St. John Hospital Of Detroit On The Labor And Delivery Unit

When I first started nursing school, I always wanted to be a pediatric nurse because I grew up taking care of my little cousins when their parents needed a babysitter. When I entered my pediatric rotation, I didn't expect my clinical experience to be centered in psychosocial interventions. I was placed in Northridge Medical Center Peds floor and I dealt with parents more than the patients. It just so happens that 6 out of my 9 weeks in Peds, the parents were either divorced or separated and no established relationship. From then on, I realized that Peds was not for me based off that experience alone. When I entered OB rotation, I fell in love with it immediately. I was placed in White Memorial Hospital and all the neonatal nurses provided a great experience for my clinical group. I was able to help and witness live births, cesarean births, and post-baby care. I enjoyed helping the nurses with their nursing tasks and interventions and I was comfortable communicating with the parents throughout their stay. After 9 weeks of clinical, I wanted to learn more and doing this literature gave me a different, yet valuable perspective about neonatal

In this discussion, a Hispanic or Latino group is considered. While the statistic is not available for the city of Cleveland, in Ohio this group represents a 3.7% of the total population as of July 1, 2016 (USCB, 2018). The Hispanic/Latino group represents people from Cuba, Latin America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Caribbean and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race (Juckett, 2013). While a treatment plan in hospitals is the same for all the patients, the perception varies in different ethnic groups or races. Thus, a health care provider need to be aware of Hispanic/Latino cultural beliefs and implement this knowledge into a daily routine.

As a FQHC, LSCC’s mission is to provide care to underserved and uninsured residents of our service area. In Central Texas, people who lack health insurance are disproportionately poor and disproportionately racial/ethnic minorities. Because of this confluence of socioeconomic indicators, LSCC’s patient populations are more likely than other groups to experience health disparities which can negatively impact a patient’s life from the day he or she is born, through development, through adulthood, and up until the day he or she dies. Excess morbidity and early mortality are the indelible scars dealt by health disparities upon LSCC’s target populations. In light of this reality, LSCC must go beyond the mere provision of care to ensure that our

Underserved communities are often unaware of the medical process and stress that follows a diagnosis. The medical terminology and understanding the statistics of each approach to treat the health complication can be difficult to understand, especially after the initial shock of discovering life changing news. Health care providers serving these communities must be sensitive, patient and insightful of the many disparities theses patients’ are and will encounter as the medical team moves forward with treatment. Providing care to underserved communities goes beyond the medical practice, it’s having a raw understanding of the many layers of disparities a patient will undergo on a daily basis while being treated for their illness and meanwhile hoping to receive the best medical care possible.

When it comes to healthcare racial disparities continue to be an ongoing issue. In fact racial disparities have been a topic of discussion since desegregation. The US Department of Health and Human Services, in 1984 published a report that called attention to the healthcare disparities. The report was called Heath, United States 1983(Dougher, 2015). Within the context of the report there lies a passage that describes the major disparities that are within the burden of illness and death that is experienced by African Americans and other minorities, “despite significant progress in the overall health of the nation” (Dougher, 2015). It was evident that there was a serious lack of health care minorities.

A team of researchers from The George Washington University in conjunction with key leaders – evaluated the Detroit area to assess the state-of-healthcare deliverance to those in need. The problem was presented in a clear and concise manner: The uninsured and poor had limited to no access to the care they needed. Many resorted to the Emergency Department (40% of admissions were non-emergent), leading to overcrowding in the hospital. Those that are part of the safety net are providers of the poor and vulnerable populations: hospital systems, clinics, volunteers, primary care workers, and prevention workers that are there to prevent the overflow and influx that we see in the assessment. We will be addressing our main stakeholders, the

St. Louis Regional Health Commission (RHC) is a network of individuals with responsibility and commitment to improve health in St. Louis. Their mission statement is to increase access to health care for people who are medically uninsured and underinsured, reduce health disparities, and improve health outcomes among populations in the St. Louis City and County region. Their primary focus is to help coordinate healthcare for low-income people who are medically uninsured and underinsured, and they also occasionally plan interesting events to help improve access to healthcare. The St. Louis Regional Health Commission is important because access to high quality healthcare is such a crucial part of every resident’s wellbeing and health, but due

