Maintaining Patient Safety When working in an acute care setting such as a hospital‚ safety is the number one priority. A safe environment greatly reduces the risk for illness or injury. It’s not only for the patient; it’s also for the healthcare provider. For a nurse‚ it begins when she/he meets the patient. She must assess the room and make sure there is no debris littered on the floor‚ that all IV tubing is untangled and not on the floor‚ and that the patient’s bed is down in the lowest position
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assumptions and concepts of the theories. Florence Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Italy to a wealthy British
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Rounding: Improving Patient Care and Safety Purpose: * PATIENT SAFETY * Reducing preventable errors resulting in facility acquired illness/injury * Reducing increased healthcare costs related to errors due to inadequate shift change reports * Involving patients in their own care by allowing them to be involved in their own report during shift change * Reducing barriers to communication between patient‚ family‚ and staff Benefits: * PATIENT SAFETY * Allows nurse to
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Applying Dorothea Orem ’s Self-Care Deficit Theory To Practice Dorothea Orem developed her self-care deficit theory of nursing under three interrelated theories known as the theory of self-care‚ theory of self-care deficit‚ and theory of nursing systems. Each of these theories explains concepts of basic conditioning factors to support her general theory. Orem’s theory suggests that all individuals have a need for self-care action on a continuous basis. When self-care can no longer be performed due
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Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Tiara Graham Linn Benton Community College Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Patient Description Patient is a Caucasian 83 year old female that came into the emergency department from Wynwood assisted living facility with an increase of fatigue‚ worsening confusion and a 1 day history of a fever. Patient weighs approximately 90 pounds upon admission with a height of 64 inches. Patient has known COPD and is a former heavy
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Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models Amanda Decker Grand Canyon University NRS 440-V Trends and Issues in Health Care December 5‚ 2014 Nursing is a career that presents those in it with many opportunities. There are a variety of nurses and the field in which they choose to practice is just as varied. There are oncology nurses‚ school nurses‚ home health nurses‚ trauma nurses and nurse practitioners. They work in clinics‚ hospitals‚ schools‚ prisons‚ mental health hospitals
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Deysi Serrano Outline: Patient Safety in Hospitals Chamberlain College of Nursing Outline: Patient Safety and Medical Errors General Purpose: To inform nurses and the general public about programs and policies in place to further decline the rates in medial errors and keep patients safe. Specific Purpose: To provide examples of why implementing proper procedures and having an open communication within the staff can prevent minor medical incidents and potential fatal medical accidents
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Abstract In this paper‚ the topics of meaningful use‚ the National Patient Safety Goals‚ mobile technologies‚ current technologies‚ and different ways to analyze healthcare data are talked about. Furthermore‚ the National Patient Safety Goals are broken down and a few are explained more in depth with regards to processes of analyzing and tracking data. The analyzing and tracking of data is necessary in order to ensure that healthcare professionals‚ healthcare organizations‚ and healthcare consumers
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thrive in nursing without alarms because they save lives. Are they annoying at times‚ yes they do. In the ICU‚ alarms are never shut off or turned down; they are set specifically to the patients’ parameters. (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 14) stated that “Patient safety is a priority for the health systems‚ professionals‚ and consumers around the world.” In the scenario given regarding working in a sterile environment and having my cell phone ringing; I would be truthful and tell my patient that I am
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One of the most serious pieces of patient care is the handoff. This is the point of time when crucial evidence on the patient’s care is transferred to the patient’s new care provider. Significant outcomes from current and appropriate studies on patient safety and clinical handoffs are concise and studied. After concisely revising process management the purpose of this paper is to discuss how these disciplines can be combined to further improve patient safety in handoff. After Analyzing root cause
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