triggering event occurs. The alarm can be caused by events such as patient movement, electrodes disconnected, poor sensor placement, or broken cables. “It is estimated that between 85 and 99 percent of alarm signals do not require attention” (The Joint Commission, 2013, para. 2). Excessive false positive alarms result in alarm fatigue. Alarm fatigue is “the lack of response due to excessive numbers of alarms resulting in sensory overload and desensitization” (Cvach, 2012, p. 269). This occurs when
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education 4 Care team communication 4 Patient Discharge Education 4 Justification 5 Works Cited 6 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to summarize, analyze and evaluate the compliance status of Nightingale Hospital to Joint Commission requirements. This report will focus on medication management, specifically anticoagulation therapy and the patient and staff education associated with it. In an effort to maintain the highest quality of care for our patients, we must continue
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of white collar crime that occurs around all of us. The problem with this is too many people think that they can get away with it, and many of them do. To stop this influx of crime, a large number of agencies have been formed. These agencies use a joint policing style to combat white collar crime in the most effective way. Each and every day it is becoming harder to cheat the system due to the diligence and hard work that these agencies put forth. Policing White collar crime is around us everywhere
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with the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals for 2012. This report will focus exclusively on the Priority Focus Area of Communication and its subsequent standards: * UP.01.01.01 – Conduct a preprocedure verification process. * UP.01.02.01 – Mark the procedure site. * UP.01.03.01 – A time-out is performed before the procedure. BACKGROUND NCH is 13 months away from its next Joint Commission audit. It is imperative that NCH is in complete compliance with the Joint Commission
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Christina Ninh November 10, 2014 HCA 6225 Fall 2014 Case Study #6 Effective communication is the foundation of any health care team; and conversely, poor or nonexistent communication in a health care setting can negatively impact patient care. Preventing such medical miscommunication means fewer medical errors. And like the Case of Jesica Santillon, deaths occur in the US each year because of medical mistakes; the biggest factor being miscommunication or lack thereof between multiple
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The Nightingale Community Hospital is anticipating an audit from the joint Commission in the next 13 months to come and they are preparing to perform well in the audit. The hospital will focus on improving its communication process. The purpose of communication in healthcare setting is to disseminate information about the patient and what needs to be done because the patient is releasing decision making ability and safety into the control and care to the doctor. Communication is very vital because
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Media Release [MR 04-236] ASIC provides further guidance on Statements of Advice (21 July 2004); and (g) Information Release [IR 04-61] ASIC provides guidance on Statements of Advice (30 November 2004). Australian Securities and Investments Commission August 2005 Page 2 REGULATORY GUIDE 90: EXAMPLE STATEMENT OF ADVICE Contents What this guide is about
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QI Plan Part I- Consumerism HCS/588 October 17, 2011 QI Plan Part I- Consumerism Healthcare organizations have a responsibility to its consumers and various stakeholders to ensure only the highest quality care is delivered. Quality measures such as performance measurement and quality improvement processes play a critical role in helping organizations achieve quality outcomes. This paper will contrast performance measurement and quality improvement
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most serious issue confronting EDs in the developed world (Favotich & Hirsch, 2003). Overcrowding is a situation “in which the demand for emergency services exceeds the ability of department to provide quality care with acceptable time frames (Joint Commission Resources). According to the Emergency Nurses Association, emergency department crowding is a hospital-wide dilemma caused by factors that extent far beyond the hospital itself (Emergency nurses association, 1989). When emergency department
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In health care today nurses are confronted with the challenge of leading a variety of people; whether it is patients, families, co-workers or communities; the need for leadership and organizational skills are in demand more now than ever. The goal of this paper is to further discuss the purpose of my leadership development plan utilizing professionals, peer-reviewed articles, and credible websites that pertain to each of my SMART goals. The SMART goal topics that I have chosen are to improve
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