Essays on Healthcare Facility

The concept of clinical risk management is concerned with the aspect of making improvements to the quality and safety of health services in the mental health sector. As such, this achieved by pointing out the circumstances and opportunities that create risks to patients and staff and identify the approaches that can be adopted to prevent such risks through risk assessment and management. Risk assessment and management have become a primary element of mental health services in modern times, and the significance of good practice in this specific health care area cannot be disputed. The process of risk management and ...

Part 1

Of the many borrowed principles which are currently in use in the professional nursing world, the social exchange theory has proved to be very crucial as regards to the relationships which care providers have with their patients. The stability of relationships between different persons in the society is based on the interactions which they have amongst themselves. Furthermore, the benefits which an individual stands to gain from their relationships are what make them enter into coalitions (Cook et al., 2013). A balance in the relationships between different parties is the primary goal for people forming such coalitions. The core ...

Healthcare centers and facilities play a significant role in disaster and emergency preparedness efforts for all types of events such as natural, man-made events, terrorist attacks and pandemic outbreaks. Healthcare facilities are required to have emergency and disaster operations plan which apparently gives an outline of how the hospital is prepared to respond and recover from all types of hazards. The preparation process requires the healthcare facility to include a number of six critical components including communications, resources and assets, safety and security, staff responsibilities, utilities and clinical and support activities (Wee 241). The approach of being prepared to ...

Abstract

Introduction Nursing practice recognizes altruism through various interventions such as understanding different beliefs and cultures, advocating for vulnerable patients, taking risks on behalf of other workers and patients and mentoring other professionals. In altruism, interpersonal factors such as respect and compassion are considered virtues that cultivate a caring attitude towards others. As such, some people feel that altruism usually places heavy demands on the nurses’ self-sacrifice, thus overlooking the challenges that these nurses face while in practice especially with acute-care settings and psychiatric situations. In this regard, it means that master’s prepared nurses have a role to play ...

The healthcare system has been on a continuous process of change informed by the need to improve patient outcomes. The nurses are trained and prepared to manage patients based on their needs and the environment within which they pursue a livelihood. However, it is evident that despite a standardized curriculum having been adopted over time, there are varying differences across various healthcare facilities and institutions on how care is managed or delivered. The big question that one may ask is how these differences emanate while we have a curriculum and a code of ethics as well as scope of ...

The role of the nurse in the contemporary healthcare setting is wide and it transcends beyond the traditional concept of the roles and scope of work for a nurse. Patient needs have diversified in the same way as populations volumes and numbers seeking care have increased. The healthcare system is demanding more from the nurses and it is apparent that nurses have to adapt to these needs if at all they have to assure the patient population of positive outcomes (Fennimore & Wolf, 2011). For nurse managers, the role is even wider. Not only do they have to work closely ...

In the article, Healthcare Facility Benchmarking, Mulva and Dai (2009) point out the need for facilities to engage in the benchmarking process, as it provides them with a better understanding of the quality of medical services offered. Benchmarking helps in highlighting the metrics within other facilities that define quality with an aim of ensuring that the facility intending to engage in the same market has a higher capacity of attaining these metrics. Mulva and Dai (2009) provide a scenario in which leading healthcare facility owners and contractors undertook a process of benchmarking in 2009 as a way of establishing ...

Like any other change process, the implementation of new technology will be faced with resistance. It is inevitable across the work environments that any intention to implement or introduce a change will have to be subjected to scrutiny and criticism which if not well managed will lead to poor results and losses will be incurred especially if the new systems are not utilized to meet the optimal expectations (Cresswell & Sheikh, 2013). The common practice across the work environments is that such resistance to change is generated by the feeling that the change process will significantly alter the status quo ...

Abstract

Diversified care is a huge issue in the healthcare administration. One of the reasons for this is funding, another is that patients are becoming more aware of the medical advances that exist and are more demanding in regards to the treatment that they obtain. This has a huge impact on a hospital’s finances and strongly affects how they operate. Nonetheless, there are many ways that the issue can be addressed and avoided by both looking at the needs of the community and enabling the institution to change and implement the technological advances as they come about. One way ...

