Health care provider

A health care provider is supposed to ensure patients follow up so as to know the progress of the recovering patient. It becomes unethical when the nurse fails to make a follow up. A failure of coordination within the various departments in the hospital also results…

nervousness stems from fear of the unknown. I worry that I may use the wrong words or that my facial expressions may betray my feelings. I have worked with children with mental health problems on a smaller scale, and I have witnessed the emotional effect it has on their parents and due to this reason and I often wonder how health-care professionals are affected when working in a psychiatric environment. However, I have resolved to go into it with an open mind. In the next six weeks, I will be…

Introduction Critically ill patients are at heightened risk of hospital-acquired infections, which increase patient morbidity and mortality rates. Registered nurses are the main health care providers of physical care, including hygiene to reduce and prevent hospital-acquired infections, for hospitalized critically ill patients. Much emphasis has been placed on healthcare giver hand hygiene, but little research into the hand hygiene of patients. Evidenced based review When first starting the…

In the words of Florence Nightingale, “Nursing is an art; and if it is to be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work” (Nightingale, 1859, p. 7). For decades, nursing has been in high demand and very needed in the world. Without nurses, healthcare facilities would not be able to function properly and would not be able to fulfill the needs of patients and other healthcare staff members. However, over the years, there has been…

is one technique that can help deal with medical errors, so if healthcare staff is having difficulties getting their employees to work together to make a positive impact in the work environment, then the rewarding system will encourage healthcare providers to…

I was thrilled when he promoted me to a Patient Care Technician in a heart failure floor. Under no circumstances did I visualize that I would get this far but the human brain acts like an electric circuit where if we present it to the appropriate wire you will go straight to your goal. I now have a…

Medication errors are a rising concern among healthcare providers. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approximately 1.3 million people experience either death or injury due to medication mishaps (medication error reports, 2009). Errors occur in all level of the healthcare field that can lead to someone’s death. However, pharmacists no matter what setting whether it’s anything from retail to manage care their responsibilities in preventing drug errors are significant. A…

advance my education and become a nurse practitioner. As an advanced practice nurse, I would have the ability to provide care for patients in a direct capacity on an acute or long-term basis. I have chosen the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program because I believe that it allows me the most opportunities and the best preparation to serve patients…

initial assessment you found Anna is restless. The patient care tech just finished doing the vital signs on Anna and handed over it to you; BP: 170/84 mm Hg Pulse: 122 beats/minute Respirations: 40/minute Pulse Oximetry: 96% on the BiPAP Oral Temperature: 98.6F (Her last ABG done 30 minutes before shows pH of 7.38, Pco2 of 40, Po2 of 110, and HCo3 of 24) Anna is found restless, pulling on to the mask trying to remove it and the patient care tech is resisting her. She is shouting…

I. Introduction Incident Reporting Systems (IRS) are currently one of most prevalent safety improvement strategies in healthcare. However, IRS have proven to be inherently problematic as clinicians and health scientists struggle with issues affecting IRS’ perceived and actual utility. Problems arise due to the fact “sentinel/ seminal/never events/adverse events” (all terms to describe events that should not happen in healthcare) are usually uncommon and difficult to detect. IRS are prone to…