Patient Care Transition
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Patient-centered Care
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Patient-centered care involves delivering care beyond inpatient hospitalization. Reflective practice can enhance a patient-centered approach. Reflective practice is a process of reasoning that considers all aspects of the present situation, including practicalities, learning from personal practice, and consideration of patient needs. Patients appreciate care decisions made while considering their input. Involving the patient in their care provides the patient with a sense of contribution rather...
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Phase Transitions
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2020
Whether solid, liquid, or gas, a substance's state depends on the order and arrangement of its particles (atoms, molecules, or ions). Particles in the solid pack closely together, generally in a pattern. The particles vibrate about their fixed positions but do not move or squeeze past their neighbors. In liquids, although the particles are closely spaced, they are randomly arranged. The position of the particles are not fixed—that is, they are free to move past their neighbors to occupy...
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Cooperative Allosteric Transitions
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2020
Cooperative allosteric transitions can occur in multimeric proteins, where each subunit of the protein has its own ligand-binding site. When a ligand binds to any of these subunits, it triggers a conformational change that affects the binding sites in the other subunits; this can change the affinity of the other sites for their respective ligands. The ability of the protein to change the shape of its binding site is attributed to the presence of a mix of flexible and stable segments in the...
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Properties of Transition Metals
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2020
Transition metals are defined as those elements that have partially filled d orbitals. As shown in Figure 1, the d-block elements in groups 3–12 are transition elements. The f-block elements, also called inner transition metals (the lanthanides and actinides), also meet this criterion because the d orbital is partially occupied before the f orbitals. Figure 1: Periodic Table. The transition metals are located in groups 3–11 of the periodic table. The inner transition metals are in the two rows...
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Rapid Point-of-Care Detection of Pathogens for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in ICU Patients
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This protocol describes a fully integrated microfluidic chip-based LAMP method enabling point-of-care detection of 15 pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections in ICU patients within one hour.
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A structured handoff reduces the risk of information being lost when responsibility shifts between clinicians or settings. It should communicate the patient’s diagnoses, current treatments, unresolved needs, follow-up expectations, and warning signs in a consistent format. This gives the receiving team a usable account of what requires attention next, rather than relying on fragmented records or memory.
Medication reconciliation helps verify that treatment information transferred during a transition is accurate and consistent with the patient’s ongoing plan. Because care may change during admission, discharge, referral, or movement to rehabilitation, this review helps the next care team understand which medication-related information must carry forward. Its purpose is to reduce medication errors when responsibility changes.
Patients and caregivers need more than a record of what happened. Clear communication should explain the diagnosis, treatment plan, follow-up needs, and warning signs that require attention. It should also clarify their roles in ongoing care, so they can participate after the transfer and understand what information or actions must carry forward to the next stage of treatment.
An organized workflow links four tasks: conducting a structured handoff, transferring accurate clinical information, reconciling medications, and explaining follow-up requirements. Communication should include diagnoses, treatments, warning signs, and the responsibilities of patients, caregivers, and receiving professionals. Applying these tasks at admission, discharge, referral, or movement to another care setting supports continuity across the transition.
Patient care transition is especially relevant when responsibility changes at hospital admission or discharge, during referral, or when a patient moves to rehabilitation or long-term care. The receiving setting may differ from the previous one, so consistent communication and accurate records help preserve the treatment plan. This makes the approach applicable across multiple stages of clinical care, not only hospital discharge.
Teams can evaluate a transition by examining whether key information reached the next caregiver, medications were accurately reconciled, and patients and caregivers understood follow-up needs and warning signs. Effective coordination is expected to reduce information gaps, medication errors, duplicate testing, and avoidable readmissions. These outcomes connect transition quality with both immediate safety and continuity of ongoing care.