The question of facility planning is one of the most important when it comes to the discussion about creating or building something new. Considering correct planning it is essential to realize the changes it can bring to the authors of a project. The quality of many lives will definitely be enhanced, and this impact cannot be ignored during the planning process. This way, the result depends of many aspects, among which the facility planning can be viewed as the most important.

Steps of Facility Planning

Tips for correct facility planning are the combination of different principles. Firstly, one should provide a study of ...

There are many types of disaster that could damage both property and lives. Disasters can be in a form of natural hazards or man-made hazards, such as typhoons, floods, earthquake, fire, and even harmful chemical spills. Therefore, it is important that every facility of an organization has its disaster plan in order to prevent extensive damages, thus will increase the chance to save lives by being prepared against any forms of disaster. The purpose of this writing is to create a disaster plan for a healthcare facility that serves as guidelines in case of a disaster. We argue that ...

HCPM 341

Introduction Practice management is one of the least popular jobs among medical practitioners, probably because it leans more on the field of management than in the medical practice itself (Aluise, 2012 p.142). However, done correctly, the organization will produce the profit that is needed in order to continue providing excellent healthcare services to patients. In managing the multi-specialty group of six doctors and three mid-level providers, I will employ planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, directing, and decision-making. Planning is probably the most important of these six elements because without it, there is no order. Even if there are duties and ...

Introduction

Leadership is a process whereby one person directs members of a group towards the attainment of a common goal. Like all phenomenon, leadership is susceptible to changes over time as variables in society changes. The evolution of leadership has changed from autocratic models to democratic systems whereby the concern for people is a very important aspect of attaining group goals and objectives. Health Science Education is now complicated and designed to cover a wide array of issues and matters in the 21st Century. This includes amongst other things, cross-specialization, interaction of people from different professional backgrounds, a high rate ...

Heath care ethics and law are disciplines with overlapping concepts. However, each discipline has an independent parameter and distinct focus. Clinical ethics is defined as a methodology for considering the moral inferences of medical technologies, treatments, and policies with extraordinary to determine what must be done or avoided in the delivery of health care (Corning, 2009). Thus, each profession has adopted a code of ethics to regulate the conduct of its members. A code of ethics set up by a profession body, upholds a particular image in public (Mahar, 2013). On the other hand, the law is defined as ...

Medical billing is an iterative process that involves the translation of a healthcare service or product in a billing claim. Ideally, the medical biller has the responsibility to make sure the healthcare institution receives sufficient reimbursement for the services provided by the medical practitioners. The responsibility of the biller may vary from one institution to the other based on size and capacity of the healthcare facility. Ultimately, the medical biller must have specialized knowledge regarding medical records and just like the medical coder; they must have strong familiarity with ICD-9-CM, CPT and HCPCS level II codes (Smiley, 2012). Most ...

In healthcare sector, evidence-based practice is currently one of the most growing applications and trend in nursing informatics (Kaminski, 2014). Its application can be witnesses in various areas such as nursing education, administration, research, and practice. The main aim of the evidence-based practice is to promote the patient care by deciding on the most suitable nursing practice as well as increase the numbers of solution for health providers to choose from in giving care to patient. The overarching goal of evidence-based practices is to transfer health care choices, actions, and decisions to more of research, theoretically-based and scientific level ( ...

Healthcare Discussion

Problem #1 Almost everyone in the nursing profession can remember a case in which patient admitted in the hospitals fell, or almost fell. The chances of patient fall increase with increasing age of patients and with alleviating weakness and complications. The older patients often suffer from severe harm as a result of a fall. As Director of Nursing for in a healthcare facility, if I am asked by the Joint Commission (JC) to take appropriate precautions and assessments within 5 months, I will make a strategic time-bound plan that will drastically reduce inpatient falls. As per many types of ...

