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    Ambulatory care includes a wide range of outpatient medical services including diagnosis, observation, treatment, rehabilitation and surgery provided at locations such as clinics, urgent care centers, and surgery centers. Ambulatory care represents a significant portion of health care spending and delivery worldwide. Nurses in ambulatory care focus on patient safety and quality of care through nursing interventions to identify patient needs, provide procedures, conduct education, advocate for patients, and evaluate outcomes. Ambulatory care refers to medical care provided to non-hospitalized patients who can walk or be wheeled into outpatient facilities.

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    Ambulatory care includes a wide range of outpatient medical services including diagnosis, observation, treatment, rehabilitation and surgery provided at locations such as clinics, urgent care centers, and surgery centers. Ambulatory care represents a significant portion of health care spending and delivery worldwide. Nurses in ambulatory care focus on patient safety and quality of care through nursing interventions to identify patient needs, provide procedures, conduct education, advocate for patients, and evaluate outcomes. Ambulatory care refers to medical care provided to non-hospitalized patients who can walk or be wheeled into outpatient facilities.

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    Ambulatory care includes a wide range of outpatient medical services including diagnosis, observation, treatment, rehabilitation and surgery provided at locations such as clinics, urgent care centers, and surgery centers. Ambulatory care represents a significant portion of health care spending and delivery worldwide. Nurses in ambulatory care focus on patient safety and quality of care through nursing interventions to identify patient needs, provide procedures, conduct education, advocate for patients, and evaluate outcomes. Ambulatory care refers to medical care provided to non-hospitalized patients who can walk or be wheeled into outpatient facilities.

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    Ambulatory care includes a wide range of outpatient medical services including diagnosis, observation, treatment, rehabilitation and surgery provided at locations such as clinics, urgent care centers, and surgery centers. Ambulatory care represents a significant portion of health care spending and delivery worldwide. Nurses in ambulatory care focus on patient safety and quality of care through nursing interventions to identify patient needs, provide procedures, conduct education, advocate for patients, and evaluate outcomes. Ambulatory care refers to medical care provided to non-hospitalized patients who can walk or be wheeled into outpatient facilities.

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    Ambulatory Care

    These services are performed at outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, emergency rooms, ambulatory
    or same-day surgery centers, diagnostic and imaging centers, primary care centers, community health
    centers, occupational health centers, mental health clinics, and group practices. The Medical care
    provided on an outpatient basis, including diagnosis, observation, treatment, and rehabilitation
    services.Ambulatory care services represent the most significant contributor to increasing hospital
    expenditures and to the performance of the health care system in most countries, including most
    developing countries. The ambulatory care nurse focuses on patient safety and the quality of nursing
    care by applying appropriate nursing interventions, such as identifying and clarifying patient needs,
    performing procedures, conducting health education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating nursing
    and other health services, assisting the patient to navigate the health care system, and evaluating
    patient outcomes. Ambulatory care is the personal health medical care facility that is given in a hospital
    or other health care center for someone who is not a bed patient. This implies either walking in on his or
    her own or arriving via wheelchair, crutches, or crane. The word ambulatory care includes all health care
    services that are not hospitalized.

    Scenario 1

    Appropriate for: All Specialties

    Setting: Clinic

    Genel Jumawan, a 30-year-old patient with a history of hypertension. Miss Jumawan went to a clinic for
    her checkup and her vital signs were normal but her blood pressure was 180/120. She says she's had
    chest pain since she was released from her recent admission and now Miss Jumawan was given a
    medicine immediately (ACE inhibitor) and she insisted that she would go home because the pain was
    relieved. Later at home, Ms. Jumawan was found in her room with a severe headache, chest pain,
    difficulty in breathing and was brought immediately back to the hospital.

    Instructor Comments:

    The nurse fails to advocate a check back for the patient in this situation.
    Scenario 2

    Appropriate for: All Specialties

    Setting: Hospital

    A 20-year-old woman with a dislocated elbow presents to the emergency room. At this juncture, the
    doctor of the patient decided to send her to the OR for anesthesia reduction. The clerk of the
    department is notified of the plan but not the nurse of the patient. Despite proper paperwork, the
    patient is transferred to the OR and then later on, the OR department calls to state that the patient has
    insufficient paperwork.

    Instructor Comments:

    In this situation, it lacks communication.

    Scenario 3

    Appropriate for: All Specialties

    Setting: Hospital

    Ms. Jumawan recently held a training session on techniques for infection control and the significance of
    hand washing and while she was on duty, she noticed that Dr. Lim, without washing her hands, goes
    from patient to patient. later on, Ms. Jumawan confronted Dr. Lim about what she observed and Dr. Lim
    said the next time she will do the hand washing.

    Intructor Comments:

    Preventing for risk of infection or preventing for acquiring health conflict

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