Throughout the Edgewater and Rogers Park community, my focus was on the physical health and well being of the members of the community. The assets identified were doctor’s offices, small clinics and clinics that are a part of a larger chain. Each of these assets show the diversity in the medical care offered in the Edgewater and Rogers Park community. For example, the assets that we found were mostly privately owned and the clinics that are part of a larger chain such as the clinics in Walgreens or CVS, were small and run by only a few people. There weren’t any assets that were part of a large medical institution such as Advocate or Nova health. There was only one hospital which is Methodist Hospital which is one of the largest assets we found. This illustrates how in the Edgewater and Rogers Park community, smaller and more convenient methods of receiving healthcare is emphasized more than larger scale hospitals.

Heritage Valley Medical Center has been known for it’s stellar reputation of providing excellent care to residents of the surrounding community. In recent years, it has had a changing demographic, and occupancy rates have decreased to 40%. This is due to the relocation of more affluent private-pay patients from the city to the suburbs. The center has developed alliances to increase Medicare referrals and indigent patients, with the hope of increasing additional Medicaid revenue. Although the minority population has increased from 10% to 40%, the staff demographics did not change. There is still a disproportionately low number of minorities employed by the facility, and an even lower number of minorities in management

Research has shown racial and ethnic minorities often receive health care in hospitals and other facilities that offer lower-quality care than other institutions. Racial and ethnic often receive a lesser standard of health care. District Council 17 is larger made up of different racial and ethnic minorities and sits squarely in this precept. In order to

Baptist Memorial Healthcare is the organization for our group presentation. The mission this organization “In keeping with the three-fold ministry of Christ-healing, preaching and teaching-Baptist Organizational Memorial Health Care is committed to providing quality healthcare” (Little,J, 2015). The culture of the organization begins with their Vision, “ We will be the provider of choice by transforming the delivery of the healthcare through partnering with patients, families, physicians, care providers, employers and payers; and by offering safe, integrated, patient-focused, high quality, innovative, cost-effective care” (Little,J, 2015) “The Promise is to make a difference by living out our faith”. The Commitment of the organization is “To deliver to our patients and community the right care, at the right

The ultimate goal is to create environments in which New Haven residents can take the power they need to transform their health and even their lives. To build community empowerment among New Haven neighborhoods means building advocacy capacities that are focus on addressing social and health issues, mobilizing resources for sustainability within the community, and addressing stigma related to health care services through educational resources. I also hope that by working closely with New Haven neighborhoods, I will gain a greater understanding of how decisions made for individual patients affect the entire community. Similarly, I hope to gain greater insight into the social determinants of health that affect New Haven communities, and to use this information to guide the creation of intervention

In the United States it is estimated that by 2043, nonwhite racial and ethnic populations will compose more than 50 percent of all Americas, (Yan and Fitzpatrick, 2016). Areas like Central Ohio will see an increase in their diverse population. This means that more people who are of a diverse culture will have to use medical services. As of right now, there are many health disparities when it comes to the ethnic population. With a shift in demographics, the health sector in various central Ohio counties has proven that they are not prepared enough to handle a diverse community. There are many reasons as to why cultural competence is lacking in health care. From racism, lack of proper education, lack of diversity in the workforce,

The Florida State Surgeon General established the Health Equity Coalition to assist the Florida Department of Health in the development of a strategic plan to improve the health of the population, with a specific focus on health equity and minority health. The Coalition is responsible for the external analysis and approached the planning process by conducting a State wide health needs assessment. After a systematic prioritization process our team identified three recommendations on priority areas for action, out of the three factors we have selected one to be the key priority. The Health Equity Coalition recommended priorities include:

One day the editor of The Herald Tribune, Jim Bellows, requests Sheehy to speak with him in his office. He wanted her to know how he liked all the “gritty stuff in the middle of all the fluff,” and that she should “keep it up.” Due to Bellows’ all clear she was able to explore more news-based stories over fluff (Sheehy, 3-9). She had heard rumors on how New York City’s maternity clinics had a high risk of infant mortality, and with newfound freedom she launched an investigative piece on the issue. At the time of her piece she was heavily pregnant that allowed her the perfect cover into the clinics. The story unearthed how horrible the practices were on poor women at these free maternity clinics. After the story published clinics were cleaned