introduction The issue of the nursing shortage is not a new one. In the last decade the media has mentioned the nursing shortage and other problems faced by the nursing workforce. The article chosen for this paper is titled “Influx of out-of-region patients exacerbates nursing shortage” and it is found in volume 32 of Crain’s Cleveland Business magazine (Magaw‚ 2011). The purpose of this paper is to mention the issues in the article and compare them to the nursing trends discussed in the literature
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Patient Safety/Quality Care/Improvement Case Study 1. Overview of what are medical errors and possible consequences of such errors? The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines medical errors as “the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.” Medical errors do not all result in harm or injury. Medical errors that cause injury or harm are sometimes called preventable adverse events – that is the injury is thought to be due to a medical intervention
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DOI: 4/18/2003. The patient is a 71-year old male groundskeeper who sustained a work-related injury to his low back as a result of lifting heavy batteries approximately 75 pounds. As per OMNI entry‚ the patient is status post two lumbar surgeries and spinal cord stimulator implant. He was deemed to have reached Maximum Medical Improvement on 09/15/2009. Future medical care includes office visits‚ medications‚ physical therapy‚ testing‚ and possible removal of L3-4 pedicle screw. Per medical report
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INTRODUCTION “There is a huge missed opportunity for health care professionals to contribute to hand hygiene as they miss 1 in 2 of all hand cleaning opportunities.” --WHO‚ 2006 “What kills women with childbed fever is you doctors who carry deadly microbes from sick women to healthy ones!”—Louis Pasteur‚ 1870 1 . 1. Background of the Study 1.1.1. Nosocomial infection burden Nosocomial infections or healthcare acquired infections can truly be a grave toll for hospital management as much as
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SMART Goal: Managing Patient-Centered Care SMART Goal: Managing Patient-Centered Care Historically‚ a career in Nursing has not always been one that was respected as a noble and honorable job. Once frowned upon by the elite classes‚ nursing was a job expected of the lower class. In 1853 however‚ a young woman belonging to an elite British family‚ named Florence Nightingale‚ would change that. From a young age‚ she believed that her divine purpose in life was to care for the ill and wounded. After
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Health Services Strategic Marketing-HAS 505 | The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Dr. Gary A. Morris | 4/24/2011 | 1. Determine how this Federal law will affect market-driven and non-market driven decisions. This federal will affect the marketing aspect of the health care industry regardless if they are driven or not. If the companies are driven and market correctly then they will be able to attract people that are willing to pay for the services they
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technology‚ for example‚ cancer can be either treated through surgery or by the use of chemotherapy‚ in some sever cases both methods are used. This essay will compare and contracts between the surgical intervention and chemotherapy in treating cancer. Surgical intervention of cancer also known as surgical oncology‚ which is the procedure of tumor removal through a surgery while the chemotherapy‚ is intravenous injections composed of combination of medications that targets rapidly dividing cells
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In the beginning of the year 2010‚ the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed and enacted legislatively by Congress in order to increase public access to health care at a reduced cost. The ultimate goal of the ACA was create a better overall atmosphere for workplace heath and safety by making healthcare more affordable. However‚ the passage of the ACA did have some unforeseen consequences in regards to worker compensation. The ACA was passed in order to increase government
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Level 2 Award in the Prevention and Control of Infection (7395) Centre resource pack 500/4272/5 www.cityandguilds.com September 2008 Version 1.0 About City & Guilds City & Guilds is the UK’s leading provider of vocational qualifications‚ offering over 500 awards across a wide range of industries‚ and progressing from entry level to the highest levels of professional achievement. With over 8500 centres in 100 countries‚ City & Guilds is recognised by employers worldwide for providing qualifications
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Nursing care delivery is defined as the way task allocation‚ responsibility‚ and authority are organized to achieve patient care.There are four well-defined and widely used traditional nursing care delivery system and each systems types is as follows‚ functional nursing‚ team nursing‚ primary nursing and patient-centered care nursing. I am currently on a gen- surge ward‚ while there I have observed that they are using the team nursing care model. Team nursing is a care model that uses a group of
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