potential patients as well ‚ which means eveyone. The general consensus seems to be divided into two camps ; the nurses and the administration. While both sides have adamant arguments for their points it is imperitive for all of us that a solution be found. The topics covered are related to legislation‚ current practices utilized for staffing ‚ and the nursing shortage. Any person living in california is familiar with the issue of legislating nurse patient ratios. The california nurses association
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Nurse To Patient Ratio Medtech College Ethics August 16‚ 2010 The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and growing hospital nurse shortage. Nurses nationwide consistently report that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care. Physicians agree‚ citing inadequate nurse staffing as a major impediment to the provision on high quality of care
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Patient Safety: Induction Every healthcare workers main focus is to make sure that their patient is safe. But according to the Ulrich and Kear‚ “one million people were injured and 98‚000 died from medical related errors” (2014). In a health care setting‚ a medical error can be something as simple as a nurse forgetting to put the side rail of the bed up after giving care‚ resulting to the patient falling and getting injured. To a more complex matter as a nurse gives the patient a wrong medication
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Patient’s safety and care is an important facet in any health facility. That is why I‚ Susan‚ decided to take a professional approach in caring for Josie when she was admitted with severe body burns in the Hopkins hospital (King 14). In fact‚ a fair share of challenges should be faced by a renowned health facility‚ patients‚ and their family members. Medical practitioners are supposed to observe high level of professionalism when discharging their services. Despite the high expectations‚ medical
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Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Patient safety indicators are used by Hospital’s to help identify any potential risk to patient safety and to improve healthcare. The focus is to increase knowledge and the understanding of the effects on the hospital reputation. As a patient‚ you really should know what kind of care you are expecting to get when you visit a hospital. With that being said‚ they also have an option on what hospital they choose. We need to be that hospital that is shown to be
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Finding Safe Nurse to Patient Ratios Augsburg College Abstract Determining nurse-to-patient ratios in nursing facilities remains a challenge for the nursing profession. Two main staffing methods that are currently used in most nursing facilities are staffing by patient acuity using patient classification systems and staffing by mandated nurse-to-patient rations. Each method has an impact on patient outcomes‚ safety and overall satisfaction determined from different articles
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Communication Issues and the Effects on Patient Safety There are several factors that are important to health care safety‚ one of the most critical factors being good communication. When someone thinks about the requirements needed to be a nurse‚ he or she may think of the need for scientific knowledge. However‚ to be a nurse one has to have more than just scientific knowledge. Nurses need to possess other skills‚ one of those being the ability to communicate effectively. Communication is like
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communications regulations and statutes. Table 1 Effects of Hospital Care Environment on Patient Mortality and Nurse Outcomes. Aiken‚ Linda; PhD‚ RN; Clarke‚ Sean; PhD‚ RN; Sloane‚ Douglas; Lake‚ Eileen; PhD‚ RN; Cheney‚ Timothy Journal of Nursing Administration. 38(5):223-229‚ May 2008. DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000312773.42352.d7 Table 1 . Properties of the Hospital-Level Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index Subscales Used to Classify Hospitals as Better‚ Mixed‚ or Poor Care Environments (N =
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serve instructional functions in education. Instructional materials are carriers of information between a source and a receiver. The use of these materials can facilitate and enhance student learning. This material are not used in a vacuum‚ they are selected by teachers to help achieved very specific instructional objectives. Furthermore‚ the nature of the learner‚ the learning process‚ the subject matter being presented‚ and the instructional activities being used all have a bearing on the teacher selection
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There are many complex healthcare organizations across the United States. One of the largest healthcare organizations in Indiana is St. Vincent’s Hospital. They have 22 health ministries including 7 specialty hospitals‚ 8 critical access hospitals and other centers that serve 57 counties in Indiana. Core values of St. Vincent’s Medical center include wisdom‚ creativity‚ dedication‚ service of the poor‚ and integrity. “As member of Ascension Health‚ the largest Catholic health care system in the country
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