Description It is my first day of work after graduating from nursing school. I am currently in a remote island of Maldives. It is a small hospital consisting of 50 beds and almost 20 staffs working in 3 shifts. I came for morning duty and the nursing in-charge shown me maternal and surgical ward as my first work place. After taking handing over from the night shift staff I made everything ready for the ward round as the doctors will be here in no time. Just before the doctors arrival we got a patient
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(availability and use) Physical environment of the meeting venue Preparation for MDT meetings Organisation/administration during MDT meetings Clinical Decision Making Case management and clinical decision-making process Team-working Patient-centred care/co-ordination of service Team Governance Leadership Data collection‚ analysis and audit of outcomes Clinical governance Professional development and education of team members Development and training. So what? MDT meetings happen weekly
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HS711 CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND PATIENT SAFETY Student no 1106154 UP:12/04/2012-07:22:52 WM:12/04/2012-07:23:40 M:HS711-4-SP A:11a1 R:1106154 C:247CF1EADC9DA0F26065022703A21C45C87E8E62 The aim of this assignment is to explore the clinical governance in connection with the provision of patient safety when administering drugs‚ study will relate to an incident in the author workplace (See appendix 1). The author presents the outcomes of Care Quality Commission (CQC 2010) related to this situation
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A career in nursing can be the most rewarding occupation most people can think of. It truly takes a unique person with a strong sense of discipline‚ diligence‚ responsibility‚ and a love for mankind to take on such a role. While nursing for most is very rewarding‚ it is also an occupation that can very easily overwhelm employees and requires most of the time more so then none‚ a great tolerance to stress. For some when the stress becomes overwhelming‚ it may lead to addiction‚ especially in the
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Informatics in the Clinical Setting NURS-6015‚ Section 3‚ Information and Healthcare Technologies Applied to Nursing Practice June 12‚ 2011 Using Informatics in the Clinical Setting Information technology‚ the interpretation and management of information using computers to analyze data‚ is not a new concept. Computers assist people day-to-day‚ from simple budgeting using a home computer‚ to larger management of government budgets and programs. The healthcare industry‚ especially nursing‚ has been
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to prevent any possible complication which may cause a negative impact into the patient life‚ this hospital had developed certain clinical practice guidelines to any procedure that will be performed to the patients. The clinical practice guidelines were assigned by a subcommittee to write a written policy that can be served as part of the UMH protocol. These clinical practice guidelines have regulated
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Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation – A Literature Review Introduction Since the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ much debate has occurred concerning mandatory auditor rotation for publicly held companies. Most corporate scandal involves dishonest or questionable accounting. This realization has brought about the priority to take more measures are taken to assure companies disclose the most reliable financial information. It is believed that a lack of auditor independence may be to blame
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experience ►Peers comment that Iam a hard worker and have good professional knowledge. Weaknesses ►I do night shifts to arrange child care so I seldom get chance to work with students. ►I did my nursing in India so Iam unsure about the responsibilities of student nurses of each year. ►Lack of experience as being an associate mentor. ►My accent/pronunciation make others difficult to understand me. Opportunities ►As to achieve my goal I take this
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CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction People of today’s generation‚ specifically students are now multi-tasking; they can do several activities at the same time. On the country‚ there are still factors which affect their performance in their academe and their motivation to study for the reason that despite how intelligent a person is there will always be external pressures which can give a positive or negative result on them. It’s like putting even just one rotten tomato in
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CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) conveys appropriate information to appropriate person. It is not only a document but also an architecture. CDA usually include text‚ sounds‚ images and other multimedia content. There exists variability in clinical notes‚ degree of semantic coding‚ use of standard healthcare terminologies and etc. Thus‚ it becomes difficult to store and exchange documents. CDA standard takes a step closer towards solving these variability. The CDA is a document markup standard
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