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Translational ResearchCurrent Nursing Practice in the Healthcare Setting Requiring ChangeThere are numerous areas within nursing that demand change in everyday healthcare practice. More often than not, irrespective of the healthcare setting, an inven Continue Reading...
cultural diversity issues and its impact on nursing professionals' practice. It assesses a client hailing from a different culture, and employs information derived from the assessment determining and reflecting on health practices and beliefs of the Continue Reading...
Evidence and Expert Interview
SMART Goals - Evidence and Expert Interview
I chose goals in the areas of leadership development and organizational planning because I believe these are pivotal skills for a nurse to have in order to be an effective me Continue Reading...
3Healthcare Transition ProcessAll youth must go through a change from childhood to adulthood in the kind of medical care they get. The transition process is challenging, mostly for the youths who need special healthcare needs. Most young adults today Continue Reading...
Laws invariably impact scope of care and scope of practice. Many scope of care-related laws are designed to protect the interest of patients and/or consumers. Similar to jurisdiction debates in law enforcement, scope of care issues in healthcare high Continue Reading...
Technology-Associated Medical Errors
Medical Technology and Patient Safety
Advances in medical technology can be a double-edged sword, according to the numerous research findings discussed by Powell-Cope and colleagues (2008). On the one hand impro Continue Reading...
Business Plan for Health Care Informatics
The purpose of this paper is to present a business plan for the implementation of syndromic surveillance system. The major sections of the business plan are: identification of the key objectives and scope o Continue Reading...
Health Policy Letter
The health policy being proposed
Medicines are primarily used to avert chronic ailments, infectious viruses and alleviate pain. If used incorrectly and without necessary instructions, medicines can instigate harmful outcomes in Continue Reading...
Ethics and Legalities of Medication Error Disclosure
As Philipsen and Soeken (2011) note, it is the nurse's duty and ethical responsibility to inform the patient of any medical error in treatment, even if the error is "insignificant." The patient s Continue Reading...
EMS Bill is primarily designed to modernize and transform the current Emergency Medical Services System. One of the cornerstones of the bill is improved integration of services, to provide better coordination of service delivery. Currently, the EMS Continue Reading...
The Importance of Grammar and Punctuation Marks in the Medical FieldA woman scanning her menu at a nice restaurant sees a grizzly bear finish his meal, get up, pull out a gun, shoot his waiter and then exit. Startled and perplexed, she asked another Continue Reading...
NURSING
INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAMS AND TEAM-BASED DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE
Specific qualities are possessed by the most effective team members. I possess many of those qualities but need improvement in one area in particular. Certainly, my nursing trai 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...
Information Technology Trends: Electronic Healthcare Records
Today, consumers in the United States enjoy a modern healthcare system that has benefited from numerous innovations in medical technology, including the introduction of electronic healthc Continue Reading...
Checking the solution to the problem works as a check and balance system to the health care industry. An example may be problems with staffing. The plan could be developed to allow nurses to handle their own scheduling as long as all needed shifts a Continue Reading...
Measuring Outcomes, Assessment and Research
When it comes to evaluating the effectiveness, efficiency, performance, efficacy and quality of a healthcare outcome, there are important components to focus on. There are several levels of "value," includ Continue Reading...
Concept Analysis: Team Work in Professional Nursing1. IntroductionAlthough many nurses on the frontline in delivering high quality health care services may regard themselves as an army of one, they are still an integral part of an overall multidiscip Continue Reading...
Strategic Leadership and Future Delivery Models
The issue of life expectancy at birth is a relatively novel one. Before the 19th century for instance, the United Kingdom -- the country with the longest time-series of measured life expectancy -- had Continue Reading...
Foreign medical teams are comprised of health care professionals in a wide range of fields and areas of specialization. Their primary goal is to treat persons affected by sudden disasters and emergencies. Foreign medical teams may work under the ausp Continue Reading...
' Since the paper is only used as 'back up' this means that the files are under lock and key, in a centralized location or in the department generating the data. They do not circulate throughout the facility, ensuring a greater chance of misplacement Continue Reading...
Overview
Working at the Primary Care Clinic at the Veterans’ Administration (VA), nurses are exposed to a range of diagnoses and patient care concerns. The experience helps evolve core competencies in a range of practice areas. The VA calls the Continue Reading...
Health
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
Healing Hospital
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
A working definition of a healing hospital is a place or rather a holistic and integrated environment where "Healing will take place more quickly, tho Continue Reading...
Health Information Exchange
BOON OR BANE?
Health Information Exchange in the U.S.
The Guidelines
Benefits
Privacy and Security
Challenges and Strategies
Why Clinicians Use or Don't Use HIE
Doctors' Opinion on HIE
Consumer Preferences around Continue Reading...
Organizational Assessment Tools: LESAT
Discuss the premise of the model - how and when was it developed?
Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool (LESAT) is an organizational assessment tool developed by a group comprising of government, industry, and Continue Reading...
For effective fulfillment of duties by health care professionals which will, in turn, give a quality service to patients under their care, there is a need for effective inter-professional communication among personnel in a hospital environment. While Continue Reading...
Resolving Conflict in a Healthcare SettingThe purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of a real-life conflict in a healthcare setting, including the cause of the conflict, the parties that were involved, how the conflict was resolved, and wheth Continue Reading...
Telehealth and AI in HealthcareIntroductionThe integration of technology in healthcare helps by supporting accessible and personalized medical care. Telehealth has helped to break down geographical barriers by bringing healthcare to remote and unders Continue Reading...
Concept of the Impaired NurseIntroductionImpaired nurses cannot meet the requirements stipulated by the code of ethics that governs the nursing profession and the standards of professionalism dictated. Typically, impaired nurses neglect their fundame Continue Reading...
Map of Prescription Filling at an HMO and SIPOC for Problem Analysis (Bertrand
Filling prescriptions and the estimated time each activity takes consist of four steps in most pharmacies (Bertrand, 2012). The first is entering the prescription when r Continue Reading...
Self-AssessmentThe DNP8300 course has been instrumental in improving my understanding and skills in several areas of advanced nursing practice. As I reflect on the course level student learning outcomes, the core areas of competency for me include th Continue Reading...
Outpatient Clinic Center
For all health care facilities, having a code of ethics is critical for establishing acceptable practices for everyone to follow. This helps to improve the quality of care and professionalism. (Bryant, 2012) To fully underst Continue Reading...
Health Systems Administration - Improving Patient Safety
Medical errors are responsible for the deaths of an estimated 48,000-98,000 patients each year. Such errors are estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital, an Continue Reading...
Health and Nursing
Reduction of bedsores through implementation of Hospital wide turntable
Does the implementation of a hospital-wide turntable team have a positive impact on the reduction of bedsores?
Reduction of Bedsores
A pressure ulcer (PU) Continue Reading...
These examples highlight that technology is always a tool, a way of enhancing human judgment -- we must not mistake it as a replacement for good nursing practice.
After all, the use of a computer is no substitute for a medical education. Anyone who Continue Reading...
Medical ID Theft and Securing EPHI
Medical Identity Theft
Medical information can be stolen by 1) the bad guys getting sick and using a victim's information to obtain services, 2) friends or relatives use another friend's or relative's information Continue Reading...
Medical Field
Collaboration and communication are two keys to effectively assisting patients as they transition from one level of care to another. This is true when the patient is transitioning from a different department within the same medical fac Continue Reading...
..bad investment choices, in addition to the underwriting cycle, have led to dwindling profits for insurers, who then try to recoup their losses through over-priced insurance products. Lawyers and consumer groups generally support efforts to reform t Continue Reading...