difficult to determine if Adam’s actions were justified and ethical. Ethics empower us with the obligation of what we “should” or “ought to” do (Fremgen, 2012). There are several key pieces of information needed to make this determination such as the nursing home policies related to the dining room. There may have been a policy in place where everyone has to eat together and remain there until everyone is finished eating. Even if this was the case, locking the dining room doors is extreme and could have
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the Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities? Assisted living facilities, one of the fastest growing housing options for older adults, represents a potentially new employment option for RN’s. When most people think of nursing homes, they think about nurses being responsible for the patients. However, most nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the United States do not have any RN’s employed. Most assisted living facilities have LPN’s, medical technicians, and certified nursing assistants
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Modern Management of Today’s Nursing Homes Connor Watson Sociology of Organizations 12/15/2015 Final Research Paper Introduction The Silver Tsunami is coming, and because of this, there will be more elderly people entering into nursing homes and the available labor force in the United States will decrease. This idea appear may be shocking to anyone reading this, but to me, it is incredibly important information because I want to be an Administrator of a nursing home myself one day. I decided
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Health Care Communication Methods HCS/320 Health Care Communication Strategies May 18, 2015 Kelly Hernandez Health Care Communication Methods Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator As the Nursing home administrator it is my responsibility to ensure that communication between all staff members’ residents, and family members regarding the new policies of this facility which are in effect immediately. With the purchase of the national group, I will have to make sure that I understand the new policies
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Jackie: The Impaired Nurse The case scenario portrayed Jackie, as a typical nurse who was conflicted and stressed out from both the demands of family and of the workplace environment. At home, she was pressured by her husband to take on extra overtime to supplement and augment the family income. Thus, in spite of feeling that her skills were not current, Jackie signed on with her previous hospital to be on the flexible staffing pool (Badzek, et al., 1998). As expected, “Jackie did find the work
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these issues head on. Health care administrators are always faced with obstacles that they need to overcome within the facility they work in. I chose to interview Michael Semian, from the Gino Merli Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Michael is the Commandant and Head Administrator. Background The Gino Merli center is dedicated to providing their patients with compassionate and high quality care to Veterans of Pennsylvania. The home is a State run VA nursing home open to all honorably discharged
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Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA) in our local chapter, NorthEastPA NGNA. I do not currently hold an office in the local or national branches of the association. The NGNA purpose is “To support best clinical practices that enable nurses to optimize outcomes for older adults and to provide resources that advance member interests.” (NGNA, 2016, Our Purpose). The NGNA describes gerontological nursing as “the application of a body of knowledge and skills to provide nursing care that meets
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communication exchange among staff members which determines the quality of care given to the patient’s. As a nursing home administrator my duties are to ensure the HIPPA rules and regulations are being upheld by members of the health care. By ensuring that HIPPA rules and regulations are upheld the health care faculty is ultimately providing the patient’s with quality care. Change within a nursing home can bring about much unwanted conflict and confusion among all parties involved. Following the chain
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typically means close by will be a larger need for more medical doctors to convey the identical kind of service. The following cause for a shortage is “The reasons for this are clear: Women still do a bulk of the duties surrounding the maintaining a home, upbringing of children and leaving lesser time accessible for practice. The main essential demographic changes within the labor force may cause anxiety for fewer medical doctors” (Williams & Torrens, 2008, pp 226-228). One reason for this may be due
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Business Brief As a nursing home administrator, I have the knowledge and history required to understand how healthcare organizations run. I have a passion for seniors, and ensuring they are well taken care of. As an administrator in the healthcare field, I strive for quality care and I am familiar with how to manage these types of facilities. With that being said, I would like to own a greenhouse nursing facility. Why Greenhouse Nursing While nursing homes provide long term, and in
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