...concept of safeguarding the vulnerable adults and the role of registered nurse. Background. Registered nurse has major responsibilities in caring and safeguarding the vulnerable adult population. Reduction of health inequalities among vulnerable adults are top international healthcare priorities. Vulnerable adults are among most vulnerable of the populations, many people associate vulnerability with old age only, resulting in negative stereotypical views. Understanding the concepts of vulnerability as relates to adults population, examines how and why adults could be vulnerable will help nurse to educates the vulnerable adults about the rights and choices available to them, enabling nurse to safeguarding the vulnerable adults and empower the vulnerable adults to participate fully in the society. Data Sources. Data source include the Nursing Standard, The PubMed, Health & Social Care information Centre (hscic), Department of Health, Action on Elder Abuse, Offices of National Statistics (ONS), electronic databases were used to search for research papers, articles published between 2000-2013. The searching keywords used are ‘Vulnerable’, ‘Abuse’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘safeguarding’. Seventeen papers from variety of disciplines, including nursing, public health, social-care and medicine were reviewed. Method. The concept analysis was done using Rodgers’ evolutionary method. Rodgers (2000) method of concept analysis was chosen because it is evolutionary in nature. Rodger method...
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...can be used to help solve problems in any aspect of nursing. It can solve problems in general nursing as well as leadership and management issues. The topic or specialty is not necessarily the basis on which nursing theory should be used to solve the problem because many different theories double to cover multiple disciplines. In this paper we are going to discuss Orem’s theory. Orem’s general nursing theory encompasses the ideas that self-care is necessary for the benefit of health and that as nurses we are designated to assess and find the self-care deficits and recognize who is needed to be able to perform the action (nursing) for the individual, and this relates to many nursing issues because it basically defines the role of the nurse to the patient in recognition to total care of the patient. And no matter what specialty you are in the main goal is adequate patient care. This paper will discuss a problem that happens far too often in home health. Patients are turned away daily because of assessment. Nurses in leadership positions such as administrators, directors, and admissions nurses are turning away patients because their needs are not expressed well in referrals and discharge / admission assessments. Also, discussed, will be the strategy to fix this problem by using the middle range theory on self-care deficit by Orem. Problem in Nursing Leadership Home Health Care is a very up and coming nursing specialty. Many patients are discharged to home health from the...
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...335/Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility June 10, 2012 Administrative Ethics Biomedical ethical issues are seen frequently in the news and are in constant scrutiny. The demand for social responsibility is high and available resources are limited. Healthcare leaders are faced with numerous administrative issues regarding patient privacy, research, confidentiality, and terminal illness. Much debate has surrounded medical spending on the terminally ill, such as the cost and allocation of resources toward end-of-life care. Choosing between prolonged life and quality of life are two seemingly difficult decisions to make. Nonetheless, it is difficult to base one’s opinion until cancer has taken over one’s life. A close look at administrative issues surrounding end-of-life care will demonstrate the impact on a population, ethical and legal implications, potential solutions to the problem, and managerial responsibilities. Impact of Ethical Issue on the Population The Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) is a part of the United States territory since its establishment of commonwealth in political union and is home to approximately 44,000 people (Central Intelligence Agency, 2012). Because of the increase in chronic diseases and lack of available resources, several residents are referred to go off the island to seek health care in Guam and Hawaii (Doty, 2012). However, the medical referral program has a crucial problem with financing treatment at referral facilities...
