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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(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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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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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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The impact of institute of medicine (IOM) report on Transforming Nursing Education‚ Practice‚ and Leadership. Nursing profession is an indispensible part of the healthcare system and the opportunities for a nursing career are limitless‚ one may choose from a number of career paths‚ including clinical practice‚ education‚ research‚ management‚ administration and leadership. In the midst of all these career paths‚ clients are the center of practice and they have wide variety of healthcare needs
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Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care November 01‚ 2010 Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background‚ religion and/or beliefs‚ greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector‚ 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten‚ living arrangements made‚ medications taken and medical advice listened to. A nurse must be knowledgeable and respectful of these
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a knowledge of models of stress might enable the nurse to provide effective nursing care. ------------------------------------------------- Exact Word Count: 2058 ------------------------------------------------- This essay will explore how the knowledge of stress might enable the nurse to provide effective nursing care. A definition of stress fall’s into three categories‚ stress as a stimulus‚ stress
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safety consultation for Countryside Care Nursing Home. Countryside nursing home has experienced a rising number in accidents due to resident transfer. Craig was tasked with finding a cost justified way to reduce injuries in the facility. During resident transfer the nursing home requires that patients be lifted by two nurse’s aides at a time. Although the nurses were trained to follow all the best practices to prevent injury to both themselves and the patients‚ accidents were still happening.
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While life expectancy continues to grow‚ the need for long-term nursing care grows too. Long-term nursing care related services required by the elderly are costly. This is particularly a problem in the Montgomery County‚ Maryland‚ which has many low-income individuals who are not able to finance their healthcare needs using their own funds. These individual may qualify for Medicaid or other government subsidies‚ but very few nursing
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