The biggest area for quality improvement in the scenario will focus on improvement for the patient. Areas that are lacking and can use improvement for this aspect are: systems that affect the patient, patient safety, and coordination of care. In the scenario listed patients are not being brought down on time for their therapies which in turn is affecting their quality of care by not receiving the utmost care. This could be due to a lack of communication between staff in the facility and could be improved with better provisions or more staff in place. Patient satisfaction is also being compromised due to these issues affecting therapy.
They may not seek help from their GP. Financial barrier * This to do with how much it might cost to access a service. If the health, social care or early years service the individual is trying to access is some distance away they may not be able to afford the transport costs to get there. If a patient has to pay for medical prescriptions they may not be able to afford it so they do not get the medicine they need. Geographical barrier * Some individuals live near health, social care and early years services and others may live some distance away.
feeding tube fitted, nor was he a candidate for Total Parenteral Nutrition (T.P.N.) infusion, due to abnormal blood analysis. The ethical dilemma then lies with the patients’ autonomy vs. a nurses’ paternal instinct to act in their best interests. This assignment will consider the statement “…ignorance of the law is no defence and the nurse should be aware of the limits which the law imposes on her, and also the power it gives her” (Dimond 2005). It will try to give interpretation of this statement by mentioning the situation above throughout, which highlights a number of ethical and legal dilemmas - while maintaining confidentiality by protecting the patients’ identity using obscurity (NMC 2004).
For example information should not be given out to anyone who isn’t involved. Staff must get the consent of anyone’s information they need to share. Staff needs to make sure that the correct information is accessible for those who need to know, it is important. Legal requirements and codes of practice are also beneficial as they help keep a balanced relationship between the workers and service users. They also may obstruct the amount of support given to a specific client and this could be due to health and safety or not meeting the legal
a pilot study by the National Nursing research unit, at King’s College london, has shown that interruptions are contextually dependent on ward layout, patient care, trust or ward protocols and the seniority of the nurses undertaking the tasks involved. interruptions affect staff cognitively by interfering with working memory, causing lack of focus (Potter et al 2005) and invoking feelings of frustration and stress. however, it must be noted that interruptions in healthcare settings may sometimes be essential to good staff communication so that harm and error can be minimised or eradicated. 22 February 2010 | Volume 16 | Number 9 The evidence of the contribution to medication administration errors of interruptions to nurses’ work examined by the authors included systematic
Health promotion enables people to increase control over their health and to improve their health, which does not rely solely on one discipline of health but is rather a multidisciplinary scope that intertwines health education and health interventions and involves individuals, family, communities, state and federal government. The goal of health promotion is to enhance value in health, lessen the health risks, advocate for healthy lifestyles and settings, and respond to the underlying determinants of health. Implementation of Health Promotion Implementing health promotion is a key factor in promoting wellness and preventing illness. Chronic diseases in the United States have a major impact and
Negligence is a failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to the patient or to another part, yahoo.com (2014). Negligence occurs in most of the areas, but more likely happens in elderly patients in health care setting for example, hospital unit, convalescent home, and boarding care facilities. Common example of negligence includes medication errors, refusal to provide adequate food, dehydration, poor skin integrity, and physical injuries. Usually a family member is the one who discovers and report the incidents because residents are too fearful, or are unable, to report incidents themselves. According to cecp.org (1999), there are four elements of negligence includes a duty to protect, failing to exercise a reasonable standard of care, proximate cause, and actual injury.
With this knowledge I plan to work toward a more cost effective and delivery system with healthcare provided to the patient population. In building a stronger healthcare system it will not only be profitable, but will also provide better care to all the patient population. As a registered nurse (RN), I have learned that I need to stay flexible and be able to adjust and adapt to the constant change that comes along in my profession. Also as an RN, I look at the healthcare profession as a revolving door, which constantly spins out new concepts, methods, and approaches. I think this will help prepare me for a management position in my field because it is imperative for a manager in this profession to have the ability to adapt, adjust and welcome new ideas and concepts directed to him or her.
Future Trends in Health care HCS/533 Running Head: FUTURE TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE Abstract Information technology is a valuable asset in in the health care organization for improving today’s health care business competitiveness. In order to provide service in a competitive health care environment, demands on the quality of care and service should be met while maintaining the core values. Consumers are aware of their health care needs, and demands quick response, less waiting times and needs health care services near to them. Information technology has a great potential to meet consumers’ needs. Embracing e-Healthcare and using information technology as a strategic tool will enable health care professionals to benefit from information technology (Hovenga & Heard, 2010).
Clinical decision support system (CDSS) is implemented the health system to promote quality health care services by making appropriate diagnosis and decisions to improve the patient’s health status. The system gives health care professions confidence in making decisions and the system promotes education to health care professions and to patients. Petri net is assumed that by using management challenges we can provide better services and decrease the costs for patients and then we can design the clinical decision expert system, according to Darvish, Muminoy, and Darvish (2012). The expert systems give available lab results in expedition manner, and the pharmaceutical expert