Essays on Healthcare Environment

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Introduction This study will mainly focus on the ways that can be proposed so as to make the medical care provision of Russia be improved. The results that will be achieved from this research work will immensely contribute to the improved and much efficient health care provision in Russia.

Findings

Notably, the research methodology employed a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. We shall therefore look at the various prospects of Russian healthcare business in the global international healthcare market. Some of the most visible prospects and fragments that are the backbone of the healthcare sector include demographic issues, ...

Abstract

Nursing competencies are the benchmarks that identify the changes needed by nurses as they dispense their professional duties. Based on the changing demands across various avenues, the role of the nurse is confined to the basic demands of the profession as a way of enhancing and generating the kind of importance needed to boost patient safety. Working with American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN) and Quality, Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) creates a different way of addressing competencies amongst nurses. The aspect of patient-centered care as denoted by QSEN shows a need to recognize the importance of the ...

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Owing to the dynamic nature of the healthcare environment, investment in learning in the nursing practice is an imperative. For this reason, a master’s education in nursing allows practitioners have an expanded view in regards to the diverse needs of patients. The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing provides a snippet view of the program’s framework, one that advances and encourages imaginative and transformative thinking in regards to addressing healthcare concerns affecting the profession. A master’s education program equips nurses with practical know-how and essential knowledge that is an advancement of the graduate level (American ...

Medical technology is fast changing the healthcare setting along with the varying practice patterns of physicians. Integrating technology in healthcare is crucial for the health of individuals and optimal life quality in several regions. A majority of research suggest that the current medicine practices are integrally reliant on technology. The occurrence is possibly centered on the interpretations that the healthcare practitioners utilize a broad scope of technology in the diagnosis, treatment and assessment of their patients’ care. The current technology in healthcare is highly innovative, highly efficient, and in most situations, very expensive (Evans, 2010). Additionally, there are the ...

Healthcare environments are significantly prone to the risk of infection. Apparently, given the many avenues for possible infection that are evident in healthcare environments, there is an urgent need for intervention that such places demand. Several studies have revealed that all the people who participate in such environments stand a risk of getting infected, an aspect that further raises concern on the way those in charge of such places conduct their activities. The current paper identifies where the risk stems from, the possible interventions that should be initiated to curb the involved risks and it provided a reliable model ...

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1. What is the work related problem you will be addressing? I would like to determine the reason behind this high attrition rate and also determine why there are nurses who quit while there are those who do not. After conducting my research on why I want to become a nurse, I found out that there is a high level of attrition or loss of personnel in the healthcare industry. As observed by the American Health Care Association, more than 40% of nurses quit their jobs (American Health Care Association 2). This high attrition rate is strongly ...

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The healthcare environment requires that all stakeholders are aware of the need for change, as well as the best process of implementing that change. As such, it is important to note the specific challenges that face those working in healthcare, as they pertain to the organizations themselves. This paper covers the basics of the challenges that face healthcare organizations to highlight some of the specific challenges that are present in this industry. The specific issues of changes in pay for quality and the changing characteristics of clients are used to highlight why change can be challenging in healthcare. It ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Theme

Effective communication, problem solving, and critical thinking are three soft skills essentially vital for a staff nurse supervisor to carry out her HR activities in a current day hospital setting.

Introduction

Nursing care has traditionally been an integral constituent of health care because nurses play an indispensable role in enhancing care quality and patient safety. As a result, today healthcare regulators take strong efforts to enhance the quality of nursing care in health organizations. Such efforts to enhance nursing care efficiency are notably limited by staff shortage and staff turnover issues. The situation further leads to a poor nurse-to-patient ratio. ...

“Keeping the peace: Conflict management strategies for nurse managers” by Johansen Mary

The specific conflict that the author addresses in this article is the interpersonal conflict. In the previous section, the author was able to describe the conflict as a form of disagreement of which the involved parties perceive a threat to their needs, interests, or concerns. However, those conflicts that occur in healthcare environments tend to be complicated as they normally involve the ongoing complex relationships that bases on emotions. A conflict also entails substantive, procedural and the psychological dimensions of which the participants in the conflict would respond on the basis of their perceptions regarding the particular situation. Therefore, ...

