Nurse To Patient Ratio Medtech College Ethics August 16‚ 2010 The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and growing hospital nurse shortage. Nurses nationwide consistently report that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care. Physicians agree‚ citing inadequate nurse staffing as a major impediment to the provision on high quality of care
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The catholic patient is 87 years old. The patient is diagnosed with dementia‚ muscle weakness‚ cardiac dysrhythmia‚ anxiety‚ and lack of coordination. She is ordinated and alert but sometimes has episodes of confusion. The patient can ambulate but uses a walker for assistance. Patient experiences pain from past back accident and because of muscle weakness‚ occasionally. Patient’s plan of care includes maintaining health and daily activities. Due to her being incontinent‚ she developed a stage one
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demands of the field. Nurses have a lot of ethical and legal responsibilities in their professional role. This includes‚ but not limited to the duty to maintain patients’ privacy and confidentiality (McGowan 2012). The issue of patient confidentiality and electronic security problems among health care professionals normally evolve
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The management of dysphagia in stroke patients whether in long term or acute care is an important care delivery that nurses must pay close attention to. Nurses must take the time to assess stroke patients for dysphagia in order to prevent or reduce the risk of nutritional and hydration deficiency. Stroke occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (ischemia) the brain or hemorrhaging around the brain resulting in death of brain cells (Lewis‚ 2010). When a person suffers a stroke‚ parts of the body
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progresses in the Information Technology for the past twenty (20) years especially in the field of Medicine. The vast development of technology is the evident in hospitals in other countries as they have developed and implemented different forms of Patient Record Management System making practitioners and health professionals’ work easier than the manual way of gathering patient’s record that the hospitals had before. In Philippines‚ only a few hospitals (Saint Lukes Medical Center‚ Makati Medical City
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Infection Control Policy 2011; Appendix D‚ Clinical Care Protocol 26 Protocol for the care of patients with tuberculosis Policy Profile Policy Reference: Version: Author: Executive sponsor: Target audience: Date issued: Review date: Consultation Key individuals and committees consulted during drafting Clin.2.0 Appendix D Clinical care protocol 26 3.0 Juliana Kotey‚ Senior Infection Control Nurse Director of Infection Prevention and Control All Trust Staff 16 October 2012 September 2015 Infection
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Patient Confidentiality The confidentiality of a patient’s medical records has been an ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals. To put it another way‚ there is a difficulty in discerning the boundaries of one’s duty and his/ her concern with the patients. Be that as it may‚ health care staff should maintain professionalism towards their work through respecting the privacy of the patients. As a matter of fact‚ this promotes the establishment of mutual trust between the health care staff and
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range of external factors such as nursing shortage‚ changing patient needs and expectations‚ decrease patient safety‚ and increased the economic inflation and a lack of internal revenue to the States. As a great disadvantage‚ the nurse-to-patient staffing ratios point to research indicating an association between nurse workload and patient mortality and morbidity. The model of the synergy model in the policy change of nurse-to-patient ratio should be carefully implemented to reduce all the external
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principles‚ varied learning styles (for both the nurse and her patients)‚ and teaching methodologies impact the quality of such education? How does understanding a patient’s view of health promotion and disease prevention guide you in teaching them? Provide an example. Nurses working in a hospital setting are confronted daily with the diversity of their patients. Being mindful of the culture‚ level of education and learning style that patients present with is challenging. To deliver adequate health
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After reviewing my patient history video‚ some things that I would change would be asking her how often does he finger lock. This is an appropriate question‚ but I asked her this question twice. What I meant to say was‚ when the locking occurs‚ how long does your finger stay locked in that position? This explains to me that forgetting the questions you asked previously is common‚ especially when you are not used to interviewing someone. When I am asking the client questions‚ I need to pay close attention
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