At the end of my clinicals‚ there was a meeting about not over recommending a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for people who do not truly need a SNF according to the hospital. One of the criteria for not needing a SNF was if the person was functioning at the same baseline they were functioning at before surgery. This became a dilemma for one patient who had a total knee replacement because the patient could barely stand upright and walked with a severe genu valgum. According to the patient‚ she was
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DELEGATION PAPER The ability to effectively delegate not only increases your productivity and provides you more time for strategic planning; it also helps staff members acquire new skills and expertise. You can improve your effectiveness by recognizing the types of projects that are best assigned to others‚ as well as those best handled by you. At first‚ you may find delegating duties a challenge. Giving instruction to others is a time- consuming process that can test your communication skills
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How can we keep history from repeating itself and avoid the demise of the DNP like the others did (ND‚ DNSc‚ etc)? In order to maintain doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs‚ these programs need to stay focused on their originally concepted focus and maintain this focus over time. DNP programs should never be allowed to be an entry-level degree for nurses. DNP programs need to be maintained at a level where the time‚ credits‚ and costs invested in the programs are congruent with the credentials
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R/s today she meet with the Mr. Brown for a level care assessment regarding his eligibility to be placed in a nursing facility. R/s Mr. Brown definitely qualifies to be a nursing facility. R/s in order for Mr. Brown to be place in a nursing home with Tri-County Hospice he has to qualify for Medicaid. R/s Ms. Isert was responsible for filling out the Medicaid application but has not completed it. R/s today Ms. Isert couldn’t
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Delegation can be one of the most critical skills of effective management. Delegation is the downward transfer of formal authority from supervisor to subordinate. The employee is empowered to act for the supervisor‚ while the supervisor remains accountable for the outcome. Delegation of authority is a person-to-person relationship requiring trust‚ commitment‚ and contracting between the supervisor and the employee. Good delegation skills saves the supervisor time and energy to perform at a higher
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to change her career path from nursing. The client states she has been a registered nurse for 15 years‚ is recently divorced and has 4 adult children. The client states she will continue to work as a registered nurse per diem while she acquires more education or skills to pursue a new career path. She has needs to be equipped at providing for her financial needs and to also feel motivated and positive about the new work she will be doing. With her background in nursing she would like to remain within
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Control 1.1 As a manager‚ I would need to consider the three major control types to use. Based on timing‚ Feedforward‚ concurrent and feedback are the main types of control. • Feedforward control - To maintain adequate control over manufacturing‚ it is very important to ensure that all the inputs of microchips‚ like raw silicon‚ are used in regulation and all the standards required by the computer manufacturer are met. This will bring out satisfactory outputs from the whole manufacturing process
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Question 1. A. AIRWAY– Maintaining a clear airway is always considered a high priority because airway is essential for gas exchange (Ramkumar‚ 2011). However‚ the patient has a patent airway. Therefore‚ the nursing strategy is to conduct an airway assessment “look‚ listen and feel” continuously to detect any changes. This is to provide immediate respiratory care if the patient’s airway is compromised (Higginson‚ Jones & Davies‚ 2011). This is a low priority. B. BREATHING – Respiration is altered
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throughout this process in order to understand potential risks of having a surgical procedure and what should be done if complications occur. That being said‚ I don’t feel like I would really enjoy this type of nursing because a lot of skills were not used. The main skill was a thorough nursing assessment. I enjoyed being in the OR and acutally seeing the surgery but I did not like being in a standing position for a long period of time. I would rather be running around a unit checking multiple patinets
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Delegation This questionnaire will help you to access yourself how well you can delegate the tasks among your subordinates. Rate yourself accordingly: 1) Strongly Agree 2) Agree 3) Neither Agree or Disagree 4) Disagree 5) Strongly Disagree STATEMENT - 1 | SCORE (1 to 5) | Delegate tasks to ease the workload | 30% - agree70% - Disagree | Show confidence in staff to complete tasks | 40% -agree60% - Disagree | Allow staff to undertake delegated work in
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