Introduction

It is important for the organization to train their nurses and explain the different types of patient care activities that could result in hand contamination. The advantages and disadvantages of hand-washing should be explained to the nurses in order to make them more efficient in their nursing practices. I have reviewed three articles in this direction so as to justify the arguments put forward.

- KuKanich, K.S., Kaur, R., Freeman, L.C., and Poweel, D.A. (2013). Evaluation of a Hand Hygiene Campaign in Outpatient Health Care Clinics. AJN, 113(3), 36-42.

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Healthcare professionals remain an indispensible component in healthcare sector as they provide quality, effective, reliable, and affordable medical services to their patients. However, in rapid and dynamic healthcare environment, healthcare professionals experience challenges and complex choices related to what they consider as appropriate for their patients. In most cases, healthcare professionals are torn between a hard place and a rock when the choices they make conflict with the values, beliefs, traditions, and customs of their patients and patients’ families thus culminating to ethical dilemmas. In the same vein, not only does the choices healthcare professionals make conflict with the values, beliefs, ...

The management of a healthcare environment is an intricate undertaking that requires individuals with the capacity of balancing between their internal constitutes and environmental health factors. Modern changes in a healthcare environment have especially complicated the entire process of managing healthcare institutions. The presented personality can largely enhance leadership in the modern healthcare environment. A leader who has the ability of balancing between environmental factors and inner personality can successfully spearhead the development in the modern healthcare institutions.

The slight preference of introversion over extraversion can hinder effective leadership in the healthcare environment. This owes to the fact that the management ...

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 ...

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1. Improving patient wait time Patient wait time is one of the key determinants of ambulatory care efficiency as it is directly related to the speed of care delivery. When the ambulatory clinic is able to improve the patient wait time, the gap between time that patient reaches the clinic and time that care is delivered to him is minimized. Improving ‘nurse to patient ratio’ is a better strategy to reduce patient wait time and to enhance patient satisfaction. In addition, the organization can improve its patients wait time by promoting team work and by effective ...

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Introduction. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) education has significant impact on nursing skills, quality of care (QOC) and healthcare environment. In this paper the author, a registered nurse (RN), reviews the importance of baccalaureate education for her future clinical roles, its impact on her overall skills level and benefits it brings to her patients. Opportunities for BSN. BSN increases the author’s opportunities in the US job markets, as 45.1% of healthcare facilities are willing to hire a BSN-qualified nurse (ACCN,2014) and this demand is expected to grow by 31% through 2022 (ACCN,2015). Besides, BSN certification gives ...

Introduction

In a typical healthcare team, professionals from different streams work together, closely collaborating to provide optimal care to the patient. However, there hasn’t been a clear model that can inspire them collaborate better . Researchers have, therefore, developed a two-part model. Part one of the model has five components: “interdependence, newly created professional activities, flexibility, collective ownership of goals, and reflection of process”. Part two of the model consists of four influences on collaboration: “professional role, structural characteristics, personal characteristics and a history of collaboration”. Further research has found two major themes in the context of the complexity of delivering patient care . Firstly, ...

How nurses can use the change process effectively to promote positive outcomes in healthcare environments

The current healthcare environment has a number of challenges that are affecting the nursing profession. According to Tomajan (2012), rising cost of healthcare, shortage of nurses, technology and increasing patient population are among some of the challenges that are affecting the healthcare environment. However, these challenges present an opportunity for nurses to develop and promote the nursing profession through advocacy. Advocacy can only be effective if nurses work in collaboration with one another and other professions, which influence the healthcare environment. For instance working in collaboration with the information technology sector can greatly help in improving the development of technology ...

