188 Search Results for Nursing Hospital Readmissions
Purposea. The purpose of the Koh, Wang, Richards, et al (2015) study is clearly stated as being to develop and examine the effectiveness of an advance practice nurse-led telehealth on readmissions and health-related outcomes among patients with post- Continue Reading...
Proposal for a Nurse Informaticist Role to Enhance Effective Communication and Improve Patient OutcomesNursing Informatics and the Nurse InformaticistNursing informatics is an area of healthcare that combines nursing expertise with information techno Continue Reading...
Readmission of Bipolar Patients and Lack of Education among Healthcare Providers: Nursing Staff Need Education on Motivational Intervention to Teach Patients How to Prevent ReadmissionBackground and PurposeThe readmission rate for bipolar patients ra Continue Reading...
Clinical Question Using Nursing Informatics
The main objective of nursing informatics is to manage and communicate data information, knowledge, and wisdom. This various aspects are part of a continuum in the nursing field that reflects the overarch Continue Reading...
Introduction
Performance scorecards provide a straightforward means of integrating metrics into a healthcare organization’s strategic planning. Scorecards are most effective when they have a clear purpose, identifying specific patient populati Continue Reading...
Hospital SCM
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Managing Service, Processes and Supply Chains
Hospitals and Supply Chains - Overview
Hospital Supply Chains - Advancements
Standard Supply Chain
Stockless Inventory
Vendor Managed Inventory
Consignment
Aut Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing
Roles of the Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, Nurse Informatics, and Nurse Administrator
The Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, Nurse Informatics, and Nurse Administrator provide health care services although Continue Reading...
" (Meade, nd) The studies were conducted in various medical settings and with various patient-types and as well some were "very scientific designs assigning patients to control and intervention study groups, while others were less scientific and more Continue Reading...
Since modern medicine can sustain patients with proper medical follow-up for years, it becomes incumbent on the profession to follow the patients and provide them with the knowledge and tracking to insure that they are observing the procedures and Continue Reading...
More theoretical input from advanced practice nurses aims to help improve overall care strategies, providing for a better quality of life for patients around the country and beyond.
Not only do advanced practice nurses have a huge impact on patient Continue Reading...
1. Nursing Theorist Overview
Theory guides nursing practice and provides a framework for nurse leadership and healthcare management (McKenna, Pajnikar & Murphy, 2014). All prominent nursing theorists like the individuals covered in the multimedia Continue Reading...
Topic: Pneumonia readmissions among nursing home residents 65 years and older in the United States of America.
Backdrop of the dilemma
Pneumonia remains an extreme health condition in America. It accounts for roughly 1 million medical-center admiss Continue Reading...
According to a study by Aiken (et al., 2017), there is a direct correlation between a more highly skilled nursing workforce and lower patient mortality, higher patient satisfaction, better quality of care, patient safety, and a reduced rate of other Continue Reading...
DNP ProjectBipolar disorder is a chronic mental condition that is marked by depressive and/or manic symptoms/episodes (Jann, 2014). According to the author, the said condition can occur in early childhood but mainly affects adults with a prevalence r 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...
Responsibilities of Nurses to Patients
Why is it important
The role of nurses has a direct implication on the patients. For example, nurses observe and provide direct care to the patients. The physicians give orders and thus are the role of the nur Continue Reading...
ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS & QUALITY LEADERSHIP
Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership
Efforts to measure and improve the quality of nursing care provided to patients began with Florence Nightingale, who measured patient outcomes and worked Continue Reading...
Informatics and Nursing Quality Sensitive IndicatorsIntroduction: Nursing-Sensitive Quality IndicatorThe National Database of Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators (NDNQI) is a tool designed to help nurses track and improve the quality of care they pr 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...
NURSING AbstractThe growing needs of behavioral and mental healthcare have enforced the state regulation to rethink psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners across the country. The advanced practicing specialties need to be greatly emphasized in Continue Reading...
