Organizations (JCAHO) 2005 National Patient Safety Goals requires hospitals to assess and periodically reassess each patient’s risk for falling. At Methodist Hospital the total number of reported falls in 2005 was 197 and it is increasing every year‚ Out of these 80 had reported injuries‚ 3 had root cause analysis (RCA) completed and 1 was a reportable event. Through RCA we identified that our current falls assessment tool did not accurately capture patients at risk for falls‚ therefore we had missed
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criteria set forth by these changes‚ which includes higher patient to nurse ratios. Low staffing can lead to nurse burnout‚ job dissatisfaction and poor staff retention (International Journal of Nursing Practice‚ 2014). This article will outline some issues at hand with unsafe staffing ratios and the legislative actions regarding this matter. Literature Review At the time of this paper‚ there is a planned rally for a demanded change in nurse patient ratio‚ to be held in Washington D.C. The rally is
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Patient Safety—Case Study #2 Sierra Billman‚ Morgan Burkholder‚ & Crystal Montgomery Indiana University School of Nursing Protecting Our Patients Patient safety is an area in which every hospital strives to excel. Patient safety is when an error is prone‚ but staff prevents it before it happens. There are hundreds of hospitals in the United States that want to improve patient safety. One case of this would be The Veterans Health Administration implementing changes to decrease the likelihood of
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Language differences is a big issue between medical personnel and patients who one or both are using second language when they have a conversation‚ although communication is able to lead people express and exchange experiences with each other. Australia is a multi-cultural and immigrated country‚ so the number of people who immigrants to Australia is increasing‚ and also‚ more and more individuals are willing to seek a better health care for themselves (Meuter‚ Gallois‚ Segalowitz‚ Ryder‚ & Hocking
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The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) is to improve patient safety via the application of evidence based practice in areas of medical care that have been identified as high risk for resulting in patient harm (Mascioli & Carrico‚ 2016). The organization is extremely focused on meeting the NPSGs‚ however‚ there has not been a formal assessment of the organization’s culture of safety. The hospital focuses on the individual goals‚ collects data‚ and‚ based on the statistics‚ puts into
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Secured In this descriptive category patient right practice as being secured‚ the patients conceived patient right as a way of real patient provider relation to be protected from any loss of private information and potential harms. Patients conceived being secured as privacy. Patients may not want to be seen in a place that might expose them during consultation or physical examination. They are expected to protect their private from other health care providers‚ patients or other people during consultation
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conducted on the advantages and disadvantages of single-patient rooms in healthcare facilities. (a) Single-patient rooms can cause shorter length of stay for the patients. (b) There is a decrease in infectious bacteria in healthcare facilities with single-patient rooms. (c) Single-patient rooms may increase less disturbance from other patients‚ privacy‚ comfort and provides the patients the ability to regulate their environment. Single-patient rooms are beginning to be popular in healthcare facilities
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What is Patient Identity Management? Patient Identity Management is an important function for healthcare-related to federal and state government agencies (North Page Research‚ 2010). In the government agencies‚ there are five tips that can be helpful in the success of patient identity management; first‚ do not reinvent patient identity management wheel. Second‚ automate patient identity management integration and delivery. Third‚ align your patient identity management architecture with agency’s
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Bar Code Scanning and Patient Safety Phyllis Harman University of Southern Indiana Bar Code Scanning and Patient Safety The following paper explores eight published articles that address the issue of bar code scanning for medication administration and patient safety. Online research was conducted to locate and review articles which are included in review of literature‚ and to acquire accurate information addressing the issues discussed. The understanding of Bar Code Scanning for Medication
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Improving Patient Throughput In the Emergency Department Introduction St. Vincent’s Medical Center‚ a 501 bed facility located in Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ provides general medical and surgical care to the North Florida Region. St. Vincent’s admits over 26‚000 patients annually. The average occupancy rate is approximately 84% with the Emergency Department (ED) peeking at 100% for approximately 4-12 hours daily. The hospital is struggling with availability of bed space. This shortage of available
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