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...Enhancing the Power of Health Care Nancnrs University Of Phoenix Health Care Organizations and Delivery Systems HCS/531 Professor March 17, 2013 Enhancing the power of Health Care The ability to access Medical records is a growing concern “President Barack Obama endorsed a goal set by the Bush administration of establishing an electronic health record for every patient by 2014” (Lewis, 2009). With only one year left before the 2014 deadline, Los Angeles County Medical Center (LAC+USC) has commissioned ABC Consultants to recommend Electronic Medical Records software which will link LAC+USC with its network of 208 primary care clinics (PPP). The purpose of this paper is to describe a product which will provide state-of –the art Electronic Medical Records. Provide an explanation on why the Epic EMR software is needed, what Epic’s EMR impact will have on LAC+USC and the network of clinics under the umbrella of LAC+USC. The writer will also discuss the social, ethical and economic impact Epic EMR software would have on LAC+USC network. LAC+USC data Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center (LAC+USC) is located in East Los Angeles, California. “In one year, the hospital will treat close to 800,000 patients, deliver 10,000 babies, treat 250,000 people in its emergency room, treat about half of all AIDS and Sickle Cell patients in Southern California, and handle 5,000 outpatient visitors per day” ("Los Angeles Almanac", 1998-2012). Due to the large volume of patients...
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...with sexual health related issues such as pregnancies and sexual health education dating back to 1916. Throughout the years since then many things have changed, and many of the changes came from Margaret Sanger, who at that time opened many doors for women back then. Women that were not allowed to do anything about unwanted pregnancies, such as using the birth control pill. In the 1960’s the birth control pill was put on shelves and one in every four women were taking in. As the years continued many other aspects would change as well. The Planned Parenthood organization are in place to help families, women, men, adolescent, and children with education, sexual health questions, and even deal with other pregnancy services. The services will come to many that cannot afford proper health care to little or no cost at all. The Planned Parenthood organization’s mission statement is as follows: “A Reason for being”. The mission statement is in place to show individuals of any race, gender, or ethnicity that help is available to them, and each of the individuals that come into the organization all over the world will be free from any harassment or judgment. Respect and values plays an important role within the Planned Parenthood organizations, and each of the qualified employees or volunteers plan to keep it that way. Long term goals that the Planned Parenthood organization would like to implement would be to continue to provide those that are unable to pay for health related services...
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...improve the training and education for health care providers through integration of the latest innovations in technology and research into the academic training programs for certification, education and training of staff.3 It is not only a helpful tool for health care providers but for patients as well. Several studies had been conducted to measure the effectiveness and acceptability of incorporating technology in health care delivery specifically delivering preventive and counseling services that would otherwise be overlooked by patients and require a lengthy referral system using traditional medicine system. A randomized clinical trial conducted to compare the effectiveness of smoking counseling and cessation services...
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...Health Care Marketing Reflection Christine Cazares HCS/539 April 4, 2016 Andrea Linder Health Care Marketing Reflection In recent years, hospitals have relied on marketing strategies through newspapers, letters, or television. Currently, the new word of mouth is social media on how organizations such as hospitals, spread the word. This paper will examine the current health care marketing techniques used for social media. Included in this will be how the marketing is used, the author's opinion on the marketing techniques for social media, how social media affects the consumers, and if social media within healthcare as a positive or negative effect. Health Care Marketing Techniques and Trends Marketing is using social media as an outlet for word of mouth. By using social media conversations are not face to face, they are now one too many. Which is beneficial to many organizations. People are trying to take their health serious now and receiving information from online platforms and referrals by others. Social media is used to promote referrals and improve health care to current and future consumers. Promoting health care through social media can be done through many different pages and websites for potential patients and present ones. Consumers are modernized these days and have become tech savvy and want to know more about their health and future health needs. Customers are searching the web for information on health care before making...
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...Health Care Coordination Models: Benefits and Challenges Traci L French Salem International University Abstract: Care coordination refers to several forms of patient care management that is patient- rather than provider-focused and has the end goal of the “Triple Aim”-improved patient experience, improved population health and decreased per capita costs. These goals are achieved by developing healthcare models which promote collaborative care between providers, increase communication between health care entities, actively engage patients in health care and lifestyle choices and rely heavily on health technology to extend provider services, personalize care and monitor quality improvement efforts. The main barriers to care coordination implementation include poor reimbursement for services, difficulties with provider network communications, shortages of trained care coordination personnel and ambiguity in provider roles and responsibility, which can lead to provider accountability issues. When well-established, care coordination models allow patients to form substantive, long-term personal relationships with providers and increase personal accountability for health care choices. These relationships increase compliance with care regimens in the ambulatory setting and decrease costs with overall improvement in patient quality of life. Care coordination refers to several forms of patient care management which is patient- rather than provider-focused and has the end goal of...
