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Performance of the Nursing Department in a Healthcare Institute

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Introduction In any healthcare institute arrangements related to patient hygiene, medication management and other associated problems such as risk of falls are some common problems that need to be addressed and streamlined in an effective manner. The performance of the nursing department of any healthcare institute can easily be assessed through these components and whether they are being followed in a proper manner or not. For this the healthcare institute that has been chosen for this purpose is Dargle Valley nursing home in Cookstown, Wicklow County (Sorcha, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to understand the problem, the significance of the topic which is under consideration, the impact that it has on patients and the community on …show more content…

Furthermore, it is also important to state here that students who enrol in different nursing associate degree programs and courses related to BSN related nursing courses or RN programs can from such scenarios and case studies can get a proper idea regarding nursing homes and the problems that patients usually face in situations when managerial flaws and incompetent people take charge of things adversely affecting the ways in which patient healthcare needs to be treated (Schmidt, 2012). It will also be a good learning activity for them in their learning phases since it will provide them with a practical exposure towards the seriousness of the situation that they face in their own experience after they pass a degree and ways through which they can tackle it in an effective manner. Impact on Community and Patients Dargle Valley nursing home faces similar problems when it comes to taking serious steps and considerations related to patients. In a report that was released by Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) it was

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