Email Print RSS News Widget ShareThis Heather Comak‚ April 20‚ 2009 Although the general principles of what goes into creating a culture of safety are the same at small and large hospitals‚ both types of facilities face different hurdles when addressing the topic. "I think that there is not a substantive distinction‚" says Jennifer Lundblad‚ PhD‚ MBA‚ CEO of Stratis Health in Bloomington‚ MN‚ about the culture of safety in the two settings. "You can focus all you want on clinical change
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Although the issue of Patient Safety is on growing evidence‚ it cannot be considered as a novelty. More recently‚ we have followed the disclosure of news involving errors during health care in the media‚ with the connotation that they are always associated with neglect or lack of preparation‚ as well as with bad professional practices. Although errors are undesirable‚ there is no denying that they occur and have an impact on patients‚ professionals and institutions. Contextualizing patient safety in the
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1. Patient safety remains the priority and is considered the most important challenge for the healthcare institution. With the increasing competitiveness of the market‚ and the complexity of the functions within the healthcare institution‚ it is very important to treat every patient as a unique human being who has a right to safe and quality care. Not only from a moral and ethical stance‚ but from a legal perspective as well. Patient safety is of the utmost importantance for healthcare institutions
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Kristi Hulett Mr. Troupe Health 120 March 24‚ 2011 Patients Dealing with Poverty Poverty affects almost half the world. Over three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day (Global Issues). The United States‚ one of the wealthiest nations in the world‚ accounts for almost 12% of these statistics. In addition to these people‚ another 50 million are “near poverty” level. Even more alarming‚ according to the 1999 Census Bureau‚ over 16% of all children in the United States live in poverty
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Depression and Antisocial Behavior Author’s Note This research is being submitted on ….by…for. Depression and Antisocial Behavior Emotions and genetic features work together to form personal identity and shape one’s actions. A person’s life from conception‚ infancy‚ childhood‚ and adolescence all have an impact on physical and emotional well-being. This paper will look at the diathesis-stress model‚ Dodge’s Social Information Processing and the factors that may affect depression and antisocial
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Nursing diagnosis for patient with AIDS (in the movie Philadelphia) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than body requirements R/T inability to ingest nutrients (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2007) AEB vomiting three times per day after each meal‚ 35lb weight loss in past 60 days‚ height of patient is 5’8” weight of 110lbs (Demme‚ 1993). Impaired Skin Integrity – AIDS‚ R/T immune deficiency; AIDS related dermatitis (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2007) AEB Approximately 10‚ 3 x 2 cm reddened lesions to face and torso‚ lesions
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Quezon City‚ admitted for the first time in Philippine Orthopedic Center on July 26‚ 2013. Informant is the patient herself with good reliability. Chief Complaint: Left Foot Pain I. SUBJECTIVE A few hours prior to consult‚ patient was about to go home and was seated when a colleague accidentally pulled the trigger of a 9mm caliber from 5 feet away‚ hitting her left foot. Patient was brought in General Hospital and was referred to the Philippine Orthopedic Center for further management‚
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Cancer Patients that reside in rural areas face many challenges when it comes to high quality health care. The top 5 cancer research centers are in some of the biggest cities in America. They are in Houston‚ New York‚ Boston‚ Seattle‚ and Baltimore. Cancer patients in rural areas have to spend thousands of more dollars to see more experienced doctors and visit better hospitals. They spend extra money on apartments‚ hotels‚ car rentals‚ food‚ gas‚ and out of pocket medical expenses. For example
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nearly 60‚000 United States hospital patients are estimated to die each year from complications due to hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (Institute for clinical systems improvement [ICSI]‚ 2014). The Braden scale is the most preferred tool to assess the risk for pressure ulcer in the paraplegic patients. In this Preston Diaz Case scenario‚ I would restructure this entire case scenario incorporating more risk factors. The Braden scale assesses a patient’s risk of developing a pressure ulcer by evaluating
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Patient Safety plays a major component in providing a safe and accurate care. And (JCAHO) Joint Commission and Accreditation on Healthcare Organization plays a significant role on quality‚ safety and improvements. The accuracy and safety of the patient is at the top priority of any organization and nursing personnel. When patients walk into a health care facility‚ the patient must be identifying by a certain criteria. Most hospital has what they called patient identifier. It is most often an account
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