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Background: The integration of innovative technologies in nursing care, such as emotional robots, incident detection systems, and digital communication tools, has gained momentum. These advancements aim to enhance patient care and alleviate workforce shortages. However, their potential to address patient needs effectively, while ensuring meaningful human interaction, remains uncertain. Patients' perspectives are crucial in understanding the benefits and challenges of these technologies. Methods: This study was conducted using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with hospitalized patients to explore their perceptions of emerging nursing technologies. Participants were presented with eight innovative devices through videos and text descriptions. The interviews, guided by open-ended questions, aimed to capture attitudes toward the impact of these technologies on patient care and nursing practices. Data were analyzed using a content analysis framework, combining deductive and inductive approaches. Results: Seventeen patients participated, sharing mixed perceptions of the technologies. Positive outcomes included improved autonomy, enhanced well-being, and better safety. However, concerns were raised about diminished human interaction, privacy risks, and the potential over-reliance on devices. Patients emphasized the importance of training, reliability, and alignment with core caregiving principles to ensure successful integration. Perceptions varied based on age, education level, and familiarity with technology. Conclusion: Patients perceive both opportunities and risks associated with new nursing technologies. While these tools can enhance care delivery, their success depends on thoughtful implementation that prioritizes human-centered care. Further research is needed to refine these technologies and address patient concerns to maximize their benefits and mitigate unintended consequences.

Since Congress enacted tighter legislation on the health care industry, Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment forced hospital administrators to exercise more stringent control over time, what had been in the runaway health cost. With the advent of the DRG, administrators had to monitor costs. Hospital budgets were scrutinized. No longer could they afford to buy new equipment as the latest diagnostic tool. Another concern for administrators and hospital C.E.O.'s was staffing costs, salaries, benefits, and pensions. Competition became important for hospitals to survive. Competition to fill empty hospital beds made is thus now more evident with heavy advertising. My thesis will focus on personnel issues related to the Medical Technology profession. Because the advent of DRG has had a profound affect on the profession, causing cutbacks in hiring, declines have occurred in enrollments at accredited universities, colleges, and hospitals that teach and train those who seek to pursue careers in this profession. An exodus of lab professionals seeking, alternative careers has thus been created.

Kundenorientierung ist mehr als nur der diplomatische Umgang mit schwierigen Kunden. Sie ist eine Selbstverst ndlichkeit. In Krankenh usern, Pflegeheimen und Praxen wird ein Faktor zur Kundenbindung immer wichtiger: der Umgang mit den Patienten. Wie Kundenorientierung gelebt werden kann, schildert der Autor anhand zahlreicher Beispiele: Wie sollten sich Mitarbeiter verhalten, wenn Patienten unangenehm werden? Und was k nnen sie tun, wenn die Zeit nicht f r die Versorgung aller Patienten reicht? Mit vielen Tipps, Checklisten und Trainingsprogrammen

"This book offers a new perspective on improving healthcare that draws inspiration from sources as diverse as American healthcare history, Lean Six Sigma, patient experience, employee engagement, clinical microsystems, physician burnout and industrial design thinking. This work focuses on the three values streams that form the foundation of all healthcare service processes: healthcare-worker value stream, patient value stream and organizational process. The interaction of patients and healthcare workers in the context of these three value streams creates the meaningful experience that is essential to healing and to the success of healthcare organizations. Meaningful Experience Design (MXD) guides the work of designing these value streams and improving them to promote daily experiences that are meaningful and healing for both patients and healthcare workers"--

This edition examines the current provision of psychosocial support, taking into account the community approaches of psychosocial care, the role of volunteers in supporting psychosocial needs, and the needs of the frail elderly. It is essential reading for the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy, and primary care.

Complicated shadows : a critique of autonomy in genetic counseling / Robert G. Resta -- Actively engaging with patients in decision making / Andrea Zanko and Michelle Fox -- Risk communication : a complex process / Shannan DeLany Dixon and Yasmine L. Konheim-Kalkstein -- Grieving : an inevitable journey / Elizabeth Gettig -- Facing patient anger / Bonnie Jeanne Baty -- Resistance and adherence : understanding the patient's perspective / Jon Weil -- Countertransference : making the unconscious conscious / Jon Weil -- Honoring diversity : cultural competence in genetic counseling / Linwood J. Lewis -- Genetic counseling strategies for working with families / Deborah L. Eunpu -- Developmentally based approaches for counseling children and adolescents / Stephanie Austin -- Genetic counseling for women with intellectual disabilities / Brenda Finucane -- Genetic counselors : caring mindfully / June A. Peters -- Professional development : reflective genetic counseling practice / Kimberly W. Zahm -- Mobilizing genetic counselor leadership skills / Nancy P. Callanan.

Numerous data and reports indicate a staggering scale of medical device-related incidents. The Implant Files (2018) uncovered 80,000 deaths ad 1.7 million injuries associated with medical devices from US alone. In the EU, Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) was found to be utilizing industrial grade material for its silicone breast implants. The scenario led the European Union to introduce new legislation on medical devices. ; N/A

Has increasing patient self-management changed trust relations with health professionals, potentially requiring a more equal relationship based on mutual trust? This book provides a theoretical and policy analysis of the nature, salience and impact of trust on relations between patients, clinicians, and health service managers