Health Educator Roles

My first activity was sitting in the bed board meeting. This takes place every morning with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), departments nurse managers, departments charge nurses, house supervisor, wound care nurse, Infectious Disease (ID) and social services. The purpose for this meetings is to address important information to plan the day. Some of the information that was mention was: How many patients are admitted at this time, open beds, pending discharges, foley telemetry, central lines, sitters, and inmates. Once the CNO receives information from each unit, he then set goals to be achieve.

Abstract There are numerous aspects of teamwork/team participation when it comes to healthcare. The nursing professionals are one of the main individuals that spend majority of time at the bedside and with the patient. They need to constantly be advocating and looking out for their patients’ needs and communicating with other associates. This paper discusses teamwork/team participation through two different views. The first view is the teamwork between health care professionals and the second view is how to incorporate the patient/ patient’s family into their specific treatment plan, leading to a positive patient outcome.

Applying Health Promotion Model to a Practice Problem It was learned from the first part of the paper that problem is inevitable and it is part of daily healthcare practice. One problem focused in the previous paper was about the safe staffing issues particularly about the safe staff level of nurses to patients. In this paper, the issue regarding safety staffing will be recalled by providing a brief summary of what was learned from the previous paper, and a middle range theory will be applied to the said problem. Applying a theory to intervene a healthcare issue can be done in providing nursing care and through the leadership and action of those in the administration of health care services. The middle range theory of Nola Pender’s Health

Occupational Therapy Emerging Areas Occupational therapy is one of the applied medical science majors which involved with enhance health and well-being through occupation. “Occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life. Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do” (1). Occupational therapist usually help patients who have physical, neurological, or cognitive disabilities. Occupational therapy has evolved over years to become a major career in healthcare.

From August 2009 to May 2010, I worked in the classroom to learn about bedside manners, patient rights, patient care with various skills, anatomy and physiology, infections control, medical terminology as well as being certified as a healthcare provider in CPR. The course focused on the roles and responsibilities of a Nursing Assistant, how to care for patients throughout the life span; acquired knowledge of basic nursing care skills and structure and function of the body systems. The curriculum also included presenting papers on health professionals, disease entities and different cultures. Those projects have included presentations and often creative skits. In February 2010, I began clinical practice.

Need and Importance of Clinical Pharmacists in Healthcare System INTRODUCTION According American College of Clinical Pharmacy, clinical pharmacists are described as a personnel who work directly with doctors, other health professionals and patients to ensure that the medications prescribed for patients contribute the best possible health outcomes. Clinical pharmacists practice in health care settings where they have frequent and regular interactions with doctors and other health professionals which lead to an outcome of better coordination of care. Clinical pharmacists have received adequate education and training to work in direct patient care environments, including hospitals, clinics and other health care settings. They collaborate together

The transplant surgeon chose the members of this team for various reasons. The operating room manager and the surgical supervisor discuss how the organs are brought into the operating room and process for improvement. The ICU manager and Transplant Floor manager and supervisor comment about the patient’s arrival time. They remark about the consents of donation after cardiac death and Centers for Disease Control High Risk. These consents need to be signed by the patient and the surgeon.

An admission assessment is assessment done by the nurse in charge ideally upon preadmission. An admission assessment should complete within 24 hours of admission in hospital. It is a comprehensive assessment including general appearance on admission, physical examination, patient history, family history and vital sign taken on admission period. While shift assessment observe during every shift since admission, if patient condition changes at any time during shift and information will use to plan a nursing care. Shift assessment usually documented in assessment flow sheet and keep with patient records.

Another very interesting part of primary care nursing is the job roles of the nurse, which is divided into two roles, Pod nursing and Care Coordination. The responsibilities of the pod nurse include, performing daily needs of a set group of patients such as vaccinations, medications, telephone work, messaging and triaging. Pod nurses work closely with the primary care provider, medical assistant and on site behavioral health provider. Care coordination nursing involves creating care plans for patients in conjunction with the primary care provider to improve disease outcomes and prevent hospital stays. Unlike pod nursing, care coordination nursing focuses on capturing data by panel review sessions and dash board data to develop a plan to care

1.Introduction In this assignment, I will reflect on my two practical days in the ward. We were assigned to experience certain wards and had to complete a set of objectives. It was important to work hand in hand with the nursing students and qualified nurses in order to understand what the processes are regarding the patients outside of the Radiography department. I will explain how these patients’ needs will be met when they arrive in the Radiography department. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and the four principles of Ethics are also evident in this assignment.

CMO continues to meet weekly and as needed with division leaders to identify issues and factors that need to be addressed in order to ensure the appropriate operational approaches that should impact clinician as well as client satisfaction and therefore better outcomes. 1. Ongoing in-services for our prescriber staff in the use of our Electronic Health Records (EHR) continue to translate into improvement of the required content in order to justify appropriate billing codings to enhance our collection rates. Chief Medical Officer has personally being reviewing a random number of cases per provider and meeting with them individually to provide feedback and improve their performance. This should also impact obtaining the documentation needed for appropriate coding and improved collections.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-records-and-health-information-technicians.htm Health Information Specialist A health information specialist provides clerical support for assigned departments. Where ever they work, they scan, sort and distribute medical reports and records to avoid processing delays and meet established requirements. They are responsible for analyzing medical documentation to ensure the

Many healthcare organizations dealing with information technology on a daily basis. The people in charge have a decision on whether or not to choose to keep an IT department in-house or outsource it to a third party. The purpose of this paper is to outline the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing IT. The author will go over both advantages and disadvantages to give us a better idea. The IT department deals with many responsibilities such as developing, implementing, and maintaining the system amongst other things.