Category: Hospital
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Hospital Falls and Related Injuries
Table of Contents Introduction to the Problem Problem Description Significance of the Problem to Nursing Purpose of the Research Research Questions Master’s Essentials that Aligned with your Topic References Introduction to the Problem The twin topics of hospital fall and fall-related injuries continue to be the mainstream focus of many scholars and nursing theorists interested…
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Hospital Acquired Infections: A Nurse’s Perspective
The clinical environment provides additional stress factors for patients and medical practitioners, and hospital-acquired infections (HAI) augment the risks in already stressful situations. According to Giuliano et al. (2019), hospital-acquired conditions remain a serious issue, contributing to the increase in healthcare costs and postponing the patient’s discharge. Battaglia and Hale (2019) state that hospital-acquired infections…
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John Hopkins Hospital’s Systems and Structures
Analysis of Systems and Structures of the Johns Hopkins Hospital In this part of the study, the reporting structure of John Hopkins Hospital is analyzed. A Board of Governors oversees the organization’s activities. It has authority over the hospital’s administration, which is the second-tier of management. Within this structure, the hospital’s administration holds formal authority,…
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Hospital-Acquired Conditions and Regulatory Environment
Table of Contents Assessment of Compliance Tools and Best Practices Recommendations Conclusion References Appendix One major issue that affects healthcare providers, insurers, regulators, and patients is illnesses that patients acquire while being in a healthcare facility. In many cases, those are preventable. However, costs associated with treating those as well as legal and ethical implications…
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Temple University Hospital Environment
Introducing proper care tools and creating an environment in which the length of patients’ hospital stay can be reduced are essential steps toward improving the performance of a healthcare facility. Therefore, introducing the proposed changes to the Temple University Hospital (TUH) environment is an important change that will allow for a positive change in the…
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Strategic Inventory Control in Hospital Supplies
Nowadays, the healthcare system faces many challenges, and growing expenditures is one of the topical issues. Indeed, it is important to optimize the cost of the services while maintaining the required quality. Nevertheless, today’s hospital organization remains highly complex, making it difficult to reach the desired level of cost-efficiency. The sphere’s overall orientation on human…
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Hospital Contact Associations and Private Organizations
Hospital Contact Associations, government agencies, and private organizations have influenced the development of healthcare and hospital through additional financing, philanthropy, and technological support. The role of Hospital Contact Associations is to support hospitals and help them to solve daily problems. It is not to “run the place” but to support patients and medical staff in…
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Low Staffing of Nurses in the Hospital Setting
Table of Contents Introduction Moral Distress Burnout and Engagement Levels Patient Safety Issues Children Care Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes Financial Performance Conclusion References Introduction The lack of qualified staff in the environment of contemporary healthcare clearly is a reason for concern (Karanikola et al., 2013). Making the managers of healthcare facilities assign the available staff with an…
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Why Do Patients in Acute Care Hospitals Fall?
The journal ‘Why Do Patients in Acute Care Hospitals Fall?’ Can Falls Be Prevented?’ by Dykes, Carroll, Hurley, Benoit, and Middleton (2009) is based on a true-experimental based study that involved obtaining views from nurses and their assistants on why patients admitted for acute care in hospitals fall. The research study involved a quantitative survey-based…
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Nursing Change
Table of Contents Introduction Problem and Solution Identification Change Theory Choice Planned Change: Steps to be Made and Stakeholders Conclusion References Introduction The present paper considers the introduction of a mechanism for reporting staffing issues, concerns, and suggestions as a planned change intervention for the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Nursing [BWHDN] (2016). This…