McLean Hospital

Basis department, and primary care teams. The interventions are 1) notifying primary care teams with 72 hours of Non-VA care notification regarding Veterans’ admission to ensure adequate post-hospitalization follow-up 2) scanning the Veterans’ Non-VA hospital discharge summaries & medical records into VA’s Computerized Patient Record System within 24 hours of receiving the record from Non-VA facilities. Data regarding the Veterans’ admission diagnoses, Non-VA facilities’ admission dates, dates…

however it was difficult to monitor infection and control practices. Since the number of people in the aging population greater than 65 is increasing more people are requiring the use of long-term nursing facilities as well as home health agonies. Hospital beds has on the decline, at the same time long term care setting continue to increase (Moro, Gagliotti, 2013). The challenge long –term care facilities continue to face are infections and antimicrobial resistance. Patients of LTCFs, are more…

Definition: Utilitarianism is the philisophical view that an action itself is not right or wrong, but the end result of those actions consummates whether the actions were good or bad. This view encompasses application of actions that provide the best outcomes for the majority of people. Application: An example of utilitarianism in nursing practice is triage during mass casualty disasters. These victims are categorized based on acuity and life expectancy rather than solely on acuity. These…

Because there are so many common symptoms associated with so many different illnesses. Some diseases even hide behind others and as you’re being treated for one thing the doctors may not even notice something else. Make sure when you go into the hospital or to your primary care doctor you need to let them know every single little detail about maybe something unusual that’s been going on with your body no matter how small or embarrassing because that could be the one thing that lets them know…

To minimize or try to reduce this bias an external examiner would have assessed the outcoming patients of the study during the follow-up, yet there is a change that the own patient will tell the examinator or the own examinator will noticed the CB ablation intervention from the scarf of the postoperative; Regarding to that, we have decided that the examinator will be the same professional as the one that have done the procedure. Statistical consultant won’t be aware about what therapy has been…

Is it not amazing and scary Kellie, to know that the number of deaths in the hospitals is as high as it is due to carelessness. I, myself am a perfect example of an hospital error due to carelessness. Last year I had back surgery. While recovering from surgery in the hospital I was placed on a bed pan, and forgotten about for over 7 hours. The next morning the bed pan had literally torn my skin apart. When the nursing staff noticed the issue the next morning their response was "what did you not…

When I received an academic scholarship to Sierra Nevada College, I was thrilled to be at a school that offered a broad-based liberal arts education that would also provide me opportunity to strengthen my swimming career. I enrolled at Sierra Nevada College, and because I wanted to explore my options, my major was Undeclared. My main objectives were to immerse myself in a natural environment and receive an education that nurtured my many interests. I took photography, film, English, math, and…

a small space and not have a fear of heights. Because, when it comes to this job, Traveling comes from a simple Ambulance to a Helicopter ride. When a patient needs to be transported in aircraft, the time will be decreased in traveling to a local hospital. But safety risks are increased, putting your life more at danger then it would be in an ambulance. But ALL paramedics and EMTs have to be okay with that and be determined to get that patient to and fro,…

As a follow up exercise to our substance misuse lectures we were given a scenario to assess and discuss potential approaches the situation in a group. The scenario that my group was allocated was: ‘you are called to the SOS bus where Javan, aged 18 has been taken by his friend. Javan appears to be experiencing hallucinations, and is agitated and confused. His friend says that Javan has been “having problems peeing recently” and he thinks that he snorted some ‘grainy white powder’ which he…

When I was in the eighth grade, I made the decision to begin volunteering at York Hospital through the Summer Volunteer Program. At the time, I was planning to major in pre-med and wanted to eventually become a physician. I joined the program to explore this career path and discover what specialty I may have wanted to pursue in the future. After my first day of volunteering, my mind was completely changed about becoming a physician, I realized that I wanted to provide more hands-on care to…