Nursing Assistant Identification Report

Next we help patients into bed. After gaining consent, we help them wash and get into their night clothes. If they need toiletting, the patient’s preferred way of doing so is used. The Dignity Policy is maintained at all times. If it is documented that a patient needs more than one member of staff to transfer them safely then we help each other to do so., thus sticking to Health and Safety and Manual Handling Policies. Usually at this time the trained nurses are available and are easily approachable and willing to help. After the patient is safely and comfortably in bed, we fill in the repositioning and personal hygiene charts as per Policy.

The nurse must initially evaluate the patient’s charts for any bacterial precautions and fall risks. As the nurse walks into the patient’s room, the nurse begins by making sure the environment is clean and safe. The nurse would do this by gathering equipment, washing hands thoroughly, and wear gloves. The nurse is then to greet the patient, introducing self, then let them know exactly what you came to do. The nurse should first ask the patient for his or her name, birthdate, location of where the patient is currently at, and the reason as to what

I went to the dentist and followed my aunt. The staff dressed nicely and acted very professionally. Their professionalism was great because they greeted us with a genuine smile. They listened carefully to what we say and answered us with a good explanation. Some steps I could take to create a professional appearance is greeting patients with kindness and care. Another one is to be clean, have your hair out of the way, and don't wear jewelry or wear little. Also, covering tattoos is an important step. Putting on hand sanitizer of some kind when going in and out of patient rooms is also important.

In this paper, I will discuss about the different levels of nursing certification, with a focus on Registered Nursing. I will include the education and requirements for becoming an RN, the working environment and career opportunities of the profession.

Proper nurse staffing has been a debate since the modernization of nursing for many years. This paper examines the results of five researched based articles on the effects of nurse staffing and the outcomes of patient care within a hospital setting. The articles do vary in their methods of gathering information. One study used organizational data from 799 facilitates in eleven states to examine the outcomes of care from the type of nursing care received (Needleman, Buerhaus, Mattke, Stewart, & Zelevinsky, 2002). Another study examined the outcomes of care of intensive care patients in 65 hospitals in the United Kingdom (West, Barron,

Patient safety goes beyond not falling down. Patient safety is more than avoiding pressure ulcers and adhering to proper hand hygiene protocols. As nurses, we will go beyond changing wound dressings, taking vital signs, giving medications and answering call lights. As nurses we must be able to communicate.

The aim of this assignment is to portray knowledge and understanding of all aspects of Safety and Health while working as a nurse in a hospital environment. All employees must comply and familiarise themselves with legislation and acts. These acts include The Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005 and The manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. Employers must “ Ensure the safety, health and welfare at work of his or her employees, manage and conduct work activities in such a way as to ensure the safety, health and welfare at work of all employees, manage and conduct work activities in such a way as to prevent any improper conduct or behaviour likely to endanger employees, provide information, instruction, training and supervision,

There are a number of steps that a hospital can implement in its stroke rehabilitation ward to ensure high levels of patient safety, which could help it prevent sick persons from getting harmed. Although there are many strategies for improving patient safety, the paper discusses five of such strategies: improving communication within the ward, increasing patient involvement, reporting adverse events, developing and implementing protocols

Washing hands before and after each patient and applying gloves when appropriate is a law that is followed in the hospital. This prevents the spread of infections and diseases among the patients. Another important law is to not have your gloves on when walking in the hallways because doing so will cause the entire group to be out of the unit and it’s not an infection control. It’s also a way to transport pathogens and contaminate surfaces on the patient’s room, the patients, or the health care team. Always wearing an ID badge will provide others with information on who you are and notify them if your allowed to provide care to the patients. Not carrying phones with you is a very important regulation that you must follow because it protects the patients confidentially and privacy. For example, taking pictures with or of the patients or using them while assisting with care makes them feel uncomfortable and insecure. Finally, a HIPPA regulation observed and should be used is keeping patient’s information confidential by only sharing it among care givers involved in the medical care. In addition, not speaking about patient’s medical care in public places or in a loud tone of voice is important as well because it’s for the protection and security of the

Unsafe staffing has detrimental effects on everyone it touches; patients, nurses, and hospitals. What is unsafe staffing? According to the Massachusetts Nurses Association (2017), “An unsafe assignment is anything that you, the assigned RN, judge to be unsafe. It is your license”. It is important to know the issues that face us in regards to this so that we can work to create a better healthcare environment for all of us. There are many changes that can be made; and plans for action that can work for any institution.

Whichever procedure a nurse carries out, she should always be cautious about maintaining quality and providing safety to the client. While delivering care, nurses’ should always think about patients’ welfare and safety. From my own experience when I used to work as an ICU nurse in Nepal, there was one bed-ridden patient who was struggling with his daily activities and comfort. One morning

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 analysis and wave all.

This is an interesting project; Ensuring patient safety is an important role of a professional nurse in the healthcare setting. You have mentioned different fall prevention methods used in the healthcare setting which is to protect the patient from falling by implementing fall prevention protocol. Patients in the cardiovascular unit are high risk for fall due to lack of blood perfusion from the heart to the brain tissue. To ensure patient safety and decrease fall nurse must develop a proper nursing intervention. Nurses also have to communicate clearly with the patient and incorporate the patient’s priorities of care and preference to avoid fall and further injuries.

In 1852 Florence Nightingale wrote “It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm”. The goal of any of medical facility should be that no preventable harm should befall the patient. This seems an obvious statement. Though this may seem to be an obvious goal, this very goal took second place to medical scientific advances. In 2000, the article To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System published by the Institute of Medicine, drew attention back to what had once been a foundational goal of patient safety when in the care of the health system. Today, preventable medical errors responsible for patient deaths in hospitals have brought the focus of the medical industry full circle to make patient safety its primary goal. The goal of the 21st century nurse is to: ensure safety by using evidence based safety practices such as proper hand washing to prevent and control the transmission of diseases, to strive for performance improvement by implementing new risk management findings to ensure a safe administration of care such as the administering of medications. And last but not least in order to promote the culture of safety the nurse must claim accountability and report any safety issues that my endanger a patients well-being.

Admissions, nursing and administration offices should be protected by either enclosures or a service desk which prevent patients’ form striking, throwing objects, or reaching into otherwise creating a hazard or nuisance to staff: such barriers should not restrict communication but should be protective. Also, doors must be fitted with windows, lockable either electronically or manual safe locks on all doors and drugs cabinets, staff access to the facility areas must be controlled; and only designate personnel should have access to the drugs cabinets, and specialty rooms to prevent unauthorized entry by either maintenance staff or other no medical staff members. Emergency exits should be clear marked in case of fire or the need to evacuate the facility in a hurry. I would also recommend some type of panic button that would alert law enforcement, security and staff member of a possible complicated situation involving an irritated patient or family members. Some safety measures may seem expensive or difficult to implement, but are needed to adequately protect the health and well-being of health care staff and other