The health care system has greatly revolutionized to the extent that most procedures and treatment regimen that were previously deemed unmanageable can now be comfortably performed. This realization has seen the rates of patient satisfaction elevated a notch higher since the mortality and morbidity rates that were previously reported from clinical mistakes have been sufficiently addressed. All these positive outcomes in the healthcare delivery system have been as a result of the adoption of Electronic Health Records in the care provision process (Martini, 2013). The adoption of this technology has been crucial in achieving higher levels of efficiency and ...

Part a

I was privileged to interview the Nurse Manager in the facility that I am currently undertaking my practicum with the intentions of having a better understanding of the working of the organization. She informed that the overall goal for the operation of the facility is that at the end of it all, the levels of patient satisfaction will be high, job satisfaction on the side of care will be improved while the reputation of the facility is targeted at remaining high on the eyes of the clientele.

The specific objectives and goals of the organization, however, are as follows;

• To have a process that is targeted at approving and revising both ...

Practicum Placement Agency's Name:

Preceptor’s Name: Preceptor’s Telephone: Preceptor’s E-mail Address: Nursing Practicum Experience It is important for a nursing student to acquire practical skills from a real practice experience in combination with his or her class theoretical study in the course of undergoing his or her study and training in a nursing course. The clinical practice is critical in developing the student further in their nursing career and enhances their competence and confidence in their preparedness for the roles ahead of them . The feeling of self-confidence and readiness in discharging one’s duties is vital in ensuring best possible ...

A major milestone for the healthcare sector today is the increased focus on patient outcomes and the insistence on the need for accountability in optimization of resources. The nursing process is theoretically an intervention that helps patients fulfill their unmet needs and therefore nurses act as the point of interaction between the patient, their families and the general population with the mechanisms that facilitate meeting those needs. The healthcare sector in itself seeks to continually help people recognize the health and illness continuum and thus help them adapt to the dynamics of this continuum so that they maintain a ...

Abstract

Background: This research is based on the background that human resource management and activities in the health sector of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is generally not evaluated as a unique component of independent studies. However, there is evidence that human resource management in the healthcare sector is very different from that of other sectors around the world. Therefore, the study sought to study the demographics, education, experience, career development and levels of job satisfaction amongst HR professionals in hospitals in Riyadh.

Methods: The study evaluated various components of the HRM practices and processes of hospitals in Riyadh. All ...

Within practical contexts, ethical conduct of employees is as important in nursing as it is within any other professional field. Nurses are required by occupational guidelines to provide care towards patients in the most ethical manner possible. The basic precepts of nursing ethics emphasize that nurses should not employ actions that will inflict either physical or emotional injury to their patients. This means that employees within a healthcare facility, which include the nursing fraternity, are obliged to uphold high level of standards in creating sustainable relationships with patients. According to Perron and Pronsati (2012), those high standards should be guided ...

Sexual Harassment in the Work Place of Healthcare Professionals

Sexual harassment is unwanted, unwelcome or unsolicited sexual behavior, sexual advances or sexual favors (Gold, 2008). It includes things like whistling at someone, asking them questions about their sex life, inappropriate touching, sexual comments, referring to a woman as babe, rape(attempted or actual), unwanted cornering or sexual looks, just to name a few. There is widespread sexual harassment in various work places, but even more so and in the healthcare profession. Quality healthcare is the backbone of a people. The country and the world at large are in a better position of achieving its vision and goals if its citizens are ...

Section 1: Relationship between reward systems and achievement of objectives

A strategic reward system is critical in measuring several aspects of team productivity. Some of the components of a strategic reward system include financial recognitions, awards, promotions and benefits. Organizations, which adopt such initiatives, do so with an expectation of an increase in productivity and quality of services. Reward systems are either tangible or intangible. Organizations use tangible rewards to employees for those tasks that are performed (Brown, 2001). These tasks must meet or go beyond the initial expectations. For the intangible rewards, employees are complimented in public based on their achievements in an organization. As far as achievement ...