Nursing is a noble profession that deals with provision of healthcare services to the people. The profession is quite demanding though it provides experiences that enable one to achieve self-fulfillment. The profession demands leadership and advocacy skills. The leadership skills demanded in the nursing practice are very essential in all activities aimed at providing care to patients since healthcare services involve various activities undertaken by various individuals. Hence, all the components of care services must be organized in order to achieve an effective and efficient working environment. In other words, all the resources needed for provision of healthcare services should ...

Introduction

Conflicts are disagreements between two or more groups of people. The parties could disagree on principles, interests or responsibilities. Conflict is very ordinary and expected when individuals with different values and ideas work together. Due to the inevitability of discord, it is important to recognize the conflict, address it and resolve it sufficiently. When conflicts are not resolved appropriately, undesired effects may arise. When conflicts are correctly handled, it strengthens the relationship and trust between the involved parties. There are many different methods of conflict resolution. Choosing the best conflict resolution method is crucial to resolving the conflict. In ...

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This paper will address the different nuances of Health care company merger and acquisitions , specifically it will address the key financial drivers which prompt a merger, post merger analysis , financial planning in the post merger arena and the relevance of financial analysis in a healthcare organization. Finally the paper will address the current state of the healthcare system and what we can expect to see in the future.

Financial drivers that prompt mergers and acquisitions in Healthcare organizations.

Target company value: If the acquiring company feels that the target company to merge with is undervalued it would be a win fall for the former. Also from the perspective if the target company ...

My Vision of a Nurse Leader

The healthcare environment is constantly changing becoming increasingly more complex (Marshall, 2010). Nurse leaders can play a significant role in healthcare. The role of nurse leaders in healthcare is advocated for by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its report titled “The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health” and other organizations such as the American Nurses Association (Smith, 2011). Nurse leaders play diverse roles in organizations such as charge nurses and specialists. Previously, my vision of a nurse leader was limited to tasks performed by nurses in managerial positions. This perspective has, however, changed to include nurses in other roles ...

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Introduction

Leadership and management are important aspects in the achievement of anticipated objectives and goals in an organization. In the world today, many organizations focus on ensuring that they have an effective combination between the theories of management and leadership styles, which establish a platform for the achievement of success. Consequently, it is essential to outline significant ways of blending management and leadership because the blending would outline the advantages of the factors in achieving success (Birks, Y. F., & Watt, I. S. 2007). Occasionally, employees working in organizations tend to look up to their managers who have effective traits of ...

Introduction

The current healthcare settings offer a more challenging working environment for Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) calling upon them to devise new rules. The ever-growing number of DNP-prepared nurses from different medical institutions graduating each year creates a more competitive environment that before. Additionally, modern education programs prepare graduates for more diverse tasks leaving no room for traditional Doctors of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Montgomery and Porter-O’Grady, 2010). The healthcare sector is in a move to change from traditional methods of healthcare delivery to modern and advanced methods. The process calls upon all healthcare employees to embrace new changes and assume new roles ...

Type of Journal Format: Structured Journaling

BIO-317V (BIO-317V-0101) Abstract The research investigates the current state of healthcare services for the elderly and proposes the ways of improving it. The study investigates the challenges that the nurse-assistants face when giving care services to the elderly. The researcher collects data from 25 respondents in 2 Long –term Care Organizations (LTCOs) in New York. The researcher uses structured interview for collecting data from the respondents. A majority of the respondents are females. The researcher categorizes his interview questions into four topics: Job description, Challenges for providing care to the elderly, time-related challenges, and challenges during recruit-integration ...

Introduction

In recent times, there have been many developments in the healthcare sector. Healthcare practitioners have been equipped with skills that enable them to serve the society in the most effective manner. Like in any other sector, the proper running of things in healthcare is reliant on the administration, leadership or management. The management or leadership in all health care settings has the responsibility of making sure that patient care meets the standard or the set objectives. Administrative duties include tasks such as coordination, decision making and injecting motivation to the workforce. This paper will close analyze different objectives of ...

