There are 42 acute care hospitals in the state of Colorado. The complication rate for specific procedures varies greatly from hospital to hospital. Sepsis mortality and morbidity rates also range from low of about 8% to high of just over 39%. No one hospital provides the best care for all conditions and procedures. Several problems may account for these discrepancies: • Small rural hospitals may have limited staff that is not certified in all specialties. • Smaller hospitals may not attract the
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Annette Shifflett POL 210 J. Pedigo The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ which was signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010‚ put into place healthcare and insurance reforms intended to assist all Americans in their endeavor to obtain affordable healthcare and insurance. Those Americans‚ who had been previously unable to obtain even basic healthcare because they made too much money for Medicaid but could not afford to pay insurance
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The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health
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RUP1 Project Nursing is a profession in which professionalism and high moral character go hand in hand. Nurses have access to very important information and care for patients during critical times in their lives. Because of the nature of work that a nurse does‚ they must always maintain professionalism to ensure that their patients have the upmost trust in them. A. Functional Differences In order to become a registered nurse‚ one must pass nursing school and then go on to pass a test given
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Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Joshua Harris NTC/362 August 9th‚ 2012 Richard Douglass Patton-Fuller Community Hospital ”Patton- Fuller Community Hospital has prided itself on providing top-of-the-notch not-for-profit health care organization since their opening in 1975” (University of Phoenix‚ 2012). The hospital’s specialty is in providing high-quality health care to all patients‚ and establishing peaceful work relationships within the staff. Services provided
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1. As an administrator of Blue Ridge Community Hospital‚ I would expect to see an overall increase in the various types of community outreach programs being offered by the hospital. With the primary focus being on diet and exercise; this project would be developed and overseen by various staff members within the hospital. One example of a new outreach program that could be offered is healthy cooking and or making healthy eating choices. These types of programs could be developed for various demographics
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may be faced with direct and indirect power blocks. The direct power blocks are actions that inhibit you from getting what you need to be successful or basic needs. They occur when negative valuations are applied directly by agents of our major social institutions. For example‚ an individual could be discriminated by their own family because they have a different skin tone than the rest of the family. Racism‚ sexism and classism are just a few examples of direct power blocks. Direct power blocks limit
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parents. Attachment‚ the emotional bond that begins early in life‚ is considered to have a critical influence on a child’s social‚ emotional‚ and cognitive development. Most experts agree that children need a stable and continuous relationship with a sensitive and responsive caregiver in order to develop a secure emotional attachment. Concern that this bond would be weakened when the child attended day care grew from previous studies of short- and long-term parent-child separations during war time and
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Patton Fuller Community Hospital (PFCH) has been a not for profit healthcare facility since 1975 with a focus on providing the highest quality of healthcare. PFCH specializes in the following services; emergency medical care‚ specialized surgical procedures‚ baby delivery and prenatal care‚ physical therapy‚ and has a well-established radiology department. Being one of the primary healthcare facilities in their area‚ PFCH has raised the bar by providing a diverse selection of health programs that
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Running Head: Patient Satisfaction Research Conduct and use of Patient Satisfaction Research in Health Care Abstract The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of Patient Satisfaction Research in health care. By understanding the definition of patient satisfaction as well the use of patient satisfaction surveys in health care‚ others will be able to comprehend how managers of Health Care Organizations use the scores to improve the
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