Executive summary

With the fast adoption of information systems in many organizations, there is a need to have healthcare information systems integrated in hospitals. This will improve the working of the hospital staff and will enhance the quality of services that will be offered by the staff in the hospitals. The process of integrating information systems to organizations requires a thorough understanding of what the information systems will solve. There is a need to understand the requirements of the organization and how the information system will bring efficiency. There is a need to understand the aligning of the business needs and that of the business. ...

Nursing shortages and turnover are a threat to the health care industry. This is because shortage and turnover of nurses affect the overall performance of healthcare organization. It is crucial to understand that healthcare facilities need to be efficient in terms of taking care of its patients (Fralic, 2000, p.34). This means that every healthcare facility needs to have standardized stable services where nurses take care of the patient’s health. Thus, nurses need to be fully engaged in terms of conducting their duties. However, nurse turnover and shortage puts a strain on the available nurses because they have to overstretch ...

Leadership in Health and Social Care: The challenge of promoting effective teamwork on hand hygiene compliance in an inter-disciplinary environment for team leaders in Hong Kong authority hospitals

Part I

Introduction: Hand hygiene is the single most effective and cost efficient method for preventing and reducing the transmission of hospital acquired infections. Adherence to hand hygiene practices is the most important method of reducing infections in healthcare facilities. Because hands of healthcare workers frequently serve as vectors for the transmission of organisms between patients, and are also a major reservoir for pathogens with antimicrobial resistance, the simple act of washing ones ...

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Company Overview Trinity Mothers Frances Hospitals and clinics include Mother Frances hospital-Jacksonville, Mother Frances hospital – Winnsboro, the Louis and Peaches Owen Hospital. They are affiliated with the health south, Tyler Care Hospital a facility that is a long-term acute care facility and trinity Clinic. It is preferred by multispecialty media groups as it has over 350 physicians and mid-level provider that represent 40 specialists in 36 locations that serve east Texas since March 1937. It is a 404-bed acute care facility that is located in Tyler, Texas. It offers a wide range of services; emergencies and trauma care, surgical and medical care. ...

Introduction

The Increasing number of diseases and medical conditions has led to the expansion of the healthcare system. The current healthcare system has multiple settings and various points. The healthcare providers at the multiple settings must coordinate to ensure that the care patients receive is of quality. The accelerating demand for pooled data for efficient provision of complete care has led to the advanced computerized clinical information system Lancet (2013). Various clinical information systems are available in the medical industry. The paper would discuss the ambulatory / OPD electronic record system.

Information Access

The big difference between the traditional clinical system and ...

Abstract

Collecting blood culture samples is an important part of data collection for the process of diagnosis. The results of such a test can provide information regarding the presence of bacteria within the patient’s blood with great certainty. Therefore, it is integral to the verification of a prognosis. Unfortunately, there are a variety of factors that can lead to false positives on these tests. One way this can occur is through improper collection practices. This is seen amongst emergency room nurses to varying degrees. Because of the great risk associated with diagnoses and future medical treatments based on incorrect test results, it ...

Introduction

The healthcare system in the United States and many developed nations is considered to be in turmoil. Access to care and the cost of care are two major issues observed in the healthcare system. The healthcare industry, like any other business sector has suffered from bankruptcies and market-driven failures. The best example of healthcare system turmoil was observed in New York between 1983 and 2006. Over 63 nursing homes and 70 hospitals shut down due to the lack of financial and healthcare resources. Many patients complained of lack of healthcare services in many parts of the country. The healthcare ...

Organization and Management of a Health Care Facility

While providing quality patient care has always been an essential objective of health care organizations, fiscal results have long been the criteria for measuring success. Hospitals are required to construct the authority abilities required to drive change, manage individuals, give optimal care, and provide results in the organization.

The Board of Directors in Mycare Health Services is the hospital’s most senior managerial team. It is answerable for designing and planning policy and monitoring management. Members of the Board of Directors are the public representatives, and are hired by a public organization owned by a retired judge. One-third of the Board's ...

