Layoffs in Hospitals can affect patients care. Teresa Carlos COMM/215 August 26‚ 2013 Layoffs in Hospitals can affect patient care. Today’s expanded healthcare environment requires nurses to provide high quality care to achieve best patient outcomes and satisfaction‚ but also the healthcare system is required to reduce costs provided on healthcare at the same time. One of the ways to reduce cost in hospitals is to layoff the personnel; RN’s‚ LPN’s‚ UAP’s‚ and transporters. “Nurses are experiencing
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Com/215 The American Health Care system has been the subject of many political stances since the early 19th Century. Within the last 5 years‚ the view of providing proper health reform has been delivered in many different forms. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as “ObamaCare” or ACA is a national health care plan aimed at reforming
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Running head: NEGLIGENCE PAPER 1 Negligence Paper HCS478 September 9‚ 2013 Negligence Paper Mr. Benson‚ a 62 year old male who suffered from poor circulation caused by diabetes underwent surgery for below the knee amputation. When he woke up from surgery he realized they amputated the wrong leg. Undergoing surgery is traumatic enough‚ but having the wrong limb removed is a mistake that has irreversible effects. Negligence and malpractice will be discussed‚ followed
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(Giger‚ 2013). In the healthcare setting it is imperative that the communication between patient and provider be exchanged quickly‚ accurately and effectivity. One of the most demanding situations for members of a linguistic team is assisting the conversation between the healthcare professional and the patient (Issacs‚ Laurier‚ Turner‚ & Segalowitz‚ 2011). I have had very limited exposure to working with patients that I could not converse with due to language. I speak Spanish fluently which has been
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IN WOUND HEALING OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES FOOT ULCERS (REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS) INCIDENT As a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical practice experience in various field of nursing including caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)‚ I was concerned with rise in the numbers of DFUs cases resulting into higher rates of amputation‚ disabilities and mortality . DFU are caused by a combination of peripheral neuropathy and vascular diseases resulting from diabetes mellitus (Army and
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Today the average five year old is learning how to ride a bike without their training wheels‚ but when I was five years old I was learning how to count carbohydrates. In the summer of 1999 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just after turning five years old. As I grew older I found this disease harder to live with. All I wanted to do was fit in and look like all the young celebrities you see on T.V. and in magazines. That was not reality for me. In 2010 my dance school was invited to perform in
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Identify one area of nursing research that has improved patient outcomes. State the study and its impact on patient care. How have these findings changed your nursing practice? The American Association of Colleges of Nursing ‚ believes that education has a major impact on the knowledge and competencies of the nurse clinician. AACN helps employers to get benefit on the education and experience provided by the different educational programs leading to the registered nurse description by using these
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Level Diploma in Diabetes Education and Clinical Care Fatima College of Health Sciences 2014–08–18/BS/AMW C2 – HS604 DIABETES CLINICAL NURSING II – Diabetes Group Education C2 - Assignment 3 Diabetes - submit: 23 September‚ 2014 Name: Name: Submission date: (Revision date:) C2 – Assignment 3 Group education plan/BS/AMW/18 August‚ 2014 Page 1 INTRODUCTION Together with an identified fellow student a written patient education report regarding a planned diabetes group education
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piece is to put forward a new proposal for the handing over process at the trust I was established at this past placement. I will not be mentioning staff or service users by name in order to adhere to the NMC’s guidelines on confidentiality‚(The Nursing and Midwifery Council‚ 2015) I will also not be mentioning the name of the hospital I was placed at. If successful‚ this model could easily be adapted and used in other trusts providing uniformity and consistency in this area across the NHS. At the
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. How to Prioritize Nursing Care Ashley Williams Chamberlain College of Nursing Professor Theresa Conte Semester I How to Prioritize Nursing Care It is important for a nurse to provide careful attention to every task‚ so prioritizing your daily agenda will promote efficiency and allow time to fulfill all duties. Each day nurses attend to several different patients who‚ in most cases‚ have just experienced a traumatic situation. Unpredictable circumstances can easily heighten
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