Introduction
Background checks on all the staff members should be performed to ensure effective service delivered to the patients this could be subjected to a weakly review to ensure competency in the staff workforce. To be distinguished from other practitioners the staff members should be entitled to name tags for easy identification. Since more complex diseases and disorders keep on cropping up every time, there should be continuous education program and training to the staff so that they can be able to tackle this situation. The CNAs Certified Nurses Assistant should be able to work with a liable number of residents so that at that end of the day they are not overworked.
Main body
Both the former and the registered nurse should be able to at least work with the same residents for to five days a week to monitor their progression. The CNAs should be involved in the care planning meeting so that they are aware of the going situations at hand. During the tour hours, the guide should try as much as possible forming a firm foundation bond with the residents to facilitate cohesiveness. There should be a provision of a full time nurse in the facilities so that in case a major emergency occurs that is unable to be tackled by the certified nurse assistants he or she will be able to tackle it More licensed doctor should be incorporated on staff so that they can be reached on daily at all times for consultations.
The friendly and respectful nature of the staff should always be dedicated to the residents. When visiting the residents rooms the staff should emulate a respectful approach by knocking first before opening the door and referring to the patient by name so as to jolt in more confidence. When all the issues that are based on the conduct of staff members are addressed, “quality care will be enhanced” (Duker & Willinge 1991).
Quality Care Deficiencies
Grate consideration should be focused on the resident who requires special services like injections tracheal suctioning, foot care and respiratory care. Drugs and other similar products in the pharmacy should always be available especially those required daily for emergency case. When being given out to the specific residents, they should be properly distributed to avoid mix-up that might result to further complications. A routine monthly check should be performed to certify the drugs being consumed by he residents. The nutritional needs of each individual patient plays a big role the effect of medication and healthy well being so each residents nutritional needs should be met to guarantee this.Make sure that each resident’s nutritional needs were met.
Professional services that pursue each resident’s written care plan should be given to facilitate improvements and recoveries from the ailments at hand. The center should develop an entire care plan that clearly satisfies all of a resident’s needs, with timetables and events that can be considered. This might include an update of each resident’s assessment after every three months. Completed assessments should be kept in the preceding fifteen months in the residents active records to facilitate follow up. The necessity of this follow up will be to verify the progression of there residents health status. The resident’s personal money that has been deposited in the nursing home should be properly handled.
Unopened mails should be delivered promptly to the residents. When complaints emerge they should be settled immediately to avoid the possibility of the complaints pilling beyond the scope. The nursing home are should “emulate a free secure environment that is safe and clean to avoid the possibilities of other infectious diseases and to avoid the risks of accidents “(Pattee & Otteson 1991).
All the essential working equipments should be kept safely to avoid accident and contact with infectious substances that might increase the disease incident arte in the nursing home. In order to speculate and identify all the residents’ specific requirements, lab tests should be performed to ensure that the correct requirements of the residents are being met. Give or get lab tests to meet the needs of residents. Proper concern should be focused on the residents who require special services, including colostomy, respiratory care and prostheses.
Proper treatment should be focused to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems such as aspiration and nasal-pharyngeal ulcers and help reinstate eating skills, if possible. All the personal records and thy medical records of the patients should be kept safely and confidentially to maintain top secrecy of the resident’s health status. The food should be well harnessed at the right temperatures to prevent the proliferation of microorganisms and to maintain its nutritional contents. The rights of the residents should be honored as a citizen of the United States.An effective sanitation and call structure should be easily reached in each resident’s room or bathroom and bathing area.
Conclusion
The staff members should at all times reflect on washing their hand before attempting to tackle other issues especially concerning the residents food so as to minimize cross contamination of pathogenic microorganisms in their food and maintain a high standard of hygiene. Those residents taking drugs should not be overdosed and routine check up should be made on matters pertaining drugs. The drugs should not be issued for a prolonged season and careful watch should be laid in this case. The drugs inducing unwanted effect should be replaced. The residents who enter the nursing home without a catheter should not be given unless their conditions necessitate so.
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