ANALYSIS Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy Abstract The purpose of this concept analysis is to clarify‚ define‚ and refine how patient advocacy is perceived in the nursing community. Much of the literature has attempted to define patient advocacy and emphasis its role within the nursing profession. This paper will discuss multiple definitions of patient advocacy from existing literature and refine them into two critical characteristics. Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy (10%)I SELECTION
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The Merger of Two Competing Hospitals ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬MEMORANDUM August 1‚ 2010 As per your request I have created an action plan to resolve the issues that could affect the efficient merge of PRMC and BRMC. This memo shows how to best resolve leadership‚ culture adaptation‚ human resource management and benefits issues. What specific steps should the board take to create an executive team to manage the newly created organization? - To follow the merger plan‚
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There are three problems that are associated with increases in patient exposure which are lack of physician knowledge‚ lack of patient awareness and physician’s practice of defensive medicine. These issues have led to an increase in patient radiation dose every year. From 1996 to 2010 overexposure due to radiation has doubled. (Bardi‚ p.2) This is an alarming stat and shows that we need to really focus on this issue in the future. Another alarming stat is that Americans received seven times more
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Nurses play a vital role in achieving the safety and quality of patient care and reducing adverse outcomes. Patient safety is one the most important component of our health care system and is essential to quality health care. The QSEN defines safety for nurses as “minimize(ing) risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance”. Patients’ safety is a one of the most challenging matter for the reason that errors and mistakes can and do happen. In
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Understanding the Patient p. 2 Understanding the Patient Intake Process Healthcare just like any other type of service industry is reliant on possessing satisfied clientele. A sound billing process begins with having an efficient and effective patient intake process‚ as well as with tracking each patient’s information throughout each office visit. This ensures that patients receive the medical services they need and that they’re billed appropriately for those services. If the intake process
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Improving Patient Throughput In the Emergency Department Introduction St. Vincent’s Medical Center‚ a 501 bed facility located in Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ provides general medical and surgical care to the North Florida Region. St. Vincent’s admits over 26‚000 patients annually. The average occupancy rate is approximately 84% with the Emergency Department (ED) peeking at 100% for approximately 4-12 hours daily. The hospital is struggling with availability of bed space. This shortage of available
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and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within health care settings in order to ameliorate the working conditions. Nursing abuse may lead to other issues which will be discussed in this study. This paper will address the nurse-nurse‚ nurse-physician and nurse-patient abuse. In addition‚ this study will indicate
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Understanding the Patient Intake Process HCR/220 Understanding the Patient Intake Process When looking at the intake process of patients‚ into a medical facility‚ it is an obvious realization that we have made progress in making the patients experience proficient and pleasant. However there is always room for improvement in any type of facility. How many times have you been to the doctor and waited long than 20 minutes? Have you ever been rescheduled because you were 20 minutes late
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UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT INTAKE PROCESS Judy Lintner HCR 220 Shatondra Surulere There are many ways to improve patient intake procedures. One of the ways has been recently in the news. It was created with Salesforce.com’s Force.com enterprise application development platform. It is run on staff members AppleIphones. This replaces a manual process. It has cut the admission process from 18 hours to sometimes less than 1 hour. Having this done on the AppleIphone keeps the protection on
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PERCEPTION Quality of life has a different meaning for everyone. Many personal thoughts and feelings can come into play when caring for others during the end stages of life. However as a nurse and caregiver‚ these opinions must be put aside at this significant time. For some health care providers‚ we may feel that keeping the patient comfortable and having them surrounded by family is most important. However‚ for the patient‚ personal culture‚ lifestyle and value for one self as well as a sense of
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