...February 5, 2012 Russel Flippo Southwestern College Professional Studies Week 5 Assignment 2 LAYING OUT ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL’S NEW FACILITY 1. Identify the many variables that a hospital needs to consider in layout design. There are many different variables that a hospital needs to consider when developing a layout design. Among those variables is the specialty of the hospital – does there need to be a lot of operating rooms, or will the hospital deal with more trauma or specialized areas. The flow of personnel, equipment and materials is of upmost importance when considering the layout. How easily will nurses and doctors get to the patients, and how much time will it take them to go from point “A” to point “B”? A hospital tends to be more process oriented and, therefore; should be designed as such. Work cells provide the ability for personnel to perform certain functions in one specific place. Another variable that hospitals need to consider in layout design is the family of the patient. Patients will have visitors – some more than others – and they must be able to have privacy and be able to visit with their loved one in a comfortable setting. 2. What are the advantages of the circular pod design over the traditional linear hallway layout found in most hospitals? One of the advantages of the circular pod design is that it keeps the work cells closer to the patients. The pod design allows for one centralized place for nurses and doctors to work from...
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...1. Arnold Palmer Hospital created a plan for its new facility using different variables, layouts, drawings, simulations and a massive planning process. The variables that Arnold Palmer Hospital needs to consider for its layout design are as follows: Security is one of the components that the hospital needs to consider as of how to protect their patients (especially babies). while talking about patients as they are the first priority would need nursing anytime so nursing efficiency it is important for the nurses for not to spend time traveling around the facility. Also Meal and supply efficiencies is a factor to consider because the food have to be delivered warm and on time. Need to have much space for family members and visitors to come and stay with the patient. Privacy is a very important variable because this can give to the patients the serenity and peace they need. Location, x-ray, laboratories, management, pharmacy and much other factor like them must have a specific place in the layout and finally incorporate areas for medical and non-medical personnel. 2. The advantages of the circular pod design over the traditional linear hallway layout are that it is much easier for the nurses to see and reach each room, this means that the travel time for nurses will be minimized, but not only will save time, will give more medical efficiency for doctors and staff in general. In addition, the circular pod system can supply two rooms at the same time and this is something that the...
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...Out Arnold Palmer Hospital's New Facility When Orlando's Arnold Palmer Hospital began plans to create a new 273-bed, 11-story hospital across the street from its existing facility, which was bursting at the seams in terms of capacity, a massive planning process began. The $100 million building, opened in 2006, was long overdue according to Executive Director Kathy Swanson. “We opened Arnold Palmer Hospital in 1989, with a mission to provide quality services for children and women in a comforting, family-friendly environment. Since then we have served well over 1.5 million women and children and now deliver more than 10,000 babies a year. By 2001, we simply ran out of room and it was time for us to grow.” The new hospital's unique, circular pod design provides a maximally efficient layout in all areas of the hospital, creating a patient-centered environment. Servicescape design features include a serene environment created through the use of warm colors, private rooms with pull-down Murphy beds for family members, 14-foot ceilings, and natural lighting with oversized windows in patient rooms. But these radical new features did not come easily. "This pod concept with a central nursing area and pie-shaped rooms resulted from over 1,000 planning meetings of 35 user groups, extensive motion and time studies, and computer simulations of the daily movements of nurses," says Swanson. In a traditional linear hospital layout, called the racetrack design, patient rooms line long hallways...
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...Arnold Palmer Hospital created a plan for its new facility using different variables,layouts, drawings, simulations and a massive planning process. The goal for this process was toincorporate 273 new beds and 11-story hospital with a budget of $100 million. This new facilitywill serve over 1.5 million women and children, and deliver more than 12,000 babies a year. Themission of this case will be answering the discussions questions, but focusingin layout trategies. The first question is concerning the variables that Arnold Palmer Hospital needs for itslayout design. We must to consider the following variables : Security, how to protect patientsand specially babies; Nursing Efficiency, it is crucial that nurses don't spend too much timewalking around the facility; Meal and Supply efficiencies, food have to be delivered warm andsupplies on time; Space, for visitors, family members and capacitation; Privacy, a very importantvariable because this can give to the patients the serenity and peace they need; Location, x-ray,laboratories, management, pharmacy, etc. must have a specific place in the layout and finallyincorporate areas for medical and non-medical personnel. The second question asks about the advantages of the circular pod design over thetraditional linear hallway layout. One of the advantages of the circular pod design is that is mucheasier for nurses to see and reach each room, this means that the travel time for nurses will beminimized, but not only will save time...
