Abstract Nurse staffing has always been an issue in the hospital setting. Different units with different patient acuities are staffed accordingly usually based on the patient census. While nurses who are in direct contact care with patients feel that a decreased patient load will lead to greater benefit for the patient‚ others who are usually in managerial positions are not persuaded that such a correlation exists. As of this time‚ no such research has been done with an intentional change in staffing
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- Law and Management in Occupational Health and Safety Patients in the Perioperative environment are often required to be repositioned on the operating table and most of these patients have had a regional or general anaesthetic‚ making it impossible for them (the patient) to assist staff in that repositioning. The added risk in any repositioning is loss or damage to the patients’ airway‚ and maintaining the patients’ musculoskeletal alignment‚ so as to not cause any damage to nerves
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about what nursing informatics vs clinical informatics. Two ways that I use clinical informatics at university hospital are the Alaris pumps and computerized library for patient education material. Two ways that nurse managers can use data to improve patient care would be HCAPS and surveys on how well we do to prevent urinary tract infections. President Bush made the mandate in 2014 to help improve quality care to low income patients. Clinical Informatics is a broader scope of nursing that collects
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Informatics is the art of computer information structures. Clinical informatics is the use of information and technology‚ to deliver care and offers patients the ability to observer their wellbeing (Levin‚ Harper‚ & Barr‚ 2015‚ para. 3). In comparing these two areas‚ they are linked. There is no way to offer clinical information to patients or providers without having informatics. An example of clinical informatics used within my organization is the use of the texting tool within point click
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POSITIVE PATIENT OUTCOMES: A CHALLENGE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY NURSING PROFESSIONAL. Introduction: Despite technological and medical advances today‚ chronic disease and resultant co-morbidities are prevalent in the Australian Healthcare System. As a result‚ patients‚ especially in the acute care setting‚ have more complex care needs. The management and care of patients with these complex care needs present a challenge for the contemporary nursing professional. Positive patient outcomes will be
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question my choice was: Discuss research utilization in nursing practice versus evidenced based practice of nursing. Are the definitions interchangeable? The reference chapter used was chapter 17 in the text book titled Using Research Findings in Practice Settings. I would like to start off by defining Research Utilization and Evidence Based Practice. Research utilization refers to using research knowledge to change an existing clinical practice or profession situation‚ a process of using
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Preventing Patient Falls in Inpatient Hospital Settings Introduction For the most part‚ hospitals are places where one comes for healing and it is place where our clients should feel safe and away from harm. Nurses have an important role as a patient advocate and are to provide all clients with safe‚ compassionate‚ and quality care at all times. Nonetheless‚ the hospital can also be a dangerous place for inpatients. It is a foreign environment to clients and there may be alterations in their
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Introduction This essay will be discussing the current issue of conflict between nurses’ demand of increase on their pay and government’s comparatively lower related nurse pay policy. Background information will presented first‚ followed by an analysis on the strike and reasons why this strike happens. In the end‚ there will be theoretical evaluation about industrial relations focusing on absenteeism and industry productivity. Background information The contemporary human society is composed
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Approaches to Clinical Psychology PSY 480 October 25‚ 2010 Approaches to Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology involves the assessment‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment of mental illnesses that affect human behavior (Plante‚ 2005). Of all psychology’s disciplines‚ clinical psychology is the most intriguing‚ both for subject matter and diverse employment opportunities. A common thread in clinical psychology is the multiple perspectives that exist to explain how mental processes influence human
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which I used the nursing process‚ stood as my clinical experience of caring for a 72-year-old female diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. This patient regularly acquired pneumonia‚ and with her body becoming more frail and susceptible to disease‚ she found herself in the hospital. Upon entering the patient’s room‚ I encountered an older woman slumping in her bed‚ looking restless‚ and using her accessory muscles to try to get appropriate respirations. Recognizing that the patient was experiencing
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