Essays on Healthcare Workers

Sex Trafficking Survivors

Muraya, D.N & Fry, D. (2016). Aftercare services for child victims of sex trafficking: A systematic review of policy and practice. Sage, 17(2); 204-220. The study employed the use of current practice, a systematic review of unpublished and published research and organizational policies to explore the various aftercare services that are afforded to the victims of child sex trafficking. The study explored the various services that children survivors involved in sex trafficking are provided with and the policies in place to ensure they are taken care of. There was need for the development of best practices related to the ...

Compare and Contrast 2 Different Theories of Organizational Behavior

In this paper, the author chose two different theories that are directly related to organizational behavior. The two theories that were chosen to be discussed in this compare and contrast essay were the Systems Theory and the Economic Theory of an Organization, namely the Theory of the Firm. The focus of the comparison and contrast discussions would be on the applicability of the two theories in the healthcare setting.

The systems theory is one of the most versatile theories that are being used to explain not just organizational behavior but other aspects of organizational management as well. What it ...

Introduction

The Ebola virus has existed for centuries. Like all life forms and viruses, it has been changing and adapting since the beginning of time to survive. Despite this the disease did not make itself known until the twentieth century. However, once the virus revealed itself only three major outbreaks have occurred. There were two in 1976 and one which took started in 2014 (CDC, 2015). The latest outbreak has been the longest and worst, effecting numerous countries such as, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa (CDC, 2015). This paper will look at the scientific aspects of the ...

Introduction

The situation is getting out of control at Good Health Hospital (Tampa Bay) since the outbreak of Escherichia coli, a specie of bacteria that can be found in many daily items. The incident involved Ward 10, which is located in the second floor. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that the investigation of the bacterial source must begin with the hospital kitchen as the bacterium can be transmitted through contaminated vegetables and delicatessen meats (e.g. salami and other cold cuts). The Epidemiological Summary provides a brief description of the data obtained. Environmental review ...

Emergencies in healthcare centers and hospitals are a common occurrence and require nurses and healthcare workers to be forearmed to competently handle casualties. Disaster drills are an effective and efficient way of gauging the level of preparedness of a hospital’s staff, equipment, and systems in handling mass casualties (Emergency Medical Services Agency, n.d.). Moreover, mass casualty drills meet the requirements of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare organizations (JCAHO) falling within EC 4.10.2 and EC4.10.15. Additionally, it is a mandatory requirement within the California State Code for hospitals to annually participate in the Emergency medical Services Survey ( ...

Introduction

The unionization of the work force can be observed as early as the 1800s, during the time when the industrial revolution was spreading quickly across Europe and the United States. These labor unions, however, are not permanently established organizations. Rather, these are employees who temporarily group themselves when employment issues arise in order to gain leverage in bargaining with their employers (Murray, n.d., p. 2). Among the major issues that bring employees together according to scholars are improvement of working conditions, wages and job security; issues that are still relevant in the contemporary labor setting across all industries (Cengage ...

1. State the purpose of the study and identify the problem. The paper “Tragedy into Policy: A Quantitative Study of Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Patient Advocacy Activities” by Lisa M. Black, presents research that was done on the attitudes of healthcare workers in Nevada regarding patient safety. The need to provide protection to patients in such settings is important as they are often profoundly affected by the prevailing beliefs and values that their caretakers have towards them. These cultural norms present an underlying problem when considering the results of poor patient care in a medical environment. The author’s intent ...

Among the notable congresswomen in the USA is Renee Ellmers who is the North Carolina’s 2nd District representative since her first election in 2010. As a nurse, she has remained an outstanding healthcare policy maker sponsoring and supporting several bills that have led to changes in healthcare service delivery in the USA. On January 16, 2015, Ellmers introduced H.R. 398-a bill to train healthcare workers on trafficking with the aim of empowering them to identify victims of trafficking and respond appropriately and on time. In this regards, the bill proposed that government agencies would collaborate to create a ...

Ebola virus disease, formerly described as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, refers to a severe illness that is usually deadly in humans. Wild animals transmit the virus to human populations where it spreads through direct contact with infected bodily fluids. Typically, the disease has a fatality rate of nearly 50% with past outbreak cases recording fatality rates ranging between 25% and 90% (World Health Organization (WHO), 2016). For example, an Ebola epidemic in West Africa reported in 2014 caused global panic because it was “the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the Ebola virus was first discovered” (WHO, 2016). In ...

