Correlation of Understaffing and Patient Safety In 1981, the announcement was made that a hospital was being built to serve the western communities of Palm Beach and Palm West Hospital’s groundbreaking was celebrated in 1984 and two years later, the hospital opened with 117 beds (Palms West Hospital Celebrates, 2016). Palms West Hospital is now a subsidiary of HCA Holdings Inc. (Palms West Hospital, 2016). Originally called Columbia Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership and changed its name to
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
angel to patients because they oversee their safety. Also, they are the eye of the doctor due to having more interactions with the patients and giving updates on their health. Nurses must excel in nursing to be certified in administering medicine and care to patients. Nurses will put their time and effort for patients to receive quality care and better health outcomes. Education, compassion, and communication are essential tools for nurses that ultimately give their best care to patients in healthcare
Today, health care is one of the most the important subjects in United States. There are many Private and nonprofitmaking organization dedicated to health care. This paper discusses the readiness of Kaiser Permanente as a health care organization to respond the future health care needs of citizens. This paper also contains its strategic plan that addresses issues relating to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management and patient satisfaction. Addressing the Health Care Needs of Citizens
concept of quality in health care is different than other industries. In food, you can judge quality by freshness and more universally agreed standards of taste and color. In cars you can judge quality by specific metrics of performance and reliability. In clothes, quality is assessed by more nuanced subjective measures of style and durability under specific circumstances such as being washed and dried. In health care, quality is even more subjective, as it is often tied to patient satisfaction or outcomes
lead in the most efficient means possible. My vision revolves around the mission statement, “To provide the highest level of care,
Assessment Summary HCS/451 Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis Quality Management Quality management is a systematic and continuous process that organizations use to deliver products and services that meet or exceed customer expectations. Quality management in healthcare has evolved over the years to address increased demands from consumers related to the quality of care and services, as well as to address problems in patients’ outcomes. The medical field tends
exceeds is one that continually strives to classify and focus on factors critical to its customers. And, improve its process to ensure safety with adequate staffing by providing the best care possible, “in order to survive, the organization must find ways to expand efficiency by decreasing their resource, administrative, and labor cost without forfeiting quality of care. According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leader in quality improvement research and practice incorporated the
Responsibilities.” (Centennial Edition, 2008) Nursing Values and Ethical Responsibilities 1) Providing Care Nurses should be able to provide safe, skilled and proficient, solicitous care to the patients. The relation between the nurse and the patient. 2) Promoting Health and Well-Being Nurses should be enable to work with families their relatives and friends to promote highest level of health and well-being. 3) Promoting and Respecting informed Decision-making Nurses should acknowledge, respect
A core set of competencies are essential at all levels for management. Collaborative skill sets such as communication, collaboration, and relationship management are all necessary to running an organization and new requirements for such skills are more data driven than ever. Value based health care place demands on clinical integration, care management, business intelligence, and purchaser relationships. Additionally, value based health care has increased the need for administrators to drive organizational