasant grievances that Pugachev tried to exploit in his decrees included slavery, taxes, the inability to own land and..."

Tags:Pugachev, Russia, revolt, revolution, primary documents

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The following paper is a brief analysis of an enemy combatant document uncovered in Iraq when the war was at, or near, its peak. Specifically, the paper considers the letter and identifies three different variables referenced within the letter. The paper then addresses the impact of these factors upon Al-Qaeda and coalition operations. The three variables which are examined include political variables, social variables, and military variables. In the end, the letter shows Al-Qaeda to be on the verge of collapse in 2005.

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"The following paper is a brief analysis of an enemy combatant document uncovered in Iraq when the war was at, or near, its peak. Specifically, the paper will look at the letter and identify three different variables referenced within the letter; the paper will then discuss the impact of these factors upon Al-Qaeda and upon coalition operations. The three variables which will be examined are political variables; social variables; and military variables. In the end, the letter shows Al-Qaeda to be on the verge of collapse in 2005 - assuming the US made the right calculations and moves."

Tags:2005, document, iraq