This guarantees a greater degree of flexibility for Memorial Hospital. On the contrary, the decentralized plan of the organization relies on a team environment to build relationships at different levels of the hospital. Employees in each area have autonomy to make effective business decisions, especially in the area of patient care. This encourages team members to exercise critical thinking, creativity, and also accommodates to autonomy. In addition, the decentralization utilizes employees with a variety of expertise to handle various areas of the hospital operations.
CNAs work in a vast amount of settings including hospitals, outpatient facilities, long term care facilities, clinics, and in home care. They are often given patient duties that are undesirable to other hospital staff. WORKING CONDITIONS Interpersonal Relationships CNAs have to have a high level of social interaction with their patients, visitors, nurses, and their other staff members. It is important that they speak to their staff and patients in person on a daily basis so they can develop good communication skills and that their staff and patients trust them and know what their doing. CNAs are responsible for the health and safety of patients and they sometimes must handle patients who are physically aggressive or violent.
According to Kaplan University (n.d.), medical office managers must be competent in medical records management, billing and coding, and insurance processing. Medical office managers, also known as medical practice managers or medical practice administrators, oversee single and multiple medical offices within the same company. A manager’s responsibilities can vary depending upon the type and size of the medical practice, along with the structure of management. (Medical Office Manager Job Descriptions & Career Opportunities, n.d.). Whether in a large facility clinic or a small medical office, managers are responsible for the overall business operations.
You may not always enjoy the company found in your working relationships as you do in your personal ones, but must always act in a professional manner based on the values and targets you have been set to work to. 2. Within a Healthcare setting you will be expected to work with a wide variety of people. Patients and their families/carers/visitors, Doctors, Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Cleaners, Ward waiter/waitresses and all manner of visiting Allied Healthcare Professionals such as OT’s, Physiotherapists, Radiographers etc. We also, could not do our job without the fantastic input from the many voluntary organisations working within the hospital such as multi faith leaders and support groups.
Team Structures in Health Care 1) Team structure in the Intensive Care Unit: People who work in ICUs include lab technicians, Respiratory Therapists, Nurses, Ultrasound Technicians, X-Ray Techs, and Physicians. Chaplains and social workers may also be called to come to the department. All of these care providers must be able to communicate effectively amongst themselves to provide care for patients. People who are in the Intensive Care Unit are often exposed to critical care patients and have to deal with crisis and emergencies as they occur. The environment can contain a high level of stress and it is important for those who are working there to remain calm and be aware of their surroundings (36).
EHRs surpass the standard clinical data collection in a physician’s office and provide a wider view of a patient’s care. In other words, EHRs focus on a patient’s total health. The information goes wherever the patient goes. The information is shared with other health care providers, labs and specialists. EHRs contain all the information from all clinicians who have provided care to that patient.
Competency was frequently employed to determine staff skills against the requirements of a position. It was also used to support staff development, as a tool to facilitate individual performance review, and to identify the ongoing professional development needs of individual staff (Baker R., 2003). Each staff in the ward should have their own competencies on functional, team and organization effectiveness according to their different levels of position including Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nurse and all the supporting staff working in hospital. Since the competency of each level of staff is embracing or adding on to that below, being an APN, he or she should familiarize with each level’s core competency in order to lead and supervise them to ensure the high standard of care in the ward. According to World Health Organization, “standard of care” is defined as a generally accepted level of care or set of processes that all practitioners should follow in dealing with a specific patient or disease.
Project 1 There are many confidentiality, privacy and security issues that relate to working as a medical receptionist in a medical practice. It is very important to have a senior person to oversee all administrative functions. A senior person will outline the tasks your job entails and will teach you the practice’s policies and procedures. They will teach you how to access patient records and how to know what information is relevant to your work. A senior person will also check your work and will be there for guidance if any conflict of interest occurs.
Leadership in Nursing Essential to quality patient care is the effective functioning of an interdisciplinary team. In most clinical settings, nurses have the closest relationship with patients. For that reason nurses need to take an active role in the interdisciplinary team, they are the front line providers, ensure communication between team members and the patient, and continually advocate for the patient and family. Nurses know how care should be delivered. They can ensure smooth handoffs as the patient transitions through the continuum.
The conversation with patients and families tells much about the way they feel. As a health care provider, treating patients and families with empathy, listening, and respect enhances clinician-patient relationship. The health care provider must communicate with patients and their significant others about medical conditions, needed tests, explaining their medication actions, and possible side effects. The nurse must communicate effectively by using clear terms and avoiding medical jargons that could