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...HARLEM UNITED COMMUNITY AIDS CENTER 2014 PROGRAM GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS ADHCs ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE (ADHC) EAST - EL FARO............................................................................................................... 5 ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE (ADHC) WEST ............................................................................................................................. 6 HEALTH SERVICES DENTAL CLINIC .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 MOBILE HEALTH PROGRAM................................................................................................................................................. 9 PRIMARY CARE .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 HOUSING FOUNDATION HOUSE EAST ............................................................................................................................................... 13 FOUNDATION HOUSE NORTH (FHN) & FOUNDATION HOUSE SOUTH (FHS) ....................................................................... 14 FOUNDATION HOUSE WEST (FHW) .................................................................................................................................... 15 HRA SCATTER-SITE HOUSING ................................................
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...Percentile | HC | Percentile | Temp. | Pulse | Resp. | BP (if risk) | | | % | | | % | | | % | | | | | Birth History | Birth Weight | Gestation | | Vaginal | Complications | | Yes | | | | | C-Section | | | No | Interval History: | (Include injury/illness, visits to other health care providers, changes in family or home) | | Apnea | | Yes | | No | | Monitor | | Breast every | | hours | | Formula | | oz every | | hours | | With iron | | Yes | | No | Type or brand | | | City Water | | Well Water | Elimination | | Normal | | Abnormal | Sleep | | | Normal (2 – 4 hours) | | Abnormal | Additional area for comments on page 2 | WIC | | Yes | | No | Maternal Infant Health Program | | Yes | | No | Screening and Procedures | Neonatal Metabolic Screen in Chart | | Yes | | No | Test Date: | | | | Normal | | Pending | | Today | Hearing | | | Responds to Sounds | | Neonatal ABR or OAE results in chart | Developmental Surveillance | | | Social-Emotional | | Communicative | | Physical Development | | Cognitive | Psychosocial/Behavioral Assessment | | | Yes | | No | Screening for Abuse | | | Yes | | No | | | Screen If At Risk: | | | Vision-Parental observation/concerns | | Immunizations: | HepB Given in Hospital? | | Yes |...
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...Cherelle Squire safeguarding adults and promoting independence Unit 11 P4,P5,M2 In this essay I will be outlining key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work, outlining working strategies and types of abuse procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse. Also I will be describing legislation and regulations, working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of two types of abuse. Relevant legislation and regulations There is a law that has been passed by authority such as, parliament. The people that have to benefit from this legislation and policies are vulnerable individual. The European convention and human rights and fundamental freedom 1950 and the human rights act 1998 spelt out the basic rights of all humans and regardless of their condition or situation. The anti-discrimination act- equal pay act, sex discrimination and the age discrimination act, all of this play apart in the abuse that occurs as a result of discrimination. Legislation Safe guarding vulnerable groups act 2006 Protection of vulnerable groups act 2007 Main points ● Set for people who Application ● This also applies to work with children and employed people and vulnerable individuals volunteers to be registered ● ● There are separate but liked barred lists for safeguarding authority those working with to be able for deciding Protecting vulnerable groups ...
