Risk Management Nursing Documentation Oscar Chavez NUR 492 May 4, 2012 Susan Dean, RN, MSN, FNP Risk Management Nursing Documentation The issue of documentation of patient care has received considerable attention in the last few years for an array of reasons. Trends in society such as increased consumer education, informed consent, expectation for healthy baby, and an increasingly litigious society all contribute to increased risk management awareness on behalf of healthcare facilities
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Introduction In preparation for an accreditation audit, I will discuss the current communication compliance status of the organization based on the Nightingale Community Hospital’s previous Joint Commission Survey. A corrective action plan will be submitted to ensure compliance with the Joint Commission along with a brief summary on why a communication review is important to the hospital. Body A. In reviewing the Joint Commission (TJC) survey results on Nightingale Community Hospital from 2
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Accreditation Audit Task 2 Sentinel Event Western Governors University Accreditation Audit Task 2 Sentinel Event Nightingale is a well establish Community Hospital, which has been servicing the community by providing excellent, and compassionate healthcare provides for their patients’ needs. There values statement pledge to themselves and the community, is a commitment to four core values the first being Safety with the quote “We put our patients first”. A1 Sentinel Event As defined
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Control performance against the Joint Commission’s accreditation standards. The summary will include a corrective action plan designed to aid Nightingale in meeting all standards. Nightingale Infection Control Status Executive Summary TASK A Accreditation Audit Consultants was asked to provide a review and corrective actions plan for each of the Joint Commission Primary Focus Areas as part of Nightingale Community Hospital’s Re-Accreditation readiness program. While each of the Primary Focus
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ISO 9000 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The ISO 9000 family of standards relate to quality management systems and are designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders (Poksinska et al, 2002 [1] ). The standards are published by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and available through National standards bodies. ISO 9000 deals with the fundamentals of quality management systems (Tsim et al, 2002 [2] ), including the eight management
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Accreditation Audit Task 1 Western Governors University A. Compliance Status Nightingale Community Hospital is not-for-profit, acute care hospital that houses 180 beds. Nightingale provides services in many areas such as general medicine, critical care, emergency services, oncology, cardiology, etc. Nightingale has four core values: safety, community, teamwork, and accountability. Nightingale’s vision is that patients, employees, physicians, volunteers, and community choose Nightingale’s
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mailing software • Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment, work under pressure, tight deadlines, repetitive tasks, attention to detail, combination of sitting, standing, walking • Essential skills: Reading text, document use, numeracy, writing, oral communication, working with others, problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, job task planning and organizing, computer use, continuous learning • Job title: Business systems analyst Skills and knowledge requirements:
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Program Guidebook Master of Science, Information Security and Assurance The Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance is a competency-based degree program that encompasses the main security domains of knowledge developed following strict guidelines for information security and assurance education prescribed by the National Security Agency. Understanding the Competency-Based Approach Practically speaking, what does it mean when we say that WGU’s programs are competency-based
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RESTAURENT. word count: 4106 date of submission: 11TH MARCH 2014 Submitted by : Krunal, Sumeet & hitesh table of content. Sr.No. | Content | Page number | 1 | Summary of assignment | 3 | 2. | Planning and designing of food safety system | 4 | 3. | Step 1: Global standard procedure for food safety. | 4 | 4. | Step 2 :Pre requisites programs | 4 | | Step 3: Senior management implementation. | 6 | | Step 4: Food safety / HACCP implementation program
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and align its goals in order to better serve the community at large. In short, it means the hospital needs to maintain compliance with the Joint Commission standards and provide consistent and quality care to its recipients. Compliance is a difficult task to achieve. It requires great effort on the part on the administrators and work force and requires the collaboration of interdisciplinary teams to bring about the desired effect. In order to monitor compliance, the hospital utilizes a periodic performance
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