catheterization‚ angioplasty and the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias (St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center). According to the New State Department of Health‚ the hospital has performed the highest caseload of cardiac surgery and catheterizations in the state with mortality rates significantly below the statewide average (New York State Department of Health‚ 2004‚ p. 14). The organization is very proud of these achievements and has announced its position in various
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Funding for Emergency Operations Jenalyn L. Brock EMC/330 March 19‚ 2013 Robert E. Wynne Funding for Emergency Operations Government funding for emergency medical services (EMS) operations and training comes from many different resources. Government also oversees contract options for funding Medicaid‚ Medicare‚ insurance‚ and private providers. The Taylor Ambulance Company in the University of Phoenix scenario has its own contract with the City of Kelsey. This contract should meet some
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antibiotic is to be administered to the patient within six hours of arrival to the hospital. This means in order to meet this requirement more and more blood cultures are being obtained in the emergency department by emergency room personnel‚ thus leading to the PICOT question; In patients presenting to the emergency room‚ how does contamination of blood cultures obtained by nurses compared to proper collection of blood cultures obtained by nurses‚ affect administration of unnecessary antibiotics and increased
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Family Presence Article Critique Inez Robbins Liberty University November 26‚ 2012 Abstract Family presence at the bedside during resuscitation is starting to become standard protocol in many emergency departments but research is limited in this area. The objective of the article reviewed is to explore the nurse’s perception of the benefit and/or harm to the family in a facility that has well established family presence protocols. The nurses’ perceptions of the effects on the family provide
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researches done on Magnet hospitals being able to decrease their nurse burnout rates and job satisfaction‚ but there hasn’t been a study done on emergency nurses in Ireland on nurse burnout and their working environment (O’Mahoney‚ 2011). A review of research study published by Nuria O’Mahoney (2011) is able to provide insight by data from a group of Emergency Room nurses in Ireland. This paper will provide information reviewing the background of the issue‚ the methods used‚ the researchers findings
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when notified chose to dismiss this fact and discharge the patient. The patient would return soon after with worsening symptoms that would require emergency surgery. Should the nurses have initially pressed for further action‚ treatment? The patient was involved in a single vehicle accident involving his motorcycle and brought to the Emergency Department for left leg injuries‚ specifically a knee injury. While riding he had lost control and when he fell was pinned under his bike. “Single vehicle
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Strategic Planning Tools Nina Brown Healthcare Administration/HCM640/Unit 2 Christopher Miller March 17‚ 2013 Strategic Planning Tools The soaring instability of the current markets has warned the healthcare organizations to the need to focus on risks inherent in the investing in the stock market. One can presume that some organizations after experiencing major crisis with their market have developed to be more risk-reluctant than in the previous years and want to take fewer
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Change to reduce workplace violence in the Emergency Department Workplace violence (WPV) has increasingly become common in the United States‚ and particularly in the health care setting. Among all health care settings‚ Emergency Departments (ED) have been identified as highest risk settings for WPV. Violence against ED health care workers has significant implications to the victims‚ patients‚ and departments. WPV in the ED is a preventable problem that needs effective interventions‚ and it needs
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Hospital Ownership and Community Benefit: Looking Beyond Uncompensated Care Paula H. Song‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and policy. College of Public Health‚ Ohio State University‚ Columbus; Shoou-Yih D. Lee‚ PhD‚ associate professor‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor; Jeffrey A. Alexander‚ PhD‚ professor emeritus‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan; and Eric E. Seiher‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and
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who is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at her residence. Just prior to the incident‚ the patient is reported to have been acting “confused.” Upon arrival to the emergency department‚ the patient is having difficulty breathing with an increased respiratory rate and pulse. The nurse is unable to complete the initial examination before the patient becomes unresponsive and has increased work of breathing. At this point‚ it is necessary to active an emergency response team and begin
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