Poorly paid VADs were used mainly as domestic labour, cleaning floors, changing bed linen, swilling out bedpans, but were rarely allowed until later in the war to change dressings or administer drugs.
The clinical decision to administer, change, or stop antibiotics could then be made more rapidly.
But their focus has changed to those who hold or administer the copyright, which is usually the music publisher.
The care we provided was varied – we would assist in end-of-life care, put someone to bed, change dressings, administer medication or just help someone to the toilet.
There is a widespread, national distrust of government and its ability to administer real change or speak to any American save the wealthy and well-connected.
After that, we would have to hire a visiting nurse out of pocket or do the dressing changes and administer the treatments ourselves.
The information family physicians would like to see in the summary are discharge medications (new or changes), treatment administered, laboratory results, radiology reports, specialty consultations and follow-up plans [13, 14, 19].
I recently returned from England where I saw healthcare personnel come to the home to change wound dressings, administer medicines and for some critical patients prepare meals daily if required.
The practitioner has two options: (1) seek clarification and change the dosage, administer the proper medication, move on to other tasks, and forego incident reporting, or (2) seek clarification and change the dosage, administer the proper medication, and fill out an incident report.
It provides a comforting blanket to protect against the perils of change – but administered with too heavy a hand, it can suffocate what lies beneath.