Introduction

The effective use of genetic information in nursing began at a slow pace, but it has gradually gained pace. Research shows that it has increasingly enabled the provision of quality healthcare for patients, therefore giving them a reason to smile. However, there is also increasing criticism in regards to the use of gene therapy in the health sector. Medical practitioners have been accused of incompetence’s in dealing with gene technology at their place of work. This includes several other issues of genomic nursing that the public have complained about even with the improvement it has brought to healthcare sector. This ...

Implementation of a Patient Fall Prevention Program

There are a number of steps to be followed to implement the patient fall prevention program. Nurses would first need to address the issue to the administrators and hospital staff. It is the duty of the nurse to communicate with the administrative staff about the serious consequences of patient falls in the healthcare setting. Apart from getting approval from administration for implementing the program, nurse would have to deal with a number of healthcare-associated issues to commence the implementation of the program. (ACSQHC, 2009). Operationalizing a patient fall prevention program to prevent patient falls involves a number of steps. It needs to ...

Implementation of a Patient Fall Prevention Program

Stakeholders are those groups or people who are responsible or have a particular interest in the prevention of patient falls in a hospital or a healthcare setting. The nurses, patient, and the family are stakeholders who are engaged in the patient fall prevention program. Nurses play an important role in the patient fall prevention program. It is the duty of the nurse to ensure that the patient is safe and secure. The nurse aide would assist the nurse in the evaluation and documentation of the patient’s environment, tasks and plan. The treating medical provider review specific types of rehabilitation therapy for ...

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 ...

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Healthcare Environment in Oncology Care This study by Browall, Koinberg, Falk, and Wijk aims to characterize the factors that are important to oncology patients within the healthcare environment (2013). The characteristics of the environment during treatment, particularly long-term care for patients with likely incurable and life-threatening illnesses, has emerged as a crucial factor in the development of person-centered medical care (McCormack and McCance, 2006). Because of foundations in holistic human values, person-centered care is regarded as the equivalent to best quality care (Mead and Bower, 2000). The role of the nurse in providing ...

Insititutional Affliation:

Two Strategies in an Interdisciplinary Team In a bid to restructure healthcare and the evolving interdisciplinary teamwork, leaders have been challenged to be responsible when working with organizational and institutional groups. Clinicians and nurses must endeavor to work as member-leaders to improve on healthcare objectives and patient outcomes. Shared leadership and stewardship are some of the strategies where a nurse takes a leaders role without appearing formally as a leader (Heinmann & Zeiss, 2002). Nurses’ stewards make reasonable changes in their practice based on courage and discipline. This is through logical reasoning of the best in every situation. Improved healthcare environment characterized by ...

Introduction

Communication is fundamental in medical practice and forms an integral part of healthcare. Those who endeavor to advance effective healthcare cannot neglect communication. In addition, given the serious nature of the healthcare environment’s demands, collaborative communication is crucial (Fowler, 2008). This implies that effective communication means should, therefore, be identified so as to open and maintain clear communication channels within and between disciplines. Intradisciplinary communication may be defined as the communication occurring between professionals within a particular discipline (Basavanthappa, 2011). In this context, this means communication between nurses. Interdisciplinary communication means communication between professionals from different disciplines (Winowiecki, Alkema, ...

Safety and Space Management in Healthcare Environments

Introduction Safety management in healthcare environments is the intended efforts and procedures for identifying risk and reducing . Accidents in healthcare environments result from harmful substances and objects that may be present within the healthcare premises. Health safety management involves employees on accident , emergency attentiveness and the use of protective clothing and designed equipment to protect themselves from any harm (Joint Commission Resources, 2007). Institutions differ in the quality policies they apply and the degree of space and safety management they use in their organizations. Maintaining a safe and clean environment shows the level of compassion and care for ...

The institution of health care is a broad field that has grown from humble backgrounds, in the medieval times, to a complex field coupled with technological advancements. The sociology of the health care environment with the modern societal inclinations, and the transcendence of healthy populations is majorly pegged on the ethical interactions and associations between the elements of the two worlds; healthcare and the society. Healthcare reception by the society relies on the healthy relations between the two elements. Therefore, positive interaction relations in the society are responsible for the realization of a healthy healthcare system in any society. This case ...