Cultural and language barriers play an important role in patient-provider communication. American health care system is unique among industrialized countries in areas such as technology, scientific discoveries, laws and codes of conduct related to the healthcare system. Despite these advances, the American healthcare system is inefficient compared to other advanced industrialized countries’ healthcare systems. After reading, “The Spirit Catches you and you Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman, uncovers the area that we need to focus on to be a more efficient healthcare system. Evidence and statistics suggest that population in the United States is growing to be more culturally diverse.
Within this film, they illustrate many problems with the current medical system, mostly to do with rules and regulations that restrict patient care. What the film lacks is an actual analysis of why these problems deprive patients of better care and, also, solutions to these problems. One of the most prevalent problems throughout the film, that stuck out to me, was the amount of
Decision makers will need to determine how to best utilize nurses, technicians, and other professionals to close the gap in providing services to patients. Nurses require less time to train, are less expensive to train, cost less to employ, and can increase the efficiency and productivity of physicians who provide care to patients. The increase in the use of health care services as well as the increase in the number of venues where health care is provided has also increased the job opportunities for nurses and other members of the healthcare workforce. The demand for primary care services has stimulated the training of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse
For centuries nations have looked for ways to meet military, and public health needs, as well as providing care to rural and underserved areas where physicians did not exist. The coming about of the physician assistant brought with it a way to solve some of these problems in a more immediate way. Originally these men and women’s experience on the battle field had prepared them to work in an
In the film Escape Fire the Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, there were many insightful examples of why our Unites States healthcare revolves around paying more and getting less. The system is designed to treat diseases rather than preventing them and promoting wellness. In our healthcare industry, there are many different contributors that provide and make up our system. These intermediaries include suppliers, manufacturers, consumers, patients, providers, policy and regulations. All these members have a key role in the functionality of the health care industry; however, each role has its positives and negatives.
Specialists regularly utilized perilous and futile medications. ii)Medical calling utilized its new "experimental" strategy to legitimize expanding administration to new care-labors by specialist and not maternity specialists c)Cultural Aspirations inside of the New Nation i)After
Since “nurses are the hospital’s front line” and the nurses’ attention is sprawled out among eight other patients it is difficult for the nurse to give the best care and undivided attention for each of her patients. In addition, Brown includes another personal anecdote where there was a sufficient staff of nurses. Brown started a new job and suddenly heard her name being called “a patient getting a drug that can cause dangerous reactions was struggling to breathe. I hurried to her room, only to discover that I wasn’t needed. The other nurses from the floor were already there.”
My dedication to this statement has been reinforced both through my academic courses and my practical experiences in healthcare. In my final year of my undergraduate education, I took an anthropology course titled “Living Medicine”. This course exposed me to diverse healthcare systems globally, highlighting the pivotal role of cultural attitudes and practices on patient outcomes. In this study, we viewed a TedTalk given by Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon and a writer. Gawande describes how the healthcare system in the United States was shaped based on a culture that values independence, self-sufficiency, and
This paper focuses on providing a brief history of PAs and evaluating the profession in relation to the US health system values of access, cost, and quality. Finally, patient satisfaction, crucial to MCOs in an increasingly competitive market, is discussed. Physician Assistants The physician assistant profession is a relative newcomer to healthcare. It originated in the 1960s with the return of medical corpsmen from the Vietnam War who had military medical skills they wanted to apply to the civilian health care market. These skills were seen as a way to extend the practice of a primary care physician, divert less acute or complex problems to the PA, and manage the need for primary care services in underserved areas (Benjamin et al., 1999).
Introduction The Medical industry within the Veterans Health Administration is an infamous subject matter concerning healthcare around the world. Largely, the costs of healthcare and pharmaceuticals companies together compound expensive endeavors that effect many companies, challenge the minds of theoretical researchers, and influence numerous government rules and regulations. The social responsibility of the medical industry is important for the industry to up-hold because this is the industry that provides care for others. With this care come many other areas to make the care of health flow for the individuals who come in for care.
Puerto Rican Culture Religion, culture, beliefs, and ethnic customs can influence how patients understand health concepts, how they take care of their health, and how they make decisions related to their health (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2015). As a nurse, it is important to understand that not every patient shares the same healthcare beliefs. A nurse must be able to perform his or her duties without judgement and care for each patient with respect for their own unique set of beliefs and morals. In this paper, the Puerto Rican culture will be discussed, from family units to religious and cultural beliefs, as well as how Western Medicine fits into their healthcare. Explain the culture.
My experiences have taught me that the greatest service a physician provides is their care and comfort towards patients. I want my career defined by altruistic motivations, a mindset solidified in Honduras, where I traveled as vice president of the university’s Global Medical Brigade. I was part of a two summer medical mission designed to give healthcare knowledge and resources to impoverished regions of the world. I was in charge of operating the trips smoothly and more efficiently, producing the most positive results possible.
These PAs serve as self-governing clinicians directly under a doctor, and the roles they play often complement those of the doctor. It is amazing that other countries are able to take what the US had and change it to benefit their own country. Meanwhile in the US, PAs are currently employed by more than 20 hospital Trusts and in primary care. The consistency of PAs in the workforce will be an additional resource for junior doctors who are on brief rotations. Clinicians can be used as needed in a variety of therapeutic settings since PAs maintain general competency.
While the doctors in Italy are fighting for a better system, America is experiencing a shortage of doctors and nurses (“13.4 Problems of Healthcare in the United States” np). This is a major problem because physicians are needed to help the patients and if there are not enough physicians, then who will care for the patients in dire need of medical help? One of the main factors contributing to a shortage of doctors and nurses is that emergency rooms, where the majority of patients come to for help, are understaffed (“13.4 Problems of Healthcare in the United States” np). The reason behind this lack of medical professionals is due to the fact that they too are being underpaid which leads them to not want to volunteer for difficult work when they are not receiving enough pay (“13.4 Problems of Healthcare in the United States” np). If America was to begin paying doctors more than maybe more would volunteer to help out in emergency rooms, which unquestionably require an immense amount of medical professionals to treat emergent illnesses.
Task 1 So many influences throughout time has impacted Nursing in so many ways in which has also shaped this professional sector. There are several historical and contemporary influences that has made Nursing such diverse and versatile career. I will be looking at Florence Nightingale, a well-known historical figure that has influenced modern healthcare and fabricated nursing into a noble profession for women. I will be comparing Florence Nightingale’s influences on the Economic cost of Nursing in this modern age and the issues in this workforce have changed over time.
