Intra hospital transfers also cause confusion and significant stress on patients and families.”(Hendrich, 2005, p. 157) Patient transfers are occurring frequently due to the patient need for higher level of care because of condition change or moved from higher level of care to a step down unit. According to our managers and charge nurses patients are being moved within the same unit to meet patient/family preference, patient safety issues to allow the patient closer to the desk or going from A bed to B bed to allow patient to be closer to the bathroom. Patients are being switched also for infection control reasons to place a patient in isolation or cohort infected patients together. There has been an increased need for patients needing a sitter in the last 3 months making a private room necessary. Our house supervisors report that some of the transfers from one floor to another are
Hospital Group Productivity The organizational structure of a hospital is very complex and encompasses many different aspects. Therefore, it is important that every group work effectively to increase productivity. The main groups identified in the hopsital setting are administrators, caregivers (such as physicians and nurses), and support staff (such as housekeepers and kitchen workers). This report will identify that the main problems that hinder productivity for each group are: role conflicts within groups, communication problems among group members, lack of cohesiveness in groups with diverse members, and excessive intergroup conflict; it will also provide recommendations for resolving these issues in order to increase group productivity. Role conflicts within groups First, we will discuss role conflict and how it relates to each group in a hospital setting.
It is important to analyze the different dynamics to these potential problems. Within this analyzes, I would look at the opportunities and constraints of entering data into the system. Are the constraints that the hospital staff have due to the with number of patients being seen and the time to enter the data? Analyzing the fact that there is an opportunity cost situation where possible hospital staff have a certain amount of time with each patient, and now that there has been even more work to be completed for this patient they get caught entering data and not spending the time needed with the patient. Hospital staff may not understand what opportunities that the data could bring to the hospital staff and patients?
Some problems are overcrowded/understaffed hospitals and it requires you to use healthcare plans that are often general and cannot always serve a specific individual. Despite some negative aspects of nursing, they usually are the ones who care and look after the sick patients the most. They’re the ones who do majority of the “dirty work” as
Unit one: Understanding effective communication and interpersonal skills Introduction Throughout health and social care there are many barriers and milestones within communication that are there for a professional within the establishment to overcome. These things can incllude environmental barriers, physically barriers, intellectual barriers and many others that all come into place in the health and social care setting. Within my assignment not only will I be looking at these barriers but I will be explaining them, evaluating them and looking at a case study and analysing how they can be overcome. Case study Mrs Singh is due to be discharge home shortly after having had major bowel surgery. You and other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) are holding a meeting where they can discuss what is next for Mrs Singh.
Some hospitals may turn lobbies into patient receiving areas and open hallways will accommodate patients beds. Hospitals need a plan to evacuate and receive patients. There are four goals to help during a disaster and they are: to assess the needs of disaster populations, match available resources to those I need, prevent further effects and implement strategies and evaluate the effectiveness (Noji 2000). Poor communication during a disaster, trauma or crisis can affect the safety of a patient. Communication dynamics differ between a disaster, trauma and crisis because they are all different situations.
Hence this paper seeks to explore the similarities, differences, considering their theories, principles, skills and roles as a leader and a manager as it relates to dealing with nursing shortage and turnover in the healthcare business of today. As we all know, considering the demand for nurses and the innovations in the healthcare industry today, nursing shortage and turnover has been and continues to be a major problem, which organizations and even the government still grapple with all the time, irrespective of the numerous researches and resources that have been directed towards the resolution of this problem. However, to effectively develop these solutions, it will suffice to know what the causes of the problems are. With my experience as a direct care nurse, I can attest to the following as some causes of nursing shortage and turnover: Fewer nurses to the meet the innovation and diversity of care, as expressed by Buchan and Calman (2005)and cited in Parry (2008) that in many developed countries there is an abundance of qualified nurses,
HLT 310-V SPIRITUALITY IN HEALTHCARE Spiritual Needs Assessment Patients who enter the hospital due to an injury or illness, have different expectations regarding their care. Most of the time, they fear the results of a study or procedure much more than they do the actual procedure itself. The type of familial support or spiritual support that they have is an important aspect as to how well they tolerate some of the diagnostic studies that must be done in order for the physician to make an accurate diagnosis. Introduction The following paper will provide a summary of a spiritual needs assessment performed on a patient that was admitted to a Dignity Health hospital recently. Mrs. A.S. came in with chest pain and shortness of breath.
2. Who decided to study this topic? While talking to the manager of the Progressive Care Unit and a supervisor from Intensive Medical Unit, it became very clear there is an issue of IV tubing without labels in patient’s rooms. This can pose a serious problem financially and physiologically. Many patients have more than one I.V. access site, several tubings, and multiple-chamber infusion pumps.
High levels of work place stress and professional burnout continually affects nurses and other health care workers globally. This paper will explore this nursing issue by articulating the concepts of stress and professional burnout relative to the nursing profession. The term stress is defined as “a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or as exceeding his or her resources and is endangering his or her well-being” (Wlodarczyk, & Lazarewicz, 2011 p.848). This definition focuses on how stress is connected to an individual’s awareness of their resources and environment. The term professional burnout is described as “physical, emotional and mental exhaustion that results from long-term involvement in work situations that are emotionally demanding” (Wlodarczyk, & Lazarewicz, 2011 p.848), highlighting how the work place environment is directly affecting an individual’s health and well-being.