Premise: The Nursing Action-plan on the use and sustainability of Barcode Medication Administration Problem Statement According to Aiken et al. (2012), the concern regarding patients’ safety is a global issue and not concentrated to particular hospitals. The study by Van Den Bos et al. (2011) describes some of the means through which patients could be injured such as ineffectual sharing of information among clinicians, delayed treatment, and sometimes misapplication of health technology just to mention a few.…
Errors That Killed Lewis Blackman Lewis Blackman was a fifteen-year-old boy in seventh grade. He was thought of by his peers as gifted, enthusiastic, brilliant, talented across the board, achieved many academic accomplishments at such a young age, had a great memory and was loved by all. Lewis was born with the condition of pectus excavatum, which causes a crease in the chest cavity. He has lived many years with this condition but decided to have elective surgery at the University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital, since there was potential to cause respiratory problems if not corrected. Once Lewis’ elective surgery was completed, his life came to an end five frightful days after, due to septic shock.…
As the new administrator of Golden Oaks Nursing Home, you have been approached by the facility owner and asked to prepare a report discussing your recommendation as to whether the facility should seek accreditation by The Joint Commission. Golden Oaks is a 120-bed skilled nursing facility located in a midsized city and has four competitors within a five-mile radius. Three of those competitors have been in business for less than five years and have new buildings with upgraded furnishings. Your building is 40 years old. It was last renovated ten years ago and is in good repair but a little dated in appearance.…
After the wait-time scandal at the Arizona VA in 2014, the President Obama signed the law, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146, “VACAA”) in order to improve access to health care for the Veterans in a timely manner with great bipartisan support (Branchely, 2014). This bill includes several initiatives to improve the current standards of care and decrease wait times. In order to urgently address the situation, the law recommends hiring more resources, introducing ways to promote timely care for Veterans, and increasing accountability. The section 101 of VACAA lists necessary details to bring some positive changes to the organization.…
Abstract Law is formed for a motive and it regulates in many areas like medicine, before practicing any medical procedure or conducting a form of administrative position each medical specialist or non-medical specialist operative must comprehend a difference between ethical or unethical. Ethical and Unethical plays a significant role in our humanity every way it is whether up to how you want to approach it. According to “The case of Jeanette M. And the phone call” altered from the beginning of chapter 1 of “Medical Law and Ethics” inscribed by Bonnie Fremgen, it exemplifies how a medical receptionist and the doctor action resulted in death of Jeanette M. This case falls into so many categories of violations and code of ethics such as being…
New York City College of Technology City University of New York Law and Ethics Case: Jeanette M. and the Phone Call Erica Rotstein October 7, 2017 Professor Bonsignore HAS 3560 -Legal Aspects of Health Care Abstract The advancement in the field of medicine over the years has led to doctors and health care providers having more responsibilities on their hands. This brings into question what should and shouldn’t be done, as well as what is morally and ethically right. However, this isn’t so cut and dry.…
The compliance program must be reasonably designed, implemented, and enforced so that the program is generally effective in preventing and detecting criminal conduct. • Leaders must ensure that there is an effective compliance and ethics program. The facility must appoint specific high level personnel for the program. • Healthcare Administrator and the directors must practice reasonable oversights over the implementation and effectiveness of the program. • Sufficient resources must be readily available in order to implement an effective…
I agree with you on supporting The Joint Commission (TJC) on their mission on patient safety, nursing education and research. Ultimately, there needs to be an overseer to ensure facilities are meeting standards on patient care and service quality. The purpose of the TJC survey and accreditation is to enhance patient care outcomes (Mason, Gardner, Outlaw, & O’ Grady, 2016). Healthcare facilities need to be held accountable for service delivered as well as the meeting the nursing staff education needs. There is a huge emphasize on the use of evidence based practice because it has been clinically proven to be the best type patient care according to the most recent research.…
Joint Commission formally known as the Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is and independent, non-for-profit organization (JCAHO, 2015). JCAHO was found in 1951 it role is too provided safely and quality care that received by health care organization throughout the United States. Therefore, before the commission can reach any goals they are using a measurement system which helps with survey’s to grant accreditation to healthcare organization that is other role joint commission has.…
1.3 The Person-Centred Approach was developed from the work of the psychologist Carl Rogers (1902 – 1987). It aims to promote independence and focus on the individual and not the individual’s condition or illness (J Mckibbin, 2008, p. 25). Main objective is to focus care deliveries based on the needs of the service user rather than the demands of the service. Being transparent, understanding and not judgemental to the clients are the three pillars of the person-centred approach. By being supportive of the service user’s personal perspectives, their values and beliefs shows we value them with respect and dignity.…
3. What is the impact of the policy to this institution (economic, implementation, services, etc.)? The objective of the Joint Commission standard is to focus on quality improvement, not blame. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has recently instituted new standards to encourage facilities to focus on infection control. Factoring in, all hospitals are required by the Joint Commission to demonstrate compliance with hand washing practices.…
What is Law? The foundation of the Anglo-American Law is dated back to the Norman Conquest in 1066. William the Conqueror was the first king in England to establish courts and laws that were common throughout the land. The common laws, originally from England are still in effect today.…
In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century that identified deficiencies and trends in the United States healthcare system. In this report, the IOM outlined the essence of quality health care as safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable, paving the way to today’s health care quality programs in an effort to produce optimal care and outcomes (IOM, 2001). Kelly (2014) states that “health quality policy may be thought of as a subset within health policy… A variety of federal, state, and local government agencies and private organizations assess, monitor, and oversee the quality of healthcare delivered by health plans, facilities, integrated delivery systems, and individual practitioners” (p. 121). One such agency is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In order for an organization to receive reimbursement from CMS, it must meet certain standards set by the federal government (Kelly, 2014).…
Now a days to run a doctor’s office smooth and easy different personal with different jobs are crucial to satisfied and meet all the necessities of the patient. One of the most important personal in a doctor’s office is a medical assistant. There are two type of medical assistant: the administrative and the clinical. Both of these type of medical assistants must have excellent characteristics, ethical and morals behaviors. A medical assistant’s job might seem easy, but lots of education and knowledge is required to obtain proper credential in order to work in a doctor’s office.…
Jane Taylor’s Ubu and the Truth Commission investigates South Africa in the post-Apartheid contest and, more specifically, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the journey towards justice and catharsis by the people of South Africa. The play makes use of puppets, animated sequences and the juxtaposition of humour and tragedy to analyse the differences and tensions between transitional/restorative justice and retributive justice as well as scrutinizing the inconclusiveness of justice. Ubu and the Truth Commission ends inconclusively, with Pa Ubu and Ma Ubu riding off into the sunset. No real closure is provided in the ‘trial’ of Pa Ubu and the achievement of justice in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the TRC) as a whole. The…