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Preparation for the surgery was simple, don't eat for 24 hours, and wash your body with special disinfecting soap that was given to me by the hospital a week or so prior. The night before surgery was stressful, i was extremely nervous and very hungry, I couldn't sleep because of how nervous i was, but i had to be up early for my appointment which was at 6am and the hospital i was going to was an hour away. After getting the little to no sleep it…

In recent years, as many as one in ten patients have been harmed while in a healthcare setting, and as a result patient safety and quality in healthcare has become a rather serious and significant global health issue (World Health Organization, 2014). One aspect of healthcare which can have a serious effect on patients’ safety if not managed correctly is medication. One could argue that nurses are predominantly involved in the administration of medications to patients as seen in an article by…

Pros related to the use of restraints: There are limited resources with the idea of restraint. Like (Ministry of Health, 2012) was mentioned that the restraint has a benefit on patients, for example, in the situation of a patient with dementia who have been aggressive and harming himself and others, the restraint become mandatory to prevent him from falling and from removing devices. So according to ethical theory (consequentialism) that focuses on patient safety Regardless of the action that…

always focused on my dream of being a pediatric nurse that I have never stopped to think about the patients who are incapable of doing anything for themselves like L.V. Her visit was to pack her pressure ulcer which developed during her stay at the hospital. It was unfortunate that in the care of a health care team her pressure ulcers still developed which shows that she must not have been properly turned or cleaned up at the appropriate…

Appendix 1 Nurse Perception of Medication Errors Modified Gladstone 2001 Why Do You Think Medication Errors Occur? 1. The following ten statements are all possible causes of medication errors. Please read them carefully and Rank #1 to #10. (#1 is the most frequent and #10 the least frequent). a. Drug errors occur when the nurse fails to check the _______ patient’s name band with the Medication…

In my three years of being in health care, I have grown so much as a person, advocate, care giver, critical thinker and nurse. I started my journey as an LPN working on the medical floor as Saint Francis Medical center, I was employed there for 8 months and started RN school. I worked there throughout school and thought for sure I would leave after completing my RN. I decided to stay on the floor, where I am still currently employed because I like the variety of patients I take care of. Before…

report to me. While at work the other day, I heard an all call come over the speakers that asked for all hands-on deck due to the abundance of patients and not enough nurses. This statement right here just shows how many people are patients in the hospital, but there are not enough nurses. To me, this is a huge factor into why people are not satisfied…

Introduction Jackson County Hospital is located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Lisa Silver, a pediatric social worker, is assigned to a specialized unit designed to provide emergency services for children (). Lisa reports to Diane Hughes, supervisor of the hospital’s Social Work Department. The protagonist, Lisa, suspects Carol Davis, a social worker from Jackson County Division of Family Services (DFS), has transported a foster child to the hospital while under the influence of alcohol.…

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