Medical Errors Medical errors are avoidable negative effects of care‚ which can be harmful to a patient. These errors can vary from giving the wrong treatment to a disease‚ injury‚ syndrome‚ behavior‚ or infection a patient might have. Nurses play one of the most important roles in the avoidance of occurring medical errors. By doing their job correctly they can prevent the errors from happening and potentially hurting or killing a patient. Decimal errors‚ trailing zero errors and abbreviation errors
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Introduction to the American Labor Movement: Dating back to the beginning of the industrial revolution‚ the American Labor movement in the United States began its existence due to poor working conditions and exploitation during the beginning of that time. Labor unions in the United States today function as legally recognized representatives of workers in numerous industries‚ but in recent years have seen their greatest growth among service sector and public sector workers. Activity by labor unions
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The Lost Souls of Willowbrook Developmental Disabilities 2/14/14 Abstract: This video starts with a man named Bernard‚ who to the untrained eye may appear to be “mentally retarded”. He goes on to talk about how he was placed in Willowbrook after a misdiagnosis. The video continues to progress to where we meet Dr.Michael Wilkins‚ Dr.M was recently fired from Willowbrook for trying to urge the parents to organize to work towards better conditions for their children. Clearly
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References: 1Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Standards – July 2012.
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Legislative Issue Faced by Nursing http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/shortageresource.htm The web site I found that discusses this critical issue is by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (AACN). This is an outstanding website that discusses the current and projected issues regarding the nursing shortage. The article identifies sobering figures of projected shortages up to the year 2020. By 2010‚ the nursing shortage is projected to be 12%‚ by 2015 to be 20% and by 2020 a frightening
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Cultural Competence: Is it necessary? What is Cultural Competence? Many different definitions of cultural competence are out there‚ but probably the most widely accepted is the following: “Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and policies that come together in a system‚ organization‚ or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. “Culture” refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the
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Part 1 - Kaplan ’s Goal and Rationale in Adopting TPSDr. Gary Kaplan very much believed in the corporate culture of Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) and in the case study states that it was the collaborative team approach that attracted him to VMMC. However‚ when he took over as CEO in 2000‚ the medical center was losing money for its first time in history. Kaplan had to move VMMC to become a learning organization that could be lean‚ and compete within a very competitive industry during a period
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Katie Preparation for Disaster Glendale Community College Preparation for Disaster Disasters across the world have devastated large populations and cost billions of dollars worldwide. From the tsunami in 2006 to Hurricane Katrina‚ the world has seen its share of the wrath of natural disasters. Populations have also experienced manmade disasters such as 9/11 and the oil spills in Louisiana. What are people doing as a population to protect‚ prevent‚ and empower oneself from these catastrophes
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[pic] Falls Risk Guide Falls The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) 2005 National Patient Safety Goals requires hospitals to assess and periodically reassess each patient’s risk for falling. At Methodist Hospital the total number of reported falls in 2005 was 197 and it is increasing every year‚ Out of these 80 had reported injuries‚ 3 had root cause analysis (RCA) completed and 1 was a reportable event. Through RCA we identified that
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the results were accomplished and used as a learning opportunity to implement adjustments (Ettorchi-Tardy‚ Levif‚ & Michel‚ 2012). Benchmarking was initially introduced in 1990 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)‚ with the main objective to be a tool for continuous quality improvement and supportive action to change. Recommendations
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