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...Field Trip Report Hackensack University Medical Center, part of the Hackensack University Health Network was founded in 1888. It is the best hospital in New Jersey and the third Best Hospital in Metro Area. In the national hospital ranking, Hackensack University Medical Center is one of the Top 50 hospitals in the United States. It is also one of the National’s Largest Cancer Centers, a National-Renowned Children’s Hospital and an Environmentally-Friendly Hospital Designed Just for Women. On April 7th, 2015, under the directions of Dr. Ramnarayanan, we had a trip to Hackensack University Medical Center to see how supply chain is used in the running of one of the best hospital in the United States. In the trip, the Vice-President of Supply Chain Management showed us how the supply chain works in HUMC to help them to improve their work efficiency, and told us about the benefits that the supply chain bring to HUMC. With the new technology used into the supply chain system in HUMC, automating manual processes become possible. Before, HUMC used paper work for the input and output of the medical device from the storage, the statistic of the medical device cost a lot of time and labor. Right now, they use the new technology to make this work much easier. The new handheld device can scan the barcode of each medical device, record the input and output of the medical device at the first time, then, send the data to the computer for statistic. Also, this can help the doctor to order...
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...Medical Equipment INC Q1) No, Grover thought that he has a good understanding for the culture because he was raised in Saudi Arabia, but the reality is he grew in an expatriate compound with limited contact with the Saudi people or the Saudi culture. He went to an Indian school and then went to take his college degree in the USA. His internships gave him the opportunity to work in France and the United States. The internships prepared him to work in the field but Saudi business concept is foreign to him. Grover did not understand the Saudi culture and missed some critical points while he was trying to get the deal. He knew that relationships are important in making business in Saudi Arabia which is completely true. The problem was he tried to build relations with the wrong persons the foreign cardiologist, the Egyptian biomedical engineer and the purchasing manager, but he could not reach the purchasing director. In a hierarchy community as Saudi Arabia the purchasing director is the most important one to build a relation with he is the one who can give Grover the deal. Grover spent his time building relation with people who can’t help him with the deal. It was obvious for me that Al Humaidi was avoiding meeting with Grover and when he finally met him after approximately one month it was a formal conversion. I lived in Saudi Arabia for 9 years and from my experience Saudi’s only have a say in Saudi Arabia. Foreigners or non Saudi Arabs working there have no say when it comes...
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...farm, and living close to nature and animals. In the novel, Salamanca becomes very independent in consider from the beginning of the novel. She becomes independent when she traveled with Gramps and Grams to Idaho because she was the one with the map guiding them through the trip. Also because she drove a car by herself all the way from a hospital to the top of a really high mountain, close to Lewiston. The last reason why she became independent is the most important one, and the reason that really changed her life. When she discovered that her mother was actually dead, she was mature and independent enough to understand that she was not coming back but that there was still hope....
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...Certificate/Policy and the Confirmation/ Declaration within 10 days of receipt and your plan payment will be refunded, provided you have not filed a claim or departed on your trip. One Call Worldwide Travel Services Network One Call Travel Services Network, Inc. provides: medical, legal and travel assistance services available 24 hours a day/365 days a year. A complete list of these services is included in your Certificate/Policy. Schedule of Benefits - SRTC-2000-WA-AH Plan Benefits Maximum Benefit Amount Accidental Death & Dismemberment..............................$5,000 Emergency Sickness/Accident Medical Expense.....$100,000 . Hospital Advancement....................................................$500 Schedule of Benefits - SRTC-2000-WA-PC Plan Benefits Maximum Benefit Amount Trip Cancellation............................................. Up to Trip Cost * . Single Occupancy................................................... Included . Trip Interruption............................................... Up to Trip Cost * Baggage/Personal Effects............................................. $1,000 Per Article...................................................................... $500 Combined Maximum Benefit......................................... $500 Baggage Delay (Up to $150 Per Day)............................... $750 Trip Delay (Up to $100 Per Day)....................................... $500 Emergency Evacuation/Repatriation of Remains.... $300,000 Schedule of Services Plan Services...
