You sponge her in bed. You have checked the bed and room, but you are concerned because she appears confused and you feel she is in danger of falling when she tries to get out of bed. Her daughter and husband are in attendance. You have explained what tests will be carried out, when the doctor will be coming and explain about visiting hours. You ensure that they understand what you have just explained to them.
The study population was made of 1543 women (mean age 27.7 years) recruited from four urban hospitals in Utah, USA. Patients reported their height, pre-pregnancy weight, and pregnancy weight gain immediately postpartum; their body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy was also calculated. At 6–8 weeks after delivery, patients received a self-administered questionnaire by mail that contained the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The study found that obese women were older, less educated, and more frequently parous and non-Hispanic whites, compared with women of normal weight. In here, we can see the post-birth physical and metal effects.
WGU Accreditation Audit RAFT Task 2: Root Cause Analysis of a sentinel event A Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of a sentinel event is completed to immediately investigate and respond to possible inductions involving the death or injury of a patient. (Joint commission, 2013). Purpose of this report - To execute a Root Cause Analysis for a Sentinel Event occurrence at Nightingale Hospital. Sentinel Event - Child Abduction Date of Issue/Incident – Thursday September 14, at 12:30 PM Background of Issue/Incident - A three year old female patient was brought to Nightingale Hospital by her mother for an outpatient surgical procedure. The mother asked the pre-op nurse how long the procedure would take, because she had to tend to another child and would need to leave for a short while.
Running head: SENTINEL EVENT ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 1 Sentinel Event Root Cause Analysis Kalleen Campbell Accreditation Audit Task 2 April 20, 2013 SENTINEL EVENT ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 2 SENTINEL EVENT ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 1. Identification of Process This report was received regarding an event that requires investigation: The pre-op nurse told the mother that once Tina went to the OR, her surgery would take about 45 minutes and then she would go to recovery and she would be there at least one hour. The mother told the nurse that once Tina went to the OR, she needed to run a quick errand involving an older sibling and would return in time to pick her up once she got out of recovery. The mother gave the pre-op nurse her cell phone number with instructions to contact her if Tina got out of surgery sooner than expected. Tina’s mother returned to pick her approximately 2 ½ hours later and found that Tina was discharged 30 minutes earlier.
Team Assignment, Health Care Case Study Sensitivity Analysis • Resource: Financial statements, Annual Report, and Budget issues under Chief Financial Officer in the Virtual Organization and the grading criteria located in Week Five on your student website. • Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that summarizes elements that affect staffing at Patton-Fuller, such as raises in wages and changes in the nurse-to-patient ratio. Include speaker notes. • Include the following in your presentation: o Explain how you may use a trend analysis to plan for staffing at Patton-Fuller. o Summarize the trend analysis and how comparative data facilitates forecasting at Patton-Fuller.
The process that has to be done when she has to report to the state Department of Health and Senior Services, when there is a possible case of abuse or neglect with one of the within the facility. How she maintain oversight of the activities of the nursing staff and their job performance. The tools she uses to get out need information to her staff and what is done if her nursing staff does not comply with company policy and procedures. Observe the Director of Nursing overall day to day duties needed to keep the nursing department running appropriately and how she prepares for the facilities annual survey. The things observed will be written in a notebook then transposed into the school
The committee came to the conclusions that the existing policies were not sufficient to address the circumstances that lead to Mr. B’s demise. The professional nurse will lead this team through the process. The nurse will ensure, via CNO, that the clinical managers of the nursing units as well as department heads of non-nursing units, address this process at weekly unit meetings. The nurse will be testing awareness of the process by performing a random sampling questionnaire one time in one month. The nurse will also increase awareness by speaking to the process in Shared Governance meetings.
Running head: ADOPTING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: A CRITQUE Adopting Evidence-Based Practice: A Critique Kristy M. Chester Liberty University MSN Educator Track Research NURS 500 Dr. Tammy Jones June 09, 2012 ADOPTING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: A CRITQUE Adopting Evidence-Based Practice: A Critique Part I Comprehension Introduction The article that will be critiqued is titled “Adopting Evidence-Base Practice in Clinical Decision Making: Nurses’ Perceptions, Knowledge, And Barriers” (Majid et al., 2011, p. 229). The content of the research article does fit well with the title of the article. The title of the article is the basis for the questionnaires used to collect data for the study. The questionnaires ask in detail about perceptions,
Candidate Name: | Catherine Wilkie | Date: | 20/5/14 | This piece of work is: reflective account | Performance criteria | Knowledge & Understanding | Throughout this reflective account I have referred to the individual I have been working with whilst working with the care home as Mrs A.NCS Care homes for older people 10.2 “Staff call you by your preferred name or title at all times” I have not used their real name as to protect her identity and to maintain confidentiality within government legislation and organizational policy and procedures. This includes the company's policy which states “Annonymised information may be used for teaching and research purposes. If personal information is to be disclosed,
Attention Material: It was in late July 2011, on a Saturday night when I received a phone call at work. It was a nurse from St.Marys emergency room informing me, my older sister was there and needed me to come as soon as possibile. After arriving at the hospital I spoke with my sisters nurse and she informed me that my sister was with her friends and smoked K2 for the first time and had multiple seizures and was unresponsive. After spending the night in the hospital the drug wore off and she came around. She describes her encounter with this drug life changing.