In the scenario, Emergency department staff members were likely shaken by this poor outcome of Mr. B., and would be motivated to change to a safer model just to avoid a repeat in the future. Staff members may be reluctant to change because of established habits in patient flow. This reluctance to change would be an identifiable restraining force, which opposes process improvement. Implementing a model which allows for rapid, safe adjustment to increasing acuity would help avoid poor outcomes in the future. Follow-up is
Abstract Stress in nursing is prevalent in healthcare system; the impact on patient care and other important aspects of nurse’s life is serious. Cognitive strategy was claimed to be the effective intervention toward the problem but evident did not reflect its validation. Stress management 3 Introduction Stress in nursing places patients at risk and threatens nurse’s wellbeing. Various strategies were revealed to have positive outcome on managing the issue but cognitive technique was claimed to be the effective one among the rest which is unlikely to be the fact as it has no concrete data to its validation. Background Stress in nursing is problematic as it affects the quality of patient’s care and, the impact of nurse’s burnout could be serious.
There are many forms of possible discriminatory practice in Health & Social Care, for example: • Labelling or stereotyping people e.g. making assumptions, being prejudice • Avoiding service users because they’re different • Using negative body language to service users because they’re different
Confidentiality 4. Control and resolution 5. Conflict of interest Legal Concepts in Health Care Health care providers and their organization can suffer major fallout if they do not act with the laws and provide patient safety appropriately. Legal concepts that will be addressed are the follow 1. Negligence 2.
These computer based systems are used to direct nurses in the clinical decision-making process. The software is designed to identify specific patient characteristics, such as weight and drug allergies, and to match them to a computerized clinical database that includes information such as safe medication ranges and lab values that require verification prior to medication administration (Jennifer B. Lomoine & Helen M. Hurst, 2012). The way this information was expressed in this article was very informative. Medication errors can happen at any time, but I never thought there were so many errors in administering medication to infants. After reading the article I would agree that the technology of smart pumps would help in reducing medication dosing error.
Also incorrect medical coding linkage could lead to incorrect medical diagnoses being put into the patients’ medical record and could potentially cause the patient to be uninsurable should they lose their health insurance coverage and need to find a new insurance company. Some diagnosis could possibly be the reason for a person being denied insurance coverage with some
The following contains portions of a press release from Childbirth Connection - Feb.16, 2011 Overall, women who received supportive care from a companion throughout labor were less likely than women without such support to have a cesarean section, use narcotics or use regional pain medication such as epidural analgesia, to give birth with vacuum extraction or forceps, and to rate their childbirth experience poorly. Continuous support shortened labor and increased the likelihood of having a “spontaneous” birth with neither cesarean nor vacuum extraction nor forceps. These findings have been proven through research. It has been found that when women find and work with doulas they have shorter labors, a reduced need for pain medications, and a lower chance of having a C-Section (Klaus, Kennell and
In the given case study, for instance, future provision of moderate sedation and additional backup must remain a mandatory exercise. Second, involves gathering of data and available evidence as a means of highlighting the occurrence of events, a behavior, or even condition (Clark &Taplin, 2012). According to most hospital regulations and ethics, when a patient begins to exhibit complications, it is upon the nurse and the ED physician to note the symptoms and offer appropriate treatment. Further examination of this scenario reveals a number of hazards/errors, i.e., shortage of qualified nurses, unfamiliar with appropriate medication dosages, the current procedure for conscious sedation was not followed, and the most fundamental hazard is the inability of the staff to prioritize and inform the administration (Nursing Supervisor) of the situation in the ED. The emergency department still failed to abide by medical ethics of practice.
If toilets, taps and sinks are not cleaned thoroughly and using good cleaning products, in time they can become a source of infection. Clinical waste kept inappropriately and disposed of inappropriately can also be a source of infection. Disposal of sharps has to be done in accordance with the rules. Client’s personal care should be thorough, and any changes noticed should be reported to the person in charge. Sometimes outbreaks of scabies can occur in social care establishments due to poor hygiene.
It would be recommended that further research was performed to find out the effectiveness of the leaflets. An audit showing the effectiveness of good nutrition on wound healing would also be beneficial. Rationale During placement on a cardiovascular surgery ward I noted that there were several delayed discharges and readmissions due to poor wound healing. This clearly has implication for the patient’s own recovery and costs to the NHS. Poor nutrition has been shown to contribute to poor wound healing (Timmons, 2003) and is therefore, an aspect of patient care that needs to be addressed.