Sentences with phrase «never visit the patients»

Collecting money for the local animal shelter or children's hospital are great ideas, however, if the students never visit the patients or the boarded animals, most of the feeling, the humanity in the project, is lost or never felt in the first place.

Not exact matches

Irregular / heavy menstrual bleeding can be treated in several ways: 1) Hormonal medication (a low dose birth control pill or cyclic progestin); 2) A hormone - containing intrauterine device (the most common one used is the Mirena IUD, which manages bleeding very effectively and is placed during an office visit and lasts for 5 years); 3) Endometrial ablation is a surgery commonly performed as an outpatient procedure; the entire lining of the uterus is cauterized (many women never get a menstrual period after an ablation); 4) Finally, I reserve hysterectomy as the treatment of last resort — typically only when the above options have not worked for a patient.

We never forget that at the heart of every treatment, every research discovery and every visit is a patient and family needing support and care.

Although hair loss is common among American - American women, Dr. Lenzy says, this problem often goes undiagnosed because patients don't know they should visit a dermatologist for evaluation; the vast majority of survey respondents (81.4 percent) indicated that they had never seen a physician about hair loss.

However, he and his colleagues note, healthcare loyalty programs should differ from coffee shop and gas station programs in a key way: they should never base their rewards solely on the basis of how often patients visit or receive care.

Unless doctors recognize a potential problem during an office visit, though, most patients are never given ambulatory tests.

Many of our patients assume this is a new type of therapy, as many have never heard of it before or even been offered it by previous medical practitioners they have visited.

Never Change by Elizabeth Berg: Myra Lipinsky tells herself that her life is full enough — she has her job as a visiting nurse and her dog, Frank — but when the boy she adored as a teen becomes her patient, her whole world opens up.

Yes, there are routine visits, but every now and then you get a patient that you've never had to deal with before.