According the CBS News article titled Hospital medication error kills patient in Oregon (2014) a patient died as the result of the wrong medication been given at the St. Charles Health System Hospital in Bend, Oregon. The patient was 65-year-old Loretta Macpherson, who was supposed to receive an anti-seizure medication fosphenytoin. Though she received instead a paralyzing agent, rocuronium, used routinely in surgery that caused her to go into cardiac arrest and suffer brain damage. She was put on
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utilization of the open-heart surgery by the 12th quarter in a 12-month period should be at least 50% which means Jackson County Hospital needs at least 200 procedures Harris, D. (n.d.). Instead, Jackson County Hospital projected a capacity utilization of 195 procedures which does not meet the 50% requirement Harris, D. (n.d.). This means that Jackson County Hospital needs to project at least 50 procedures in the 12th quarter instead of the previously projected 45. The second nonconformity exists
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CM Gilmore completed an UHV at the residence of Dorothy Mellnick to ensure safety and well-being of the children listed on the report. Bmo Dorothy Mellnick’s niece Lauren greeted CM at the door, and stated that bmo was not at home. She contacted Bmo via phone, who stated that she would be to the home in 5 minutes. Lauren allowed CM to come in the home. When entering the home CM observed no safety concerns in the home. The home was very clean. There were no dishes in the sink, no clutter on the floor
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this scenario the Hospital personnel had fulfilled their obligation of stabilizing the patient and the patient remained in the hospital for a whole day. The patent at this point is now in an ‘in-patient’ status. No further EMTALA obligations should exist for the hospital if an identified emergency medical condition has been stabilized or if the patient in question is considered
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After review of the clinical information provided by Harlem Hospital, the Medical Director has denied your admission to Harlem Hospital. It was determined that the clinical information did not justify an inpatient stay. Acute inpatient hospitalization was not medically necessary. You are a 55 year old woman with past medical history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, systolic congestive heart failure with ejection fraction (test of heart function) 22% in Dec 2014, Atrial fibrillation on Coumadin
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factors for a fall. There are many risk factors that increase the likelihood of a fall that nurses should be aware of to take precaution. Every patient in the hospital are at risk for falls if they have a IV pole, or medications such as pain medication can make you fall. However, there are patients who are at a higher risk of falls in the hospital including if the patient has to ambulate with an assistive device, frequent toileting, and if the patient has had a history of falling (Ganz, 2013). Mr. O’Brien
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ended. I wanted to be in this environment, and operate these fantastic technologies, but would soon have the experience of them operating on me. At midnight the next week, a persistent pain forms in my abdomen. By sunrise, I had checked into the hospital and was immediately assigned a bed and saturated with painkillers. While the doctors began their preliminary examinations, questioning about diet and taking fluid samples, I was engrossed in the process, observing them as they used a combination
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score high on your Medical College Admission Test. After earning one of these two degrees, you are required to spend 5-6 years of residency training, which will focus only on general and plastic surgery. These surgeries will usually be performed in a hospital and you are required to pay for your position. Generally, the first 3 years focus on general surgery and the last 2-3 years focus on plastic surgery. All states require you to have a license in order to practice. You must pass the United States
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certified nursing assistant will re-take her vitals and will begin the patient registration process. While Mrs. Brown has never been to this hospital, she does carry a flash drive that contains her electronic health record on her key ring, this flash drive was given to her by her doctor. Since the flash drive was given to her by her doctor it will be safe for the hospital to look at the files. The nursing assistant gets the flash drive from Mrs. Brown and puts it into her portable computer. She is then able
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On 06/16/18 at 1900, I was receiving report on A. Mondragon from Leigh. She stated that the TPN was running out, so she dropped the rate from 23 mL/hr to 3 mL/hr and added Normal Saline to the TPN bag. This caught me off guard, especially since the new TPN and Lipids were sitting at the bedside. She stated the patient should still be receiving the TPN and that she just put the Normal Saline behind it, so it would run the remainder of the TPN to the patient. As soon as report was complete, I quickly
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