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...ordeal that some commented to my mother that it was like her son was “born without an immune system.” This specific time was around the year of third grade. I had already gone through a difficult time in third grade due to some complications that had occurred on a field trip to Chennault Park. However, I am going to be talking about the time when I came down with sickness in third grade, and I will not reminisce about the park. The story starts at about the beginning of the second semester at Swartz Upper Elementary School. I was sitting in class learning from my teacher Mrs. Adams, and I began to feel a little sickly, so I asked to be excused in order for me to go to the nurse’s office....
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...FOREIGN TRAVEL INSURANCE BACHELOR OF COMMERCE BANKING & INSURANCE SEMESTER 6 ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011 DECLARATION The information submitted is true and original to the best of my knowledge. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank Professor Adarsh Suri and Professor Neha Shah who havesupported immensely in the successful completion of this project. Foreign Travel Insurance INDEX 1. | What is Insurance? | 2. | Principles of Insurance | 3. | Need of Insurance | 4. | Types of Insurance | 5. | Benefits of taking Insurance | 6. | What is Globalization? | 7. | What is TRAVEL INSURANCE? | 8. | Types of Travel Insurance | 9. | Types of Travel | 10. | What is Foreign Travel Insurance? | 11. | Objectives of Foreign Travel Insurance | 12. | Guidance to Foreign Travel Insurance | 13. | Foreign Travel Insurance Coverage | 14. | Student Travel Insurance | 15. | Over 65 Travel Insurance | 16. | Foreign Travel Insurance in News | 17. | Foreign Travel Insurance W.R.T ICICI Lombard | 18. | Conclusion | 19. | Questionnaire & Analysis | Summary Provides information on the benefits of foreign travel insurance and what is generally included. Falling ill or experiencing an accident while travelling abroad requires foreign treatment, and, with medical expenses increasing worldwide, this can lead to costs much more difficult to cover than the actual holiday. Medical expenses increase immensely if there’s need for repatriation....
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...infections. This is a health hazard because it can cause a person to become ill due to airborne infections. To reduce this risk, the ventilation should be checked regularly and windows should be opened from time to time. Lighting in rooms of a residential care home is very important as poor lightning is a hazard especially for the elderly as some may have poor vision and if there is no emergency lightning there is a risk that an elderly resident will trip over something because they cannot see properly whereas if the lighting in the room is too bright, it can cause sight problems such as weak eyesight or watery eyes when in bright light. Hazards from equipment Hazards from equipment can include anything in the residential home that can make an elderly person trip over and hurt themselves just because someone has been careless or untidy. Many factors can cause slips, trips and falls, these include the way of cleaning, flooring type, footwear, levels of lighting, contrast between floors, walls and doors, and obstructions or other trip hazards. Hazards from Infections If procedures are...
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...Unit 3 – Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care P1 – Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting. Introduction: For P1, I am an employer, working for the local authority. My role is to check health, safety and security in different care settings. I will be looking for loose wires or toys lying around the floor as these are risks to injuries in the care setting. Key Terms: * Hazards: Anything that may cause any harm, such as loose wires trailing along the floor. Somebody may trip over them. * Risk: Risk is the chance that someone may be harmed, high or low risk, such as falling down the staircase. * Health hazards: These include incidents leading to an illness, such as visiting a patient in a hospital, and catching the norovirus. * Safety hazards: Incidents that lead to a personal injury or damage to equipment or buildings, such as using heavy or dangerous machinery with no license. * Security hazards: This includes intruders, theft of property or information and individuals either being abducted or leaving without consent. Such as having safety locks on doors at nurseries for young children to ensure that they cannot escape. * Reference. PPT. Level 3 Hazards in a health or social care setting, with examples. Hazards in a physical environment The physical environment includes everything that surrounds us, such as; objects, people, pets etc… These can have an...
