Inpatient Whiteboards This study is a theoretical framework exploring whiteboard use preferences and recommendations for patient-centered care and communication through whiteboard use. This study is a theoretical framework exploring whiteboard use Continue Reading...
CPOE and CDSS A CDSS (decision support alerts) Embedded in a CPOE (Prescribing Order Entry) for Intravenous HEPARIN ORDER ENTRY Weight, last heparin dose, and related laboratory tests displayed on the screenDirect by Test Doctor at 13th September Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Ethical Pillars of Patient Confidentiality: Explore the ethical principles that underpin the concept of patient confidentiality, such as respect for autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. Discuss the rol Continue Reading...
Boldly Go Case StudySection 1 Introduction to the Organization Providence Healthcare is a leader in rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care, and community programs, providing inpatient and outpatient care to more than 5,000 individuals annua Continue Reading...
We Can, But Dare We?IntroductionEveryone loves to post on social mediabut what happens when one posts information that violates a patients HIPAA rights? Consider this scenario: a healthcare provider gets on social media and posts something about a pa Continue Reading...
diagnoses, pain is a common complaint among inpatients. In the U.S. alone, approximately 100 million patients experience chronic pain (Alaloul et al., 2015). Pain negatively affects numerous aspects of an individual's life, such as sleep, quality of Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. Ethical Foundations of Patient Confidentiality: Explore the moral and ethical principles that underpin the concept of patient confidentiality. Discuss the importance of trust in the doctor-patient relat Continue Reading...
Introduction Patient-centered care is the goal of many healthcare organizations, but the ability of an organization to deliver patient-centered care is influenced by a number of factors both internal and external. Business practices, regulatory requ Continue Reading...
Psychiatric Disabilities Description of Facility The inpatient psychiatry program at the University of Michigan Hospital is on the ninth floor of the hospital building. It has 25 newly renovated bed units and offers both private and semi private ro Continue Reading...
Catheter-Related Infections Central Catheter-related ICU Infections Central Catheter-Related Infections in ICUs Reducing Central Catheter-Related ICU Infections in Michigan Reducing Central Catheter-Related ICU Infections in Michigan Teams of c Continue Reading...
NICU Nosocomial Infections Preventing NICU Nosocomial Infections Rhine (2006) writes an editorial to appeal to clinicians staffing neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to increase their awareness of patient safety measures because a large number o Continue Reading...
Some authors show that, contrary to the belief that health care professionals are less sensitive than the general public toward the manipulation of the body, they in fact have great difficulty in allowing action to be taken on the deceased donor, ev Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Josie King Story: A Case Study on Medical Errors and Patient Safety: This essay could examine the Josie King story as a pivotal case study highlighting the consequences of medical errors. It would Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Communication Breakdown in Healthcare: Lessons from the Josie King Story: This essay explores the critical role of effective communication in healthcare settings, using the Josie King story as a case stu Continue Reading...
Joint Commission is an independent, non-profit making and a private sector organization in the United States which generates a huge financial surplus annually. The organization operates various accreditation programs for a particular fee to subscribe Continue Reading...
Quality and Sustainability Paper Part Two - Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Medication Error Rates by Nursing Staff As reported previously, medication errors can occur in virtually any treatment setting, including patients’ homes, but the p Continue Reading...
Healthcare system is large, spending accounted for 17% of the GDP in 2011 and was expected to increase (Kaplan & Porter, 2011). By 2014 this had risen to 17.5% of GDP, with a monetary value of $3 trillion, equal to $9,523 per capita, employing ap Continue Reading...
Nursing Care Plan Patient Assessment and Implementation of Nursing Model in Addressing Patient Care Goals The patient being assessed is a 72-year-old female brought to the gynae ward for diarrhea and vomiting and generally unwell and weakness in ad Continue Reading...
Threat of Pesticides to Infants' Health and Safety: Pesticides are chemicals that have successfully been used in agricultural production to restrain pests on different crops such as vegetables, cereal grains, fruits, and nuts. As a result, they have Continue Reading...
