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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
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Most patients want to go home after being hospitalized. They easily ignore the medications and avoid the follow-up visits which are vital to them. According to Timothy Bickmore, a Computer Scientist, about 20 percent of patients who are discharged from the hospital are readmitted within thirty days, and those readmissions are avoidable. Only 8 minute-conversation happened between a nurse and a patient to be discharged. |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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Have you experienced wearing your shoes for twelve hours? You keep on running around attending to the needs of your patients. When you feel that your feet are aching, you need to stop to have a rest. The reason of is that your feet are not comfortable with your nursing shoes.
Then, you must choose proper footwear to avoid foot-related issues. Because of the busy job of a nurse, you should wear footwear that will provide optimum support on your legs and feet while you keep on walking around the hospital. |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 |
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Miami Valley Hospital South started to serve their patients remotely via robot. Thru a robot, health care providers like nurses, diabetic educators, registered dietitians and wound specialists can have discussion with their patients at the Centerville hospital without leaving Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. They are using joystick to control the robot's movement in the patient's location. They can turn its head, via computer monitor. The hospital is equipped with Web cams and microphone where webcams can be adjusted to change the angle and zoom-in/zoom-out its lenses. |
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