Research of Documentation Errors in the Healthcare Profession Research of documentation errors in the health care profession is reviewed in this paper. Many people in the medical field believe errors are a result of using abbreviations in handwritten documentation relating to patients. Accreditation agencies are now composing lists of terms that should not be abbreviated in order to reduce these errors. In this research‚ the following topics will be discussed: How can eliminating abbreviations
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Acute Care Patient Reports Fill in the following table with a general description of each type of patient report‚ who may have to sign or authenticate it‚ and the standard time frame that JCAHO or AOA requires for it to be completed or placed in the patient’s record. Four of the reports have been done for you. Name of Report Brief Description of Contents Who Signs the Report Filing Standard Face Sheet Patient identification‚ financial data‚ clinical
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Running head: USE OF RESTRAINTS The Use of Restraints versus Patient Autonomy Kerry B. Bledsoe MidAmerica Nazarene University The Use of Restraints versus Patient Autonomy Introduction The use of physical restraints has been a controversial yet frequently used nursing intervention for confused and hospitalized patients with severe mental disorders over the past two decades. In many Western countries there were between 3.4% and 30% of acute elderly care and rehabilitation patients subjected
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Acute Care Patient Reports Fill in the following table with a general description of each type of patient report‚ who may have to sign or authenticate it‚ and the standard time frame that JCAHO or AOA requires for it to be completed or placed in the patient’s record. Four of the reports have been done for you. |Name of Report |Brief Description of Contents |Who Signs the Report |Filing Standard | |Face
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written policies be developed for abbreviation usage ? If yes‚ what should the policies contain? If no‚ explain? • Yes‚ patient safety and promotion of zero medication error are common goals in every healthcare institution. • JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) provides institutions with a list of dangerous abbreviations that should be avoided in clinical documentation. • The Institute for Safe Medication Practice also promotes
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Patient Safety plays a major component in providing a safe and accurate care. And (JCAHO) Joint Commission and Accreditation on Healthcare Organization plays a significant role on quality‚ safety and improvements. The accuracy and safety of the patient is at the top priority of any organization and nursing personnel. When patients walk into a health care facility‚ the patient must be identifying by a certain criteria. Most hospital has what they called patient identifier. It is most often an account
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Introduction to Phlebotomy =Phlebotomy means TO CUT INTO A VEIN =The procedure of cutting or puncturing a vein is performed by a phlebotomist =The primary role of a phlebotomist is to obtain blood specimens for testing =Other roles include packaging urine specimens‚ accepting incoming specimens‚ and routing specimens to other departments History =Removing blood from veins dates back to about 1400 BC when leeches were applied to the skin of sick people =In the early 1800’s medicinal leeches were
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Nurse Educator in the Staff Education Role Stephanie Calabrese‚ RN BSN South University October 17‚ 2008 Nurse Educator in the Staff Education Role Nurse educators in a healthcare setting serve many roles and have many responsibilities and skills. They are a teacher‚ a role model‚ a leader‚ an educator‚ a critical thinker‚ an analyzer‚ and a mentor. Responsibilities include possessing the knowledge and the ability to facilitate learning‚ plan appropriate learning
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Stephanie E. Bell Managed Care & Health Insurance DeVry University Bob Vega‚ Professor 23 February 2013 Symphony of Crestwood is a long and short term care facility which houses about 250 residents. Those residents who may require cardiac care and rehabilitation‚ respiratory care‚ palliative care‚ wound care‚ Alzheimer’s care and dialysis treatment‚ will find the latest treatment options available to them. Many of the residents use the facility as a step down option after leaving the
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Licensing Requirements and Accreditation Affecting Long-Term Care Michael E. Puckett University of Phoenix HCS/443 August 5‚ 2006 Licensing Requirements and Accreditation Affecting Long-Term Care The world of health care is changing from the needs of individuals due to changes in expectations of the health care organizations. One steady component of long-term care is the need for regulation in the industry that serves the public. Regulation is provided in several ways that includes licensing
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