Hospital departments

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWOHNN) encourages nurses to actively participate in disaster preparedness (“The Role of the Nurse,” 2012). As a labor and delivery nurse working in the hospital setting, it is necessary to be prepared for a natural disaster including floods and tornadoes. Women who are pregnant are often victims of natural disaster, putting them at risk for trauma as well as preterm labor. As part of the team working in the labor and delivery…

urgent care centers were staffed by physicians who were not optimally trained to provide the type of care required; quality issues became well known (McNeeley, 2012). Additionally, such centers faced opposition from local hospitals. As urgent care centers grew in popularity, hospitals began…

My internship placement was at Cayuga Medical Center, in their Clinical Resource Management Department. The mission statement for the facility is to deliver the highest quality health care in partnership with the community, one person at a time. Their core values are: clinical excellence, customer service, people, financial intergrity, and community. Which from working there I could tell that they take their mission statement very seriously, because while going through training that was one of…

effectiveness. The healthcare industry is no different and requires both types of employees to function at a highly effective and efficient rate. When looking at different line activities and staff activities one of the most important departments in a hospitals support network is Risk Management. According to Marquette University (n.d.), risk management is defined as “the continuing process to identify, analyze, evaluate, and treat loss exposures and monitor risk control and financial…

paper will be based upon the information gathered from this week 's module as well as my employer; University Hospital and will include how the open systems theory sets the groundwork for their growth. Additionally, we will discuss the organizational mission, vision and values, along with any strategic direction that University Hospital has put in place while explaining University Hospital 's organizational design and structure within the workplace. Moreover, there are three parts to…

most rewarding thing I have done. I graduated from the nursing program at Rich Mountain Community College in 2015. Having gone through the nursing clinicals, I found that nurses play a big role in all departments of the hospital including surgery, rehab, and labor and delivery. One of the departments where nurses play a big role is surgery. Yes, surgeons are the ones that actually do the surgery, but they are not the only people in the room. As stated by FORTIS College, there are three main…

Hospitals rely on delivery models to provide care to patients. The focus of each hospital depends on the goal the hospital wants to accomplish. There are several models of nursing care with various purposes to provide care for patients. In the case study provided, Metropolitan Hospital has many different units and is a teaching hospital. The care delivery model explained in the case study focuses on the emergency department, maternity unit, medical-surgical unit and the mental health in-patient…

the staffing of the Trauma Services Department to include a Trauma Services Coordinator. With advance notice, this proposal would be presented at the monthly trauma services meeting. The target population, also known as the stakeholders, include the Trauma Registrar, Trauma Services Manager, Trauma Services Director, Chief Trauma Surgeon, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, and Chief Medical Officer. Purpose Realigning the Trauma Services Department to include a Trauma Services…

1.Good Samaritan Hospital Medical staff bylaws 2. Purpose: The Good Samaritan Hospital medical staff bylaws was lastly revised on 2015. The main purpose of the medical staff is to provide the hospital service receive care at a level of the quality and efficiency consistent with generally accepted standards of care attainable within the hospital means and circumstances. Providing a leadership role in the hospital, organizing and supporting professional education and community health education…

town of Cobleskill, NY, where there is only one hospital in a 40-mile vicinity, and one or two doctors’ offices. Cobleskill Regional Hospital, the only hospital in this vicinity. In Schoharie County, the residences that live there have the ability to utilize primary care services, as well as preventative care and pre and postnatal care also outpatient services. Not only did I look at what the patient received, but how their experience was and the hospitals ability to perform. Health care and its…