Essays on Effective Care

ISP Instructions

Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-490, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your mentor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish. Application-based learning assignments are listed in the course syllabus with a Practice Portfolio Statement requirement element noted within the assignment itself. ...

Performance Measurement Of Acute Care Hospitals In Illinois, USA

Based on the Medicare hospital compare database, a total of 3 acute care hospitals were assess for performance measurement using various parameters. The three hospitals for the performance measurement analysis include: (a) Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (b) Edward Hospital and (c) Westlake Community Hospital Based on current evidence and the data obtained from the Medicare Hospital Compare Website, two recommendations should be incorporated in Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital order to improve patient satisfaction and experience (i) Train and enhance the nursing staff to cater to the needs of all patients administered to the hospital as and when required (ii) ...

Communication in Nursing

Communication Argumentative Essay Introduction Communication encompasses a significant role in the nursing practices given the need for constant and clear interaction with the patients when providing care services. Furthermore, the areas of intervention, therapy, treatment, and health promotion rely on effective communication in order to develop strong interpersonal relationship with clients and stakeholders. Lastly, communication also provides opportunity in building competencies, collaboration, and teamwork. The discussion will demonstrate the key arguments about the importance of effective communication skills in various areas of nursing practice. In addition, the discussion will also determine the role of communication in enhancing interpersonal relationship ...

Research into the relationship between staff levels and outcomes in patient care is important in order to ensure that those receiving healthcare are given the most valuable service possible. The effect that staff levels have on patient care is an essential factor in the overall level of success that their treatment will see. In determining the relationship between these two factors, it is important to critically assess the general values that nurses themselves have as well as their patients when receiving care. Furthermore, the level of burnout, or physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that nurses feel due to high ...

1. Compare Kendall Regional Medical Center data and rankings with Lower keys medical center and the state or national averages in the category of patient experiences, and timely and effective care. While comparing the patient survey summary star rating of Kendall Regional Medical Center with that of Lower Keys Medical Center, it seems that both the hospital have achieved two-star rating out of five. When 73% patients of Kendall reported that their nurses had ‘always’ communicated well, the same thing was reported by 71% of Lower Keys’ patients (Kendall, Hospital compare). Compared to the state average (76%) and national ...

Abstract

Every health organization has the goal of providing quality, safe, and cost-effective care to patients. Some safety issues reported in hospitals today question the role of the health sector in improving the health outcome of the community. Many hospitals record poor patient outcomes because of the inability of the management to plan duties and changes in shifts between nurses caring for patients in hospital wards. Poor inter-shift reports between registered nurses act as one of the most common problems threatening patients' safety and delivery of quality care in hospitals today. Technology plays a significant role in influencing communication between ...

Introduction:

- The impact of medication/dosage calculation

Position: Nursing faculty improves student performance with medication/dosage calculation

Body: Relevant information - importance of medication and dosage calculation - types of calculations - A clear connection between nursing faculty and medication/ dosage calculation

Conclusion

- Summary - Recommendation based on the reviewed literature.

References

The sources used included at the end of this paper Introduction Dosage calculation is the computation of the amount of medication to be administered in a required dose, strength and unit volume. Calculations are significant sources of medication errors (Cowan, 2009). The patient safety depends on the practitioner ability to calculate dosage accurately and ...

Chapter One: Introduction 1

Background 1 Statement of the Problem 2 Research Objectives 2 Research Questions 3 Significance of the study 3 Chapter Two: Literature Review 4 Introduction 4 Theoretical Literature 4 Empirical Literature 5 System Barriers 5 Healthcare Professional Barrier 7 Social Barriers 7 Patient Barrier 8 Chapter Three: Methodology 8 Introduction 8 Research Design 9 Model Specification 9 Study Area 9 Target Population 10 Data Type and data Source 10 Data collection 10 Data Analysis 10

References 11

Chapter One: Introduction ...

Nursing

Introduction In provision of healthcare, the elements of activity range across a variety of domains and ages from the young to the aged folks. In the United States, certain abrupt structures have emerged and changed the face of demographic curtains. According to a research courtesy of (Newman & Cauley, 2012) an estimated number of 22% of the American population will hit the age of 65 and over by the year 2030. From this research, the largest number of people shall include those over the age of 75 years.

Age-related challenges to providing quality care

Physical changes in elderly people include vision problems. At old age, people tend ...