Administrative Ethics Paper Marie Hammond HCS 335 01/13/2014 Susan Fajfasz Abstract This document is going to talk about the importance of patient information and how private it is. There are many article, magazines, and newspaper ads that deal with confidentiality and the HIPPA rules and regulations that limit doctors from giving patient information to a third party. Doctors are not able to give out patient information without the consent of the patient, in this paper though it will be
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responsibility, authority, and accountability of registered nurses (RNs) for their nursing practice. The RN’s obligation to provide safe, quality care creates distinct challenges when delegating care to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). These challenges are amplified in today’s health care environment of shrinking resources; patients with complex, chronic conditions; hospitals, home care settings, and nursing homes with high patient acuity; and the use of sophisticated technology. An
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AND U.S.A. B.S. NURSING CURRICULUM In Partial Fulfilment of The Final requirements for the Subject CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ________________________________________ Prepared and Submitted by: ROTSEN J. JAMBONGANA, RN CHARMAINE S. DACLES, RN ANA TESSA SOLIGUEN, RN STEPHANIE VARELA, RN TRACY SARMIENTO, RN MICHELLE CAñA, RN PEARL DOLALAS, RN ________________________________________ Respectfully Submitted to: MRS. MERLE SALVANI, MN Professor MASTER IN NURSING University of
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SERVICES, INC. STRATEGIC/BUSINESS PLAN 2012 STRATEGIC/BUSINESS PLAN 2012 I. MISSION STATEMENT HEALTH RELATED SERVICES, INC. is dedicated to provide high quality, safe professional home care services. We practice the provision of comprehensive patient-centered, cost effective care focused on each patient’s unique needs. Restoration of our patient’s health well-being is our highest priority. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
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Historical Development of Professional Nursing in the United States Jennifer Casavant Telford, PhD, APN-BC Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Discuss the impact of Florence Nightingale's model and the American Civil War on mid to late–19th-century American nursing education. • Describe the transition of nursing education from the hospital to collegiate programs. • Discuss the role of nursing licensure in safeguarding the public
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Nursing homes have been exceedingly convenient and serviceable over the years for the aging population, whom are faced with the prospect of moving themselves or a love one into a nursing home. These facilities are for aging individuals or anyone who needs care for a long period of time and need high level of care, but don’t need to be hospitalized and can’t be cared for at home. They provide their residents with room and board, health care insurance, nursing aides and skilled nursing care, rehabilitation
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staffing as a quality measure in nursing homes.Systematic reviews are considered the “gold standard” for reviewing a body of research. The demandfor this research is constantly growing. The researchers’ method was to review and summarize eighty-seven articles. The researches organized the articles into three themes: staffing measures, qualitymeasure, and risk adjustment variables. This research is critical to understand to assist the long-termcare community. Many nursing studies were not included in
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Human Resource Department SUBJECT: New position request for Nurse Manager The information provided in this memo is for the new Nurse Manager position on the sub- acute unit of the Alaris Health is Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. The purpose of this memo is to provide the Nursing Administration department the necessary information to be communicated with the incumbent Nurse Manager. The Alaris Health is a 222-bed facility providing long term care to senior citizens, sub-acute
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According to the report, Shawna Hardesty who was employed as a nursing assistant at Fountain City nursing home for a year was fired in August 2010 after she punched a 93-year-old patient in the head three times with a fist. A large “baseball-sized” bruise was on the forehead of the patient. Hardesty would punch her patient every time she came into her room, such as after breakfast. The administrator of the nursing home was interviewed and said they train employees how to deal with stress, and how
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W5 Application: Patient Safety Risks Nursing Home Setting This paper will focus on geriatric patients group with increased fall risk at nursing homes. A nursing home is chosen by as the selected healthcare setting. Nursing homes are not only for geriatric population, but for anyone who requires 24-hours care. Nursing homes focus their services for people who cannot be cared at home. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day. Many of them are set up like a hospital
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