Ms. Rose was brought to Community Hospital and had to be transported on a stretcher from Nickel and Dime. She was told by the hospital to go see an orthopedic and was let go with some pain medication.…
Doctor would not respond to Kassie after multiple phone calls. Doctor’s assistant called her back and sadi they had no idea as to why Federal Mogul would want her back to work. Doctor never wrote a note or returned phone calls personally to Kassie. She later found out that her doctor had been in communication with HR without her knowledge. On 08/24/17, she went to Union representative, Tony Good, to HR to request get a copies of all the medical excuses they should have received. There, she found one that was sent by her doctor, stating that Kassie “could not lift more than 10 pounds at work.” Kassie then emailed her supervisor after being called back to work that…
Further, the 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. shift on January 18 reported nothing unusual. Latoya Dandury, the DSP who worked the 2:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift on January 18, 2016, noticed that Elise was slumped in her chair, was talking slow and had a “funny look” in her eyes. Latoya reported her observations to her supervisor, Rolanda Reynolds and Nurse Sahuri. Her supervisor instructed her to have Elise taken to the hospital…
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This is a 53-year-old black individual a patient of Dr. Shelton, who has had diabetes for at least six months, but he thinks it has been longer than that. He says his last known blood sugar was in the 300’s. He presents in the ER today with a foot ulcer since January of this year. He stated that it started with blisters where he had soaked his feet too long in hot water. He has had no eye examination for two years. There has been no surveillance of chronic complications of diabetes.…
Therefore they went before the WHS committee and suggested long term strategies were needed to develop more safety. After lengthy research into the current procedures and past records, the WHS devised a number of actions. The actions were designed to address the key finding: those workers didn’t see what the fuss was about WHS. It was devised that training in WHS safety procedures were needed and now Veronica Aged Care Facility has monthly lectures on WHS issues (e.g. what to do in a fire emergency).…
One specific strategic plan helps family members understand what’s company’s long-term goal and short-term goal; how company…
She recalls not following proper procedure for taking a tympanic temperature. Instead of taking his hearing aids out and waiting 10 minutes, she took Felix’s temperature with his hearing aids still in his ears. Wanting to be transparent, she went to Pam and admitted what happened. Transparency is one of the IOM’s (2001) principles for redesigning the health system. According to Castel et al., (2015), one of the reasons that nurses hide errors is because they fear disciplinary action from supervisors and are concerned that errors will be logged in their personnel file, limiting career advancement opportunities. Pam had already started an investigation into how the infection had been missed. The case study claims that the inquiry revealed that the elevated temperature should have been discovered on day 3, during Renee’s shift. It is here that one of the ten principles for guiding redesign is not follow. The IOM (2001) asks safety to be viewed from a systems perspective. Pam looked at the most obvious issue, the active failure and ignored all of the latent issues, including her own…
He claims to know the proper procedures to report a job-related injury within 24 hours of the incident. He has attended some in-house safety training classes each month. He recalled from the classes which he took that he must immediately report any work-related injury or illness immediately to their Supervisor.…
Approximately 2am, Tobin was coming downstairs alongside Pheonix from their room. Tobin lost balance on staircase, and then tripped. At this time, Pheonix tried to help Tobin regain her balance, but unsuccessful. At this time, Tobin struggled to catch grip using both hands, as a result of this, her left index finger got broken. Writer instantly called 911 requested for EMS. While waiting for EMS, writer asked Tobin if they were planning to go somewhere before the incident, she told writer that, they were going to Metro to get a drink. Approximately 2:15am, EMS with trust #935 arrived on site. EMS took Tobin to Sunnybrook Hospital, and Pheonix went with her.…
This film tells a series of stories that explains how caretakers overcome challenges with techniques that people can implement. The film describes the medical error that nearly killed Dennis Quaid’s infant twins, and his call to action for patient safety. I anticipate on using this source to describe how medical reporting is important for the safety of a patient and how it often goes unreported.…
An event occurred on a Thursday at 3:30pm in the Emergency Department of a sixty-bed…
Fleck believes that a frank and serious discussion with Consuela about the need for universal precautions, plus monitored through training in correct wound care fulfills a reasonable duty to warn regarding Carlos’ circumstances. Proper equipment like gloves and other necessary equipment are provided to observe universal precautions. Fleck further concludes that if Consuela is…
A note of all accidents and diseases are kept within the accident book. We have two accident books, one for staff and another for children. It is important these books remain…
* Any accident to a member of staff requiring treatment by a general practitioner or hospital; and…
With the analysis we did in class, we made the suggestion of not doing the next promotion. The first thing I did after class was adjusting our model in class from three months moving average to a five months moving average, with data from previous two months, current month, and two months after. With this adjustment, the incremental increased a little, but still, I think it’s not attractive enough when taken other factors, such as cannibalization effects, into consideration.…