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...world take this drug because of its side effects, which consist of an average of twelve hours of hallucinations. The age among the people who takes LSD varies between teenagers and young adults, who usually take it to have more fun wherever they are. Small portions are potent, and it has a strong effect on the body. The molecular formula for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, or LSD is C20 H25 N3 O. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, “more commonly known as LSD, is a non-toxic, non-addictive molecule which mimics serotonin in the brain (Rosling, Claire)”, is known for its hallucinogens effects on the body, and during the “trip” ”the person goes thru from 30 to 90 minutes after taking a capsule, tablet, or liquid form of LSD. The peaks of the effects are from 3 to 5 hours after taking it, and the effects last for up to 12 hours (Medical Group, Yale)”. User usually have a “good trip” which brings pleasant effects to the user, where everything seems to be amazing and beautiful, “colors seem stronger and lights seem brighter (Shanna Freeman)”, objects may get bigger or smaller then they are and moving around with halos, “LSD users often see patterns, shapes, colors and textures (Shanna Freeman)”. Users usually lose the notion of time and can’t tell if it is going forwards or backwards, time might slow down or speed up also. The user might go thru an euphoric state of mind where he feels self-confident, full of happiness, and very emotional. The effects of LSD depends from person to person, the...
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...and managing services Case: Aravind Eye hospital CASE UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS Aim of Aravind Hospitals: To treat the eyesight of the poor people in each and every part of India and in other asian, africa countries and in countries across the globe. Founder of Aravind Hospitals: Initially it had three surgeons :Dr. Venkataswamy, his sister, Dr. G.Natchiar; and her husband, Dr. P. Namperumalswamy .Dr. Venkataswamy is the founder of Aravind Hospitals. Personal tragedies at a very age (like the demise of his father) made him strong and accept the responsibilities of his family. * Strong technical expertise. * A strong sense of passionate service towards mankind included with spirituality and idealism. * Emotional connect with differently abled people as he himself has suffered from arthritis. Added with all personal experiences, a strong technical expertise helped him to build Aravind Hospitals Timeline of Aravind Hospitals: Year | Event | 1976 | Established main hospital with 20 beds | 1977 | 30 beds annex | 1978 | Free hospital with 70 beds started | 1981 | 250 beds with 80,000 sq feet of space in five floors | 1984 | 350-bed free hospital was opened | 1988 | New hospitals at Tirunelvelli and Thani started | 1990 | Free hospital opens to walk in patients | 1991 | Intraocular factory setup | 1992 | 240 staff including 30 Doctors,120 nurses | Operations in Aravind Hospitals: The hospital provides two principal surgical techniques...
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...needed to help people who are dying. She is concerned about going because she is afraid of stepping outside her small town and her comfort zone. While traveling she encounters those who are trying to stop her, becomes unsure about her ability to help and becomes sick herself and does not understand what she is suffering from. In the end she is able to help those in need and bring back valuable information to help others in her small town and elsewhere. RUNNING HEAD: SHORT STORY 3 Short Story Helping those who can’t help themselves is so much a part of me now; it’s hard to recall just when it started. As kids, Caitlin Morse and I would play hospital for hours on end. Each and every blond haired, blue eyed baby doll as well as each cuddly teddy bear had been bandaged, operated on and cured of every imaginable disease by the time we were 12. Caitlin went on to marry a doctor and I chose to become one. I often wonder if following her path would have been easier. Choosing a path in medicine is not easy. There are those who chose the path that provided wealth while expending very little time while others chose to do something they love regardless of the monetary reward. When I reached the point in medical school where I had to make that decision, like other things in life, the...
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