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As a physical therapist working in an outpatient facility, majority of the patients that I manage suffer from neck injuries sustained from motor vehicular accidents or a fall incident. Handling patient with cervical spine injury is challenging as it is vulnerable to further injury should it not be rehabilitated with extreme caution. It is essential that the clinician should not rely solely on diagnostic reports and should perform significant detailed assessments that include ligamentous stability

Bioethics focus is about making better decisions when faced with diverse and complex circumstances. It is defined as the responsibilities we have to other human beings regarding the following issues; the nature of life, the nature of death, what sort of life is worth living, what constitutes murder and how we should treat people who are especially vulnerable (Pozgar, 2016, p.3). Known as a multidisciplinary field of study, bioethics is comprised of philosophy, theology, history, and law with medicine

Introduction Risk management refers to the process of forecasting, estimating and evaluating the possible risks that are likely to befall an organization in the normal process of conducting its activities. It includes the identification of measures, methods, and procedures to mitigate them. Healthcare risk management is the process of estimating and forecasting the potential risks relating to patient safety, staff, adherence to federal regulations, prevention of medical errors and prevention of financial

Death by Error Picture this: a sunny afternoon and a fun card game is being played between family members. Everyone is laughing and having an awesome time. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, the mother of the family collapses to the ground. Immediately someone dials 911, and she is rushed to the emergency room. The doctors soon say that she has suffered a massive heart attack and is already in surgery. They tell the family that they caught it soon enough, and after surgery she should make a full

prevent errors, training to improve safety and track and reduce risks to patient were low with a score of 14.55/40 and 80/129. The preventive measures to reduce infection for handwashing was 30/30 and steps to prevent ventilator problem was 11.67/20. Communication in order to prevent medication errors was 35/35. The hospital has a Never Events policy, in the event of errors or adverse event the hospital takes responsibility to apologize to patient, report to external agency, perform a root cause

A Framework for Reducing Medication Errors in Healthcare Settings: Managers Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Errors Eric W. Jones EDL 892 A CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION October 8, 2017 Dr. Vernon Czelusniak A Framework for Reducing Medication Errors in Healthcare Settings: Managers Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Errors Introduction to the Problem This study examines a framework for reducing medication errors in healthcare settings; the attitudes and perceptions of managers regarding medication

Over 20 years ago, the FBI searched for a serial killer who was killing numerous women across three different states. But how would the FBI find this person? The more they read in to the case, the victims, and how the crime was committed it became more obvious who was behind these horrific crimes. Eventually the FBI arrested Ted Bundy for the murder of over 30 women. Each one has a different motive which causes the victims and the crime to be different, but what about their brain chemistry. In

Importance of QSEN The quality and safety education for nurses, or for short QSEN, is a project that addresses nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes to continuously improve safety and quality of healthcare. QSEN’s vision is to inspire healthcare professionals to put quality and safety as vital value to their work. QSEN includes 6 core competencies; patient- centered care, Teamwork and collaboration, evidence- based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics. Nurses use QSEN competencies

June 21, 2012 RAFT Task 1 Executive Summary for Joint Commission Standards Compliance Nightingale Community Hospital provides leadership in quality health services. We also provide compassionate and cost-effective service in the lines of treatment and prevention. Our vision is to be the hospital of choice for patients, employees, physicians, volunteers, and the community. In accordance with this the hospital makes sure we follow guidelines laid down by Joint commission Standards. The compliance

Medication Error Prescribing Medication mistakes is a critical global issue and the utmost principle widespread dilemma that terrorizes patient safety that might spearhead to disability or death if not detected, and medication error are virtually never deliberate and regrettably occur in healthcare (Gorgich, Barfroshan, Ghoreishi, & Yaghoobi, 2016). According to Arcangelo and Peterson (2013), approximately eight percent of the outpatient prescription have errors and about three percent are undoubtedly