Essays on Healthcare Improvement

The high percentage of death in intensive care unit is always attributed to the withdrawal of life support machine. In Australia, research shows that a significant proportion of deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit preceded a decision supporting the withdrawal of the life support and this is a case in many countries across the globe including Australia. Withdrawal of life support refers to the process of discontinuing critical care treatment for a patient who is terminally ill, and the decision can be made by the family, government or doctor (Way, Anthony, & Curtis, 2002). The family can make ...

Public Health Workforce

Public Health Workforce The workforce in healthcare includes not only the medical staff as it is also viewed as an industry that provides a wide variety of jobs. On the other hand, many health care workers find jobs using different employment sites. The Internet offers various opportunities for health care workers to win a job, in which their qualifications fit in. One of the sites that frequently offers health care-related jobs is the Public Health Online site, which not only attract public health professionals, but also other potential individuals that qualify in various public health careers (Public Health Online, ...

WGU

A. Table of Contents Professional Resume – presents my clinical knowledge, skills, experience, and philosophy to potential employers Executive Summary – provides an overview of the contents of the portfolio Professional Reference Questionnaire – presents the objective and subjective evaluation of my key behaviors and clinical performance by one of my professional references Importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – discusses the need to develop knowledge and skills in quality leadership in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care and promote holistic, patient-centered care

Copy of IHI certificate of completion – serves to validate my completion of the IHI Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership course

Evidence-based Practice – summarizes an evidence-based research project on hand hygiene Applied Leadership – summarizes my ...

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Abstract Visitation in the Intensive Care Unit in health facilities has been a controversial issue for a long time. There has been continuous wrangles between the health practitioners and the patient’s family and friends over the issue of visitation, which means that a solution has to be sought. The proposal is to seek an intervention method and policy that will ensure visitation is allowed and that it is carried out with necessary regulations. The proposal paper, therefore, seeks to ...

Abstract

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an infection which often develops as a result of poor handling of mechanical ventilation. Such as, poor nursing practice in caring for patients with difficulty in breathing can lead to microorganisms entering patient’s body through a tube inserted especially via mouth and nose of the patient. When these microorganisms get into the respiratory system they cause lung infection which is referred to as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). In preventing this infection, it is important that nurses adopt best practices to reduce the incidence of VAP and provide quality care that is aimed at improving the ...

Introduction

It is an integral part of communication in healthcare to transfer critical information and the responsibility of the patient from one health care provider to another. Such transfer points are called handoff. “An effective handoff supports the transition of critical information and continuity of care and treatment.” These handoffs have been found to be particularly hazardous, and particularly involve missing, incomplete, or inaccurate information and are also associated with adverse events. According to , medication errors are a major cause of injury to hospital patients, and it has been found that more than half of all the hospital medication errors ...

Policy goals and Objectives

There are several goals aimed at improving the quality of the healthcare system in the United States. One is safety. Mortality rates are still comparatively high in the country. Some deaths reported are due to carelessness of healthcare personnel. Two is timelessness. Healthcare in the country must be readily available at every minute. Unlike in other countries, there should not be any time when no health personnel are available. Three is effectiveness. The healthcare personnel like nurses, doctors and other health practitioners must be skilled and very experienced. Healthcare personnel who are not skilled enough will lead to premature ...

Introduction

According to the works of Martin et al. (2007), Øvretveit and Tolf. (2009), it is imperative to note that the cost of healthcare has been on an upward trend reaching such a point that most individuals can no longer afford. In as much as healthcare is a necessity in all families, it is emergent that this ever-rising cost of medical attention is not only increasing at an alarming rate, but also it is becoming increasingly, a luxury, affordable by a select few. One would therefore anticipate that since the cost of healthcare is high, high quality service is provided. However, the contrary seems ...