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A clinical pathway is a multidisciplinary management tool based on evidence-based practice for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care are defined, optimized and sequenced either by hour (ED), day (acute care) or visit (homecare).
Direct medical direction, often called on-line medical direction, is when care is rendered under direct orders of the base station physician, usually over the radio or telephone. The other is indirect medical direction, or off-line medical direction, which includes the development of a set of written medical guidelines, or standing orders.
A nursing care plan promotes documentation and is used for reimbursement purposes such as Medicare and Medicaid. The therapeutic nursing plan is a tool and a legal document that contains priority problems or needs specific to the patient and the nursing directives linked to the problems. It shows the evolution of the clinical profile of a patient.
Standing orders [ edit ] Some jurisdictions [ 19 ] [ 20 ] allow certain physicians (sometimes a government official like the state Secretary of Health, [ 21 ] sometimes physicians in local clinics or pharmacies [ 22 ] ) to write "standing orders" that act like a prescription for everyone in the general public.
A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out routine operations. [1] SOPs aim to achieve efficiency, quality output, and uniformity of performance, while reducing miscommunication and failure to comply with industry regulations.
A nurse from the Vitas inpatient unit later told a social worker from the hospital that Maples’ family had cancelled a standing DNR order on the day she left in the ambulance, according to hospital records. There is no record of a DNR order for Maples among the documentation her family shared with HuffPost.
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In the 21st century, most paramedics function based on complex written protocols or standing orders committed to memory, often numerous pages in length, and contact a physician only when standing orders have been exhausted. [11] In such systems, the medical director's role takes on several aspects.