Educational accreditation

Evidence Based Practice – Pressure Ulcers In today’s era of nursing, nurses practice in an “accountability age.” The quality of care provided to each patient as well as cost issues is what drives the direction of healthcare. Patients are becoming more informed and knowledgeable about their own health as well as prevalence of medical errors within hospitals and other healthcare institutions across the United States. To decrease such errors such as nosocomial infections, medication errors,…

The Joint Commission is an independent, non-profit organization, which both accredits and certifies health care organizations and programs throughout the United States. In 2002, the committee established a set of goals known as the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program. The development of the NPSGs began with a panel of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk managers, clinical engineers and other professionals with adequate experience in the world of patient safety (“Facts about NPSGs”,…

. The organizational culture in healthcare is composed of behaviors, values, language and activities that are experienced by a team of people (Joshi et al., 2014). The culture in an organization can lead to its success or downfall (Joshi et al., 2014). Leadership is an important component to having an effective organizational culture because they set the tone for high quality of care and safety measures (Joshi et al., 2014). The organizational culture at this hospital is lacking in many…

1. Describe your level of awareness of the prevalence of medical errors before this course and reading part 1 Before reading part 1, I was in the delusion that medical mistakes occurs and are extremely rare. After reading the part 1, I realized that medical mistakes are not as rare as I thought it was. According to Institute of Medicine report (IOM) report, nearly 98,000 thousand people die each year from preventable medical error (Gibson, & Singh, 2003). 2. Part 1 of Gibson and Singh details…

Implications Medication Errors Have on Patient Safety With over 100 million people admitted to a hospital in the US, it is no surprise that patient safety is one of the top priorities, one of these priorities is proper medication administration. Picone, Titler, Dochterman (2008) found that 96% of all medication are preventable an alarming realization considering how common they occur. An analysis of medication errors reported by health care professionals shows how common errors are, how they…

In today’s fast paced healthcare environment there is constant struggle to provide the best and safe care to patients and at the same time keep the organization profitable. Nurse patient ratio is one of the areas in healthcare where this struggle is visualized on a regular basis. Nurse patient ratios need to be reevaluated because medicine has come a long way from twenty thirty years ago and patients are suffering from many comorbidities which makes it harder to safely care for patients while we…

have been proposed in regard to the efficiency and efficacy of their accreditation processes (CITE). For this reason, many feel that the ACCJC is not meeting their obligation to maintain institutional quality. In the following sections, I will discuss what issues specifically the ACCJC is having in terms of maintenance of institutional quality and what recommendations have been suggested for the commission to improve it’s accreditation processes. These recommendations were derived—in some…

Medication Administration and the Importance of Reducing Errors in the Nursing Practice Macey Schreiber Baker University School of Nursing Medication Administration and the Importance of Reducing Errors in the Nursing Practice Florence Nightingale stated in her book Notes on Hospitals, published in 1859, “the very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm” (Chilton, 2008). Nightingale’s 150-year old expectation continues to hold firm in healthcare…

In the hospital I am an administrator at, I have decided to utilize the CMS standard 482.23(c)(6). I will discuss how I will put into practice this procedure in order to meet the conditions of CMS and the Joint Commission. I will discuss how I will incorporate this new fingerprint device for nurses on the bedside in accordance with CMS and the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission and CMS standard 482.23(c)(6) is defined as “The hospital may allow a patient (or his or her caregiver/support…

Why Should I Earn My Educational Leadership Degree Online? Teachers who are ready to transition their careers from the classroom to administration should pursue an educational leadership degree. There are many accredited Bachelor of Education in Educational Leadership (B.Ed) and Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Leadership programs available online through colleges and universities. Most states require principals, vice principals and district administrators to attain similar…