“Communication Strategies for Nurses Interacting with Deaf Patients” by Christine Chong-hee Lieu et.al‚ explains how communicating with deaf patients can be challenging for nurses. The language barrier often makes explaining a deaf patients medical situation difficult for the nurse‚ which leads to little or no understanding by the patient of what is happening. Providers need to understand‚ while paper and pen may be ok for some hearing impaired patients‚ it is not always an option for others. “Despite
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Life of a Surgical Technologist LaToya M. Smith ECPI Abstract The Life of a Surgical Technologist Surgical Technologist‚ also known as Operating Room Technicians‚ are part of the surgical team. They assist in surgical operations under the supervision of surgeons‚ Registered Nurses‚ and other surgical personnel. One most important aspects of many surgical technologists is learning how to prepare operating rooms so they are sterile‚ which helps lower the rate of infection in patients. Before
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Nightingale Community Hospital: Patient Tracer Summary Western Governors University Nightingale Community Hospital: Patient Tracer Summary Nightingale Community Hospital utilizes a tracer methodology adapted from The Joint Commission to review patient charts weekly. The tracer method provides a precise appraisal of programs and methods for delivery of care and services. A thorough review of current services will help identify possible deficiencies. Patient 453355 medical record was audited
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INTRODUCTION. Hospitals are health care institutions that are normally located in areas that are densely populated. There are over 17‚000 hospitals in the whole world. In accord with the original meaning of the word‚ hospitals were originally "places of hospitality"‚ and this meaning is still preserved in the names of some institutions such as the Royal Hospital Chelsea‚ established in 1681 as a retirement and nursing home for veteran soldiers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital#General) In
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The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS TO SELF SCHEDULING FOR HOSPITAL NURSES a. Applicable General Topic: - Nursing Management b. Title of article: - Self-scheduling For Hospital Nurses: An Attempt And Its Difficulties c. Authors name: - Lotte Bailyn PhD‚ Robin Collins BSN and Yang Song BSc d. Name of the Journal: - Nursing Management e. Date of journal: - January 2007 f. Volume: - 15 g. Number: - 1 h. Pages (72-77) i. Publisher of journal: - BLACKWELL PUBLISHING Synopsis and Summary The article that
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Improving Patient Satisfaction in Health Care Settings Quantitative Analysis of Business MBAM 5223B Session 7 Article Summary #1 April 05‚ 2014 Health-care managers are tasked with addressing many organizational aspects including patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is clearly one of the critical priorities for managers. There has been many patient satisfaction studies to respond to the need of improving patient satisfaction. In order to develop an effective intervention
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How to Recruit a Nurse; Lenox Hill Hospital Between The Sticks MGT522 - Management of Human Resources September 7‚ 2014 How to Recruit a Nurse; Lenox Hill Hospital One of the main responsibilities for a human resource manager is to recruit new employees who perfectly fit the needs of your growing company. Advertising job openings correctly is very important in order to catch the attention of the individual’s who are best suited for your company’s needs. There are several avenues available
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HIPAA’s Impact on Patients Rights Now‚ more than ever is the time to care about the privacy of our medical information. Intimate details that are shared between Doctors and patients are either stored in file cabinets or data files. The risk of a patient privacy rights being mishandled are high. This is when HIPAA‚ which stands for “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” comes in to effect. HIPAA was passed by Congress in 1996 and was used to set a national standard for electronic
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nursing is one of the oldest and largest health care professions? Nurses do there best to improve health in the world around us and to help patients back up on their feet. Registered nurses do many things to provide care and help for their patients and play many important roles in their field to help patients. Registered nurses give assistance to the elderly‚ disabled‚ and ill to help them to recovery and support treatment for patients who are in need of emergency care. They are very busy and are assigned
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