Electrical Safety in the Operating Room Perioperative Staff Education 01/04 Winifred Wilt‚ RN‚ MSN‚ CNOR Education Required by JCAHO Required during orientation Annual review required Electrical Hazards Fires Burns Electrical shock Explosions Power failure Outcomes Damage to or malfunction of equipment Possibility of patient and staff injury‚ disability‚ or death Electrical Shock Shock occurs when a person becomes the final component
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Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient confidentiality is a fundamental practice in healthcare and it is integral part of healthcare ethical standards (Purtilo & Dougherty‚ 2010). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics “the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information” (Nursing world‚ p.6). Also‚ when a patient confidentiality
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Introduction 2 3.1 Safety Culture 3 3.2 Safety Climate 5 3.3 Culture versus Climate 6 3.4 Why is addressing culture‚ being promoted as the panacea to the problem of health and safety performance‚ particularly in the construction industry? 8 3.5 Can culture be measured in an organisation? If so‚ how can it be measured? 9 3.6 What are the factors/components of culture? 10 3.7 How can health and safety culture be promoted in an organisation? 12 References 18 Introduction Health and Safety until very recently
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Nadu Government has formed a committee and making several investigations for the procurement of land that the project needed. According to the latest information‚ the monorail project has decided to construct at least 37 stations for the passengers safety. The work of monorail would be completed with the construction of three different stretches - one from Velachery to Vandalur‚ the second from Poonamallee to Vadapalani and Poonamallee to Kathipara. It is said that the Tenders for the construction
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DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Level 3 Promote and Implement Health and Safety in Health and Social Care 4222/306 HSC 037 Second submission. LEARNER NAME Gill Ball LEARNER WORK-BASE Timberdine City & Guilds REG. NUMBER PRC8727 ASSESSOR’S NAME Sue Francis Assessment Centre Number: 024995 Worcestershire County Council Learning‚ Development and Well-being Vocational Assessment Centre County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP Guidance for Learners on completing their workbooks If you
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Patient advocacy requires nurses to support and protect their patients. Nurses often find themselves in ethically questionable situations that conflict with their personal and professional morals. Sometimes‚ speaking out for the patient requires them to demonstrate moral courage—for instance‚ in the face of conflicting loyalties‚ in highly charged conflict situations‚ or when the patient’s rights are being violated. This article provides an overview of moral courage‚ defines important terms‚ examines
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions‚ improper lane changing‚ tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6‚800‚000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving
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Bibliography: for Patient Narratives Paper1.http://www.cancerlynx.com/storyteller.html2.http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=sgQEb9AObS4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP13&sig=GodeUXE92NJX3OH0I9thPOJBtpA&dq=%22The+Wounded+Storyteller%22#PPP1‚M13.http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/v048/48
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Patient Advocacy: How it affects the delivery of patient care Geneva Heath NR 451: Capstone Course Melanie Gawlik July 7‚ 2011 Introduction There tends to be a major direct affect that patient advocacy has on the delivery of health care. For a patient to be able to address their health care needs‚ their rights to health care‚ and making sure that they are being treated fairly are important issues and it only seems right for these patient ’s to have a voice other than their own in order
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and even more to generate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) by Congress in remedy to its torts‚ patient dumping still appear to be an issue in our society today. In fact‚ patient dumping occurs when hospitals deny treatment to emergency patients -- often because those patients can’t pay. As Patient dumping is the practice of refusing to treat patients who cannot pay for healthcare services. Federal anti-dumping law‚ initiated by Congress as part of the Consolidated Omnibus
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