What does a nursing facility need to accomplish to manage the care of HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C positive residents? Include any training of staff, notification of a diagnosis, and any special precautions needed to prevent exposure.

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Healthcare regulations week 5

Summarize the key functions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and three (3) specific standards apply to nursing facility?
What does a nursing facility need to accomplish in order to comply with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standards? Including training of staff, preventive measures such as sharp prevention, infection control and hazardous machinery.
What does a nursing facility need to accomplish to manage the care of HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C positive residents? Include any training of staff, notification of a diagnosis, and any special precautions needed to prevent exposure.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), what is required as an employer, and who is responsible for availability?
How should a nursing facility promote hand hygiene/handwashing among employees, residents, and visitors?
Describe a piece of equipment, a condition or an incident involving potential injury related to electricity, hydraulics, gas, or other power sources.
Review the OSHA Hazard Communication Program and Lock Out/Tag Out Program, discuss the methods to communicate and train staff in these two standards?

State what organization you selected to review and briefly summarize the organization’s mission and vision statements. Discuss the difference between a vision and mission statement. Discuss the difference between a vision and mission statement.

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Organization review

Select a healthcare organization in KSA and review the organization’s mission and vision statements.

  • State what organization you selected to review and briefly summarize the organization’s mission and vision statements.
  • Discuss the difference between a vision and mission statement.
  • Discuss the difference between a vision and mission statement.
  • Analyze the selected organization’s mission and vision statement.
  • Describe how the vision statement aligns with Saudi Vision 2030.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (which require supporting citations) in your initial response along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

You are required to make your initial post (create thread) in order to see others posts and make comments. You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post’s answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

 

Identify and describe any type of natural or technological disaster that could occur in your region and apply and explain the components of “Action Plan” to deal with the disaster.

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Public Health Outbreak and Disaster Management

A disaster can be defined as an emergency of such severity and magnitude that the combination of deaths, injuries, illness, and property damage cannot be effectively managed with routine procedures or resources.

  1. Mention the causes of disaster? (2 Marks)
  2. Define two types of disasters and describe how their negative impacts on public health can be mitigated? (3 Marks)

Identify and describe any type of natural or technological disaster that could occur in your region and apply and explain the components of “Action Plan” to deal with the disaster. (5 Marks)

 

Propose a strategy to manage risks when balancing individual rights and duty of care in own area of responsibility.

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Reflective piece

4.4 Propose a strategy to manage risks when balancing individual rights and duty of care in own area of responsibility.

4.4 The student should write a reflective piece in which they propose a strategy to manage risks when balancing individual rights and duty of care in their own area of responsibility.

Word count: 300 minimum

Write an essay in which they explain the principle of informed choice and how issues of individual capacity may affect informed choice.

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Manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care

4.2 – 4.3 The student should write an essay in which they explain the principle of informed choice and how issues of individual capacity may affect informed choice.

Word count: 300 minimum

Describe ethical dilemmas that may arise in own area of responsibility when balancing individual rights and duty of care.

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Manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care

1 Describe ethical dilemmas that may arise in own area of responsibility when balancing individual rights and duty of care.

4.1 The student should write an essay in which they describe ethical dilemmas that may arise in their own area of responsibility when balancing individual rights and duty of care.

Word count: 300 minimum

Analyse how systems and processes can promote equality and inclusion or reinforce discrimination and exclusion. Evaluate the effectiveness of systems and processes in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibility.

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3. Understand how to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion

3.1 Analyse how systems and processes can promote equality and inclusion or reinforce discrimination and exclusion.

3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of systems and processes in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibility.

3.3 Propose improvements to address gaps or shortfalls in systems and processes

3.1 – 3.3 The student should write an essay in which they analyse how systems and processes can promote equality and inclusion or reinforce discrimination and exclusion. They should move on to evaluate the effectiveness of systems and processes in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in their own area of responsibility. Lastly, the student should explain why it is important to promote improvements to address gaps or shortfalls in systems and processes, drawing on their own experiences.

Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice. Analyse potential barriers to professional development.

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Understand principles of professional development

1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice.

1.2 Analyse potential barriers to professional development.

1.3 Compare the use of different sources and systems of support for professional development.

1.4 Explain factors to consider when selecting opportunities and activities for keeping knowledge and practice up to date.

Explain legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information. Analyse the essential features of information-sharing agreements within and between organisations.

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Use systems for effective information management

4.1 Explain legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information.

4.2 Analyse the essential features of information-sharing agreements within and between organisations.

4.1 – 4.2 The student should write an essay in which they explain legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information. They should also analyse the essential features of information-sharing agreements within and between organisations.

Compare the effectiveness of different communications systems for partnership working. Propose improvements to communication systems for partnership working.

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Improve communication systems to support partnership working

3.2 Compare the effectiveness of different communications systems for partnership working.

3.3 Propose improvements to communication systems for partnership working.

3.2 – 3.3 The student should write an essay in which they compare the effectiveness of different communications systems for partnership working and propose improvements to these systems.