as utilizing evidence based Practice to provide guidance for staff on a daily basis to ensure that his staff and he are practicing within the scope of practice for registered nurses. Mr. Thathamkulam continues to provide excellent leadership in managing the Eye Clinics. He continuously evaluates the practices in Eye clinics as per Joint Commission Standards, VISN standards, ACC/AHA guidelines, director’s guidelines and identifies deficits and implements changes to meet those standards. The Joint
SECTION E - NARRATIVE SUMMARY Nurse II Nurse Manager Parts A&B of Plan Covered under 9 Dimensions of Professional Performance (Plan Section C) Mr. Thathamkulam RN, MSN works as the Nurse Manager (NM) for Eye Clinic. He has demonstrated excellence in his nursing assessment skills, leadership skills, coordination of care for the internal and external customers, collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, and using evidence based research to guide the practice of his employees to impact good patient/family
Mr. Thathamkulam was an integral part in the space planning process in the eye clinic and took the initiative in making the plans to rearrange the staff rooms to make extra rooms for patient care. With the assistance of the IT team, space planning committee, and interior designing department, staffs were relocated among themselves, in order to accommodate more new staff to meet the growing patients’ care population and maintaining patient rights and Health Insurance Portability and Protection Act
Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models. Speech To my fellow nurses. You are welcome to our professional nurse evolution summit. The United health care system is changing with the nursing profession. Health care cost has doubled, if not tripled in the recent years. The American population is ageing and diseases are becoming more complex. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is one thing that will lead to change worldwide. With signing the PPACA into law, approximately
Care setting. The importance of knowing how to properly process samples is paramount in maintaining accurate results. b. Advocate The nurse acts as an advocate for patients, families, caregivers, etc. One specific example of this is is when a nurse is observing a surgical procedure. The nurse acts as a client advocate by ensuring sterility is maintained. If a nurse observes a break in sterile technique and speaks out, then she would be advocating for the safety of the patient. This would help prevent
from a registered nurse (r.n.) aspect .The effects on patient centered care can be detrimental for patients and r.n.’s. The work place needs to be a safe place for not only the patients but also the employees. With the rise of new graduate nurses who are employed by the medical facilities, they too are starting to face horizontal violence within the first year on the job, which leads to retention of nurses in the medical field. Horizontal violence will continue to arise if nurses do not stand up
between mental health and primary care can be accomplished through education and management provided by the nurse certified in diabetes education and management, the American Association of Diabetes Educators currently provided two pathways for of certification, the certified diabetes educator (CDE) and advanced board certified diabetes nurse manager (BC-ADM). Nurse educators and managers supplement the base required in relationship building, freeing the primary provider to continue caring for other
experiencing a lot of anxiety issues and have questions regarding the impending procedure. To help ensure good patient outcomes, it is imperative to provide complete preoperative instructions and discharge instructions (Allison & George, 2014). It is the nurses’ duty to safe guard and protects the patient’s welfare during the surgical experience. Effective preoperative preparation is known to enhance postoperative pain management and recovery. Health professionals need to be cognizant of the contextual
The purpose of this paper is to describe an interview with an advanced practice nurse at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore. Devon Perry APRN-FNP, who goes by “Devo,” agreed to participate in the interview on November 30, 2015. I currently work with him in the Emergency Department in Ardmore. Personal History Devon Perry started is career in the medical field as an LPN, which he obtained between his junior and senior year of nursing school. He attended nursing school at the University of Central Oklahoma
Nurse managers are challenged in achieving efficient and effective patient care, giving support and representing the nursing staff, complying with hospital policies, as well as maintaining a budget in accordance to hospitals financial viability. These are all roles that must be met in order to keep a unit running smoothly and which require experience, skill, judgment, and practical knowledge. As a new nurse manager, it is hard to prioritize and be effective in each of these roles. There was a research