Quarantine Public Health Assistant: A Case Study

Medical assistance (MA), is one of the largest growing jobs in the United Stated (Chapman, & Blash, 2017). The role of MA has increased over years from just escorting patients to exam rooms, and taking vital signs to now a boarder role which includes phlebotomist or radiologic technician (Chapman, & Blash, 2017). MA are hired in primary care to assistance the doctors and nurses in caring for patients. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has defined the role of medical assistance by using the special code that is regulated by each state (Chapman, & Blash, 2017). There is no place is this regulation that gives MA the right to prescribe medication. What Stephanie did was not in her job description.

Reviewing the needs for this position again, I believe that my qualifications and experience are a strong match. My solid business background, as well as medical management experience, provide the foundation for a savvy practice director who can lead by example and provide a positive environment that emulates the Intermountain Healthcare philosophies.

I would like to develop my knowledge of all aspects of the Healthcare Assistants role to support the pharmacist, and become self-confident in meeting all aspects of the role, by learning and providing both excellent and knowledgeable patient service. On top this I wish learn, and excel, in all aspects of the Healthcare Assistants role so not as to only become a valuable member of the surgery team, but also to develop my pharmacy career.

The primary focus of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is to provide quality health care to individuals who are vulnerable (economically, medically, or geographically) and improve health equity by increasing access to health programs and skilled professionals (HRSA, 2017). Many of the HRSA’s major programs provide direct care, prevention services, and drug treatment for those in need, such as their maternal and child health programs, rural health programs, and programs to support low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS (HRSA, 2017). The HRSA also provides primary health services through its nearly 1,400 health centers and free clinics (HRSA, 2017). Additionally, they support workforce development through scholarships

Every health care professional often face practice dilemmas where workload assignments or requirements place them in a difficult situation. These circumstances generate apprehension about current legal, social and economic conditions that could lead to unsafe assignment that jeopardizes patient safety. As a Registered Nurse by profession, the purpose of this paper is to discuss effects of floating and temporary assignments in Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, which will be limited to only Registered Nurses. Thus, safe nurse staffing affects patient mortality, satisfaction, increased medication errors, and nurse frustration and burnout.

Douglas’ overall performance as a Quarantine Public Health Officer is outstanding. He follows all branch policies and performs according to all protocols. He responds to our port partners in a timely and thoughtful matter. He continually provides situational awareness when necessary, to the appropriate persons. Douglas maintains valuable surveillance working with our port partners such as CBP-Agriculture to make decisions about CDC regulated items coming into the United States and performs a thorough and complete follow-up for ill travelers and disease investigations. Douglas has successfully participated in the after- hours on-call and is able to independently problem solve for partners.

Moreover, Doug also had two other colleagues he hired due to the fact their expertise would be beneficial to the company. First hiree was Becky Smith who hired in with pharmaceutical expertise and dealing with the FDA in regards to the patients.

Abstract Objectives—To determine the reasons for choosing between primary care out of hours centres and accident and emergency (A&E) departments for patients with primary care problems. Methods—Interviews using a semi-structured approach of samples of patients attending A&E departments and general practitioner (GP) out of hours centres for primary care problems. Results—102 patient interviews were undertaken. Sixty two per cent of A&E attenders were unemployed compared with 41% of out of hours attenders.

Even though the events of September 11, 2001 were a tragic event that was not expected by many Americans that were affected all over the United States many watched the two planes cause the two buildings of the World Trade Center’s Destruction. The natural events to be prepared for in accordance’s to past medical and economical concerns would be to put a plan in place that would put the patients and employee’s safety first to make it out of a tragic situation. The MAPP process is a very effective plan that works for many healthcare organizations to maintain safety and quality management without risks of injuries within the community or facility. The events of the terrorist attacks caused many people to lose their lives because there were no

By making the changes in how you training health profession, providing drug treatment, and expanding the public health work force could really help decrease the abuse of drugs and alcohol. The American Drug Policy is designed to help decrease the abuse of drugs and alcohol and I believe maintain status quo and maybe make a couple of changes could help better the policy. I believe if we train our health professional to know the warning signs it could help before the problem begins for people. Also if we educate people and provide proper treatment for people it could help people understand there is another way out and turn your life around. Then expanding the public health work force is something that could truly make a difference for people.

Using the SMART method, my long term goal is to continue my work as a CNA while applying for healthcare administrator positions. I would like to work as an administrator for at least 3 years for any medical setting. While working, I will be looking into ways on how I can own and operate a home healthcare agency. According to Marak, (2017), I really don’t need to have experience in the medical industry; I would just need to have the passion for providing care, the marketing savvy, an understanding of business knowledge, and integrity. With my CNA experience, along with my other work experiences, I am half way there.

FG, personal communication, March 1, 2015). The telemetry floor manager is responsible for all aspects of the unit’s operation and management. Mr. FG main job duty is to ensure the floor runs smoothly without any obstacles while providing the best possible patient care. Mr. FG currently has 78 employees (including charge nurses, staff educator, staff nurses, nurse aids, and secretaries) who report to him and he is directly responsible for. Mr. FG delegates some of the daily functions of the unit to the charge nurses, so that the unit runs smoothly while he focuses on other important his other duties. Mr. FG consider himself very professional and approach his staff member in a very professional manner and expects his staff maintaining the same professionalism with him and other team member. He also expect his staff to work as team and resolve any issue on the floor to the best of their ability in this manner. Even though his position as a manager on the floor to lead the team, but whenever there is a problem, he would like his every single member of his staff to be onboard to come up with a solution. Encourages everyone to talk to him whenever they feel the need and known for maintain an open door policy (Mr. FG, personal communication, March 1, 2015). Mr. FG reports directly to Chief Nursing Officer and the vice president of patient care services.

. At the BLC I was volunteering at the kitchen. I really like helping the kitchen staff to prepare a healthy lunch. The kitchen manager is amazing and I felt very welcomed and appreciated. This time the menu was a slightly different. It consisted of fried chicken, two types of salad (potato and garden), rise, bread, fresh fruit and dessert. The lunch is usually from 12 pm till 1.30 pm. I helped the kitchen staff to serve a lunch as well and got a chance to interact with some members of the BLC.

Working in and emergency care sounds like a very exciting job. I agree with you, I think it would be a great fit for someone like you who wants to deal with different conditions and injuries. This job can keep you on your toes and you will never know what to expect each day. With this type of job you will have to be able to endure the ability to function in a high stress environment. Also with thinking fast on the job it will be a lot of things that happening quickly and you would have to be able to think and act just as quickly.

Many aspects of the human life require management to allow maximum efficiency of the subject. For instance, the labor market is governed by policies that dictate how an employee is to be treated by their employers and in some cases, the minimum wage is dictated. The above example is an illustration of how public administrators attempt to control situations that are manmade and that can be controlled. However, there are categories of elements that cannot be controlled or resolved by man 's insistence, but can be managed to allow the maximum efficiency of the deficit resources.