RTT1 TASK 1 In this scenario several hospital employees provide care for a 72 year-old male retired rabbi patient. The patient was admitted with a broken hip, he is restrained and during his stay he was given the wrong meal tray. Nursing-sensitive indicators such as pressure ulcers and patient satisfaction will be addressed. These indicators can be addressed and measured by the hospital through collecting data pertaining to pressure ulcer prevention and Press Ganey scores for patient satisfaction
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Royann Schmidgall * * Health facilities are places that provide health care to people. A health care facility includes hospitals, clinics, specialized care centers, and outpatient care centers. Health care facilities range from relatively simple and small clinics to complex larger and costly research hospitals. A healthcare facility should communicate messages to patients, volunteers, visitors, and staff as an establishment of kind, comfort and welcoming compassion
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I. OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT “Out patient department is defined as apart of the hospital with allotted physical facilities and medical and other staff in sufficient numbers, with regularly scheduled hours, to provide care for patients who are registered as inpatients. Categories of outpatients: • Emergency Outpatients – Patient given emergency care as a result of sudden severe illness or accident. • Referred Outpatients – Patient referred to the OPD by a physician or specialist.
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people every day, they are all around us, they look like everyone else, and there numbers are growing. They are physicians assistants. Physicians assistants work in clinics and hospitals to help people with either minor or major injuries. Physician's assistants are necessary to primary health care and hospitals everywhere; hospitals, clinics and people in general need physician's assistants to help and take care of patients in every area of the medical field. The physician's assistant profession was
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Regulatory Requirements In the healthcare industry there is a wide range of staff members who have a variety of specialties and responsibilities. Maintenance, Housekeeping, Medical staff, and Administration are all examples of positions available in hospitals or clinics. It is easy to see that staff in Administration may not have the same needs as staff members in Housekeeping. Healthcare organizations are regulated by different regulations that affect how patients are handled, paperwork is processes
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Standards In order for a hospital to be eligible for reimbursement through Medicare, they have to show that they are compliant by way of the Conditions of Participation. One way to show this is by getting an accreditation through The Joint Commission who meets the Medicare Condition of Participation standards. (La Tour, 2013). Clinical Quality Medical professional should select quality measures for reporting such as commonly treated conditions, the types of care that are frequently delivered
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providers should continually access the need for using restraints, and remove them as soon as possible. B) Using hospital data on nursing sensitive indicators could advance quality care throughout the hospital. In this case, the hospital should examine the incidence of pressure ulcers, the use of restraints, and dietary requests. a. When examining the pressure ulcers, the hospital should consider what type of patients are acquiring them? Does it happen on a specific unit more than others?
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Program-Centered Administrative Consultation Discussions-3, choose an environment and discuss: As the consultant, what would be your purpose/objectives? My work setting will be hospitals. As a suicidal prevention consultant by the Moffitt research cancer center the purpose will be to evaluate, assess, and analyze their suicide prevention/intervention plan created by the director of the campus; as well as identify any possible flaws, goals, achievements and interventions achievements, and areas
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University of Phoenix Material Health Care Resources Matrix Research 4 to 5 health care laws related to health care resource allocation. Complete the table below: |Health Care Law |Describe the health care law (75 to 150 words) |Analyze the importance of the law (75 to 150 words)|Analyze the impact the law has on health care | | | |
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Concerns over Private Health Insurance HCA: 305; The US Healthcare System Concerns over Private Health Insurance 1) A single payer system, private insurance company or US government, why is there so much resistance to this concept which is used in advanced countries? The resistance is because of economic power
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