Hospital Staffing Memo

assignment, I have reviewed two separate memos including; a memo titled confidential memo from the supervisor to the nurse manager based on errors made by a nurse and corrections needing to happen, also the memo titled problem memorandum assignment from an RN to the Senator and chair of New York State 's Health Committee as persuasion so the legislature will support the Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act H.R. 876. Audience Analysis The Confidential memo has been written by the Director of nursing

I am a Nursing Student at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a resident of Roxbury. The purpose of this memo is to propose a healthcare policy on adequate nurse staffing levels. The State of Massachusetts is highly understaffed a situation which requires immediate measures to correct this disarray (MNA, 2017). The policy will involve an audit in all the public hospitals in Massachusetts this will help determine the number of nurses needed. This policy should be implemented as it will offer

In the department where I volunteer at the hospital the root problem is too many people come in and out of the department unexpectedly with questions about assignments for the day, as well as other issues from the case managers, and disputes about timesheets. These problems create tension and chaos

of the work setting. Characteristics of a positive organizational environment include communication, collaboration, effective decision-making, staffing, recognition of employees, and leadership (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). This paper will describe interrelated aspects of the organizational structure, culture, and environment at Lone Tree Convalescent Hospital and discuss how

with the turnover rates in mental health facilities which cause under staffing. The need to understand what is causing this problem is important. With a high turnover rate in mental health facilities it can have a direct impact on patient care. Without the proper staffing needs for a facility patients can be left unattended; which means symptoms or proper care can be missed. The solution to that problem at Harbor Oaks Hospital was a mentorship program. Some problems that were faced during the implementation

In a two paged letter dated January 20th, 2014 from Debra B. Whitman, Chair of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) addressed to President Barack Obama the coalition expressed their concerns on the then forthcoming Fiscal Year 2016 budget request with a specified interest in those line items on Medicare. “We urge you to abstain from including proposals in the FY2016 budget, namely those included in the past budgets; that would shift additional health care costs to people with Medicare

Assignment: Case Study for Berwick Hospital System Assume that you are the newly appointed Chief Continuity Manager for the Berwick Hospital System. Outlining the major risks associated with maintaining continuity of operations in the event of an environmental catastrophe, and making an outline of the basics of a continuity plan to cope such a scenario. To: the Chief Operating Officer Subject: Risks Associated with Environmental Catastrophe Berwick Hospital System has identified some of the

diploma from a nursing program or hospital, an associate’s degree in nursing, which is a two-year program, or a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, or BSN (“Education”). Nurses have to remain up to date on the constantly changing information within the field. Continuing education classes are required to keep

demands and pressure of a job are high, it can impact employees in a negative way, in turn compromising the level of care they deliver to their patients. There are a number of factors that can make a job stressful, such as a heavy workload, inadequate staffing or limited payroll, no breaks, poor training and lack of communication (particularly in dealing with changes in policies or technical processes), and little to no reward, to name a few. Michelle Burke, a tutor at King’s College Florence Nightingale

Sentinel Event: Sentinel events are a subset of medical adverse events. Events that require immediate attention are called Sentinel Events. Joint Commission defines a sentinel event as an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof. Serious injury specifically includes loss of limb or function. The phrase “or the risk thereof” includes any process variation for which a recurrence would carry a significant chance of a serious adverse outcome