Nursing

Misdiagnosis Student’s Name Institutional affiliation Date Misdiagnosis Human beings are prone to making mistakes when undertaking activities. Health practitioners are not an exemption when it comes to making mistakes. Medical errors may occur at the office of the physician, hospital or the pharmacy. Over the cause of my profession as a nurse, I have also been caught up in a couple of situations where a patient was misdiagnosed. There was a time when I was working; a 70-year-old man came to us complaining that he was feeling sick with shortness of breath. Laboratory tests were quickly done on the individual which include: CBC, and culture. The patient was given albuterol and stayed for...

Evidence Based Practice Name Institution Evidence Based Practice The demand for healthcare services has pushed for professionalism on a global scale. The article by Pravikoff, Tanner, and Pierce of (2005) identifies evidence-based practice as an area that the US health sector should focus on moving into the next healthcare frontier. In exploring the readiness of the US health practitioners, primarily nurses, the article highlights research as a neglected tool of practice that would help in decision making. The study examines Registered Nurses (RN) currently practicing to help understand the scope of applied evidence-based practice within the US health sector. The article further deliberates on...

Performance metrics Name: Course: Professor: Institution: Performance metrics Why metrics focus on the needs of the customers The statement “Metrics must focus upon customer needs and expectations” implies that organizations must prioritize the needs of the customers to increase profitability. The consumers ultimately determine the profits that a business can make in a trading year. Therefore, the quote asserts that managers should develop systems that revolve around the satisfaction of the final consumers. Satisfied customers usually make more orders from a company, and that increases the sales (Coyle, Langley, Novack, & Gibson, 2016). On the contrary, consumers that become...