ABSTRACT

Ethical issues are something that is a reality in modern medicine. This is certainly true when it comes to religious, spiritual and philosophical belief systems. Sometimes these strongly held beliefs are on the part of patients, but there are times when beliefs are held by healthcare workers. There are ethical codes in place that protect a patient’s right to refuse treatments, like blood transfusions, if they ethically or morally feel that are not what they wish to do. There are also options available for healthcare workers who feel that they cannot ethically be involved in certain treatments or ...

2A. Appraising Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Quantitative Study One source of bias during data collection is the use of self-report data (Polit & Beck 2012). Chivers et al. (2001) obtained data through the SF-36 and Beck depression inventory which required the patients to answer questionnaires. If they failed to give accurate answers, it would have affected the validity of the findings. The study design also allowed patients to receive other clinically appropriate treatments that were beyond the study protocol (Chivers et al. 2001). Additional treatments are confounding variables but their influence on the study outcomes was not estimated in the statistical analysis. This reduces confidence in ...

The institutional affiliation

Scientists in various health-related fields constantly encourage qualitative research as an important element of implementation and intervention directions of a research and a detailed evidence base for practice. Moreover, qualitative data can highlight procedures and results, as well as appraise the decision-making process and program development (Hamilton, 2014). The outcomes in reviews of the qualitative health research are regularly hard to comprehend and even to find because of the manner they are introduced. According to Leeman and Sandelowski, there are three strategies that can enhance approachability and serviceability of qualitative health research discoveries; in particular, transformation of outcomes into ...

Application of Epidemiology – Case Study

Application of Epidemiology – Case Study

Information Summative

The statistical analysis of the Good Health Hospital’s medical records reveals the progression of Escherichia coli infection among four hospitalized patients who reported bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, loss of appetite, flatulence and pyrexia since last week. The summary of these cases presented below in the context of their further analysis. The findings by the CDC revealed that the E. coli manifestations emanated among the affected patients after consuming the spoiled food items attributing to meats and vegetables.

Background Information (Indicating the Requirement of Further Investigation)

Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) describes various nosocomial infections reported within a ...

Essentials of evidence collection and preservation knowledge

Healthcare professionals ought to understand that knowledge on evidence collection and preservation is paramount. The knowledge can eventually be of significant use in tracking down and prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes (Simmons, 2014). Forensic healthcare workers or even general caregivers can help the police in investigating crimes by making sure that they collect and store evidence attentively. Moreover, crime evidence can be essential to the victims as they can use it to seek legal justice.

Steps to Take in Collecting Evidence on Mugged Client

Health institutions usually have an elaborate protocol for collecting and handling evidence. The protocols are typically developed by forensic healthcare professionals in conjunction with ...

Rapid development of medicine and current medical and healthcare practice raises plenty of different issues, including legal and ethical. Doctors and other healthcare workers sometimes find it hard to address a particular problem, as many different opinions exist. Therefore, they need a body that will be capable to resolve complex issues and take prompt actions. The USA and a number of other developed nations that aim to promote human rights and justice found it necessary to establish such committees to consult the interested parties regarding the ethical and legal issues. However, its functions are not limited only to this. ...

Approximately 8 million healthcare workers in the U.S. are working in environments that place them at risk of exposure to hazardous drugs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The risk to healthcare workers increases yearly as new non-antineoplastic pharmaceuticals are added to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s alert list of hazardous drugs (Connor, MacKenzie, DeBord, Trout & O’Callaghan, 2014). The addition of new hazardous drugs requires continually updating of procedures to prevent an increasing diverse range of potential exposures (Connor, et al., 2014). The purpose of this paper is to examine the study of ...

The general perception among the public is that hospital workers are at the forefront of receving adequate and quality healthcare by virtue of their working environment. However, recent studies have proven that this assumption could not be further from the truth. According to Taylor and Bithoney (2012), healthcare workers represent one of the unhealthiest group among the general population. This shocking trend has been attributed to a wide range of reasons such as unhealthy eating habits and general lifestyle practices as well as the nature of their work. However, it is not easy, or realistic to expect healthcare workers ...

