Health care and Hospital Management (AFT2)

Accreditation Audit Task 3   Accreditation Audit Evaluation Upon reviewing the Nightingale Community Hospital audit there were multiple issues discovered. Pain reevaluation was neglected and not documented in the acceptable time frame multiple times. The pain scale reevaluation process will be the center focus of improvement. According to Joint Commission standards it is the medical staff’s responsibility to reassess pain as stated in the following requirement stated in the EP 7 of...

The chart above identifies which Joint Commission standards Nightingale Hospital is complaint and not in compliance with. Some standards Nightingale is not in compliance with may affect one department or multiple. Each department will need to review standards they aren’t in compliance with and create a plan of action to fix them. After this plan of action is implemented Nightingale will be in compliance with Joint Commission standards. Noncompliant Trends Nightingale Hospital has several def...

Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders affect a number of people across the world. In many countries, including UK and America, the comorbidity significantly contributes to the public health burden. According to many researchers, co-occurring disorders are nowadays prevalent, proving challenging to manage, and thus require specialized management services (Gotham et al.,2013). Studies have shown that there is a higher probability that the addicted patients with...

AFT_2_TASK_2 Accreditation Audit (AFT2) Task 2 C A1. EVENT DESCRIPTION THIS IS A REVIEW OF A SENTINEL EVENT THAT OCCURRED AT NIGHTINGALE AMBULATORY SURGERY UNIT­. A 3-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS BROUGHT IN BY HER MOTHER FOR SURGERY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE CHILD WAS REGISTERED, AND ALL CONSENTS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE CHILD’S MOTHER. NURSING PERFORMED PRE-OP DUTIES AND WHEN THE CHILD WAS HANDED OFF TO THE CIRCULATING NURSE FOR SURGERY THE MOTHER INFORMED THE PRE-OP NURSE THAT SHE WOULD BE BAC...

Service Line Development AMT2 Task 3 Trends The current trend that will be affecting Trinity is the state and national levels to reduce payments to hospitals. As expressed from board members and multiple physicians, they are concerned about how this will affect physicians. Since this is a state and national level then there are a lot of other hospitals including Trinity that will be affected by this change. The next trend for the healthcare industry is the Medicaid expansion. As said from Ed...

C157 Consultative Change Recommendation As a nurse leader, the role can be very challenging and complex. Part of a nurse’s role is to also operate as a consultant. When one is in the nurse leader role some examples of their roles are; to be able to identify problems, make a decision for the team, implementing policies and procedures to achieve better goals and quality of care for the patients. Because of the ever evolving setting of healthcare, implementing new policies changes can pr...

Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders affect a number of people across the world. In many countries, including UK and America, the comorbidity significantly contributes to the public health burden. According to many researchers, co-occurring disorders are nowadays prevalent, proving challenging to manage, and thus require specialized management services (Gotham et al.,2013). Studies have shown that there is a higher probability that the addicted patients with co-occurring disorders will experienc...

Accreditation Audit Case Study - Task 1 AFT2 Accreditation Audit Case Study - Task 1 Joint Commission conducted a survey last week of Nightengale Hospital’s compliance regarding Information Management policies and protocols. During the survey auditors have identified non-compliance within the following areas:  Use of Standardized Terminology, definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and dose designations.  Components of a Complete Medical Record are defined, documented, and date...

AFT2 Accreditation Audit Case Study - Task 1 Accreditation Audit Accreditation Audit Case Study - Task 1 Joint Commission conducted a survey last week of Nightengale Hospital’s compliance regarding Information Management policies and protocols. During the survey auditors have identified non-compliance within the following areas:  Use of Standardized Terminology, definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and dose designations.  Components of a Complete Medical Record are def...

The chart above identifies which Joint Commission standards Nightingale Hospital is complaint and not in compliance with. Some standards Nightingale is not in compliance with may affect one department or multiple. Each department will need to review standards they aren’t in compliance with and create a plan of action to fix them. After this plan of action is implemented Nightingale will be in compliance with Joint Commission standards. Noncompliant Trends Nightingale Hospital has several defic...