Improving Patient Outcomes For Nurses

Kim Rodriguez Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes RNSG2432 February 28, 2016 Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes Introduction The healthcare industry has long emphasized that staffing issues are a constant concern. It is a worry that influences the safety of both the patient and the nurse. A study reveals that over seventeen percent of new graduate nurses leave their first nursing job within a year, and over thirty-three percent leave within two years (Christine T. Kovner, 2014).…

The purpose of this report is to examine the article “Improving nurse–patient communication with patients with communication impairments: hospital nurses ' views on the feasibility of using mobile communication technologies”. It will do this by focusing on the way in which the article was located, legal and ethical considerations undertaken by the researcher, the methodology used to get the results, whether it was quantitative or qualitative in design, key components of the research design including…

Overworking Nurses Results In Negative Patient Outcomes A major issue in the medical career field is the demand for nurses and this, of course, means that these nurses will be working strenuous hours to meet the high demands. While this may satisfy some issues it also creates others. Longer hours results in exhausted nurses and this leads to negative patient outcomes. Nurses have many tasks to complete while they are on the job. While these tasks may be simple they can also be harmful if done…

today’s medical society, advancements are constantly being made to improve patient outcomes and promote higher hospital satisfaction. With as much progress that has been made, there are critical errors that can still be found in the medical field that, in turn, cause the lack of reimbursement to a hospital. Through thorough research and evidence based practice, hospitals are able to follow guidelines to prevent issues such as: patient falls, hospital acquired pressure ulcers, catheter associated urinary…

This study focuses on the issue of nursing staffing and its effects on the outcomes of the patients. To begin with, the tem nursing staffing will be defined and followed by a discussion of nursing staffing in relation to the nurses themselves. Nursing staffing levels and their effects on the patient outcomes will also be discussed with regards to morbidity and mortality besides other indicators of patient outcomes, the impact of nursing staffing levels to quality of care as well as an overview of…

Search Strategy This nurse is interested in the affects administrative decisions surrounding nurse staffing in regards to patient outcomes and nurses work satisfaction. This nurse began her research with a question in mind; “How do RN to patient ratios affect patient outcomes?” The search returned greater than 2000 articles related to Nurse Staffing and patient outcomes. Although, many of the abstracts supported the relevance of the topic the amount of material was excessive and the subject too…

Patient Centered Outcomes Nursing 300: Foundations of Professional Nursing By: Jayme Shulman, RN 0ctober 28, 2012 America’s health care system has become very complex with a rise in health costs, patients with complex medical issues, and Medicare cuts. Nurses must find a way to juggle the health care industry while maintaining positive patient outcomes. Patients will either have good or bad outcomes during or after their care based on the decisions of the nurse and the interdisciplinary…

to improve patient care by mitigating the cultural barriers. One method is to use in-services that cover different cultural beliefs to improve patient-centered care. Another method is for the staff to do competencies on areas they are having trouble with. Usually the competency takes the form of a project that demonstrates different cultural beliefs. The staff also takes classes that are updated continuously. For example in the case of the problem with the lesbian couple, the nurse manager now…

The Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Outcomes Kelly Adams McCann Drexel University The Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Outcomes When my daughter was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 11 years ago, I was I was blissfully ignorant of patient-to-nurse ratios and budget constraints. I had confidence in the competence of the nurses and believed that they had the time and the tools necessary to care for my child. Now that I'm a nurse myself and I see my support staff numbers cut and…

Nurse Patient Ratio and Patient Outcomes Nurse staffing have an effect on a variety of areas within nursing. Quality of care is usually affected. Hospitals with low staffing tend to have higher incidence of poor patient outcomes. Martin, (2015) wrote an article on how insufficient nursing staff increases workload and job dissatisfaction, which in effect decreases total patient care over all. When nurse staffing is inadequate, the ability to practice ethically becomes questionable. Time worked, overtime…