Low back pain is one of the major causes for not only days lost at work, but also the early exit from the field of nursing. This can potentially be a major concern to address as policymakers and healthcare experts look to solve the nursing shortage problem. Project Back to Back is one initiative aimed at addressing this issue. It seeks to reduce the prevalence of low back pain experienced by nurses by introducing continual training in proper patient handling and Dru yoga classes to nurses working
Nursing Home Balanced Scorecard The Balanced Scorecard of the nursing home needs to take many aspects into account for the environment is fast-paced and potentially stressful and providing care involves drawing upon a complexity of technological and interpersonal skills. The following scorecard was built on nursing practices in the various nursing homes in order to discover best practices that can be used to improve patient outcomes and experiences and to serve as matrices Shareholder value/
adverse event among hospitalized psychiatric patients is physical assault or fighting. “Thousands of assaults occur in American hospitals each year, including psychiatric units and emergency rooms, resulting in the labeling of such workplaces by some as occupationally hazardous” (Rueve & Welton, 2008). This has led to increased cost of providing healthcare Services derived from additional diagnostic tests for injuries, treatment, destruction of facility property, and injury to staff and other individuals
Nursing Overtime and Adverse Effects Blima Marcus Hunter College Abstract This paper will explore the topic of nursing overtime and its effect on adverse events and errors in the workplace. The prevalence of mandatory and voluntary overtime is high. Nursing shortages combined with the aging baby boomer population means more work for health care workers, and nurses bear the brunt of this reality. There is some legislation in place to restrict mandatory overtime, but research suggests that overtime
burnout, errors, and patient dissatisfaction (Phillips, 2014). The concern is that nurses and healthcare administrations realize that nurse fatigue has become a risk factor but not enough is being done to implement change. Fatigue influences the nursing performance by slowing down reaction time, compromising problem solving, plummeting motivation, as well as decreasing energy required to complete a task (Campbell, 2011). For instance, being awake for 24 consecutive hours slows the reaction times
Analysis of H.R. 4266: Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 The following paper will introduce the house bill number 4266 titled Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015. This bill attempts to lessen nurse injuries by investing in safe patient handling and mobilization technologies and education programs. This paper will provide a background on the bill. Next, the bill will be summarized and analyzed using Malone’s (2005) framework. The paper will next discuss ethical considerations
white colonisation began as a penal colony, which is where the beginnings of modern nursing and health care commenced. With the white people coming to Australia they introduced many illnesses and diseases into the country and with this we saw outbreaks of smallpox, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, influenza, measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough. These diseases caused considerable loss of life among indigenous people. In early 1800’s a hospital in Sydney was opened, in this time it
high fall rate among inpatients. In a qualitative study “Nurse’s Solutions to Prevent Inpatient Falls in Hospital Patient Rooms,” Huey-Ming Tzeng and Chang-Yi Yin’s purpose was to promote understanding of and to prevent inpatient falls. The research took place between February and April of 2007 in one acute, adult unit consisting of 32 beds in a Michigan medical center. The basis was on individual participation in a 45 to 60 minute long interview with nine current nursing staff and their opinions
Introduction The subject of nurse-patient ratios has been a long-standing subject of debate in the legal arena as well as the nursing community. Nurses, suffering from burnout and increasing turnover in hospitals, argue that patient safety is compromised by unmanageable assignments while hospitals and industrial lobbyists maintain that changing these conditions do not lead to better patient outcomes. This is a complex issue with many variables. One focus of healthcare research is to identify nurse-patient
resulting in an intracapsular fracture of the hip at the femoral neck. Mrs. Pink has a history of cancer and cardiac diseases and has severe rheumatoid arthritis. Due to ageing patients putting a great deal of strain on the health care system, the incidences of hip fractures in the elderly are a major concern and requires careful consideration regarding treatment. Known as a major cause of disability in the elderly, hip fractures and their subsequent need for surgery result in chronic pain and an altered