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...private, not-for-profit hospital – is a leader in patient care that’s helped the Atlanta community gets better and stays well for more than a century. Named the top acute-care community hospital in metro Atlanta in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals list, Piedmont Atlanta consistently ranks in the top five among metro Atlanta hospitals in patient satisfaction scores. Piedmont Atlanta combines a personalized approach with innovative technologies to deliver treatments that set a new standard for excellence in care, including a state-of-the-art cancer center that offers complete therapy, disease management, prevention and wellness. In addition, our team is active in the research and development of advanced treatments and procedures aimed at delivering better patient outcomes. As the health care needs of the population grow, so do the opportunities for health care organizations and providers to meet these needs. Competition is growing, however, requiring health care providers to become increasingly savvy about marketing strategies. They need to effectively target potential clients with messages designed to increase awareness of their services. “The decision makers in health care are not always immediately apparent. Some providers wrongly focus on the consumer market, when other drivers of health care decisions may be overlooked. For most high-end surgical services--cardiology, neurology, and orthopedics--primary care physicians are relied on by patients for making recommendations...
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...Method | External or Internal | Appropriateness for Health Care | Referrals from current employees. Employee referral is an internal recruitment method employed by organization to identify potential candidates from their existing employees' social network. An employee referral scheme encourages a company's existing employees to select and recruit the suitable candidates from their social networks. As a reward, the employer typically pays the referring employee a referral bonus. Recruiting candidates using employee referral is widely acknowledged as being the most cost effective and efficient recruitment method to recruit candidates and as such, employers of all sizes, across all industries are trying to increase the volume of recruits through this channel. Some organizations offer incentives to their employees for successful referrals. Employee referrals can be an effective recruitment tool, because employees have a good sense of what it takes to be a successful worker and member of the organization. Employees can essentially be used as an organization’s personal headhunters because they are often well-connected to qualified talent through their professional association. Employees referrals can save the company in recruitment expenditures. According to "Employee Referrals – Your Go To Strategy For 2014 " (2014),” Advanced programs result in referrals reaching nearly 50% of all hires and they can receive as many as 8 referrals for each open job. These advanced programs can produce...
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...Roles of social worker During very recent year’s attention has been devoted to the various roles that direct practitioners perform (or should perform) in discharging their responsibilities. Direct provision of services Roles subsumed under this category are those in which social workers meet face to face with clients or consumer groups in providing services these include: 1. Individual casework or counseling. 2. Marital and family therapy (may include session with individuals, conjoint sessions and group session) 3. Group work services (may include support groups, therapy groups, self- help groups, self-help groups, and skill development groups). 4. Educator/disseminator of information. The social worker may provide essential information in individual, conjoint, or group session or may make educational presentations to consumer groups or to the public. For example, social worker may conduct educative sessions concerned with parenting skills, marital enrichment, stress management, or various aspects of mental health or health care. System linkage roles Because clients often need resources not provided by a given agency and lack knowledge of or abilty to utilize other available resources ,social workers often perform roles in linking people to other resources. System linkage roles include the following 1. Broker. To perform the role of broker (i.e., an intermediary who assists in connecting people with resources), social worker must have a thorough knowledge of community...
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...technology to provide comprehensive health care. In addition to the in-patient units, Jordan Valley provides many outpatient services including: Physical Therapy, Breast Care, Outpatient Lab and Radiology services, as well as Wound Care and Sleep Disorder Clinics. These successful outpatient services allow patients the opportunity to receive medical care that, in the past, would have required hospitalization. Jordan Valley also provides an Outpatient Respiratory Clinic specifically for patients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, an illness generally referred to as RSV. RSV is a very common virus that most people have been exposed to within the first two years of life. It is spread by mouth or nasal secretions and is extremely contagious. When the virus strikes adults or older children, the symptoms are similar to a common cold. However, when the virus occurs in young children or infants it becomes much more serious, usually requiring medical intervention including breathing treatments. Previously, this need would require the child be admitted to the hospital to receive these treatments. With the implementation of the outpatient RSV Clinic, patients are able to stay at home with their parents and return to the clinic – up to several times a day if needed – for breathing treatments and further assessment. Patients are initially seen by an Emergency physician or pediatrician and if they are deemed appropriate for outpatient therapy, a referral is made. Though RSV can be diagnosed...
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