CHECK THESE SAMPLES OF An interventional approach for patient and nurse safety
The major study concepts include: sleep loss (deprivation or disruption) and cognitive-behavioral outcomes such as decreased sleep duration, increased daytime sleepiness, decreased alertness/drowsiness (vigilance) and increased accidents/errors (nurse & patients).... 255) and “mistakes involving medication administration, patient care procedures, and transcript issues” (Scott et al.... Short-Term Memory: Conceptual Definition: “Mistakes involving medication administration, patient care procedures, and transcript issues” (Scott et al....
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These findings strongly indicate that the nurse to patient ration is crucial factor for patient helath and mortality and for the well being and productivity of the nurses.... There is a substantial amount of evidence based research that highlights that patient outcomes are poorer, infection rates go up, and failure to rescue increases when nurse to patient ratios are high both in telemetry and surgical units.... hellip; There is also chance of nurse burn out, job dissatisfaction, and low retention....
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I took my patient as a mystery to be learnt and explored in developing a nurse-patient relationship and identify the needs.... The patient: Barker's model In one of his theories, Barker wrote that a mental patient care should encompass a Meta theoretical approach.... With this model, I had to understand the fact that I knew little about the experiences of my patient.... This characteristic of curiosity helps to understand more about the patient (Barker & Barker, 2005, p....
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Excessive call light use frequently disrupts nurse workflow that has negative implications for quality care and nurse and patient satisfaction.... The implementation of rounding fulfills mundane requests made through call lights but also demonstrates nurse's availability to the patient and his/her readiness to anticipate the patient's needs (Christine, Amy, & Lyn, 2006).... Based on the risk of significant injury and the associated cost, reduction of falls within hospital settings shapes a major priority for fostering hospital quality and patient safety (Krauss, 2005)....
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nurse-led interventions, home aids, diabetes education, pharmacy-led interventions, adaptation of dosing and frequency of medication taking showed a small effect on a variety of outcomes including HbA1c.... An unambiguous and precise question often called a "well-built" question should consist of four parts, referred to as PICO (Refer Appendix), that identifies the patient's problem or population (P), intervention (I), comparison (C) and outcome(s) (O)....
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Nurses provide care for patient's through acting, teaching, supporting, or providing a supportive environment.... safety concerns are relevant to nursing theory because safety is a direct result f the environment.... Using Jean Watson' caring theory, Dorothea Orem's, Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory and Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert nursing theory, this paper will discuss several approaches to ensuring patient safety.... Orem believed nursing should be autonomous in providing care and SCDNT should focus on the patient not the nurse....
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What are the serious events in the recovery unit that a nurse must watch forAns 3.... The nurse must be able to take corrective action promptly (Leykin et al.... There is a recovery patient classification system, and based on that there are 4 classes, I, II, III, and IV, where the nurse patient ratios should be 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3... These involve continuous, close monitoring, vigilant patient assessment; safe recovery from anaesthesia & surgery; skilled nursing action & patient management; prevention of, or early recognition & intervention of post anaesthetic/surgical problems; short-term intensive care nursing leading to optimal patient outcomes (Radford, 2003)....
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There is need for management measures that ensure the safety of nurses and other patients in the ward.
Research design: It is a qualitative study in order to collect… Data will be collected through observation and the use of semi-structured interviews.
Data Analysis: The data will be analyzed through thematic analysis.... The expected outcome is a reduction in aggression, especially that which is directed toward nurses in these wards and hence improve on their safety....
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