Epidemiology of Elderly Driving Safety Annotated Bibliography Ball, K., Edwards, JD, Ross, LA, and McGwin, G. (2010) Cognitive Training Decreases Motor Vehicle Collision Involvement of Older Drivers. The American Geriatrics Society. Journal Compila Continue Reading...
Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Patient Management OF OSTEOMYELITIS IN THE DIABETIC PATIENT Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone or bone marrow which is typically categorized as acute, subacute or chronic.1 It is characteristically defined accor Continue Reading...
Pain Management in Post-Operative Patients Pain suffered patients undergoing surgery. The severity pain vary patient. It nurse caring patient postoperative phase manages patient's pain. Questions arise pain assessment, nurses estimation mismanagemen Continue Reading...
Patient Identifiers The Importance of Patient Identifiers Adverse events as a consequence of medical treatment are now recognized to be a significant source of morbidity and mortality around the world (World Health Organization [WHO], 2005). Somewh Continue Reading...
Thus, if any of us was one of the "actors', we would be tempted to judge each alternative in a subjective manner. If we were the patients, the AECL board or the hospitals we would want Therac-25 to be approved. If we were the public or FDA we would Continue Reading...
Controlling Violent Health Care Patients and Employees This is a paper discussion on the identification and control of violence amongst health care patients and employees. It has 11 sources. An Introduction to Violence Violence has become a commo Continue Reading...
Marketing, Product Safety, and Intellectual Property Ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety Various organizations often find themselves in the wrong side of the law when undert Continue Reading...
Business operations are deemed viable of they succeed in establishing conditions that guarantee safety for its product consumers. Specified standards are applied by business entities to attain such viability. These considerations are critical in prod Continue Reading...
U.S. statistics indicate that 80% of aviation accidents are due to human errors with 50% due to maintenance human factor problems. Current human factor management programs have not succeeded to the degree desired. Many industries today use performanc Continue Reading...
However, this study was discredited and criticized by subsequent studies. Only one study directly addressed the use of untied mittens as restraints in the critical care unit. All other studies addressed other forms of restraint systems. The results Continue Reading...
DPSCS Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) This report will provide a comprehensive safety and security plan for the Maryland Public Safety Education and Training Center (PSETC). This security plan will be broken i Continue Reading...
The penalties for being out of compliance when OSHA comes knocking should be enough to motivate any healthcare facility to devise a plan to make sure that they are in compliance with OSHA's regulations. The startling thing is that it took an initia Continue Reading...
Under conventional radiology, excessive exposure outputs a "black" film. In case of digital systems, good images are got from a large range of doses. With the help of digital fluoroscopy systems, it is extremely simple to get as well as delete image Continue Reading...
Security Plan for the Maryland Public Safety Education and Training Center This paper will focus on a security plan designated for the Maryland Public Safety Education and Training Center. Here emphasis will be given on many things including facilit Continue Reading...
Intersection of Technology and HealthcareIn the past, medical records were kept on paper and stored in file cabinets. This system had its own set of problems, such as lost records and difficulty sharing information between doctors. The advent of elec Continue Reading...
LITERATURE REVIEW Literature Review Chapter: Workplace Violence, Safety, and AwarenessIntroduction of the Literature TopicWorkplace violence occurs when the threat of the safety of the employees exists. It can be various types such as verbal abuse, p Continue Reading...
Safety is a term used to refer to prevention of an occurrence of risk that might cause damage, either severe or mild. It also refers to the precautions taken to reduce the risk of death, injury, property damage or hazards that might accrue during the Continue Reading...
Patient Acuity ScalesLiterature ReviewAccording to DiClemente (2018), nurses have a moral as well as professional obligation to ensure that patient have access to the best possible level of care. This could be achieved via the deployment of a wide ra Continue Reading...
Combined with the human development index these studies showed that using parameters that affect the standards like education, longevity, and standard of living it is possible to predict the environmental health factors, and find the actual health i Continue Reading...
Leading Change for Patient and Service Improvement Module about service quality: Service quality concept in the current literature The developed countries have given a significant importance to the service sector of the country. With every passing Continue Reading...
