Q1: Discuss the major reasons for long wait times in emergency rooms‚ hospitals‚ and walk-in clinics? [300- 400 words]. Waiting line analysis: Operating characteristics are: average values for characteristics that describe the performance of a waiting line system. Waiting lines form because people/things (customers) arrive at the server faster than they can be served. They arrive at random times‚ and the time to serve each customer is different. In a waiting line‚ we have the calling population
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In this journal‚ five RNs use the nursing process to put together a care plan for an elderly patient. Pedro Ruymán Brito-Brito‚ Cristina Oter-Quintana‚ Ángel Martín-García‚ Mª Teresa Alcolea-Cosín‚ Susana Martín-Iglesias and Domingo Ángel Fernández-Gutiérrez are the RNs who have developed a care plan for Mr. A who has “urinary incontinence” and has developed “social interaction problems” after his “prostatectomy”. Mr. A is a retired 75 year old man who has developed a urine leakage problem due to
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statistic is that as many as one in four elderly patients discharged from hospital will experience an adverse health event within thirty days of hospital discharge. These events may have serious outcomes‚ which may include a need for care in an emergency department‚ readmission to hospital‚ admission to a nursing
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Nurses knowledge on initial assessment of critically ill patients Nurses knowledge is playing an important role on assess and identify critically ill patient. Ongoing specific clinically education and skills training enable nurses to recognize and respond to critically ill patient. The level of education was identified as an important predictor in ward nurses’ ability to quickly recognize patient deterioration (Massey at al.‚ 2017). The study done in Greece on the factors influencing nurse’s decisions
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nursing career by allowing me to understand how important patient teaching is for the patient. One of our assignments was to complete a patient teaching session and discuss the basics of how it went and what in the session could be improved. Upon review of the syllabus before conducting the teaching session‚ I figured there was a limited amount of research and preparation which needed to be done. I assumed that once I had met the patient I would understand on my own observation what would be best
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Survey of Potential Strengths and Weaknesses Financial The Patient Flow Center is a non-revenue producing department. That being said‚ one of the main purposes of this department is that of transferring in patients from outside hospitals. Once the patient has arrived‚ revenue can then be incurred. Human Resource Management Both licensed clinical and non-clinical staff members primarily staff the VUMC Adult Patient Flow Center. The backgrounds of those licensed staff member’s ranges from hospital
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shouting at her in bad words. She tried to calm the patient by explaining it is an antibiotic and will be given through the peripheral line. He became aggressive and slapped her. She panicked and went blank. She then retrieved from the room. She was traumatized and chose to remain silent. She started to avoid Mr. X. I was the team leader. After 2 hours when asked‚ she cried and told the incident. I brought her to see the manager. I then called the patient relation officer and explained the situation. Violence
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The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health
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Patient Education Project The digestive system is a very complex but efficient system that allows the intake and disposal of material that allows the body to perform routine daily activities. The digestive system allows the intake of food and water to be broken down to be used for energy. The digestive system is made up of the mouth‚ esophagus‚ stomach‚ small and large intestines‚ colon and the rectum. A Potential life-threatening disease of the digestive system is color-rectal cancer. Color-rectal
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previous competencies that have been outlined by the IOM. Patient centered care is the first of the core competencies. Utilizing informatics can assist nurses in providing patient centered care by decreasing the amount of time spent on documentation and searching for data. For example‚ by having an electronic medical record (EMR) available‚ less time is spent on searching for lab results and information needed to provide care for the patient. Results are more readily available and communication between
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