Quality Program Sharp HealthCare is San Diego County’s largest integrated health care delivery system, serving greater than 27 percent of the county’s 3 million plus residents—some 785,000 people—each year. A not-for-profit organization, Sharp has an annual net revenue of greater than $1.9 billion; employs a workforce of greater than 14,000 staff members and 2,600 affiliated physicians; operates four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups, and 19 outpatient
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identification, management, treatment and prevention. This, along with other factors, creates poor patient care and vast costs to the pertinent facilities. The solution is to have interprofessional collaboration. The utilization of current advanced practice nursing staff as a resource for floor nurses and other involved healthcare workers is a must. This would obtain certification in wound care and be responsible for the ongoing continued education for wound prevention, monitoring and maintenance
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0 | L: 3 | PERTINENT HEALTH HISTORY | CHIEF COMPLAINT:(reason for admission in pt’s words)Patient stated “My water broke and I began having contractions”. She also felt as if her blood pressure was “high”. ADMISSION VE: / / | HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:(significant events/complications in labor/hospital stay):Client’s blood pressure was 140/90 upon admission. | PRENATAL CARE: * Maternal and fetal vitals (includes FHR). * Fetal baseline: 130s * Variability (marked)
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associate-degree nursing programs, the nurse with a baccalaureate degree is prepared to practice in all health care settings - critical care, outpatient care, public health, and mental health. Accordingly, the BSN nurse is well-qualified to deliver care in private homes, outpatient centers, and neighborhood clinics where demand is fast expanding as hospitals focus increasingly on acute care and as health care moves beyond the hospital to more primary and preventive services throughout the community. In addition
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A Complete Patient Assessment Susan Eisen RN Ramapo College of New Jersey A 63 y/o African American female presents to the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath worsening over the past week. Patient states she becomes severely short of breath while preforming everyday activities and has noticed that her legs have been “getting bigger”. Patient had been sleeping with 3-4 pillows a night for comfort and occasionally sleeping
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was shortened and internally rotated when compared to the contralateral side. The skin of the affected extremity was intact. A 2+ dorsalis pedis pulse was present on the left foot. In addition, the patient did not complain of pain upon palpation of the left thigh, knee, ankle, and foot. However, the patient complained of excruciating pain of the left hip upon attempted ROM. The findings of the pelvis CT scan showed a dislocation of the left femoral head superiorly and posteriorly with a comminuted fracture
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healthcare organizations, safety-net hospitals are facing one of the largest curveballs, as nearly 30 million Americans stand to gain coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act beginning in 2014. Nationwide, only 2 percent of acute-care hospitals are safety-net facilities, but they currently provide about 20 percent of all uncompensated care to provided to the uninsured. Despite this statistic, a decline in America's uninsured is unlikely to relinquish the need for safety-net hospitals
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common types of viral infections that affect the liver are Hepatitis A, B and C. (CDC). This paper will focus on hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a highly contagious infection of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). Infection can be acute or chronic. Acute Hepatitis B is short term and occurs within the first 6 months after exposure. Chronic Hepatitis is long term and the virus remains in a person’s body. (CDC) Hepatitis B is spread through contact with an infected person’s blood, semen or
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York Times wrote “Nurses currently form the largest sector of health care providers, with more than three million currently registered; but few have led or even been involved in the formal policy discussions regarding the future care of patients.” (Chen, 2010). According to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report of the future of nursing tides are changing. In the paragraphs to follow this paper will discuss how the IOM report has impacted the field of nursing and how registered nurses (RNs) will
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scientific methods as well as develop and propose relevant measures to resolve, improve or educate the field experience site. The experience from this course is an entirely different from clinical practice. Previous internships focused on the patient care and care techniques. The course, Professional Capstone and Practicum, needs students to find a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to the area
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