Johns Hopkins Hospital

This essay explains a critical incident that occurred on the pediatric emergency room, on my first week on the unit as a nurse technician, the incident relates to pediatric patients that range from three days old to fifteen years of age. The patient that fell during the fall was six- year old patient that had a increase of drowsy from pharmological treatment, which caused an increased risk for falls. In the Emergency department falls happen due to stretcher side rails up not being up while…

disease to someone that has a cold. Their work environment includes hospitals, doctors offices, home health care or nursing care facilities. They provide and coordinate patient care, which means they give them care if needed and plan out what they need to do to recover from their illness. An RN also helps doctors during exams and surgeries. An RN is the person you will most likely see when you first go to the doctors or hospital. They record medical history and find out what symptoms the person…

During my first day shift in SINU, my preceptor nurse helped orient me to the floor. After meeting one patient, we were informed of a new admission that we would be taking care of. I was able to listen to Emergency Department nurse give report to my preceptor over the phone. I had the opportunity to go with the charge nurse to transport the new admission from the Emergency Department to our unit. Upon our arrival back to SINU, we transferred the patient from the stretcher to the bed, performed a…

These were my tenth (11/12) and eleventh (11/13) shifts following Meagan on the medical/surgical floor at Rady Children’s Hospital. On Thursday, November 12th, I followed Meagan from 0930 to 2230 while she worked as the resource nurse. This was a new and different experience compared to following her as a normal nurse on the floor and even as the charge nurse. For most of the day, we watched other nurses’ patients so that they could go on break or accomplish other major tasks for their patients,…

after reading The Glass Castle that Jeannette had it far worse than I ever did. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette shares how she spent over a month in a hospital due to burns after she tried to make herself hot dogs. The time that Jeannette spent in the hospital was like a vacation from her crazy life and parents. She relished the time in the hospital because it was the first time in her life that she was taken care of and had people that were actually concerned about her well-being. Even though…

outpatient basis is terms ambulatory care service. Compared to hospitals, these clinics are usually much more convenient to use and less expensive than an inpatient hospitalization. The main feature of ambulatory services is that, patients do not stay overnight in these facilities. Ambulatory care is emerging to be the fastest growing segment of the health care market. There are many types and these included; Physician services, hospital outpatient, emergency outpatient, community health…

CHF and Hospital Readmissions Congestive heart failure is a growing chronic condition in the United States that accounts for approximately 11 million physician office visits and 875,000 hospitalizations (Heart Failure Statistics). Further complicating the issue, 25% of these patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge and at least 50% are readmitted within six months (Cost considerations in the treatment of heart failure). The intensity of the disease process poses a financial strain…

to what extent, not so much. The medical jargon used in the hospital bill, along with the codes and symbols is indicative of how confusing the healthcare system is to their patients, and sometimes, unfortunately, their litigants. The seven or so months it took for Brill to conduct his research using bills from hospitals, doctors, drug…

Nurse-Patient Ratio Imagine you are in a hospital bed dealing with a tremendous amount of pain, and your nurse is not around to give you medication to put you at ease because he or she has five other patients and just has not gotten around to you yet. How does that make you feel? Look into the nurse 's perspective, they are running around for twelve or twenty-four hours because of being understaffed, while constantly checking on patients and also getting interrupted by family members complaints…

perioperative surgical home model helps the patient to get a single point of contact for all their problems and questions related to their health and they can get all their conditions treated at one place. - This model also helps them to stay less in the hospital as it is a standardized evidence based care model. - This model also helps the patient to avoid unnecessary testing’s and also avoid pre and post operative complications and reduces the costs to patients. - As this model is patient…