When a patient walks through the doors of a hospital along with his or her dear ones, it is the responsibility of the healthcare organization to see that the needs of the patient are taken good care of. Hiring the technically competent healthcare professionals to take up deeper roles would make the experience of patients in healthcare organizations quite memorable (Beaulieu-Volk, 2014). From the perspective of the patients, caring healthcare professionals heal them and in some cases give them a new lease of life. On the other hand, a nursing professional develops her career by providing the best care ...

Physician and nursing shortage has devastating implications for health care quality. Recent studies reveal that healthcare facilities with fewer patients at a particular time depict considerable and better health outcomes. Shortages of nurses also influences the delivery of the long-term care that also integrates various care such as those in nursing homes.

Significance

This topic intends to improve the understanding and awareness about the implications of shortages of care givers on the healthcare systems. While it is agreeable by the experts that there is the shortage of certified nurse midwives in the country and the current consideration is likely to ...

Abstract

The healthcare environment is characterized by various dramatic as well as rapid changes whereby this is usually leads to various difficulties especially in regard to effective change management. In regard to this, the various stakeholders involved in the management of healthcare organizations should effectively monitor change in order to anticipate the effects of these changes and come up with the appropriate measures to effectively deal with the challenges presented by the changes. As such, it is crucial and necessary to effectively understand the continuing trends that include; changes in managed care, client characteristics and pay-for-quality so as to effectively ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that exists a shortage of more than four million healthcare employees, including doctors and nurses, across the globe (Aluttis, Tewabech and, Frank 33). The developing nations are the most affected. Specifically, Emigration is one of the reasons why developing nations have a shortage of healthcare workers. Developing countries, in spite of having colleges of health sciences, often do not remunerate their healthcare workers appropriately (Crisp and Chen 950). On the other hand, remunerations that developed nations offer to doctors from underdeveloped nations are lower, especially when compared to those of physicians that born ...

The reaction by a person being told they have HIV is often and very understandably very negative. Most people, even in the most undereducated countries in the world, understand very well that HIV is a life-shortening disease. Depending on a multitude of physical, mental, and socio-economic factors, living with HIV can be a horrendous damnation in which the person is shamed and shunned for the remainder of their life, or it can be another chronic illness among a list of others. In the United States and the United Kingdom, most people today who are the most susceptible consider HIV ...

One figure found in society that is both a role model or not depending on the situation or the person are professional athletes. There are those that say that healthcare workers are role models and thus should carry themselves as such. There are others that say that the healthcare workers did not “sign up” to be role models and thus should not be held to a higher standard than the average person. There can be some credence to this as people like police, judges and, yes, medical personnel are obviously held to a higher standard than the average joe. ...

A Capstone Proposal Presented in Partial Fulfillment

Master of Healthcare Administration KAPLAN UNIVERSITY The quality of life is a subjective feeling that is unique to an individual. It entails how they perceive their position and situation in a context that is characterized by the value systems of the society, their value systems and culture and how these elements compare to the personal and professional goals they had set, their worries about personal and professional life, and their personal standards of life (Daubermann & Tonete, 2012). The quality of work life relates to these perceptions as they relate to their work life, and how the result affects other ...

Summary of the case study

The case study “Leadership Development for Health Service Delivery: Making the Most of Limited Resources in Afghanistan” describes the implementation of LDP (leadership development program) in Afghanistan’s healthcare system (Alliance for Case Studies for Global Health, 2012). In addition, the study analysis the health benefits that accrue from the program and sustainability of the program. Over the years, the Afghan healthcare system has been faced by numerous challenges such as increased mortality, poor immunization and endemic episodes of infectious diseases particularly due to resource constraints as well as persistent warfare. However, the country has recently witnessed tremendous improvements ...

Abstract

Stress and cigarette smoking have been linked in many studies. An assessment was also done to measure how the variables of finances, workload and dependency add to stress, anxiety, depression and addiction among the respondents. This study puts weight to the fact that smoking is prevalent among healthcare workers around the world. In many parts of the world, nurses are found to be smokers, and even though there are campaigns to influence smokers, many nurses continue smoking for several reasons, but one given factor was the role that stress plays in causing people to reach out for a cigarette ...

