To: Members and Staff of the Seton Family of Hospitals Board of Directors The Seton Family of Hospitals board meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, February 23 from 8:00 to 11:00 am has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 25 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm in the Seton Administration Office building in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Boardroom. The agenda and meeting materials will be provided one week prior to the meeting. Thank you,
The board of trustees or directors, the community (if they have a say on the matter), and the employee union might influence the decision. If the financial difficulty is really severe, HSO might consider merging with another hospital in the area, if the other hospital is also struggling financially with their pediatrics unit or if the other hospital is ‘larger’. In both cases, the result will be more efficiency. This will be advantageous to my hospital and my hospital’s patients, for the bigger hospital might be better-equipped technologically. The merge itself does not need to be absolute; it does not require a complete consolidation of the other units/services. For example, it might be planned that the pediatrics services will be provided
At the beginning of the day all of the nurses have a meeting to discuss the patients and the patients families. This meeting is a lot like report at the hospital, except they are discussing the patient’s family as somebody that they are there to care for as well. These nurses are available to talk to 24 hours
The format of the meeting was extremely organized and much more formal than I anticipated. The meeting opened up with the “we” version of the serenity prayer. Following this
Licensed practical nurses (LPN 's) fill an important role in modern health care practices. Their primary job duty is to provide routine care, observe patients’ health, assist doctors and registered nurses, and communicate instructions to patients regarding medication, home-based care, and preventative lifestyle changes (Hill). A Licensed Practical Nurse has various of roles that they have to manage on a day to day basis, such as being an advocate for their patients, an educator, being a counselor, a consultant, researcher, collaborator, and even a manager depending on what kind of work exactly that you do and where. It is the nursing process and critical thinking that separate the LPN from the unlicensed assistive personnel. Judgments are based
D1: I have decided to look at a 6 year old going through bereavement. Bereavement means to lose an individual very close to you. When children go through bereavement they are most likely to feel sad and upset about the person’s death. Children at a young age may not understand when a family member dies. Children may not understand bereavement. For example a 6 year old’s father been in a car crash and has died from that incident. Death is unpredictable and children can’t be prepared for a death of a family member as no one knows when someone is going to die or not. Unfortunately every child can experience bereavement even when a pet dies. It is important that we are aware that effects on the child so we can support them in the aftermath.
Patient and Family Centered Care As our health care system continues to evolve and family members become increasingly involved in their loved ones care, a collaborative partnership must be encouraged and sustained by nursing leaders in order to foster a healthy environment for patients, families, and health care professionals (HCP) (Manojlovich, Barnsteiner, Bolton, Disch, & Saint, 2008, p. S13). That being said, from a nursing leadership perspective, how does patient and family centered care (PFCC), as a nursing leadership issue within a local context, influence the health experience of individuals in an acute care setting? This paper will include a critical analysis of various elements that influence PFCC, will examine potential barriers and challenges, and discuss possible resolutions for change. Background (Historical Analysis) In the year nineteen sixty-nine, Balint and colleagues originally introduced the term ‘patient centered medicine,’ however nineteen years later in nineteen eighty-eight, the term ‘patient centered care’ emerged from the Picker Commonwealth Program (p. 126), which has been the foundation of PFCC today.
Welcome to Icon Medical Centers. We specialize in treating individuals who have sustained injuries in vehicle accidents, while on the job, while participating in sporting events, or due to a slip and fall. At Icon Medical Centers near Miami Lakes, Fla., we provide individuals seeking treatment for injuries with a facility that is equipped with medical professionals, including chiropractors, and state-of-the-art physical therapy equipment to meet all of their needs.
Different types of auditing are done in the hospitals to check the veracity of the records and to check the adherence of the organisation to the rules laid.
A leader is described as a person who guides others and has authority and influence over others. They work to influence others into meeting certain goals. There is no right or wrong definition of a leader and there is no recipe that ensures effective leadership. Successful leaders have a good balance of vision, influence, and power. Leaders gain their authority from their ability to influence others to get the work done; because of this, anyone has the potential to be a leader. (Finkelman. 2012, p15)
We as nurses have learned to help people from all over the world. We might have some trouble sometimes but our job is no different from patient to patient. In this case, we have our patient Ms. Sue Li which is 20 years old and is Asian American. In the Asian American culture, there are many different aspects of treating a patient. First of all, you would need to determine if the patient can speak English, if not we would need to have an interpreter ready to discuss different treatment or medicine regimen that the patient has to go through with the correct understanding what nurse is telling the patient. Second, it is good to know about the Asian culture in some cultures it is improper for a patient to look at a person directly in the eyes
Thank you for taking the time to interview me this morning about the registered nurse position in the Surgical ICU unit as you discussed with me about the vacancy. It was a pleasure and after interviewing with you, I am confident that I can make a positive contribution to the surgical nursing team as I am very enthusiastic about the opportunity to start my nursing career at Maimonides.
During the spring semester of my junior year, the nomination process for Georgia’s Governor’s Honors Program began. I had not paid much attention to the announcements made over the intercom at school, because I had never even heard of the program. However, I was later shocked to learn that I had been nominated in three areas: english, math, and music. This was an astounding achievement considering it is uncommon to even be nominated in one area. In the following weeks, my counselor explained to me that the Governor’s Honors Program is a selective summer program that provides chosen students with enriching learning opportunities in their area of study. The first step after being nominated, however, was to successfully pass the first round of
Leadership, scholarship, diversity, and citizenship are all characteristics that I learned how to appreciate over time. My cultural background is very diverse, I was born in the US, I have roots in Africa, I lived for an extended time in France, and I traveled across Europe and North Africa. Therefore, I grew up in a diverse environment and developed an important skill: Leadership. As I grew up in diverse cultures, I learned to respect different customs and to value different ideas, which allowed me to quickly rise in the ranks of the National Honor Society (NHS) Chapter of DeBakey High School for Health Professions. I was elected as vice-president of NHS in the 11th grade, and because of my hard-work and enthusiasm, I was elected president of NHS for the current year. I learned to implement diversity and to be culturally sensitive.
As a health-care professional, it is understood that the health and well being of a patient is top priority. The dedication to provide care and protection to each patient is ingrained into the very basics of nursing education. However, despite this commitment, medical errors that adversely affect the lives of patients are made everyday worldwide. These types of events are referred to as Sentinel Events. When such an event occurs, there is a need for an immediate investigation and response. This investigation and response is addressed using a methodology called Root Cause Analysis (RCA). With the understanding that mistakes do happen, it is the responsibility of the healthcare system
The role of the nurse in the preoperative area is to determine the patient’s psychological status to help with the use of coping during the surgery process. Determine physiologic factors directly or indirectly related to the surgical procedure that may cause operative risk factors. Establish baseline data for comparison in the intraoperative and postoperative period. Participate in the identification and documentation of the surgical site and or side of body on which the procedure is to be performed. Identify prescription drugs, over the counter, and herbal supplements that are taken by the patient that may interact and affect the surgical outcome. Document the results of all preoperative laboratory and diagnostic tests in the patient’s record