The Effects of Nurse Staffing on Patient Safety Evidence and Methodology • Our goal is clearly defined---- To assess whether nurse staffing effects patient safety in the form of inpatient hospital mortality and patient safety • Our studies are observational and taken from random samples adjusted for risk and hospital characteristics----Data was obtained from nurse surveys and risk-adjusted 30-day inpatient mortality and failure to rescue. Pt discharge data was obtained from the state agencies.
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e * Medical Technologies: Industry trends | | | | * Point-of-care testing (POCT) is defined as medical testing at or near the site of patient care. The driving notion behind POCT is to conduct the test conveniently and immediately for the patient. * POCT is accomplished through the use of transportable‚ portable‚ and handheld instruments (for instance‚ blood glucose meter‚ nerve conduction study device) and test kits (such as CRP‚ HBA1C‚ Homocystein‚ HIV salivary assay). Cheaper
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Patients rely on health care professionals and institutions for their safety and well-being (“Quality and patient‚” 2009). According to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2000)‚ “medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related errors
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CHAPTER 01 INTRODUCTION Job satisfaction refers to an employees general affective evaluation of his or her job. Spector defines the concept more simply as “how people feel about their jobs and different aspects of their jobs” (1997‚ 2). He also considers it as a “related constellation of attitudes about various aspects or facets of the job” (Spector 1997‚ 2). The organizations should be concerned about their employees level of job satisfaction? Employee satisfaction increases employee retention
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the Study The East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) was organized by virtue of Executive Order # 48. 1986 of President Corazon C. Aquino. It was formerly named the Hospital ng Bagong Lipunan which was established on January 8‚ 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree number 1411 after the dissolution of the old Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) General Hospital which transferred all its assets‚ liabilities and properties to the Ministry of Health. The GSIS Hospital was originally a 500 bed capacity
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seen them help each other out. PACU or the recovery room is where the patients come directly too after their surgery. The basic job of the nurses at PACU is to make sure that the patient wakes up from the anesthesia and keep their pain low. Notice how I said low not gone because they rate pain on a pain scale of 1 to 10 which 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. Their job is to keep the pain under 3 and make sure the patient is ready to go to their assigned room where they can meet their family
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Why I chose Surgical Technology at Miller-Motte College I chose the career of Surgical Tech for several reasons. I’ve always wanted to be in the medical field in some way. As a kid I always said I wanted to be a brain surgeon. I was also in a car accident at the age of seven where I went through the windshield of the car and my forehead was cut open and had a lot of glass embedded in it. I was pictures of during and after where they had to pull the skin back and remove glass and clean and such
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Master’s-Prepared Nurse Interview Grand Canyon University Theoretical Foundation for Nursing Roles and Practice NUR-502 May 23‚ 2012 Master’s-Prepared Nurse Interview With the rapid growth in the implementation and use of electronic medical records‚ there is an increase in how we define the role of nurses and other team member’s (Deese & Stien‚ 2004). Along with providing optimal care‚ nurses are also responsible for interpreting and accurately documenting large amounts of information
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Patient Confidentiality 1 Article background: “Some 13 per cent of US medical schools have reported that their students have leaked confidential information about patients via blogs or social networking websites. The students didn ’t name names‚ but did provide enough personal information‚ such as the medical condition involved and hospital‚ for patients or their families to recognize who is being described…The information was provided by medical school administrators as part
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Nurses and AARP AARP Key Nursing Roles “The American Association for Retired Persons changed (AARP) is a nonpartisan‚ nonprofit organization that is dedicated to it members over the age of 50 interest” (AARP‚ 2012). “The AARP provides products and services for members including educational programs and discounts for third-party companies which is the most widely used benefit by members” (AARP‚ 2012). With the expected rise in the population of people over fifty‚ AARP is focusing
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