The acquisition of the Brain Electrical activity mapping will reduce the physicians the time they spend on a patient. The Hippocratic Oath requires medical physicians to perform their tasks with due diligence and provide effective treatment methods to the patient. The medical field has recognized the need for the need for the BEAM technology in their institutions. Any healthcare facility that acquires the technology will become reputable and attract high profile patients. The Metropolitan Hospital has already recognized that necessity and is planning to acquire a Brain Electrical Activity mapping machine. The machine will help physicians to detect abnormalities in ...

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Nursing and Health Sciences

A healthcare facility is trying to determine whether or not to serve coffee in the waiting rooms for their patients. Since many similar facilities do serve coffee, tea, and water, they want to determine if there is sufficient evidence to show that coffee increases their heart rate. They test 15 patients in the waiting room one day to see if their heart rate increases. They would like to see if there is any supporting data from national studies that support the results of their study. Please present a report that includes your data and national data ...

REGISTERED NURSE

Their Scope of Practice Registered nurses (RN) are responsible for the provision and the coordination of heath care. They are also bestowed with the role of educating patients and also the public about an array of health conditions, provide both emotional support and relevant advice to patients and their families. As an RN, one is in the line of defence between the patient and the misunderstanding that may be facing the patients since most of the patients do not like asking the doctor questions but prefers to ask the RN. Additionally, an RN specialises in a certain line of ...

Introduction

As myriad of changes continue being experienced in the health sector, several challenges prevent effective implementation of healthcare services. These challenges include limitation in healthcare services, inefficient skills, unskilled personnel, poverty and huge gap between the number of skilled healthcare providers and number of patients seeking services. These problems further intensify in rural areas whereby the distance between patients and healthcare facilities prevent timely access to healthcare. This explains why several federal policies target problems facing the rural poor. Studies further show that more than 15 percent of healthcare beneficiaries reside in rural areas (Thrall, 2012). These patients depend ...

Disability is generally defined as a restriction or loss of functionality ability as a result of body or mind (Wiebers, Feigin & Brown, 2006, p7). In light of this definition, disability is therefore perceived as a problem. Disabled people accounts for 10-20% of the total world population, therefore, they are part of our community and are entitled to access the same public utilities as the general populace, including Healthcare facilities and services. However, specialized care is required when dealing with disabled people especially in the healthcare setting. The healthcare professionals ought to understand effectively how to work with people with disability so as ...

Part I

1. Time value analysis is the concept implemented when there is a necessity to identify future value of one unit of a currency supposed to be received in several years or the amount of money supposed to be received in future from one unit of currency invested today. The basic concept of time value of money analysis is that the value of alternative investments depends on the time when they will be exchanged. Interest rate may not cover inflation rate contributing to the differences between the present and future values of investments (Khan Academy, 2013). Time value analysis is a tool ...

INTRODUCTION

Every year, many lives are usually lost due to the spread of infections in the hospitals. Although all hospitals have infection control procedures and policies, the risk of infections seems to be impossible to completely eliminate. In the course of my clinical nursing experience, I have noted that these infections that are mostly picked up during a patients stay in the hospital mostly ranges from lung infections, urinary tract infections, Methicilin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), and blood stream infections among many others (Amos & Waugh,2010). These are commonly known as hospital-acquired infections (HIA). In this paper, I will expound on the ...

When scientific methods are used in the process of preserving, collecting, validation, identification, analysis, interpretation, documentation, and presentation of digital evidence from digital sources, then the process is called digital investigation. The evidence may be used to facilitate the construction of events deemed to be criminal or are in contrast with the laid down procedures. Digital investigations for an organization differ to digital investigation for law enforcement because of the procedure adopted. Different models of operation have been suggested depending on the complexity of the situation. Digital investigations arise as a result of an occurrence suspected, attempted or ...

Communication: The Future’s healthcare instrument in medication

Background Among the various tools that provide an effective environment for carrying out of healthcare activities and operations within a healthcare institution include effective communication. This is one of the main areas that David Chase has focused on, in his bid to establish and explain the necessity of effective communication and its consequential impact in healthcare services’ provision. According to Chase, technology (particularly the internet) is the main tool that has played a major role in communication in the healthcare industry, and considering the fact that the patient is the most essential care team member, establishing effective communication means with ...

