RTT Task 1 Shawna Setzer Western Governors University Nursing-Sensitive Indicators In the given scenario involving Mr. J’s hospital stay it is important to integrate nursing- sensitive indicators in delivering quality patient care. Every patient has the right to receive the appropriate care without causing harm. Mr. J was starting to develop pressure sores related to being in restraints, and when his daughter pointed out the areas to the CNA she didn’t realize the severity of the problem and report them to another care giver to assess the red areas. The CNA also did not reposition Mr. J onto his side to relieve pressure to that area of the body. Nursing indicators such as education on unnecessary use of restraints and not repositioning the patient every two hours, are failures to deliver quality care.
These methods may help the experts in developing sound strategies when providing treatments to the intended products. Questionnaires, observation, and interviews are the main forms of data collection that may be applied by professionals in the health care industry for testing products before they are injected thus reducing the level of infections received during treatments. Some infections occur due to the fact that professionals in health care are not serious or they become negligence when offering services to patients, (Spector, 2012). These forms of data collection may be used for the purpose of getting the required information before offering services to the products. Physicians and doctors are supposed to do enough observations when handling patients or products in need of injection so as to determine the quality of services they are supposed to be offered.
Lastly, coding managers need to use strategies to improve coding accuracy and productivity in order for the responsibilities to be carried out adequately. The job description for an inpatient coding position involves a variety of duties for the accuracy and completion of a medical record. The inpatient coder works under minimal supervision. They are only responsible for reviewing all patient records, but they are also responsible for coding the information to be entered into the computer for all inpatient cases. The inpatient coder ensures that the data entered is relevant, indicating the reason that the patient was admitted, which involves the kind of illness and a breakdown of the treatment that was given (Henderson.)
1. B. How Hospital Data Could Advance Quality Care If the hospital in this case kept data on nursing sensitive indicators and distributed it to staff, it would raise awareness of the issues that need to be addressed and that were a documented problem. It would empower the nurses because these indicators are something they can have a direct impact on. It would advance
M1: Assessment of Argyle’s and Tuckman’s Communication Theories & the Role of Effective Communication & Interpersonal Interaction in Health & Social Care Effective communication and interpersonal interaction are vital in a health and social care setting. This can ensure that a service user’s needs are met by the healthcare professionals involved. An example of this would be a paramedic bringing a patient into hospital and communicating correctly with the doctors and nurses about the patient’s condition, such as if they have a particular type of injury or if they are allergic to any medication. If important information like this is insufficiently explained to other healthcare professionals, then treatment for the patient would be inadequate and have a negative effect on the patient’s treatment and recovery. To help understand communication and interpersonal interaction, two theories will be discussed, these are: Argyle’s Communication Cycle and Tuckman’s Group Theory.
These concepts would be leadership, putting the patient first, communication and improvement. An organizations leadership should be trustworthy and be readily available when their staff comes to them with any concerns or issues they have with the facility. This concept also coincides with putting patients first. The staff should make it there top priority to understand their patients need. A patient safety and satisfaction should be the staff main focus.
Effective Communication Paper Communication promotes knowledge within a health care organization and is necessary for the organization to thrive. Communication is not only important to the staff but also to the patients within a health care facility who depend on staff communication to receive quality medical care. Without complete communication between staff member’s clinical errors can occur and the patient’s health could be at risk. In this paper the subject will explain how a health care organization shares knowledge through communication and examine, which are the most effective techniques and which techniques are ineffective. This paper will review the application of these techniques and the impact techniques may have on a health care organization.
Then, sometimes you make the consideration; Ok what is the risk if I don’t do the double check? And sometimes I choose to do it alone (WN17).’ (Smeulers.2014) The nurses in research project agreed that the position was of importance and they have a commitment to their patients. They also agreed that it was their duty to notify the doctor of a patient condition before administering a medication that could cause more harm. ‘Sometimes patients have low blood pressure and we still have the prescriptions for medications to lower the blood pressure. It is our task, that we should see that a patient has a low blood pressure, should we give the blood pressure reducer.
Genevieve Gayler Communication theories in Health and Social Care settings Theories of Communication Effective communication has an important role in a Health and Social Care setting, because the patient and health care professional need to be able to understand each other clearly so that the patient can receive the best possible care; which would be almost impossible if the patient’s needs can’t be clearly stated to the health care professional. Having communication eases the patient’s anxiety, removes the possibilities for mistakes to be made and lets each person know what is wanted from them. There are many ways to communicate, both verbally and non – verbal, for example interpersonal communication which is the method of which
Communication Opinion HCS/320 Communication is a very important skill for every human to have, even more important when that communication involves your health. Which is why it is so vital for a physician or any other health care employee to have good and effective communication skills. In order to fully assist a patient the communication between the physician and patient should have a shared understanding. Without this very important tool in the health care field, the industry would do horrible. So in order for personnel in the health care field to have effective communication they have to follow a few basic elements and rules.