Labor Relations Review Questions

2. Using the hospital as a setting, give two examples of what would violate the NLRA. One of the provisions of the NLRA is the right to self-organization. Section 157 of 21 US Code, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, provides, among others, that employees have the right to organize themselves, either by forming, joining or assisting unions and bargain with their employers as a group through the union. This provision would be violated under healthcare setting, when a hospital management, for example, would deal directly with its employees for the setting of terms of their contracts. This happened ...

Abstract

This study analyzes the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic medical system in both hospital and clinic environments. The overall research problem addressed in this study is determining how to effectively manage and communicate expectations associated with perceived benefits and challenges derived from a new install of an electronic medical record. The purpose of this study is to analyze perceptions associated with both the benefits and challenges derived from installing an electronic medical record system. This problem is relevant to many such as those who ...

Literature review

Over the past number of years, the issue of violence has generated a lot of concerns in the workplace. Different sectors experience different levels of workplace violence with 85 percent of non-fatal assaults occurring in retailing and service industries. The health care sector falls under the service industry and workers in this sector are at higher risks of workplace violence. It becomes hard to estimate the true incidence of violence towards health workers because of different definitions and data collection systems (Hartley, D., & Ridenour, 2011 #1).

Violence among health workers triggers most psychological and physical outcomes. Some of the ...

Introduction

Reliable and sound information is the key source of decision-making across all healthcare centers worldwide. Effective information systems are essential for the development of health system policies and their implementation. In addition, it ensures good governance and regulation, promotes health research, improve human resources development and high service delivery. Advances in technology, especially the internet, creates a better opportunity to improve healthcare institutions through making communications more efficient and increasing the effectiveness of practitioners. Healthcare centers that have implemented information systems have realized great changes in their operations in terms of speed, safety, efficient communications between parties and cost cutting. ...

Medication errors can have potentially serious consequences for patients and healthcare workers. For patients, they can lead to serious injuries, disability, and even death (Hashemi, 2007). For healthcare workers, they can lead to withdrawal of practicing licenses and other disciplinary actions. The indictment of three registered nurses for negligent homicide following the death of a newborn occasioned by a medication error in 1997 ushered in a chilling novel level of disciplinary action: criminal prosecution. This paper will discuss emerging issues related to an instance of medication error that resulted in criminal charges against the nurses who were involved. The incident involved three ...

Effective communication is overly important in the operation theatre. It is one of the ideal ways of ensuring that the operation theatre is operating efficiently. However, this has emerged to be a challenging task with the vastly changing healthcare system and the heightened complexities in patient care. Rather than having one individual conduct a surgery, modern healthcare requires that the joint efforts of the healthcare professionals in the operation theatre take play. Given this, communication is primal to coordinate the teamwork efforts. Healthcare professionals find this to be a challenge, and hence, leading to unintended morbidity (Weller et al., 2014). Research shows ...

Describing the HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) belongs to the group of retroviruses and carries ribonucleic acid (RNA) as genetic material. HIV infection occurs when the virus enters CD4+ T-cells of the host and causes the host cell to replicate viral RNA and proteins, which in turn invade the other host cells. HIV infection may be divided onto four stages depending on the clinical history, physical examination, status of immune dysfunction, signs and symptoms and infections/malignancies. The first stage or the primary infection is characterized by acute HIV syndrome with a dramatic drop in CH4+ T-cells (500 to 1500 cells/mm3). The second stage ...

Annotated Bibliography

Brewer, N.T., Chapman, G.B., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., McCaul, K.D., and Weinstein, N.D. "Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination." Health Psychology, 26(2) (2007): 136-145.

The study examines the relationship between perceived risk of flu and health behavior shown by the people. The study informs how higher perceived risk can increase the immunization rate and result into positive health behavior of the people. The source is very useful in understanding health behavior shown by different groups of the people, and also in understanding how rate of flu immunization can ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an infectious disease caused by SARS corona virus (SARS-CoV). It is a dangerous, not well understood, and easy to transmit disease. Its most dangerous features are that SARS outbreaks occur within the hospital setting, it can be deadly, and has no definitive set of symptoms. There is a distinct probability of another global outbreak of SARS.