Simulation Proposal Dashboard: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Simulation Lab

Introduction Simulation proposal dashboard presents a critical analysis on the manner in which a specific project would be executed to meet its intended goals and objectives. Studies have confirmed that simulation proposal dashboards help in the identification of the areas that require radical improvement in a proposal that fosters the attainment of the project’s objectives (Bagust, Place & Posnett, 1999). The paper presents a Simulation proposal dashboard for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Simulation Lab Project. The evaluation of this program will especially be helpful to the management of Vanderbilt children hospital and patients who seeks for health services from the ...

Healthcare involves identifying, treating and preventing an illness or an injury. Health care helps in promoting the welfare of people in the society. Short term healthcare addresses unexpected illnesses or injuries while long term healthcare covers chronic diseases such as cancer. Health care facilities seek to provide appropriate patient care, and prevent any harm to members of the society (Martin, 2013, p.26). Ethical issues vary with the form of healthcare required at a given period, and the illness being addressed. The intensity of an ailment determines who receives a short term healthcare or a long term one. Practitioners may decide to ...

Management of Payment Systems in a Healthcare Facility

There exist several systems of paying medical bills. The type of payment systems employed in any healthcare facility largely depend on its operational strategies. Moreover, it depends on the financial capability of the hospital and its general customers. In this essay, the main type of payment system that will occur includes insurance. Several individuals tend to apply for medical insurance coverage for their medical needs. This step occurs fundamental in the payment of hospital bills during emergencies. However, the payment claims may get rejected in the process of submitting payments to the healthcare facility after services have been rendered ...

Summary of the Four Elements of Financial Management

Healthcare industry is riddled with high operation costs. In most instances, the revenues generated from offering medical services far exceed the revenue received from offering such services. As a result, facilities incur huge losses during their operation periods. Financial management information is very vital for controlling these costs through its four elements. To begin with, financial management begins by measuring the quantitative and qualitative performance of a healthcare facility. In addition to measuring the financial strength of the facility, they also measure the quality of care and the level of patient satisfaction. By using diverse categories of measures, health facilities can ...

Pressure Ulcers

According to Frankel & Benett (2000), a hospital acquired condition (HAC) is a detrimental condition or situation that influence a patient, which occur during a reside in a medical facility or hospital. A pressure ulcer refers to area of contained damage to the underlying tissues and skin, which is caused by shear, friction and pressure and or a mixture of these. The vital determinants of pressure ulcer growth are the duration and intensity of pressure and the lenience for pressure of the outer skin as well as it is underneath structures. Pressure ulcers are avoidable or preventable with high-quality essential nursing care, with nothing unusual, ...

Introduction to MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial strain of S. aureus that that has developed a resistance to certain types of antibiotics, including methicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and amoxicillin (Farley 2008). The types of infections differ according to whether the MRSA infection was acquired in the hospital setting (HA-MRSA) or whether it was a community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection. The most severe MRSA infections are those acquired in health care facilities and include infections of the bloodstream or surgical wounds, and pneumonia. MRSA bacteremia is often fatal, thus timely and aggressive intervention is critical in patients at high risk of death; for example, ...

Communication and Information Technology

Electronic Medical Records is a system whereby a client’s record can be kept or stored in electronic form. This will in return allow clinics and other medical facilities track all data on a given patient across a wide electronic information system (Skolnik 2010). Electronic Medical Records may contain very critical data on patients such as demographics, clinical sessions, scheduling data and even lab and screening results. This data will in return be tracked across a very wide health information system such as a hospital or even across many branches of given hospitals and this means that there will be easier access of patient information ...

When maintaining an operating budget in a healthcare facility, there are many factors to consider. Obviously, the essential conceit of an effective financial management process is to be able to spend just as much money as you need – no more, no less. The example given in this paper, of the 2009 to 2010 operating budget of the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital, is one of a very effective budgeting plan that showcases extremely practical, workable strategies for operating a health care facility.

One of the biggest challenges to making an efficient budget in this day and age is the poor economy, which has led ...