Patient safety is to minimize and prevent the risk of harm ensuring effectiveness and exceptional quality in patient’s care. The importance of patient safety to professional nursing is to give the best possible care‚ preventing errors‚ having continuous education and appropriate training‚ receiving and giving adequate communication‚ and utilizing ways to prevent fall and injury of the patient in order to have a safe outcome. Prevent errors Reporting mistakes and near-misses are fundamental to preventing
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The researchers found that when the staff is understaffed and the number of patients on the unit is increased this affects patient care and how the staff works as a team. They found that when staff levels were low‚ nurses often times worked within their bubble and did not offer help to their co-workers. They also found that when the number of RNs on the floor was increased more teamwork occurred. They also found when the staff is mixed with more NAs then RNs there is less teamwork that occurs‚ however
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has focused on measuring and reporting hospitals’ adoption of evidence based practices to improve patient safety. Through annual surveys‚ the program measures whether hospitals have adopted these practices and make the data publicly available on the Leapfrog Group Web site (http://www.leapfroggroup.org). One goal of the program is to direct consumers to hospitals that have adopted Leapfrog’s patient safety practices. Overall‚ I think it is useful for the public to have this information available
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The History and Philosophy of Nurse Education Amy Allin Capella University Abstract Each educator brings to the academic arena their own personal nursing philosophy that is based on experience and is historic in nature. By studying the history of nursing‚ the educator is able to guide the student through their education process. As an educator the nurse becomes an extension of one’s own personal philosophy. Nursing theory serves as the foundation on which to develop a personal philosophy
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staff swiftly‚ promptly mobilize resources to the emergency location‚ and provide space to adequately deal with those affected. In doing so‚ the manager must promote the safety of both the medics and the patients during the response. Additionally‚ he must guide the recovery plan for the patients based on the extent of the injuries‚ population age‚ and
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services. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is one of these technology that used digitals technologies to collect data and information from individual or health care facilities to transmitted to health care providers for treatment design or prevention plan. RPM devices have the capability to collect a wide range of health data‚ such as weight‚ blood pressure‚ blood sugar‚ blood oxygen levels‚ heart rate‚ and electrocardiograms. RPM are usually used for elderly people and patients with a history of
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there are also multiple definitions of health education. (www.wikipedia.com) The Joint Committee on Health Education and Promotion Terminology of 2001 defined Health Education as "any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals‚ groups‚ and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills needed to make quality health decisions.” The World Health Organization defined Health Education as "comprising consciously constructed opportunities
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HEARING VOICES Hearing voices also called auditory hallucinations are usually manifested as “voices”‚ which can be experienced as external voices. People suffering psychotic symptoms regularly report sensory abnormalities; therefore hallucination can happen in different way such as auditory‚ olfactory‚ gustatory and tactile but the most common are auditory hallucinations which are reported by around 70% of sufferers. Hallucinations can be frightening as they may be unexpected or unwanted‚ but
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My name is Marcus Molyneux‚ I am a Physical Therapist at Ascend Rehabilitation writing with much concern of Max who is a 21 year old patient of mine. Max has recently suffered from an incomplete T12 spinal cord injury due to a motor vehicle accident. Before the accident Max was involved in school and was pursuing a B.S. in Finance while also being a star quarterback‚ and an excellent cross country runner at Hill Valley University. Max had also participated in clubs that dealt with the methods and
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Outline: Philosophy of Education I. Introduction A. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences B. My future classroom C. My role as a male educator II. Definition of Philosophies A. Philosophies 1. Existentialism B. Ways of Knowing 1. Eastern Ways of Knowing a. Chinese thought C. Styles of Teaching 1. Humanism III. Conclusion IV. References Introduction Education is an ongoing process based upon experience. The old adage you learn something new everyday is very true
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