On February 28, 2003, Carlo Urbani, a medical doctor working for the World Health Organization in Vietnam, examined an American patient in a French hospital in Hanoi. The patient presented with atypical pneumonia, a respiratory disease with an unusual panel of symptoms. ...

Abstract:

The safety of the healthcare providers, and that of their clients, remains to be of uttermost importance. Thus, there is a need to draw close attention towards saving the lives of healthcare workers and those who dwell within the hospital facility through knowledge increase of the advantages of hand hygiene. This study takes into account some recent researches in connection to hand hygiene and the infections that may come about when the pathogens and the bacteria within the surface of the skin is not washed away. As there are about 2 million people who get infected every year, it is ...

Introduction

In the past decade, there has been significant research on the theme of stress and its association with the scientific environment. Stress is associated with a range of negative effects on an individual’s life and also has significant implications on the quality of life. Stress has been observed among various healthcare staff, especially nursing professionals. The co-relation of stress with work and the profession has been a major focus in recent times. In the public health care domain, stress has been used many times, though inappropriate and inconsistent. Studies in health care have focused on the clinical stress and intention ...

Bill S.864 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act The National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act bill creates requirements for the acute care facilities to provide registered nurses based on the increased patients’ acuity as long as the minimum nurse-to-patient ratios are met all the time. Direct care registered nurses are mandated to act in the exclusive interest of their patients, and possess the right to be patient advocates. The bill seeks to address a number of policy issues such as the growing nationwide shortage of direct-care registered nurses in hospitals, provide minimum standards for patient ...

Review of the Literature

Review of the Literature Leadership challenges continue to pose a threat to the access and acquisition of quality healthcare by all patients in the world. Theoretical frameworks have to be applied in the management of these challenges as health institutions seek to better the conditions of these populations. As such, it is important to appraise the theoretical frameworks usable in this context. Caro (2011) focuses on the aspect of dealing with traumatic brain injuries and other neuro-related conditions that pose a challenge for many health institutions, especially in the developing world. The author suggests that the solution to these challenges ...

Racial discrimination remains an ongoing experience for a minority group in the America, despite the enactment of the civil right act that declared the racial discrimination illegal. Not only is the perception of racial bias damaging socially, but also new evidence indicates that the experience of racism may be detrimental to health care in the America. Currently, the racial groups are constructed to demonstrate the diversity in status, power, and resources. Racial classification is mainly experienced within the US context, African-American have been on the bottom while whites remain on top. Racism is reflected via the idea that inferiority is ...

Background

The joining forces policy is an initiative developed by First lady Michele Obama in conjunction with the secretary of State Joe Biden. The initiative is meant to call attention to veterans of the United States who have gone to war for their country and are cleared to join the society after their service. The initiative stems from the moral obligation that soldiers who have come from war fighting for their country should not come home only to continue the war which this time has to do with fighting for job opportunities (AAN, 2014). The policy was developed prompted ...

Influenza Vaccine among Health Workers

Influenza Vaccine among Health Workers

Introduction

Evidently, the human body possesses a remarkable capability, which can however be jeopardized by disease. Influenza occurs as one of the widely discussed diseases whose influence on humans has and continues to raise immense concern across various contexts all over the globe. This can be accredited to the fact that this disease occurs as one of the leading causes of respiratory infections. In fact, influenza remains a significant cause of mortality amongst the elderly populations aged above 65 years. Worth noting is the fact that the pathogenicity of influenza is dependent on environmental factors; hence grouping ...

Background information

Critical thinking is one of most highly valued educational outcomes in the professional education of healthcare professionals. Educationalists tend to emphasize the importance of teaching future healthcare professionals how to think, rather than the need to improve the contents of curricula. This view stems from the fact that the nursing process is highly concerned with problem-solving and decision-making-related activity that requires acquisition and continuous improvement of related skills (Yilldrim, Ozkahraman &Karabudak, 2011, p.174) As nursing education is directly related to critical thinking theory, tparticularly the development of these skills is essential for curricula in nursing educational instituions (Yilldrim&Ozkahraman, 2011, ...

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 ...

