A fall may be described as an unpredicted contact with the ground. Falls remain constantly high and can be attributed to a various reasons that require awareness in healthcare facilities. These causes‚ includes poor lighting slippery or uneven floors clutter‚ wrong bed height‚ cognitive issues‚ mental health concerns etc. Falls have both physical significances‚ financial impact on the facility as well as emotional implications to the patients. A fall that results in injury has a financial impact
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Intentional Tort Samuels vs. Southern Baptist Hospital taking place February 13th 1992 in Louisiana. A minor age sixteen Rochelle Harris and her family sue for an Intentional tort from the Southern Baptist’s former employee Raymond Stewart. The injury that occurred here was an incident of a common everyday tort known as rape. Ms. Rochelle was sixteen at the time of this intentional tort she had been admitted to a psychiatric ward at Southern Baptist Hospital by her parents from an attempt of suicide
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Patient Profile: Jada is a 9-year old Pitbull-mix. She is a spayed female. History: Jada has bright red splotches on her abdomen and surrounding her vulva. The area is inflamed and tender to the touch. She licks frequently. Physical Examination: Heart rate= 102 bpm (normal range= 60-140 bpm). Temperature= 101.8°F (normal range= 100-102.5°F). Weight= 35.1lb (normal range= 30-60) Diagnosis: The doctor used a scalpel to scrap off crust on Jada’s lower abdomen. A slide was prepared with a blue-violet
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involved to reduce the fall by applying the planning and intervention technique; however‚ the nurse needs to prioritize the patient specific needs to prevent fall prevention in acute care settings. The article indicates that further study needed to find out successful outcome and identify the effective strategies. Abreu et al. (2012) article indicates that fall prevention is difficult‚ but it is important for the nurse to monitor the patient and understand the guidelines to prevent fall. The article also
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Big Changes for a Small Hospital Ashford University BUS 660 Dr. Dwight Reimer April 28‚ 2013 Big Changes for a Small Hospital The factors that Nicholas Jacobs and Windber Medical Center applied from the Situational Theory is that Jacobs considered his role as president at Windber Medical Center was the last hope in keeping the doors open (Hughes‚ Ginnett‚ & Curphy‚ 2012). As the Situational Leadership Model suggests the leader must make decisions to use developmental intervention such
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm November 24th‚ 2013 HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care- Grand Canyon University Spirituality is not always or only defined by ones religious values and religious affiliations. The definition itself could be different from person to person or even between cultures. It’s more about understanding and learning who you are and making that connection to yourself. The value of connection carries on to the health care professions too and this where
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be Conducted This study will focus on protecting patients from falls and fall-related injuries after stroke. At first I would identify the patients who are at great risk of fall currently and after going back to the community. I will use the Morse Fall Risk Assessment (MFA) to initially identify fall risk patients in my unit. In fact at Acute Rehab Unit all patients are considered to be at high risk of fall‚ there is no question about stroke patients. CDC’s Injury Center has created a tool kit‚ called
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Madison Children’s Hospital Sandie Hood University Of Phoenix The outline for grant proposal should consist of the following things. I. Title II. Summary/Abstract should not be more than 100 words. III. Introduction A. Background Explain the situation Show what created the problem Show why that the problem is important B. Statement of the Project Problem Define the problem ones
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I decided to do do the Custer Hospital scenario. To me there are a couple of public health challenges that this scenario faces but the main one has to do with the limited amount of assessments done on outpatient clinics. First and foremost the new CEO wants to implement three new community improvements onto the hospital: convert to EMR‚ build an additional outpatient and surgery center and hire at least two physicians that are at least 10 miles away from the ER. The problem that we face first is
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NIAGARA FALLS Niagara Falls is one of the most popular tourist attractions in North America. The first thought that comes to most people when they hear Niagara Falls is neither the city named Niagara Falls in Ontario‚ Canada‚ on the west bank of the Niagara River‚ nor the city called Niagara Falls in the United States on the east bank of the Niagara River. It is‚ however‚ the two waterfalls that are on the border between these two countries‚ lying between these two cites. Millions of tourist visit
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