errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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Patient Teaching HLST 320 Caroline C December 31st‚ 2007 Introduction: I have chosen breastfeeding as my teaching topic for this assignment. The specific clientèle will be the new mother at between 2 and 7 days postpartum‚ newly discharged from hospital. As a community health nurse working with children and young families‚ I do initial postpartum visits at home. Breastfeeding is a very complex skill‚ natural‚ yet sometimes difficult
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Education Plan: Teaching the Patient with Hepatitic C For years‚ nursing was a task-oriented career. A nurse’s primary responsibility was to provide for the physical needs of patients experiencing illness. Nursing has evolved into a profession‚ which holistically treats and educates patients in a variety of health situations including acute illness‚ chronic disease‚ and preventative care. The competent practice of patient education has become a critical element in nursing. This paper will show the
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Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient confidentiality is a fundamental practice in healthcare and it is integral part of healthcare ethical standards (Purtilo & Dougherty‚ 2010). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics “the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information” (Nursing world‚ p.6). Also‚ when a patient confidentiality
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nurses in America ’s hospitals is putting patient lives in danger and requires immediate attention. "The current nursing shortage threatens to heavily impact our citizens ’ health and our nations ’ security preparedness". (Person‚ 2003) The nursing shortage that is sweeping across the United States has been upgraded from a health crisis to a national security concern. A recent study in Pennsylvania found that surgical patients in hospitals with high patient-to-nurse ratios experience higher rates of
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Nursing Management 1 Running Head: OVARIAN NEW GROWTH Nursing Management of a Patient with Ovarian New Growth Nursing Management 2 Nursing Management of Patient with Ovarian New Growth S.‚M. she is a 49 year old female‚ and nulligravida‚ under Dr. Cabanela. S.‚M admitted that she smokes and drink liquor. She was diagnose with Ovarian New Growth and had her surgery last March 5‚ 2013 at Valenzuela Medical Center. She was admitted last March 4‚ 2013. At first S.‚M feels pain on her lower
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Dyanna Thompson ENG-123-X6485 Leah Tewell 08/10/2014 Research Shows How Patient Portals Impact Patient Care Patient portals‚ which are secure web based applications‚ provide patients the ease of access to their health care records at any time. Some portals include features such as‚ obtaining prescription refills and lab results‚ and communicating with their provider. With close to 80% of the population in North America using the internet to seek out health information‚ portals continue to
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Surgical Essay. Care of a patient undergoing TURP. Mr. Paul Fenech a 65 year old pensioner has been diagnosed with Prostatic Hypertrophy that requires surgery. a. Describe the Anatomy and Physiology of the prostate gland including its functions. b. Mention the disorders that could affect the prostate gland. c. Describe the clinical manifestations of prostate hypertrophy. d. Mention the investigations that are done to diagnose this condition. e. Describe the possible surgical approaches
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MRSA The patient safety problem of interest to me that I have chosen to talk about is MRSA. “MRSA” stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Staphylococcus Aureus or “Staph Aureus” for short. ( SARI‚ 2007). MRSA is transferred from person to person through a bacteria (germs). Many people carry this germ. It is estimated that one in three people are carriers of this germ (CDC Gov 2013) but it is not always harmful - these people would have it on their skin or in their nose‚ but
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Within the context of medical cases‚ the terms negligence‚ gross negligence‚ and malpractice are used to describe a case. It is important to know the difference between these terms since they are easily confused. Medical negligence is an act or failure to act by a medical professional that deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. Medical negligence does not always result in injury to the patient. Gross negligence is a more serious form of negligence that can be describes as simply carelessness
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