Mrs. Margaret Foley's Culturally Congruent, Personalized Nursing Care Plan
Case Scenario Overview
Mrs. Margaret Foley (Maggie) is a 46-year-old Aboriginal female has had an emergency open cholecystectomy. Although the case does not specifically Continue Reading...
Role of Nursing Staff in Eliminating Medical Errors
The article focuses on the role that nurses play in eliminating errors in various medical situations. The research focused on the relationship between the number of nurses and the prevalence of med Continue Reading...
Quality Indicator
Healthcare Quality Indicators
With the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, also now commonly referred to as Obamacare, the array of quality indicators used to assess healthcare facility performance has expanded. The addition of a Continue Reading...
Readmission of Heart Failure Patients
Re-Hospitalization and Heart Failure Patients
Heart failure is one of the top health problems in the United States leading to high rates of morbidity and mortality among people aged 60 years and above. The comp Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act & Nursing
There are a number of different provisions of the Affordable Care Act that were designed to improve the health care system -- well, all of the provisions were designed to do that. The most immediate improvements wil Continue Reading...
Clinical Practice Problem/EBP/PICOThis report examines the evidence surrounding postoperative urinary retention (POUR) and proposes a practice change recommendation based on current research and clinical guidelines.Part A: Clinical Practice Problem o Continue Reading...
Malnutrition Education Intervention
Nursing Education
Malnutrition Education Intervention for Mercy Medical Center Redding
Malnutrition Education Intervention for Mercy Medical Center Redding
The Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California, a 267 Continue Reading...
Organizational Leadership in a Health Care Setting
Current Practice Setting
Recent work environments among practicing nurses show that the domain of personnel lacks in collaboration with patient and family in the job descriptions and policies durin Continue Reading...
Myocardial Infarction Minimizing Hospital Readmission
Phase 1: EBP for Effective Patient Care Transition
Donald, an acute myocardial infarction (MI) patient, has undergone angioplasty, a procedure in which a catheter is inserted into clogged arteries Continue Reading...
Furthermore, one of the pillars of collaborative care that will need to be firmly established is the fostering of clear dialogue and a means for strong communication within the care management planning. For instance, there needs to be a clear decis Continue Reading...
EBP is to facilitate strategy to eradicate short cycle return to second readmission of psychiatric patients on hospital beds. Doing so will assist health care providers in addressing the issue of bed shortage. Reduction of readmission rates allows m Continue Reading...
Amin, B et al. (2013). Pitfalls of calculating hospital readmission rates based on nonvalidated administrative data sets. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 18(2): 134-138.
This study examines the University of California's Medical Center in San Franc Continue Reading...
Preventing 30 Day Readmission on Medicare and Medicaid Patients
One of the most costly and common phenomenon in the modern healthcare system is the increased rates of readmission to hospital of Medicare and Medicaid patients within a short period a Continue Reading...
AbstractThe problem is extended wait times among paediatric patients at the selected Paediatric Emergency Department (PED). This is a result of failure by nurses and clinicians to effectively educate patients at discharge, which causes many patients Continue Reading...
How Does the Use of In-home Monitoring for CHF Impact Re-hospitalization Rates?
Impact on In-home Monitoring for CHF on Re-hospitalization Rates
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the major cardiovascular diseases with high global incidence and Continue Reading...
DISSEMINATION OF THE DNP PROJECT FINDINGS AbstractThe problem is extended wait times among paediatric patients at the selected Paediatric Emergency Department (PED). The failure by nurses and clinicians to effectively educate patients at discharge ca Continue Reading...
Diabetes in AppalachiaPart 1: Teaching PlanThe teaching plan focuses on the following areas, with the intention being to promote self-management of type 2 DM for the patient living in Appalachia.Leadership.For people living with diabetes in Appalachi Continue Reading...
Hypertension: PICOTPractice Issue (Foreground): HypertensionHypertension, or high blood pressure, is a prevalent condition that poses significant health risks, including heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. It is often called the \\\"silent kil Continue Reading...