solve the problem is raise salaries and give hospitals and health care facilities more federal money to help pay wages. In most markets including North Carolina wages are determined by supply and demand‚ e.g. if the need for a particular position is great‚ wages will rise in order to attract more workers to this field. Interestingly‚ for nurses this has not been the case. An analysis of this situation found in a report entitled "Solving the Nursing Shortage through Higher Wages" indicates: • Over
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Report Card prepared by Donate Life America shows 94.7 million people were enrolled in state donor registries at the end of 2010‚(2) it still doesn’t address the need that exists today. The shortage of organ donors in the U.S. is a problem. There are many factors that lie behind the reasons for shortage. From socioeconomic and demographic factors to religious beliefs‚ candidates just aren’t surfacing like they could.(3) “All the doctors and nurses I know are donors‚” says Dr. Joshua Gitter
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EBOLA OUTRAGE‚ BY: JAYLA FRANKLIN Two US humanitarian workers who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia have been released from Emory University hospital in Atlanta after receiving an experimental drug treatment which has yet to go through full clinical and human trials. Dr. Kent Brantly of Texas and Nancy Writebol‚ a missionary from North Carolina‚ contracted Ebola while responding to the outbreak in Liberia. Brantly and Writebol were both treated in the hospital’s containment
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Professor and Class‚ When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) came up with the idea that hospitals will not be reimbursed for preventable infections‚ I said to myself‚ someone is finally listening. Many hospitals have failed to adhere to their own protocols. Because of non-reimbursement issues‚ hospitals have clamped down on violators and implemented various committees to oversee those areas in question. For example‚ Foley catheters are now been removed promptly post operatively
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Civil Hospital Karachi is a 1900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Dow Medical College[1] now the Dow University of Health Sciences. Civil Hospital Karachi is arguably the largest teaching hospital of Pakistan‚ catering not only to all areas of the province of Sindh but also the neighboring province of Balochistan as well. -------------------------------------------------
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STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Definitions Bacteriostatic Agent: An agent that inhibits the growth of bacteria‚ but does not necessarily kill them. Bactericide: An agent that kills bacteria. Most do not kill Endospores. Sporicide: An agent that kills spores. Definition STERILIZATION The process of freeing an article from microorganisms including their spores. By definition‚ it effects a reduction in the number of microorganisms (more than 99.9999% are killed). Methods
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Case Study‚ Chapter 28‚ Management of Patients With Structural‚ Infectious‚ and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders 1. Ariane Waters‚ 21 years of age‚ is a female patient who is admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Ariane had her tongue and nose pierced 6 weeks ago. The drug screen is negative. She presents with tricuspid insufficiency murmur grade II‚ and a temperature of 104°F. The patient complains of extreme fatigue‚ and anorexia. The echocardiogram reveals vegetations
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NIGHTINGALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR CURRENT COMPLIANCE STATUS FOR INFECTION CONTROL STANDARDS UNDER JAHCO. May 07‚ 2011 Nightingale Community Hospital Mission Nightingale Community Hospital provides professional care that ensures total security and satisfaction to those who wish to benefit from our care. Out of concern
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NIGHTINGALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. RCA (ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS) FOR THE SENTINEL EVENT REPORT HAPPENED ON MAY 14‚ THURSDAY AT 9:00 AM. 1. SENTINEL EVENT DESCRIPTION. The pre-op nurse told the mother that once Tina (The patient)‚ a 3 years old child‚ went to the OR‚ her surgery would take about 45 minutes and then she would go to recovery and she would be there at least one hour
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Functional Nursing ❑ Functional nursing divides nursing work into functional units that are then assigned to one of the team members. In this model‚ each care provider is responsible for specific duties or tasks. ❑ Advantages • Care can be delivered to a large number of patients • Uses other types of health care workers when there is a shortage of RNs ❑ Disadvantages • Lack of continuity of care • Patient may feel that care is disjointed
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