nurses in America ’s hospitals is putting patient lives in danger and requires immediate attention. "The current nursing shortage threatens to heavily impact our citizens ’ health and our nations ’ security preparedness". (Person‚ 2003) The nursing shortage that is sweeping across the United States has been upgraded from a health crisis to a national security concern. A recent study in Pennsylvania found that surgical patients in hospitals with high patient-to-nurse ratios experience higher rates of
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fumes; irritants that can be inhaled‚ ingested‚ or contacted through the skin; noise‚ light‚ motion‚ and any objects or substances one may encounter in the home‚ schools‚ or workplaces‚ or while shopping‚ traveling‚ or carrying out normal activities. Nursing Process Step: Data Collection (Assessment) Cognitive Level: Evaluation Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance Sub Category: None When giving an inhaled medication‚ auscultate the lungs for adventitious sounds and measure the oxygen saturation
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Customer Satisfaction IMPROVING QUALITY AND ACCESS TO SERVICES AND SUPPORTS IN VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS Customer Satisfaction Customer Satisfaction IMPROVING QUALITY AND ACCESS TO SERVICES AND SUPPORTS IN VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS February 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 7 II. What will a Customer Satisfaction Framework Offer ........................... 9
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Improving Customer Satisfaction HCS325 Teams are more effective today in the health care field than ever. Effective teams are motivated‚ respected‚ progressive‚ achievement-oriented‚ and supportive (Lombardi & Schermerhorn‚ 2007). Teams in a health care field can make defining jobs simple‚ creating goals‚ having a plan for open communication‚ and accepting the difference in everyone through teams. When there are teams in the health care industry‚ it can make planning items for the healthcare
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There are two distinct models of disability that seek to empower those with disabilities- the medical model and the social model. The medical model refers to a disability as a “physical or mental impairment of the individual and its person with social consequences. It regards the limitations faced by people with disabilities as resulting primarily‚ or solely‚ from their impairments” Wasserman et al (2011). Under the medical model people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The medical
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Working with Values and Beliefs when Providing Patient Care My Personal Philosophy of Nursing By: Michele Combs NUR 391 Working with Values and Beliefs when Providing Patient Care Nursing is an art and a science. The profession is an art of compassion and caring in a creative way. Creativity allows nurses to individualize nursing care. Through science‚ nurses obtain the skills and technology they rely on to achieve each patient ’s optimal health ("Nursing"‚ n.d.). Florence Nightingale became a nurse
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Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients and families
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Patient Privacy HCS/335 February 9‚ 2012 In health care patient privacy is important in organizations. Patients have a right to have their information protected and confidential at all times. Patient Privacy is a major concern and has enforced privacy laws into place‚ which protect patients medical and the confidentiality of records. Patients have a right to understand also exactly what information is private and protected. Patient put their trust in their health care
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Patient Portals HCS/490 January 28‚ 2013 Russell Wettstein Patient Portals Every day more and more people use the internet to communicate with friends‚ family‚ and coworkers. The internet is used for banking‚ making reservations‚ reading books‚ and now they can manage their health care online. Many providers now offer health care portals to their patients. They can email their physician‚ check lab results‚ and even make appointments right from the comfort of their home. Portals have
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and even more to generate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) by Congress in remedy to its torts‚ patient dumping still appear to be an issue in our society today. In fact‚ patient dumping occurs when hospitals deny treatment to emergency patients -- often because those patients can’t pay. As Patient dumping is the practice of refusing to treat patients who cannot pay for healthcare services. Federal anti-dumping law‚ initiated by Congress as part of the Consolidated Omnibus
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