Explain what is meant by the term ‘clinical governance’ AND discuss the implications and impact of clinical governance on practicing pharmacists and pharmacy services. Throughout the world‚ societies are striving to determine how best to organise their health systems and deliver services. Increasingly‚ there is recognition that the development and evaluation of new therapies and diagnostic tools is only part of the answer to better health care(1). Clinical governance first began to appear in the
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A PROJECT REPORT ON AN ANALYSIS & COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR KALYANI STEELS LTD.‚ PUNE SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF PUNE IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF TWO YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION(MBA) SUBMITTED BY KETAN P. SHETTI (BATCH 2005-07) VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ PUNE-48 1 To Whomsoever It May Concern This is to certify that Mr. Shetti Ketan Prakash is a bonafide student of Vishwakarma Institute of Management‚ Pune. He has successfully
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Clinical Reflective Journal The first day I visited psychiatric ward‚ I felt nervous and excited because of the psychiatric ward which is totally different from general ward. I sensed that all patients who are walking in the corridor and some of them keep murmuring‚ and those behaviors I seen are seldom appearing in the general ward. However‚ after I found that they can communicate with others normally and have no aggressive behavior after approaching the patients. I learnt we should establish
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Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Neribel Claudio HCA 375 John Gomillion July 25‚ 2010 Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Patient safety is such an essential part of our health care system and it helps describe quality health care. Keeping the patients safe is a challenging issue because errors and mistakes can and do happen every day. Error occurs “when a process does not proceed the way that it was intended by its designers and managers” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny 2006)
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addressed as a nurse‚ will respond (Frederickson‚ 4). Nursing occupations make up the largest group of workers in the health care field. Such occupations include Advance Practice Nurses‚ Certified Nurse-Midwives‚ Clinical Nurse Specialists‚ Community Health Nurses‚ Critical Care Nurses‚ Emergency Nurses‚ Geriatric Nurses‚ Home Health Care and Hospice Nurses‚ Legal Nurse Consultants‚ Licensed-Practical Nurses‚ Neonatal Nurses‚ Nurse Anesthetists‚ Nurse Assistants‚ Nurse Managers‚ Nurse Practitioners
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FACTORS AFFECTING PATIENT SAFETY AS PERCEIVED BY STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN METRO MANILA I. INTRODUCTION A) BACKGROUND “The biggest challenge to moving toward a safer health system is changing the culture from one of blaming individuals for errors to one in which errors are treated not as personal failures‚ but as opportunities to improve the system and prevent harm.” - Institute of Medicine ‘99 Issues related to a lack of patient safety have been reported for decades
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Recruitment of Foreign Nurses to Alleviate the United States Nursing Shortage Recruitment of Foreign Nurses to Alleviate the United States Nursing Shortage Since the 1950s‚ the United States has depended heavily on recruitment of foreign educated nurses (FEN’s) – or the updated term internationally educated nurses (IEN’s) — as a remedy to alleviate staffing shortages within American healthcare facilities. While this recruitment has made a significant difference in addressing
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Clinical Reflection: Friendship The social stigma that comes with mental illness is often more disabling than the illness itself. The labels attributed to those who are mentally ill are not only discriminating but also isolating; those perceived less than able are kept and ignored. However‚ there are organizations that advocates and helps to integrate these most vulnerable individuals into our society‚ and that is what made this clinical rotation at Friendship special. Most of the individual
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TO THE CRITICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION The delivery of health care has become increasingly complex‚ and most clinical research focuses on new approaches to diagnosis and treatment. There have been significant advances in medical technology used in patient treatment and care. The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in an acute hospital is designed to treat the most complex and unstable medical and surgical patient. Most ICU admissions occur
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bioethical considerations‚ life-support technology‚ and other ethical issues in medical decisions‚ I have to begin by drawing upon my own experience as a pediatric nurse‚ and the outcomes of many of my patients. In particular‚ my final position before retiring was caring for several infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome‚ both in the home and as support of the family during hospitalizations. However‚ the skilled-nursing home care was to help keep hospitalizations at a minimum. Hypoplastic
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