The aim of this essay is to ascertain what hospital acquired infection entails‚ the detrimental effects it causes and to highlight the active role nurses can take in the prevention of this type of infection. Hospital acquired (or nosocomial) infection is: ’one that originated in the hospital environment; i.e. was not present or incubating on admission and which appeared 48h or more after admission ’ (Azzam et al. 2001). Infection is caused by pathogenic organisms which invade the hosts immunological
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There are 42 acute care hospitals in the state of Colorado. The complication rate for specific procedures varies greatly from hospital to hospital. Sepsis mortality and morbidity rates also range from low of about 8% to high of just over 39%. No one hospital provides the best care for all conditions and procedures. Several problems may account for these discrepancies: • Small rural hospitals may have limited staff that is not certified in all specialties. • Smaller hospitals may not attract the best
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This hospital is one of 1‚332 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that provide care to the patients in remote areas of the country. The services provided by CAHs are the only link for many patients to healthcare. The care provided is limited by 96-hour length of stay and 25 bed capacity. The Jordan Rau article in USA Today indicates mortality rate in CAHs are inferior to other hospitals. The concern is the community may view this rate as the only indicator of quality. In response to the article‚ the
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Gunnoe; Calvin College University of Toronto Research Dept Bus 220 3-16-14 Case 11-B Welcome to the Barnes City Hospital Summary For almost four years Paula Meers has been the night shift supervisor of nursing at Barnes city Hospital. Paula works from 11pm-7:30am supervising twenty four nurses. Seven of the nurses have formed a bond‚ inside and outside of work. These seven nurses have been with the hospital for over 20 years. These nurses are highly respected by the medical staff
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Progressive Hospital Case study 1. Background Progressive Hospital is split over two sites: Remuera and City Centre and is run by the City Centre Health Board (CCHB). The sites are connected by a dedicated fiber link and are managed as one network. There are also 30 Community Clinics which access the Hospital’s network using Telecom’s Frame Relay service. CCHB has approximately 15000 users and 200 servers. 1 Local Area Network 1 Network setup within each site:
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Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs)‚ or healthcare associated infections‚ encompass almost all clinically evident infections that do not originate from a patients original admitting diagnosis. Most infections that become clinically evident after 48 hours of hospitalization are considered hospital-acquired. HAIs represent a frequent nonspecific clinical problem with potential consequences for morbidity and mortality. The highest rates of HAIs are observed in intensive care units (ICUs)‚ which are
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The hospital that I work in uses principles from The Studer Group‚ which works with hospitals to obtain improved clinical outcomes‚ to obtain a high reliability organization (Studer Group‚ 2017). Quarterly‚ we focus on different safety topics such as support the team‚ ask questions and focus on the task. Employees complete a computer based lesson each quarter and leaders are to make rounds on staff for validation of practice. We also have Safety Coaches for each department. Their role is to be the
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that many businesses are going to have to refocus the services in order to accommodate this newly expanded demographic. This holds true for Alegent Health Hospital in Omaha
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The Expansion of a Residency Program in the Waco VA Hospital By expanding the residency program already in place‚ the amount of patients seen could well cover the amount of people needing care. Cost The addition of 5 faculty would incur an additional $900‚000 for salary. However‚ residents are only paid around $65‚000 and work upwards of 80 hours a week. So the total cost for the addition of 50 residents would be around $3.25 million‚ however Medicare appropriates funds to help educate residents
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Hilltop Memorial Hospital (HMH) is respecting Long’s privacy by keeping the current position of not speaking about Long’s medical history of his mental health disorder. Depending on the state in which this occurs‚ the state and federal laws of privacy maybe different. In this case‚ “under HIPAA‚ the privacy rule adopted by HHS does not supersede or preempt state laws that provide a higher level of protection for the privacy of healthcare information” (Harris‚ 2014‚ p. 113). The general rule for
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