Question

For my Administrative Medical Office Skills

Write TWO scenarios-one for an inpatient and one for an outpatient-on scheduling a procedure. You must select an appropriate procedure for an inpatient and an appropriate procedure for an outpatient. An inpatient procedure is one that requires hospitalization, at least overnight. With an outpatient procedure, the patient returns home the same day. It may be performed in the physician office, a clinic, or a hospital facility. You may write an essay or use a table to describe the following for each of your scenarios. Use complete sentences to explain:

1. a) The process of scheduling the procedure
2. b) The procedure itself
3. c) Any preparation required on the part of the patient for the procedure

Answer 1

Out patient procedure

Cataract surgery:

process of scheduling the procedure:

Doctor performs painless ultrasound test to measure the size and shape of eye, which helps in placing right type of lens implantation

The procedure:

The cloudy lens inside the eye will be replaced with the artificial lens called as intraocular lens to restore vision

Preparation required

A day or 2 days before the surgery doctor may advice for antibiotic eye drops to prevent the infection

Inpatient procedure:

Appendectomy:

Process of scheduling the procedure:

Doctor will perform physical assessment and site of pain and will order for blood tests, urine tests and imaging studies and schedule for procedure

The procedure:

Surgeon make incision in the lower right side of abdomen and the appendix is removed and wound is closed in stitches. It can be a laparoscopy procedure or laparotomy procedure also called open appendectomy

Preparation required:

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