Safety Quality Issue in a Health Care Setting

discuss and justify 2 nursing safety considerations for patients receiving preoperative medication while awaiting transfer to surgery

Category: Reduction of Risk Potential A 57-year-old patient with a recent history of severe left leg pain and diagnosed with acute arterial occlusion is postoperative following an emergency embolectomy. Six hours after the procedure, the nurse is unable to detect pulses in the patient’s left foot using a Doppler ultrasound. The nurse informs the surgical team of the potential need for further intervention. When discussing the situation with the patient, who expresses a desire to refuse any additional surgical procedures, what should the nurse prioritize as the initial response? A. Explain the risks of not having the surgery B. Notifying the physician immediately C. Notifying the nursing supervisor D. Recording the client’s refusal in the nurses’ notes

Objective: Understand the role of risk management in helping to provide a safe and secure environment for employees and patients. Instructions Develop and recommend risk management solutions for the following scenario: An incident of workplace violence (WPV) has hit your desk. The initial report was made by a female staff member who has worked for the facility for five years. In the complaint, she states that over the past six months she has been shoved, scratched, and spat on by multiple patients. Furthermore, she indicates that the verbal abuse is beginning to cause her psychological harm. She is currently four months pregnant. You know that workplace violence can affect the unborn child as well as the employee.

CASE BACKGROUNDMGMT Hospital Inc is a private concern that recently opened its doors to the public in the suburbs amidst heavy traffic. There are hardly any quiet nights. Sirens are a constant feature. However, once inside, there is just the hustle and bustle of hospital staff going back and forth. A hospitalreadmission is when a patient who is discharged from the hospital, is re-admitted again within a certain period of time. Hospital readmission rates for certain conditions are now considered an indicator of hospital quality, and also affect the cost of care adversely. For this reason, Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services established the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) which aims to improve quality of care for patients and reduce health care spending by applying payment penalties to hospitals that have more than expected readmission rates for certain conditions. Although diabetes is not yet included in the penalty measures, the program is regularly adding new…

No need generalize answer ok. Module Eight: Suffering, Quaternary Prevention, Ethics in Chronic Illness Situations This module introduces quaternary prevention and addresses the role of nurses in situations where individuals and families may be suffering. Principles of ethics are revisited as related to suffering and the nursing role. Module Objectives 1. Discuss types of suffering. 2. Address the role of nursing in situations of suffering. 3. Introduce quaternary prevention as it relates to nursing practice. 4. Apply the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements in situations of suffering. 5. Consider informed risk, autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence in difficult situations. Resources and readings (you have seen some of these before in this course): Required videos linked into this module American Nurses Association. (2021). Nursing: Scope and standards of practice (4th ed.). (available free through the SMSU McFarland Library e-books:…

"Providing physical comfort for the end of life patient" Establish and explain a minimum 3 SMART goals for providing physical comfort for the end of life patient.

Part I OBJECTIVE: To evaluate learners' skills in addressing issues related to medication safety in nursing practice. SYNOPSIS: ASSIGNMENT QUESTION Medication safety is among the fundamental components of the comprehensive safety program that completes the quality of patients' care. It includes the concepts of prevention of medication errors and adverse events (Kavanagh, 2017). QUESTION: Explain the importance of medication safety concerning the nursing practice. Discuss the strategies, and responsibilities of nurses towards improving medication administration safety. [TOTAL: 40 MARKS]

Topic Hypertension 4. Nursing management - using the nursing process, develop two plans of care ‐ 1 related to one priority physiological nursing diagnosis and 1 related to one priority psychosocial nursing diagnosis. Please include the following information in each plan of care: • Priority nursing diagnosis • short and 1 long‐term goal • to 5 nursing interventions with rationale statements, • to 5 evaluative statements based on interventions, and • A minimum of 3 potential patient education needs for consideration.  asap please

NCLEX practice: A female patient is receiving furosemide (Lasix), 40 mg P.O. b.i.D. in the plan of care, the nurse should emphasize teaching the patient about the importance of consuming: A. Fresh, green vegetables B. Bananas and oranges C. Lean red meat D. Creamed corn

Patient senior: Patient is on hospice with a diagnosis of Parkinson and end stage Dementia, agitation, self-inflicted wounds from scratching. The paper should be written base on this patient diagnosis. Should be structed as follows below in APA format. Instructions:· Answer each question individually; in a narrative APA format· Give background information through research, cite references· Include a reference sheet. Paragraph 1: introduce the concept of home health,hospice outpatient, transitions clinicor wound care. Name the goals andobjectives associated with theseagencies. Paragraph 2: Describe the certification processinvolved in these outpatient services;Insurance vs uninsured, and approvalfor supplies needed. Paragraph 3: Pick one patient you visited anddiscuss the cause and progression ofthe illness/injury leading to theadmission to the outpatient services. Paragraph 4: Describe the pathophysiology of thedisease process of the patientrequiring the outpatient services Paragraph…

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Discuss quality measures established by governing bodies and data sources that help improve patient outcomes and reduction in cost. Provide examples to support your discussion.   Preventive care   Readmission rates   how preventive care could be a win-win situation for both patients and health care organizations ?

A 15-year-old boy has come in for a sports physical after testing postive for Covid two months ago. He is coughing and has asthma but is not on maintenance medications. He has indicated that he doesn't want to take medication everyday.    explain  the health assessment information required for a diagnosis of your selected patient (include the scenario number). Explain how you would respond to the scenario as an advanced practice nurse using evidence-based practice guidelines and applying ethical considerations. Justify your response using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.  asap typed