Hospitals

CLABSI is a bloodstream infection that impacts thousands of hospitalized patients on a daily basis. Not only are the affects seen in the patient, but hospitals are greatly impacted because of the vast amount of money it costs to treat patients with CLABSI. Although CLABSI is a severe threat to patients, organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) have made tremendous strides in researching best practices to prevent CLABSI from occurring (Furuya et al., 2016). One…

meet at one avenue. They all require proper organization, planning and design. Proper planning can lead to improved quality of care the hospital can provide, and allows the hospital to adequately accommodate the patient. Ulrich’s review article covers most aspects of the hospital setting and is supported by dozens of studies. Improving quality of care in a hospital setting begins with improving the setting of healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors and other employees. Time is wasted…

Today I was in Borger at the hospital on the med-surge floor. They had many different patients today and I interacted with all of them. My patient was a 77-year-old woman and she had COPD, hypertension, and chronic microcytic anemia. When I first went in the room with my patient I went with the RN and watched her perform her assessment and introduced myself to her and told her I was a student nurse and would be helping taking care of her. She was a sweet lady and pleasant, but you could tell she…

a) hospitals (ICD codes) ICD codes are used in health care to correctly state diseases on patients’ health files. Currently, the codes ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS are used in hospitals. The code ICD-10-PCS is used for inpatient procedures and consists of seven characters. The second and third components are characters that contain both letters and numerals; with each character able to hold up to 34 values. The components from the fourth through the seventh can be either alpha or numeric. ICD-10-PCS…

different illnesses patients have might diminish the length of hospital stays, although it depends on many other factors. However, the reduction in length of hospital stays could not reduce the number of different illnesses patients have as it does not make sense. (b) The length of hospital stays is an important factor of cost of the hospital visits, therefore the reduction in the length of hospital stays could reduce the cost of the hospital visits although other factors are present. Chapter 5…

Qu. 1 Select 3 Hospital closest to your affiliated school to research. For help in selecting the hospitals, visit www.jointcommission.org and search under the Quality Check Icon. Answer: Three hospitals closest to my affiliated schools are (1) All Children Hospital South Tampa, (2) Florida Hospital Tampa, and (3) The Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. Qu. 2 Develop a critique of each of your chosen hospital’s most current surveys. • Comment on significant areas of achievement and/or…

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey: Advantages and Disadvantages Many people get hospitalized every day, all of which requiring an interdisciplinary health team in order to provide a variety of patient care. Hospitalized patients are predisposed to anxiety, sickness or suffering and require quality care in order to promote healing and comfort. Advancements in technology have enabled hospitals and health care systems to continuously improve care…

Each institution has its recruitment policy and maintaining a staff that allows them to provide the services required by its clients. Since nursing is a service that 24 hours are required, a provision has to be done and have the staff necessary to meet the needs. Nurse-to-patient ratios can improve nurse staffing, recruitment and make workloads more manageable (Allen, 2013, p.20). Staffing patterns and the method used vary both in the centralized and decentralized personnel has to cover all…

Codes allow a hospital to create a solid framework, which will ultimately provide safety for everyone inside the hospital. a. Procedures and codes ensure clear expectations on how to function in the hospital’s environment for all employees, patients, and visitors. i. Sometimes, clear expectations are not always clear for visitors, patients, and employees. ii. For example, if the expectations is said that all employees are not to use cell phones during work hours, but the employer did not…

University Hospital I just completed my first year at my current hospital, University Hospital located in Newark, New Jersey. I would say, however, that even in such short time, I have witnessed that the hospital has lived up to its mission “to improve the quality of life for all those we touch through excellence in patient care, education, research, and community service” (University Hospital, 2016). The numerous services provided by University Hospital to the immediate community of Newark…