235 Search Results for How Nurses Can Prevent Medication Errors
Patient care and recovery statistics demonstrate that the United States has a medical care system with which Americans are less satisfied than other citizens in developed countries. There are many reasons for this: correlation between health and soci Continue Reading...
Peer Response to #.1: Enhancing Collaboration in HealthcareYour discussion highlights the significance of teamwork and collaboration in improving patient care, particularly in high-pressure settings like emergency departments. Implementing formal com Continue Reading...
Nursing & Women's Roles Pre-and-Post Civil War
The student focusing on 19th century history in the United States in most cases studies the Civil War and the causes that led to the war. But there are a number of very important aspects to 19th cen Continue Reading...
Computerized Hospital Management Systems
The paper is about the benefits and costs of a computerized hospital management system from a nurse's perspective. The author is placed in the position of a nurse of a small 100 bed-community hospital who is Continue Reading...
Risk Management
Applications in Hospitals
The concept, usage and learning of risk management phenomenon are important for all institutions in healthcare industry. The most important purpose of risk management in healthcare industry is learning from Continue Reading...
In respects, it could also reduce lawsuit expense when patients want to sue because of the wrong medication is given or harm is done in the process of medication administration.
"We often resist the new way of doing things..." (Thede, 2009, Sept). Continue Reading...
Manage identification planning
This chapter discusses the management and planning of change process within the clinical setting. Change management plan is very critical to the success of any healthcare unit. Change may be threatening to organizatio Continue Reading...
Nursing Process Improvement and Change
Change management or process improvement in healthcare guarantees that the vital systems in the healthcare organizations are functioning at their optimal. The objectives of healthcare procedure enhancement are Continue Reading...
QUESTION DEVELOPMENT TOOL Nursing Evidence-Based PracticeAppendix B: Question Development Tool1. What is the problem and why is it important?The problem is the high incidence of medication errors at the practice setting. The hospitals policy is zero Continue Reading...
Personal Healthcare Technology
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and the Sunrise Children's Hospital
The Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, which includes the Sunrise Children's Hospital, is an approximately 55-year-old facility located in Sout Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Evolution and Impact of Automated IV Pumps in Clinical Practice:
This essay would explore how automated intravenous (IV) pumps have transformed the delivery of medications and fluids in healthcare. Continue Reading...
The issue of misplaced or lost patient files is also gotten rid of. These advantages aid in producing a marked rise in the health connected security of patients and the welfare of patients (Ayers, 2009). Furthermore, electronic medical records and p Continue Reading...
Nursing
Bar code medication administration (BCMA) is one of the keys to minimizing medical errors in a manner consistent with evidence-based practice (Poon et al., 2010). However, universal embrace and utilization of BCMA remains stagnant. Reasons f Continue Reading...
Theatre Nurses Equipped With the Skills Required to Perform Pre-Operative Visits
To Perform Pre-Operative Visits?
Are Theatre Nurses Equipped With the Skills Required
To Perform Pre-Operative Visits?
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Reducing Medical Errors in the Modern Healthcare Setting
One of the biggest challenges impacting healthcare providers are the total number of medical errors that occur on a regular basis. These areas are problematic, as they are adversely effecting Continue Reading...
Health Care
The overall health care industry has undergone fundamental change over the last decade. Most of the changes have occurred within the underlying business operation of the healthcare industry. These changes will ultimately effect nursing a Continue Reading...
Hospital Evaluation Project
The world of healthcare is continually evolving. For professionals, this means that they must possess certain skill sets. In the case of graduate nurses, these issues are becoming more pronounced with the increasing deman Continue Reading...
A study conducted by Ledgerwood et al. (2013) on the effects of tracheotomy tubes that have suction above the cuff established that the tubes have the capability to reduce VAP incidents. The amount of time spent in ICU and on the ventilator was als Continue Reading...
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are:
Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals
Physicians generally think of erro Continue Reading...
Risk and Quality Management Assessment
This analysis focuses on three different types of risks that are commonly associated with a nursing facility.
