The utilities of the cutting edge equipment in the facility were encased in up the feet of concrete and lined in lead, requiring precise planning. El Camino Hospital, established in 1961, has been designated as a nursing magnet hospital by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. Specialties include cardiac care, dialysis, cancer care, maternal child health services, orthopedics, neurosurgery and behavioral health. Whether constructing a first-hand office complex or a complex manufacturing facility, XL focuses on building strong partnerships and successful projects.…
Grady Memorial Hospital: Desegregated But Standing The Grady Memorial Hospital, also known as The Gradies for the separate but no so equal hospital, is one of the biggest hospitals in the US. It is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has been open since June 2, 1892. Before the Grady Memorial Hospital was segregated, it had 4 wings, also known as wards or halls, that seperated the blacks patients from the whites. Wings A and B faced the city and was for whites.…
The Blumberg’s Nursing Home (BNH) must hire professional, ethical staff members to care for the residents and provide support for the facility. Unfortunately, the inappropriate actions of a few employees have caused them to lose their jobs which place the nursing home in a predicament since they are now short staffed in vital areas. Maintaining a safe, law-abiding organization is essential, and in this instance, corrective measures would not suffice. Moreover, there are specific guidelines in place to ensure proper processes of the facility. Due to the premature termination, they were forced to put a staff nurse in the director of nursing position where they are not qualified which cause the nursing home not to be compliant with the federal…
# 3 TSD 78 Year Old Dr. Silva, As a health care provider, and knowing that the most common side effects with hypertensive medication are dizziness, orthostatic hypotension, light-headedness, feeling tired, weak and/ or drowsy, I would have to educate the patient and family to help prevent falls. What I would suggest to the patient is that he or she gets up slowly especially after being in a recumbent position. I would also tell them not to have any quick movements of the head that may precipitate dizziness. Furthermore, I would demonstrate to them how to properly sit at the side of the bed prior to getting up.…
1. In my opinion, the decision should be left to the board to decide. However, as a health administrator, I would push for a fair and equal treatment regardless if an individual is an employee or board member. Whatever the decision will be in this scenario will set the tone for what Middleboro Community Hospital stands for.…
Case Q: Whose Hospital? Background of the situation: In June of 1979, the medical staff at Brendan Hospital held a mass meeting at the hospital to discuss various allegations against CEO, Don Wherry. A petition was signed by half the medical staff and by half the employees of the hospital at the mass meeting.…
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will be given the opportunity to have a college education. Tammy worries that because of Callie and her condition that she will not won’t to take the opportunity given to her to attend a post secondary education facility. Both Tammy and Daniel encourage their children to pursue their dreams whatever they may be on a daily basis. IV. Family Life Cycle…
I have been working in a nursing home for a little over a year as a dietary aide and have witnessed many problems within the dietary department. The root cause to all of the problems in the dietary department is bad management from my former manager, Sara. Sara was the dietary manager whose job was to manage the kitchen staff, order food and supplies, and plan out meals and snacks for special events at the nursing home. Bad management existed in the kitchen because Sara gave overtime to her employees like it was candy. The kitchen was understaffed for the past couple of months and so the only way that Sara resolved this issue was to give out overtime.…
Michael resided in various foster home placements from February 2010 to May 2011. Mr. Edward Grant, the uncle, was awarded custody of Michael on June 3, 2004, due to his father’s and mother’s legal and criminal matters. On February 2, 2010, Michael was removed from his uncle’s home and placed in the custody of the Portsmouth Department of Social Services. The agency received a Child Protective Services complaint on December 11, 2009. The report stated Michael reported to a school official that his uncle “pinched his fingers as a means of discipline/punishment.”…
1. Discuss use of internet (blogs, YouTube, websites) to communicate as an individual health professional or as a health organization/system. You could share various sites, have students explore then discuss pros/cons, adv/disadvantages According to Reed and Edmunds (2015) the use of blogs, are an emerging learning tool that are easy to use that can enhance healthcare professionals' exposures to new information regarding new disease process's, communication, collaboration, and skills. I believe that the use of the internet, blogs and social media can provide nurses with a way to express their feelings, and reflect or seek support from friends, colleagues, peers or virtually anyone on the internet.…
Type your name here Type your name here Before you begin, save this document to your computer. You will need to submit your answers in the area indicated below. | The landscape of today’s healthcare professional work environment is quite dynamic.…
In this section I will address question #8, expressing competency 6: Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research. For this section, I will select a problem, which is affecting the clients seen at Daybreak. The clients who are being seen at this agency are suffering lack of social support from friends and family members. In this case, I will select Rosalie as the client with of lack of social support, more importantly losing the support of her husband. Others that are affected by this issue are her husband, and her friends.…
Juan and Maria should know that the cautions whenever dealing with health hazard from environment health. Studies show that the environment conditions could affect a person health and well-being. Also, the livestock hazards from a farm could increase the risk of diseases, death, or human injury. The problem was that Juan and Maria were not being precautions about the water they were drinking. Yes.…
The internal environment of Middleboro Community Hospital is quite varied. The culture is very diverse yet tranquil in nature, for the most part, though there seems to be a bit of disorder among management staffing and employee retention. MCH has continued to be strong financially over time, and they are money-wise. When there is a need to build additions to the hospital, fund-raising campaigns and Federal Hill-Burton monies are used for funds to finance the non-for-profit hospital.…