selected Doctor Hughes Laurie in this and other episodes because he clearly employs an autocratic style of management. In other words, he unilaterally makes decisions and inclines toward his own logic when faced with hard decisions concerning the direction patient treatment is to go in. Although there are many leadership styles in this particular series; as far as Dr.Hugh Laurie's leadership style is concerned, it has made for a very interesting study respecting the subject matter of leadership and different
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to make decisions regarding staffing in the morning. A blizzard with 2-3 feet of snow and damaging winds is forecasted within the next 12-18 hours. It is the charge nurses responsibility to make the decision on proper emergency protocol for safe patient handling. There should be a contingency plan in place in all hospitals to adhere to during a crisis situation. Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMP) is used in Florida for all hospitals for emergency and non-emergency situations. The CEMP
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trustworthiness, trans cultural communication, and cultural competence. Knowing more about these elements will help to break down the distrust of the healthcare system and help to build up more trust which is extremely important because when there is no trust, patients do not seek preventative care or specialty care. According to Cook, Kosoko-Lasaki, and O’Brien (2009) trust and distrust play significant roles in the interactions with in the healthcare system (p.16). This trust drives the frequency of the interactions
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self-direction, using familiar technology and providing enabling physical environments. Implications for first-year interprofessional teamwork are that structured well-resourced processes, responsiveness and alignment of learning all improve student outcomes. Circumstances that favor the formation of inter professional teams, the problems are complex enough to require more than one set of skills or knowledge; the amount of skills or knowledge is too great for one provider; assembling a group of professionals
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Task 1 : introduce your business a. Briefly describe the type of business size and number of employees . Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital is a principal referral group A1B hospital with tertiary affiliations to the University of NSW, University of Sydney and University of Western Sydney providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services to a local Bankstown/Canterbury community. It is part of South Western Sydney Local Health District.it has 454 beds and
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care reform had on the way you receive care for yourself or your family members? HLT 418V WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT – FOUR COMPONENT OF HEALTH CARE Max Points: 150 Details: There are many reasons why a bill is introduced into legislation, helping a select group of people to make sure that everyone in the country is being protected. It is important as a healthcare provider to understand, how different bills effect the healthcare profession. Select a current health care bill that addresses one or more of the
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IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY Computerized Provider Order Entry was created to reduce the problem of the past--- the illegible hand-written prescriptions. CPOE can significantly enhance patient safety by: 1. Reminding the ordering clinician of a patient’s allergy to a specific medication and suggest alternatives or how to manage a reaction 2. Alerting the clinician of drug-drug interactions, educate on the severity and mechanism of action and provide advice on managing them
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processing these uncorrected prescriptions that end up getting to patients. If someone does not catch these errors whether it is the pharmacist, being asked by the patient, why there receiving this drug, because they thought doctor said something else. Therefore, the pharmacist may check it. In a hospital, setting a nurse may look at a chart and question the drug, and call and verify. However, many times no one questions it until the patient has a reaction, or what he or she are being treated for gets
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Population to Access Healthcare in South Florida A M NUR/440 December 9, 2013 Vulnerability for Haitian Population to Access Healthcare in South Florida The purpose of this paper is to project the experience on the presented material to a group of co-workers in regards to bringing awareness to the Haitian community and healthcare issues they face. In reference to the brochure presented, it explained cultural variables between American and Haitian beliefs and religion as well as communication
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In this paper, traumatic brain injuries, the effects on speech and language, and the speech-language pathologist’s role with patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury will be discussed. A traumatic brain injury is a very common cause of speech and language problems. It is an acquired cause, meaning it is not present at birth. It affects many areas of communication, including cognitive and memory skills, as well as speech and language. A speech-language pathologist plays an important
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