examine the effects of HIPAA and other regulations on health care communication. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Option 2: Communications Coordinator Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Read the following scenario: • As the administrator of a local nursing home, you have just received notification that the organization is being purchased by a national group. Because of new policies to be implemented, many of the
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Late in life, elderly adults begin to experience changes in their communications skills. Physical disability often means they must move to the nursing home, too. Part of the onset of disability is the deterioration of hearing and vision. Therefore, it becomes necessary for nursing home staff and visitors to learn to communicate compassionately and effectively with elderly and disabled residents. Some elderly adults may not have exercised communication skills recently due to diminished contact with
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Melodie Griffin I chose scenario 2 as a subject of my paper. The nursing home needs to follow a certain protocol when it comes to cleaning. Nursing homes need to keep a low infection rate because of the fact that elderly individuals have a low immune system and may not bounce back as quickly after getting sick. It is important that not only the patients but the facility are taking care of. In this scenario the nursing administrators are having a meeting to discuss ways to reduce infection within the
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the law impacts physicians and employers. In this assignment, you will examine two scenarios surrounding healthcare personnel in their work environment. | Part 1: Legal Responsibility | 30 points | Adam Green is an orderly in the Midwest Nursing Home. His supervisor, Nora Malone, has asked him to supervise the dining room while 20 residents eat their evening meal. Bill Heckler is an 80-year-old resident who is very alert and ambulatory. He tells Adam that he doesn't like the meal that's being
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examine the effects of HIPAA and other regulations on health care communication. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Option 2: Communications Coordinator Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Read the following scenario: • As the administrator of a local nursing home, you have just received notification that the organization is being purchased by a national group. Because of new policies to be implemented, many of the
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getting my masters, and my nursing degree. One I do complete in my master I will be going into the nursing school. I would love to work as an administrator in a nursing facility or home health care. The health administer have varying role which does depend on the size of the health organization. When I decided to obtain my undergrads as a health administrator is because I have a great organization skills and leadership. In the past I didn’t realize what an administrator did on a daily basis. When
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EDUCATION PREPARATION DIFFERENCES IN COMPETENCIES OF NURSING DEGREES: ASSOCIATES VS. BACCALAUREATES Patel, Hetal Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V Professional Dynamics January 25, 2012 There are many differences in the competencies between nurses prepared at the associate’s degree level versus the baccalaureate level in nursing. The differences in competencies has be seen in the leadership ladder for advancement in the profession of nursing, the ability to provide care, the coordination of
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Congress passed the Whistleblower Protection Act in 1989 (Whitaker, 2007). Legislation intent was to increase security for the principles of federal employees, and to help abolish any improper doing within the government. Administrative Law Nursing home facilities are rated a five star quality rating, which they are essential to meet more than 180 regulatory standards. The ratings consist of resident protection from mental abuse, physical abuse, safe food preparation, and medication management
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the problem or solve the issue. This paper will also discuss how a group of nursing home administrators and an infection control officer has come across an increasing rate of infection at a nursing home. The nursing home is at risk for fines if it continues to have this problem and the administrators need to come up with a way to handle this problem. Decision-Making With this particular situation, the administrators need to be aware of how any changes will affect the patients as well as the
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April 5, 2014 Stephen Southern Communication in health care is difficult to say the least. Within a nursing home there are different ages ranges, socioeconomic levels, literacy and cultures. As an Administrator of a local nursing home this issue is known first hand. The organization has just received notification that the organization is being purchased by a national group. Because of the new policies, many of the
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