Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) “...is improving the quality of documentation to help ensure an accurate and complete reflection of the patient’s care‚ comorbid conditions‚ and treatment- which impacts severity of illness (SOI) and risk of mortality (ROM)” (Custodio et al.‚ 2013‚ p. 56 ). This is an important topic for health care facilities and physicians to ensure it is done well so that the quality of care‚ reimbursement and financial aspects are correct. “There are several other factors
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GDCV/GDSS 1875 Uncovering the Stories of Brands Reflective Log (20%) Each student needs to submit a Reflective Log as part of his or her assessed coursework (see assessed coursework instruction sheet). In this Reflective Log you should record and reflect upon your reading‚ class and group work experiences. Entries in this log will help you to identify the knowledge and skills that you have developed during the course. It will also show you where you need to develop further. You should
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Nursing rounds are given separate names according to thepurpose they serve .a)Information giving rounds :It is used to acquaint the staff with all patients on the wardor division .b)Instructional rounds :Here the nurse is expected to read the charts and come torounds with basic information in mind .c)Problem solving rounds: This is to help the nursing staff learn to conduct initialinterviews make assessment of patient’s needs and identifynursing care problems .Purposes of nursing rounds :1.To demonstrate
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School of nursing and midwifery BSc (Hons) Bridging Programme 2012-2013 Nursing expertise Std No. 11003677 Introduction: In their seek to improve the health care delivery systems many countries are in the tract of developing new roles for the health care professionals‚ Nursing as a key component of the primary health care is nonetheless involved. (Hinchliff et al 2003 p15‚ 19) In recent years‚ new and innovative nursing roles have
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Introduction to Clinical Dermatology We’ll start with the basic structure of the skin‚ and as we probably know‚ the skin consists of two layers: dermis and epidermis. The epidermis has only one type of structures which are cells -no blood vessels‚ no lymphatics-‚ and the majority of those cells (about 85% of those cells) are called “keratinocytes”. The rest are called melanocytes‚ merkel cells‚ and langerhans cells. The cells in the epidermis are arranged into 4 layers: * Basal layer: it
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Nursing Shortage: Leaders or Managers? By Tonya D. Martin NRS 451v Grand Canyon University The nursing profession is experiencing an overwhelmingly grim shortage of clinical nurses. It is predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that the demand for nurses is going to increase approximately 60% between the years 2008 and 2018. Of those who graduate from nursing school‚ 50% leave the profession within their first two years of practice (Ferrell‚ et al‚ 2011). The problem
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My reflective report will be about bed bathing. The format of the report is based on Gibbs’ (1988) guidelines to reflective writing. The service user will be identified as ‘Mr Jones’‚ so as to maintain patient confidentiality in keeping with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Conduct NMC (2008)‚ and the Data Protection Act of 1998. Reflective writing is a fundamental part of growing into a more confident healthcare practitioner; it highlights areas of strengths and weaknesses so that skills
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DC00050206 Professional Practice Two WYP 502 Assignment 2 25thMarch 2013 SWOT/CV Contents Page Reflection P3 – P6 Reference List P7 Appendix List P8 Appendix 1 –Updated CV P9 Appendix 2 –Old CV P10 Appendix 3 – Updated SWOT P11 Appendix 4 – Old SWOT P 12 The purpose of this assignment was to reflect and compare four different documents‚ before analysing the changes made between an updated CV (curriculum vitae) and a SWOT analysis (strengths
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Delegation: An analysis of delegation to unlicensed personal Cheryl R. Klinkner Ferris State University Abstract This paper will present an analysis on nursing delegation to unlicensed assistive personal (UAP) within the healthcare setting. Delegation is a responsibility nurses are expected to do in order to coordinate safe and timely care for their patients. With the increase in patients loads‚ increase in acuity of patients and an increase in shortage of nurses; there also comes
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375). Throughout my experiences I have been able to observe the role of both formal leaders and informal leaders. The formal leader in my clinical experiences has been the charge nurse. The charge nurse is very flexible and handles stress well. She is always there to answer questions and give a hand if needed. I have also observed informal leaders throughout clinical and one was a staff nurse with a lot of expertise. This nurse was always checking in with the members of the team and asking “are you good”
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