This means that the agencies identify needs and improvement areas pertaining to the care of the patient to ensure standards throughout all hospitals and health care facilities. The professional nursing organizations (PNO), such as the American Nurses Association have the care of the nurses and patients for the agenda and according to Cherry & Jacob these “organizations monitor public policy and offer avenues for their members to learn about health policy, they serve as an invaluable resources for reliable information related to policy issues and policymakers.” (2011)(p. 489). These professional organizations support the efforts of the nurses in all states and reflect guidelines for all nurses to adhere to provide the best possible care for the patients. As an example, the ANA notifies members of upcoming legislation that will impact the nurses at hospitals, nursing homes and clinics. Through this interaction the nurses are better informed as to what is happening in the political arena, such as patient ratios and shift lengths, this may impact the ability to care for patients or allow the care to improve.
From an evaluation of the report card only, Bluegrass Hospital seems to be deficient in which areas? A make believe two hundred bed facility. In which the rates are lower than the national average in areas such as Volume, but reverse in Mortality rate where most of the rates seem above the national average. Since the report is based on an evaluation of administrative data, what should the first course of action be? Herein, Fleming has made some very strong and important recommendations on how to evaluate administrative data within the text, the example made is, “The team compares the data to other internal sources of this information.
RUP 1 Laurie Mahaffey Western Governors University A. Functional Differences The differences between a regulatory agency such as the Board of Nursing (BON) and a Professional Nursing Organization (PNO) is that the BON regulates, writes laws, approves licensure and governs nurses at all levels of nursing and at all levels of care. Its ultimate goal is protection of the patient. A PNO consist of groups of nurses that gather for the purpose of education, information sharing, benchmarking and overall growth of the nursing profession and the patients they serve. PNO’s provide strength to the nurse’s voice as well as serving as an advocate for patients (Matthews, 2012). The states regulate laws established to protect the
The salary and benefits of being a nurse practitioner are also much higher than being simply a registered nurse. In 2008 the average income for a NP was around $81,000 although this profession certainly has the potential to earn much more. In fact, the highest average earning salary was a little over $90,000 in the specialty of hematology/oncology. Like many nursing jobs, you can't become a nurse practitioner if you expect to work from 9 to 5. NPs are often called in at odd hours when there are fewer physicians available and the clinic or hospital requires someone with physician-like authority, without the costs or burden.
When the diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms alone, the prevalence among adults is found to be much lower. There have been studies to reveal any genetic factors associated with knee osteoarthritis, and it has been found that there is a small roll played by multiple genes, along with other risk factors. Many other factors play a role in the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, such as: coal miners and floorers tend to be at greater risk for having knee osteoarthritis, due to the amount of time they spend kneeling and manuevering on hard
The BRN manages those with nursing licenses and if necessary take action against nurses who have displayed unsafe nursing. They do this to protect the public by making sure they practice safe nursing. The BRN defines the standards for safe nursing care for each state in the Nurse Practice Act. (NPA). The Nurse Practice Act defines the qualifications needed for a nursing.
Nursing Documentation and Malpractice Law HCS/545 Health Law and Ethics May 31, 2010 Mary Nell Cummings Nursing Documentation and Malpractice Lawsuits Proper medical documentation can prevent liability issues and malpractice lawsuits. The focus on my paper will concentrate on nursing documentation and malpractice lawsuits. I presently work for a home health care agency. The entire staff throughout the company was recently informed of increased Medicare denials and possible lawsuits as results of inadequate documentations. A series of education training of documentation was implemented to help reduce episodes of Medicare payment denials and self-protection through adequate documentation.
Ways to increase compliance in the elderly. Increasing compliance in the elderly deems a decrease in the amount of hospitalizations and emergent care for these patients. Most elderly patients are diagnosed with multiple medical conditions which require multiple medications (Brandt, Hanna, & Walters, 2013). All these medications cost money as well as a tremendous responsibility to the patient. Money can become a big issue with compliance, but money is not the only reason why elderly are non-compliant with their medications.
Running head: IMPROVING QUALITY PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY Improving Quality Patient Care and Safety Betty Miller Western Governors University RTT1 Task 1 Improving Quality Patient Care and Safety The American Nurses Association developed nursing-sensitive indicators for the purpose of improving quality patient care and safety. Nursing-sensitive indicators are the patient outcomes that have been clinically researched and proven to be directly linked to nursing care. Nursing-sensitive indicators are based upon the organization of care, nursing care process and results of patient focused outcomes. The organization or structure of nursing care is reflected by the quantity and quality of nursing staff. The structure indicators are related to nursing staff characteristics such as the skill mix, experience, certification and education of the nurses.
Access to primary and secondary health services differ for Maori and non Maori. research identifies Maori are less likely to be referred for specialist or surgical care and receive lower levels of hospital care than non Maori. A survey has shown that 38 percent of Maori adults had problems with obtaining required health services in their local area compared to 16 percent of non Maori. (2) Socio economic factors also contribute to the poor health of Maori. Socio economic factors refer to the social standing of a individual or group, this is measured by education, income and occupation.