Final Organizational QI Plan Hani Mortada HCS 588 October 7, 2013 Ronald Konnick Final Organizational QI Plan Executive Summary The concept of using computer technology to improve the management of patient information is not new. Research into the implementation of health care information systems spans more than thirty years at a cost of millions of dollars (Zheng, McGrath, Hamilton, Tanner, White, Pohl, 2009). In spite of those costly efforts, patient records continue to be primarily paper-based. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) (1991) of the National Academy of Sciences recognized the magnitude
This article main purpose is to provide evidence of the importance and application of standardized terminologies in the Nursing practice. A patient care scenario will be used to identify how NANDA, NOC, and NIC elements are applicable. Data, information, knowledge, and wisdom (DIKW) framework will be used to create the patient care scenario. Standardized Nursing terminologies are used by most of healthcare settings as part of Electronic Health Records, and represent nursing data, information, and knowledge that can be stored in the electronic systems to be used as a reference by health care professionals. Scenario A female is referred to home health services for skilled nursing evaluation, and observation.
Lindblad, Geoff Mini Paper 2 HSC 4564 Manners The Malcolm Baldrige Award is a formal recognition of excellence from the president of the United States. A Malcolm Baldrige Award in health care is only given to those organizations which “achieve and sustain the highest national levels of patient safety and patient loyalty, health care outcomes for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, and other conditions, physician and staff satisfaction and engagement (especially among registered nurses), revenue and market share, and community services.” This award indirectly portrays healthcare for especially for the elderly at it's finest. Geriatric care is arguably one of the most difficult fields of medicine to practice along
Together with our team, we deliver award-winning care. In fact, we're proud to be the nation's only provider recognized as a Top 100 hospital for heart care for 11 consecutive years. Year Founded - 1916 Beds - 687 Discharges - 25,362 ER Visits - 76,738 Births - 3,127 Maps, directions and phone numbers Morton Plant North Bay Hospital At Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, patient quality drives everything we do. We've just completed a major expansion which now allows us to offer improved patient care, advanced technology and greater convenience for the medical needs of the West Pasco community. The new hospital campus features: The four-story, 56,000 square foot Starkey Medical Tower with new private patient rooms, increasing the total number of patient beds at Morton Plant North Bay by over 25 percent.
To determine whether a new procedure falls within the RN scope of practice you would first clearly define the procedure at hand and ask if it was learned in your basic nursing program. If it was not part of a basic nursing program, determine if you learned the procedure as part of a comprehensive training program which included clinical experience, for example skills specialized to a specific floor or area of the hospital. Then determine if the procedure has become so commonplace in nursing literature and practice that it can reasonably be assumed within the scope, such as wound care and dressing. Find out if the procedure falls within your State Board of Nursing's scope of practice and then if it is in the hospital's policy and procedure manual, which the employer would believe to be within your scope of practice. Finally, determine if the procedure would pass the "reasonable and prudent" standard of nursing, meaning would a nurse with the same education and training perform the task.
Vision for the future of nursing NUR 391 September 3, 2012 Vision for the future of nursing Today’s nurses focus on care for patients based on evidence based practice, which requires nurses to base their care on research based knowledge. It involves using the most credible and up to date research to guide the nurse through patient care. Evidence based practice (EBP) also stresses the use of known policies and protocols that are based on research rather than based on ‘that is how it has always been done attitudes.’ Evidence based practice also has many potential advantages including greater confidence in decision making and better patient outcomes. EBP has also helped with the nursing process which gears specific patient care to the individual based on that specific patients individual needs (Black, 2011). According to Black (2011), “nursing research enhances the status of nursing as a profession by expanding nursing’s scientific knowledge base.” (pg.
Magnet Status was first granted in 1982 by the American Academy of Nursing to 41 hospitals with high retention rates for nurses. The Magnet Recognition Program was established by the American Nurses Association and the American Nurses Credentialing Center in the early 1990’s (Goode, Blegen, Park, Vaughn & Spetz, 2011, p. 517). Preparation The subject of Magnet Status was selected in order to better understand the criteria for Magnet Status. One local hospital advertises they give better nursing care and uses their Magnet Status to support this. In the clinical setting, staff nurses at both local hospitals seem to be equally competent.
3) The predominant concept that ran through the data analysis was that of APNs as a cornerstone, using their expertise, networks, and knowledge of healthcare not only to facilitate patient care but to develop a pivotal role facilitating nursing and medical practice. Sub-themes included enhancing communication, enhancing practice, acting as a role model, and facilitating the patients journey. 4) Ward-based APNs are essential and necessary for providing quality holistic patient care and their role can be defined as more as more than junior doctor
A Comparison of the Professional Roles of Nurses In this paper, the nurse’s unique role in providing inter-professional care, patient care quality and safety, cost effective healthcare, and care to diverse patient populations will be investigated. A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), J.W. and a Nurse Educator, M.,H., were interviewed, their roles as nurses were analyzed using provided protocol to discuss the difference between research and quality improvement, also how informatics affect the quality of patient care. The two specialties based on the individual interviews will be compared and a copy of both interviews will be incorporated into the paper. Lastly, a reflection of findings will be discussed as to how nurses could contribute the information from the two interviews into their own professional growth and development.
Once completing my bachelors of science in nursing, I can continue my long-term goal of becoming a nurse practitioner. The skills required of a nurse practitioner are skills that I have been practicing throughout my career as a nurse. I will listen to my patient’s needs and concerns, and provide them with information in a way they can understand it. I will have better critical thinking and reasoning skills for when problems or situations arise. I will have the knowledge and information needed to diagnose and treat.