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This is due on Sunday March 17, at 9am EST , and APA must be use throughout the entire paper. The similarity scores cannot be more than 15% and must include a reference page , and abstract and a title page . The entire paper must consist of 12 pages minimum of which 8 pages for part 1 and 4 pages minimum for part 2. In text citation must be use and proper grammar must be use and all points in the assignment must be address clearly.
Part 1: You have been asked to perform a root cause analysis as part of a team on a health and safety issue related to a sentinel event in the health care industry. For assistance in a root analysis, visit the following Web site:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_80.htmhttp://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_80.htm
Draft a paper of 8 pages that includes the following steps in a root cause analysis:
Include the identification and definition of a health and safety problem related to a sentinel event in the health care industry.
The common health and safety issues include blood-borne pathogens and biological hazards, potential chemical and drug exposures, waste anesthetic gas exposures, respiratory hazards, ergonomic hazards from lifting and repetitive tasks, laser hazards, hazards associated with laboratories, and exposure to radioactive material and x-ray hazards.
Injuries may be in the form of patient or employee falls, medication errors, needlesticks, skin rashes, burns, cuts, crushed fingers, pressure sores, electrocution, health care facility acquired illnesses (termed nosocomial infections in hospitals), and something being left inside the patient following surgery that was not supposed to be there.
The most common and expensive injuries are pressure sores and infections.
Research this specific health and safety issue by doing the following:
Perform a short literature review of at least 10–15 articles concerning how the issue is being addressed by members of the health care industry.
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NHW 2012 Assignment Case Study 1 Unit: Nursing for Health and Wellbeing 400745 School of Nursing and Midwifery NHW 2012 Assignment case study Name: Jake Anderson DOB: 5th May 2008 Address: 66 Longbow St Blacktown You are working in a community centre and received a referral letter from one of the local General Practitioners about a young child he has seen. According to the letter, Jake who is nearly 4, has had extensive consultations with Paediatric specialists as his mother is concerned about his development. No reasons have been found to explain his situation. The doctor asks that you make a plan of care to provide the mother with strategies to help his development. Jake’s mother, Sally has come to the centre to speak with you about Jake. Sally states that Jake is her only child and she has no siblings or friends with children. Sally has just moved into a house, from a small unit. She is worried about Jake getting hurt so she has him sitting with her most of the day. She admits that she doesn’t know what she should be doing but when Jake recently started preschool, it was obvious that he wasn’t doing things other children of his age were doing. On examination you find: Jake is 95 cm tall and Weighs 13 Kg. Jake is shy and does not make eye contact. He sits very close to his mother. His mother informs you that the preschool teachers have voiced concerns to her that Jake rarely interacts with other children preferring to play on his own or parallel to them. They are also concerned about his diet as he often refuses to eat his lunch. When you ask Jake about what he likes to eat, he says “McDonald’s”. On further questioning, you find he generally has cereal for breakfast and Sally states they eat a lot of take away food as she gets frustrated when she cooks a meal and he will not eat it. She knows he’ll eat the take away food. Even then he doesn’t eat much. His speech is limited to short phrases to get what he wants. For example when he wanted to play with a particular…