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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The nurse assesses Josh’s vital signs. His respirations are rapid and shallow. 1. What is the best technique for the nurse to use to assess Josh’s respirations accurately? A. Observe chest expansion for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 B. Encourage Josh to breath as deeply and slowly as possible C. Watch for nasal flaring and count the air exchanges with each movement D. Place a hand on Josh’s chest and count the hand motion D. Place a hand on Josh’s chest and count the hand motion - Rationale:
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hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ and physicians’ offices that their staff would appropriately deny patient information to an unknown caller? Too often‚ unauthorized people succeed in extracting protected information from health care providers. Invasion of privacy also affects noncelebrities‚ when anyone seeks health information the patient has not chosen to share. More often‚ though‚ scam artists seek patients’ billing information for financial gain. The patient’s insurance identifier is then used by an
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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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University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects Graduate Studies‚ School of 4-1-2011 Improving Patient Satisfaction in a Hospital Foodservice System Using Low-Cost Interventions: Determining Whether a Room Service System is the Next Step Vanessa A. Theurer Utah State University Recommended Citation Theurer‚ Vanessa A.‚ "Improving Patient Satisfaction in a Hospital Foodservice System Using Low-Cost Interventions: Determining Whether a Room Service System is the
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INFLUENTIAL NURSES OF THE AMERICAN NATION Throughout American history‚ many registered nurses have contributed in the foundation towards successful nursing. These women were acting well before their time‚ and could be classified as activists. However‚ if it were not for the brave young women that shaped medical nursing‚ many of the factors that are practiced today would not receive credit. Merely focusing on just handful of women are Florence Nightingale‚ Clara Barton‚ Dorothea Dix‚ Mary Mahoney
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Medical practice is very stressful‚ as health care workers must respond to the patients’ needs and families very quickly. On the other hand‚ medical knowledge and procedures usually include limitations and uncertainties (1). Medical errors or mistakes may be harmful to a patient’s life‚ costly‚ and sometimes irreversible. Moreover‚ shift work‚ night work and long work hours are very common among health care workers (2). Burnout is a mental condition defined as the body’s response to the failure
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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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A1. Tracer Evaluation: The patient is a 67year old female that was re-admitted for a surgical infection following an abdominal hysterectomy. She was admitted to the facility seven days ago followed by a surgical procedure which was completed five days prior to this report. Patient is scheduled to be discharged with home health and IV antibiotics. This patient was selected for audit. Review of the chart shows that the patient’s H&P was completed on day 3 of the admission. Joint Commission hospital
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Patient Centered Outcomes Nursing 300: Foundations of Professional Nursing By: Jayme Shulman‚ RN 0ctober 28‚ 2012 America’s health care system has become very complex with a rise in health costs‚ patients with complex medical issues‚ and Medicare cuts. Nurses must find a way to juggle the health care industry while maintaining positive patient outcomes. Patients will either have good or bad outcomes during or after their care based on the decisions of the nurse and the interdisciplinary
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