Daily Archives: November 29, 2022

The Situation:

Big City Hospital (BCH) has recently acquired two community hospitals in their metro area: CH1 & CH2. Management of same practices are being consolidated under one practice manager across the three facilities. The Obstetrics Unit’s practice manager has undertaken the task of examining and (re)allocating bed capacity across the three facilities. The three facilities have admission rates as follows: BCH=7.2/day; CH1=3.2/day; CH2=4.4/day. The LOS for the three facilities are 2.73, 3.24, and 2.93 days respectively. Currently, the number of beds in each facility are: BCH(29), CH1(18), and CH2(20).

Operational Performance Consideration Factors:

1) American College of OBGYN recommends an average level of occupancy to be less than 75% to ensure timely access to a bed.

2) Healthcare policy professionals and many hospitals have established an average….

You work in a large department store and are the newly appointed health and safety representative for your work group. The organisation is wanting in its compliance with health and safety compliance. You have just completed an investigation and have discovered the following:

workers are unsure of the health and safety legislation and codes of practice that relate to them workers have not received training in the organisation’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs for two years and people are unsure which are current and which have been superseded there is no mechanism to inform workers of hazards (and their assessment) that have been identified in their work area historically there has been little encouragement or support for work teams to manage work area hazards if workers….

Assessment 2: Presentation Topic: The impact of workplace bullying in nursing . You will reflect on your chosen situation and consider strategies to manage the wellbeing of yourself and others to ensure you can respond in a professional manner. It is important to maintain a recovery focused approach including consideration of cultural and social sensitivities. Assignment Type: Presentation Assignment Description: Presentation of a mental health issue Length: 15 minutes Assessment Instructions Task: Your presentation should be between 10 and 15 minutes (15 minutes maximum). You will choose a situation from practice that has the potential to impact on the mental health and wellbeing of yourself and/or colleagues in the clinical environment. This should be a situation you have found challenging or you perceive to be challenging. You will reflect….