Patient face myriad safety issues while admitted to hospitals. These issues are of great concern to nurses and other parties involved. There have been significant sentimental events occurring continuously in healthcare whose bottom line base serious arguments since no one wants a patient to be injured or hurt in any way. It has become a responsibility to nurses and other participants in hospitals to provide proper healthcare for efficient tracking of severe sentiments that can cause harm. The frequent modernisations of hospitals such as the use of safety systems and enhanced technology in clinical record keeping have substantially lowered the causes ...

Evidence Based Research Paper

Hand Washing Adherence Evidence Based Research Paper Hand Washing Adherence

Introduction

The concept of cleaning the hands with antiseptic agents originated in the early 19th century. For the subsequent generations, there has been a profound consideration of the practice of hand washing as a depiction of personal hand hygiene in the hospital settings. The issue of hand hygiene emerged with different physicians and pharmacist conducting various studies on the same. For instance, in the early 19th century, a French pharmacist demonstrated the effectiveness of using solutions of soda or chlorides of lime in eradicating foul odors from human corpses. In the ...

Purnell Model for Cultural Competence

The demographics of the American population are increasingly changing due to a growth in the proportion of persons collectively termed as ethnic minority. It is expected that by the year 2020, 35% of the American population will consist of ethnic minorities (Barrow, 2010). This increase in diversity is expected in the background of long-standing variations in the health status of persons from culturally diverse backgrounds (Barrow, 2010). These variations have been attributed to lack of cultural competence amongst healthcare professionals. Consequently, acquisition of cultural competence for health workers had been prioritized. A number of models for guiding cultural competency amongst ...

Vulnerable Populations and Healthcare Policy

Compare and contrast the concepts: individual vulnerability and vulnerable populations According to De Chesnay and Anderson (2012), the concept of individual vulnerability deals with an individual in a system context. This implies if an individual is exposed to certain multiple risks, he or she has the ability to develop health related problems that are because of the multiple risks. Vulnerable populations on the other hand deal with a much broader collective perspective. Consequently, vulnerable populations are certain groups of people that are highly likely to suffer from exposure to certain multiple risks. Since cost of health is high, approaching vulnerable ...

Introduction

The natural disasters, health, medicine and the environment form the bases of the history of vulnerability. In the present world, the young population is more vulnerable based on some issues like early parenthood, homelessness, lack of education, and engagement in crimes. In most cases, vulnerability is associated with poverty because poor people are at greater risks of experiencing vulnerable conditions. A vulnerable population is that at higher risks for poor psychological, physical, or social health. These groups of people have greater-than-average risks of developing health issues. The major health issues associated with a vulnerable population include chronic diseases, high morbidity ...

Introduction

A random survey would reveal that most people have enjoyed the services of a professional nurse at some point in their life. Nurses are most popular healthcare providers; this could be attributed to the fact that the profession is the largest among health care professions, with a population of 2.9 million in the United States. That said it is clear that the pivotal role nursing plays in the healthcare system is unquestionable.

Definitions

Many professional nursing bodies and scholars have defined nursing. The most common and valid definition is the International Council of Nurses’ definition. The council outlines that nursing involves caring ...

Research Question: Do health care workers comply with hand washing strategies at the hospital level?

Annotated Bibliography Asare, A., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., & Newman, M. J. (2009). Hand hygiene practices in a neonatal intensive care unit in Ghana. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 3(05), 352-356. In this study, the researchers sought to assess hand hygiene practices and the nature of patient contact in physicians and nurses at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ghana. The study was descriptive and cross-sectional, lasted two weeks, and the amount time of observation daily was 5 hours. The researchers assessed compliance to alcohol rub as well. Compliance to hand washing before and after patient contact ...

Symptoms and Coping Strategies for Caregivers

Patricia Caldoron Grand Canyon University Symptoms and Coping Strategies for Caregivers Compassion fatigue is a state in which an individual feels mentally, emotionally, and spiritually depleted. As medical professionals, nurses often encounter compassion fatigue because of their empathic relationships with patients and their dedication to helping prevent, cure, and manage illness. However, by becoming preoccupied with their patients’ problems and overwhelmed by their responsibilities and workloads in healthcare, nurses will often neglect their own physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Prolonged neglect results in compassion fatigue symptoms that can be categorized into cognitive, emotional, behavioral, spiritual, and somatic ...

