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Star County Memorial Hospital Case Study

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Capstone Preceptorship Experience Xenia Garcia South Texas College Abstract Starr County Memorial Hospital provides quality healthcare and services for the overall wellbeing of individuals in the community. No one individual is denied care because of their race, religion, sex, age, nationality, economic status, and insurance status. Starr County Memorial Hospital gives back to the community by providing health education in preventive medicine. The organizational structure at Starr County Memorial Hospital follows the chain of command, beginning with the charge nurse and ending with the board of hospital. Problems that arise are presented in writing within 3 days of the alleged situation. Written complaints are usually taken to the immediate …show more content…

Starr County Memorial Hospital aims at continuous growth and advances in technology. The hospital has doctors coming from different places of the world that come serve our community. They want to be able to adapt to the changes and challenges of a pending reformation of the healthcare system. In order to be able to adapt, they must become a part of a successful integrated system of networking in order to meet all the healthcare needs of the community in a most effective, efficient, and economical manner. Above all, the mission at Starr County Memorial Hospital is to serve the community. There is a chain of command that must be followed at Starr County Memorial Hospital. The chain of command starts with the charge nurse, then proceeds to the house supervisor, director of nursing, assistant administration, administration, and ends with the board of hospital. The chain of command is followed when there is a problem, conflict, or grievance that needs to be resolved to ensure employees are practicing safely. The chain of command should always be followed, and one should never go straight to the director of nursing or board of …show more content…

There are times when they have no choice they deliver the baby because either the physician with a patient in the clinic or they are attending to another emergency. This does not fall under the scope of practice of the nurse. At the OB department in Starr County Memorial Hospital they have no CNAs that they can delegate tasks to. RNs are the ones that do vital signs, change the linen, and assist patients when getting up. According to the BON, the scope of practice for the RN is defined as, “the legal scope of practice for professional registered nurses (RNs). “Professional nursing” means the performance of an act that requires substantial specialized judgment and skill, the proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application of the principles of biological, physical, and social science as acquired by a completed course in an approved school of professional nursing. The term does not include acts of medical diagnosis or the prescription of therapeutic or corrective measures.” (bon.texas.gov,

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