Patient Care Notes 1
Patient Care Notes 1
Patient Care Notes 1
Patient care refers to services rendered by members of the health professions for the benefit of a
patient
Refers to the calm environment which the patient demands. This environment can be created
both verbally and inverbally depending on the manner one handle himself/herself.
Types of illness potential illness –The disease that is not fully developed
RADIOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT
Patient preparing for radiography are always worried or apprehensive hence this calls for
The medical imaging technologist and the patient should co-operate in a partnership to
8. The hygiene of the room together with that of the patient should be maintained in their high
9. In order to avoid repetition of the radiography the patient should be immobilized. This can be
achieved by the use of head clambs, head bands, foam pads, sandbag
10. The radiographer must see that everything is in it right working state. It should also give
instructions regarding positioning and respiration before x-ray.
11. Tips or explanation on what the patient is about to receive may be passed to him/her so as not
to surprise the patient during the diagnostic operation
3. They hold us responsibility and expect us to be committed in the provision of imaging services
Physical problems
Social problem
Spiritual problem
Emotional problem
PHYSICAL SERVICES
Involve the provision of skills that assist the body in maintaining or determining the normal
functions eg maintaining breathing, nourishment
EMOTIONAL SERVICES
Psychology is the principle used to handle emotional problems.
It involves a lot of caring, comforting, compassion, human kindness and skills to encourage the
patients feelings
Reflects interests and concern for others
SOCIAL SERVICES
Deals with relationship among people
If one members of a group experiences a health problem it will affect all other members
It provides skills that strengthen relationships and mutual support among members of a group eg
illness may cause a temporary separation among members, financial hardship also interferes with
relationships among members
PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS
Need for security and survival
Affection and a feeling of belonging to a group
Recognition for achievements
Self fulfillment
SPIRITUAL SERVICES
Concerns with religion and plays a major role in the society
Help human to understand their relationship with the universe
Must ensure that patient care should not conflict with their doctrines
EMPATHY
Is a counseling scheme and it involves 3 things
Awareness of what the patient are experiencing
Anticipating the emotional state of the patient
Being able to remain important so that we can evaluate the situation the patient is in so that we
can help the patient.
HOW TO GATHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FROM THE PATIENT
By assessment –its an action that involves collecting and organizing information/data
Data is unprocessed information
The purpose for collection of data is to identify the past, current and the possible future
concerning health problems
DATA COLLECTION
Methods
Ask patient questions
Ask family members or escorts questions
By reading the records of the patients
To ask the collegues about what they have observed
TYPES OF INFORMATION
There are two types of data required from a patient namely;
Objective data-Has references and can be measured e.g. heart beat, blood pressure, body
temperature etc
Subjective Data-Has no references and cannot be measures e.g. pain
The important thing is to make sure you get the actual information and is obtained by validation
Validation-is making sure the information obtained is actual by using good equipment that are
working well. Also by double checking the information to come up with a range of possibilities.
CONSUMER RIGHTS
The right to be informed-Risks and benefits of any product to be consumed/used by a
patient should be told to the patient before use/given to him
The right to safety-The products should be tested before administered to the patient
The right to choose-patient expect to be advised on the alternatives to help them choose
what they want
Right to be heard-Medical imaging technologist should give the patients time to talk so
that they can say how they feel towards something/someone.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Ability to manage time so as to allocate sufficient and appropriate time to activities for both the
personal and the academic life that is essential for successful student
God has given us 24hrs per day
8hrs working
8hrs resting
8hrs free
CONCEPT OF TIME
Brought about by calenders
The understanding of time is
Time is money
Time is always in motion
Once time passes cannot be recovered
Time is associated with duration, era, seasons
Always plan the time wisely according to your activities i.e daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
TIME WASTERS IN PATIENT CARE
Long tea and lunch breaks
Don’t care attitudes
Lateness
Handling patients tasks pessimasticlly
Lack of positive thinking and self confidence
TIME AND WORK
A. If apiece of work has been done to sustain human life then regardless of which work it is, it
must be done on time and fast
b. If time is not well managed it can be destructive
Indicator of poor time management is to be unable to complete the work given.