Running head: MODEL OF NURSING CARE AND PATIENT SAFETY Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety October 10‚ 2009 Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the model of nursing care used in my facility‚ and how it relates to the American Nurses Code of Ethics (ANA) and patient safety guidelines. The hospital I worked for is a catholic based nonprofit organization‚ which uses Patient Centered Nursing Care model in most of the areas of
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Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field Dana Cook Nova Southeastern University Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field It is estimated that 1 in 10 patients will experience a nosocomial infection (Biddle‚ 2009). With this staggering fact‚ patient safety and infection prevention is at the forefront of healthcare. Many changes have occurred in this area since the 1840s. This is when Semmelweis‚ a Viennese obstetrician‚ made
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Comforting the Neonate; application of the Comfort Care Theory Introduction An anonymous author once said‚ "In the last stages of a final illness‚ we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family." The comfort care theory by Katharine Kolcaba exemplifies this by creating a baseline of quality care that both nurses and doctors can utilize in providing care to a dying patient. Comfort has been called a distinguishing characteristic of the nursing profession yet‚ until Katharine Kolcaba
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Patient Privacy Destiny Hill HCS 335 October 2‚ 2011 Patient Privacy The law protecting patients’ rights and privacy known as Health Insurance Probability and Accountability (HIPPA) was enacted and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. HIPPA is created to help protect patients’ medical records and personal health records nationwide in addition to keeping all medical information confidential. Documents are filed and stored‚ but with technology evolving documents
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION “There is a huge missed opportunity for health care professionals to contribute to hand hygiene as they miss 1 in 2 of all hand cleaning opportunities.” --WHO‚ 2006 “What kills women with childbed fever is you doctors who carry deadly microbes from sick women to healthy ones!”—Louis Pasteur‚ 1870 1 . 1. Background of the Study 1.1.1. Nosocomial infection burden Nosocomial infections or healthcare acquired infections can truly be a grave toll for hospital management
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interaction is procedurally clinical. Rightfully so‚ as dependable medical care has gravitated towards concrete empiricism. Yet unfortunately‚ this conduct of professionalism dehumanizes the very individuals healthcare practitioners intend to heal. Patients are confined to
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Ondaatje’s The English Patient Lerzan Gültekin Atılım University in Ankara‚ Turkey lerzan_gultekin@atilim.edu.tr Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze identity crisis in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient from a postcolonial perspective through the concept of nationalism and national identity‚ emphasizing cultural‚ psychological and physical displacement due to colonization‚ travelling‚ exploration and space / place (cartography)‚ referring to the theories and views of Benedict
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Another author named Amy-Jill Levine wrote a book on the parables of Jesus. Her view points are quite interesting because she explains not only what a parable is‚ but then goes into farther detail of the parables. One interesting remark was that parables “are often seen as the hallmark of Jesus’ teaching (Levine).” This remark relates to Gowler’s remark in the previous paragraphs. Parables are important because they are what we have of Jesus’ teachings‚ because they have been persevered. She makes
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Bioshock Infinite is a 2013 first-person shooter developed by Irrational Games‚ under the creative direction of Ken Levine‚ and published by 2K Games. It is the third and presumably final game in the dystopian Bioshock series‚ since the downsizing and rebranding of Irrational Games (now Ghost Story Games) following Bioshock Infinite. The main story is set in 1912 and begins with the playable character‚ Booker DeWitt‚ being rowed to a lighthouse off the coast of Maine by two unknown characters‚ a
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A1. Tracer Evaluation: The patient is a 67year old female that was re-admitted for a surgical infection following an abdominal hysterectomy. She was admitted to the facility seven days ago followed by a surgical procedure which was completed five days prior to this report. Patient is scheduled to be discharged with home health and IV antibiotics. This patient was selected for audit. Review of the chart shows that the patient’s H&P was completed on day 3 of the admission. Joint Commission hospital
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