University, 2014, Mildred Montag slide). These programs did well because they didn’t cost as much and they took less time. In the ITT Tech (2014) Nursing Associate’s Degree Program, things that are addressed in their education are “nursing values, nursing process, health promotion and maintenance, nursing roles, therapeutic communication skill and competent nursing care.” (ITT Technical Institute, (2014). These nurses can give safe and compassionate care. The primary role meant for the associate degree
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Nightingale Executive Summary Western Governor’s University Nightingale Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital is a 180 bed hospital that provides acute care and a range of services to their community. Nightingale has four core values that consist of safety, community, teamwork, and accountability. Communication is a key concept in achieving and defining those values. According to the National Patient Safety Goal Data in regards to communication for Nightingale Community Hospital
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efficient care, and the move towards more privatization . Comparisons are made between the National Health Service and heathcare in the United States across multiple sectors that include acute care settings, skilled nursing facilities, primary care providers and regualtions governing nursing practice and the challenges faced by both systems. Table of Contents Introduction 4 Background 4 Impression of the NHS 5 Mr. John Smith Director, Civil Eyes Research
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Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary Beverly L. Rivera HCS/451 April 1, 2015 Kevin Stevens Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary The healthcare industry is growing rapidly with significant changes directing new trends and advance technology for the future. Within recent years, the shift from manual medical records to electronic medical records allows individuals to be an active participant in direct control of their health care. As these changes continue to increase, the
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University of Phoenix Material Quality Improvement Plan Template In this course, you develop an organizational quality improvement (QI) plan for a health care organization of your choice. Appropriate organizations include hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory and surgery centers, home health, assisted living, health departments, hospice, rehab units, pain clinics, and cancer clinics. Choose a quality issue about which you are passionate and may implement in the future. A few examples are reducing
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Quality Improvement Project By RM January 2016 Leadership and Management Executive Summary Nursing burnout is serious and in order to ensure that nurses are taken care of, the administration must implement incentives and policies that will provide nurses with the resources to maintain a healthy work life balance. Burnout accounts for many of the medication errors and patient injuries in healthcare facilities. Most nurses are overwhelmed because of the caseload and longer workdays
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Executive Summary This paper proposes the implementation of self-directed teams (SDTs) in the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH) in south-west China after the termination of the contract with Hotel International (HI). This proposal will detail the advantages of implementing SDTs in an environment that is influence by guanxi networks in order to increase guanxi influenced and as a direct result increase profits. Self-Directed Guanxi Teams Introduction The provincial government decided to hire
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outcome. Sentinel Event identified by Joint Commission also include infant abduction or discharge to the wrong family. Summary of the Sentinel event in the Case Study: Sentinel event presented in the case study involves discharge of a minor to the wrong family. Joint Commission requires immediate attention to such matters so that it may be avoided in the future. The summary of the event is that a 13 year old teenager, Tina, was admitted for day surgery. Tina was accompanied by her mother. After
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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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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 years prior, communication was cited on a direct finding
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