Gold Coast Hospital

always focused on my dream of being a pediatric nurse that I have never stopped to think about the patients who are incapable of doing anything for themselves like L.V. Her visit was to pack her pressure ulcer which developed during her stay at the hospital. It was unfortunate that in the care of a health care team her pressure ulcers still developed which shows that she must not have been properly turned or cleaned up at the appropriate…

Appendix 1 Nurse Perception of Medication Errors Modified Gladstone 2001 Why Do You Think Medication Errors Occur? 1. The following ten statements are all possible causes of medication errors. Please read them carefully and Rank #1 to #10. (#1 is the most frequent and #10 the least frequent). a. Drug errors occur when the nurse fails to check the _______ patient’s name band with the Medication…

In my three years of being in health care, I have grown so much as a person, advocate, care giver, critical thinker and nurse. I started my journey as an LPN working on the medical floor as Saint Francis Medical center, I was employed there for 8 months and started RN school. I worked there throughout school and thought for sure I would leave after completing my RN. I decided to stay on the floor, where I am still currently employed because I like the variety of patients I take care of. Before…

report to me. While at work the other day, I heard an all call come over the speakers that asked for all hands-on deck due to the abundance of patients and not enough nurses. This statement right here just shows how many people are patients in the hospital, but there are not enough nurses. To me, this is a huge factor into why people are not satisfied…

Introduction Jackson County Hospital is located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Lisa Silver, a pediatric social worker, is assigned to a specialized unit designed to provide emergency services for children (). Lisa reports to Diane Hughes, supervisor of the hospital’s Social Work Department. The protagonist, Lisa, suspects Carol Davis, a social worker from Jackson County Division of Family Services (DFS), has transported a foster child to the hospital while under the influence of alcohol.…

Going to the dentist probably isn’t too high on your list of fun activities, but it is incredibly important you go at least once every six months. Whether you have dental anxiety or a busy schedule, your health depends on these checkups. With that in mind, we have gathered six of the biggest reasons why you need regular dental checkups. If you’re looking for an experienced dentist that you can trust, look to Mid-Atlantic Family Dentistry here in Langhorne. Our team will help you get a bright…

Throughout our experiences at both clinics we observed several similarities between the therapists, clinics and what we had learned in the classroom. First, both clinics schedule one patient every thirty minutes per PT. The PT stated that this was a common trend amongst most outpatient orthopedic clinics. Another similarity was the selection and use of manual techniques as both therapist have coincidentally received their Fellowships from The Manual Therapy Institute. Which also made them both…

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales is a book describing the case histories of some patients of the author, Dr. Oliver Sacks. The book was first published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd in 1985. The electronic edition was published in 2010 by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan. The author, Dr. Oliver Sacks, is a British-American physician and a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine and a visiting professor at the University of Warwick.…

on the hospital floor. I see my mom talking to the doctors with a perturbed face. Shocked and horrified as I am sitting there thinking “there has got to be something I could do to help”. My father was going through one of the top four dangerous cancers in the world. After hearing the news all my father cared about was fighting cancer. His energy and willpower got him to start the chemotherapies. I use to be there for him in every Chemotherapy. As much as I abhor going to the hospital, I…

As nurses, we spend long hours in our workplaces, for that it is important for us to have a safe working environment. In fact, there are three things that can affect health which includes physical aspect of work and the workplace which is influenced by exposure to physical risks and hazards such as needles pricks. It also includes psychosocial aspects of work and how work is organized. And finally, work-related resources and opportunities such as employee benefits, which is influenced by the…