RTT Task 1 WGU Nursing –Sensitive Indicators In the case of Mr. J, a 72-year-old retired rabbi with a diagnosis of mild dementia, the nursing sensitive indicators include restraint use, hospital acquired pressure ulcers, and patient-family satisfaction with nursing and overall care. Not understanding and identifying nursing-sensitive indicators contributed to adverse outcomes, which included the development of a pressure ulcer and the likely unnecessary use of restraints. Lastly, family dissatisfaction
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REDUCING FALLS IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING Abstract “Falls and fall related injuries are the most commonly reported adverse event among adults admitted to inpatient setting. Up to twenty percentages of patients admitted, reported falling of at least once during an inpatient hospital stay period” (Oliver, Healey, & Haines, 2010). The author works at a city hospital located in Gilbert, Arizona and encounters a great amount of orthopedic patients along with other general surgery patients. All patients
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Original Article Mobbing against nurses in the workplace in Turkey inr_815 328..334 S.Y. Efe1 MSN & S. Ayaz2 PhD 1 Specialist, 2 Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey EFE S.Y. & AYAZ S. (2010) Mobbing against nurses in the workplace in Turkey. International Nursing Review 57, 328–334 Aim: The aim of the study was to determine whether the nurses have been exposed to mobbing or not, and to reveal the causes of the mobbing between
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in an Associate Degree Nursing Program B E T T Y W. D AV I S P A R T I C I PAT I O N IN CURRICULUM DESIGN of program outcomes has been identified as a core competency for nurse educators A N D E VA L UAT I O N (Billings & Halstead, 2009; Southern Regional Education Board, 2002). Facing declining NCLEX-RN® pass rates, faculty at an associate degree nursing program at a public community college in Mississippi responded to the National League for Nursing ([NLN] 2005b) call to transform
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– IS535 Beacom DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management February 17, 2013 Table of Contents 1. Abstract…………………………………………………….3 2. Brief Company background………………………………...3 3. Discussion of business problem…………………………….3, 4 4. High level solution…………………………………………..5 5. Benefits of solving the problem……………………………..5, 6 6. Business/technical approach……………………………….6, 7 7. Interim’s Systems…………………………………………..7, 8 8. Technology /solution……………………………………….8, 9 9. High-level
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Nursing Program CLIENT INFORMATION FORM Student's Name Date of Care: Client Initials Room Number Sex: Age : Admission Date: Admitting Diagnosis: Rt. Lobe infiltrate, Breast & Bone Cancer Secondary Diagnosis if any): Respiratory Distress Surgery Type/Date (if any): Lumpectomy on Rt. Foot at 2002 Working Medical Diagnosis/Etiology (describe definition, pathophysiology
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I INTRODUCTION THE PROBLEM Nursing school is an exciting, challenging adventure that will demand much of nursing students in terms of time and energy. Because nursing is a discipline comprising knowledge from many related fields, student nurse will be asked to learn to think critically, synthesize information, and then apply it to situations involving live people. (Dewit, 2003) A student may face many challenges and stressors. However, nursing students are likely to experience even
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Assessment 6 Change Management Proposal Recent evidence and current trends show both nursing and medical professions have a lack of understanding in certain aspects of safe prescribing and safe administration of medicines. The concept of prescribing and the ability to calculate is the basic requirement of all qualified medical and nursing professions We are proposing over a three year period to run an inter professional collaborative working programme, whereby both student nurses and
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Executive Summary Patient Portal for KRMC Yvonne Larson August 15, 2014 Contents Part 1 Topic Research & Selection Part 2 Literature review Introduction to organization Overview of nature of organization Identify stakeholders in organization Organizational culture Analysis Analysis tools used to perform assessment Assessment needs to contain measurement and benchmarks Tables and graphs to demonstrate findings Risk Analysis Identify risks or challenges will be identified as
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........................................... 1 2) TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................... 2 3) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY…......................…....…………………………………………….. 5 4) COMPANY DESCRIPTION........................…………………………………………………. 6 5) STRATEGIC FOCUS AND PLAN...........................................................................................8 a) Mission Statement (Current) ............................
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