Risk and quality management is an important aspect to many health care organizations. This is espec Continue Reading...
, 2005). In addition, the workload on clinicians is often increased past the point of reasonable because it is too intrusive and time consuming to document patient encounters during clinic time (Grabenbauer, Skinner, and Windle, 2011). The amount of Continue Reading...
Introduction
An estimated 1.5 million “preventable adverse drug events” occur each year in the United States alone; the number of medication errors that did not lead to adverse effects but remained undisclosed is unknown (Jenkins & Va Continue Reading...
Nursing
As technology becomes more sophisticated the effects of new technologies affect all aspects of our lives. Technological advances affect many different occupations as well, especially the field of health care. As a result the advancements in Continue Reading...
Organizational Functions, Processes, and Behaviors in High-Performing Healthcare OrganizationsHigh-performing healthcare organizations exhibit several shared characteristics. They prioritize patient safety and quality of care through effective commun Continue Reading...
Technology in Healcare
assuming role a lead person a technology advisory committee a large regional medical center. The medical center struggled ongoing problems related errors surrounding patient medication, misplaced lab results delays updating pa Continue Reading...
Secondary Assessment
Tracy Folsom is a 28-year-old female who was brought to the Emergency Department by her neighbor. The neighbor stated that Miss Folsom was found lying semi-conscious in the shower. The patient was received in the ED by the on c Continue Reading...
Medical Errors and Doctor Intimidation
Medical errors are an important challenge and concern facing medical professionals. Although not a new phenomenon the incidences of medical errors are estimated at about 200,000 per year. It is also expected th Continue Reading...
Secured real time protocol (SRTP) is also being identified to enhance the security parameter of WAN and LAN network elements. "SRTP provides protection with encryption keys for wired and wireless networks including bandwidth limited channels." (Guil Continue Reading...
Nursing informatics has been defined as, "a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice" (Shuler, 2011). The systems devel Continue Reading...
Nurse BurnoutIntroductionAmong the various factors contributing to nursing shortages and high turnover, nurse burnout stands out as significant (McDermid et al., ). Indeed, burnout is a serious problem because it impairs individual nurses\\\' health, Continue Reading...
QI JournalOverviewQI drives excellence in patient care and fuels the optimization of healthcare systems (Greenes & Del Fiol, 2023). Nurses must combine their clinical expertise with QI principles in accordance with the American Association of College Continue Reading...
How Doctors of Nursing Practice Can Influence the Quality of HealthcareToday, doctors of nursing practice (DNPs) serve as nurse educators, researchers, and administrators as well as serving in vital healthcare leadership roles in their local communit Continue Reading...
Application of Statistics in Health CareStatistical application plays a significant role in healthcare, from monitoring patient outcomes to improving quality of care and promoting patient safety (Han & Roh, 2020). Healthcare professionals across all Continue Reading...
Sustainable Change: Bringing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to a Healthcare OrganizationIntroductionSustainable change refers to making changes within an organization that can be maintained in the long run. The purpose of sustainable change is to ensur Continue Reading...
liability that a nurse encounters on the job. It provides a discussion about the legal risks involved in various health care settings for nurses. There were eight sources used to complete this paper.
For years, there have been reports of a nationwi Continue Reading...
B. This study used cross-sectional design and may tend to under-select individuals who have been exposed. This is known as "late-look bias." The possibility of nurses recalling MAEs over their careers may result in reporting of, or remembering info Continue Reading...
This is exactly where the problem usually starts.
There are a number of reports published which revealed that even the physicians are not so keen into attending more seminars and trainings to learn the new systems (Ball, 1992). Physicians are expec Continue Reading...
Malpractice in Advanced Nursing Practice
A CLOSER LOOK
Legal/Ethical Principles
When nurses pursued independent practice outside hospitals, the law supported their bid to breach traditional roles (Kjervik & Brous, 2013). This phenomenon was de Continue Reading...