Month: February 2022

For most patients in the hospital, verbal or other acknowledgment of their identity helps medical professionals to ensure they’re caring for the correct person. Babies who are in the neonatal intensive care unit can’t do this. There’s a great risk of misidentifying...

Patients who are in the hospital are at the mercy of the doctors and nurses who are caring for them. Even things that they do at home without any thought, such as taking medications, are handled by the staff. While it isn’t common, there’s a chance that a patient...