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Patient protection and affordable care act

Introduction Effective healthcare systems are inevitable for ensuring better outcomes. So devising appropriate healthcare policies forms a major challenge for governments across the world. PPACA was devised by the United States (US) government with the purpose to better the healthcare sector as a whole and its capability to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare, cultural competencies and related aspects are discussed. Major initiatives in PPACA to improve quality of care and access to care: Initiatives like integration of the healthcare sector could facilitate in improving the quality of care since it enables the patients to have ...

Management: Effective Teamwork in Healthcare

Effective Teamwork in Healthcare Statement of the Problem Cooperation and coordination among staff are essential in healthcare field, as they foster improved standards and performance. Healthcare professionals deal with the health of people, a sensitive professional as any error may have serious consequences on the patients. In this consideration, employers must work hard to foster a good working environment. Studies affirm that enhancing teamwork is a strategic approach of improving standards in the workplace (Sari et al, 2007). However, challenges in building effective teamwork presents affect service delivery in the healthcare sector. Effective teamwork would help in improving the health ...

Literature Review on Mobile Healthcare

Literature Review on Mobile Healthcare In the field of health, the use of advanced technology is not anymore limited to highly specialized branches such as medical robotics or nuclear medicine. Different levels in the healthcare delivery system have utilized the benefits and convenience offered by mobile devices. Mobile healthcare or mHealth is slowly gaining ground in health facilities worldwide. The term mHealth refers to “the use of wireless communication devices to support public health and clinical practice” (Kahn, Yang, & Kahn, 2010, as cited in Barton, 2012). In the succeeding sections the terms mHealth and mobile healthcare will be ...

The survey targets healthcare workers in hospitals across the nation. They will voluntarily submit to the survey in order to expose their most recent knowledge concerning the nursing shortage. They have been allowed to volunteer at chance as no selected times were chosen for the survey. The respondents targeted could be from any category of the general healthcare community and as noted above will share one more characteristics that are shared and is relative to the nursing community and related by the claim of knowledge concerning the nursing community. In the spirit of the quantitative simple designed research ...

1.0 Background Information on SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerged febrile lower respiratory viral disease that has been described in Asia, Europe, North America and recently Middle East. The disease was first reported in Asia, specifically in Guangdong Province of Southern China, in late 2002. It then spread to Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, Thailand, Canada, the U.K, U.S and Slovenia at an unprecedented rate, so that in a period of weeks it had spread to 37 countries and was thus a pandemic of global concern in 2003. SARS is reported to be the first global ...

How realistic is it to expect health care workers to model mental, physical, and spiritual health?

Health care workers are expected to embody all the characteristics and traits which manifest living a healthy life. This is crucial so that they become the perfect models of physical, mental, and spiritual health. As emphasized in a study reported by MacReady (2012), there could be potential problems when healthcare workers seem to have problems of practicing what they preach. As health care practitioners, they are expected to have gained greater in-depth understanding of health issues, including maintaining a health disposition through holistic observance of balanced diet, exercise, and regular check-ups through theoretical frameworks and work experience.

If Americans tend to be overweight, underactive workaholics who experience burnout, why should health care workers be any different?

Health care workers should exhibit ...

How realistic is it to expect health care workers to model mental, physical, and spiritual health? If Americans tend to be overweight, underactive workaholics who experience burnout, why should health care workers be any different? Healthcare workers are professionals within the medical field who are charged with the responsibility of providing precautionary, promotional, therapeutic or rehabilitative healthcare to humanity (Hasselhorn & Lagerström, 1999). Remarkably, there is a lot of controversy about the expectations that society has on individuals working in this field. In most societies, healthcare workers are usually expected to be a proper representation of what is deemed as ...

Hand Hygiene Project in the Hospital

Hand hygiene is a practice necessary for ensuring proper healthcare and safety among patients and heath care providers in hospitals. In attending to their patients, nurses and other hospital staff enter their rooms. They may be directly in contact with the patient, such as in giving medicine and food, or not. It is attested that in this way, people inside the room or even in the hospital premises could adversely affect one another. In the mid-1800’s, hospitals were identified to have acquired diseases transferred through the hands of the health care workers (McDonald & May, 2011). Having these infections is ...