Risk Management Issues in Nursing

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This paper discusses risk management in the health care facility. The paper further discusses the issue of infant circumcision being performed on the wrong patient, and provides a history as to the reasons that this procedure is commonplace in America. The paper also discusses elements of a risk management plan for neonatal units, and the health care staff regaining trust between the staff and the patient.

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"Risk Management Issues in Nursing Modern health care facilities are consistently at risk of complications or medical mistakes, especially when there is a significant degree of short staffing, as well as an overcrowded patient population. In the infant unit of most hospitals that can often be the case, with very few nurses available per shift to care for the needs of newborns. Yet, when proper risk management plans are implemented in the facility medical errors can be at a minimum, and the issue of the quality of care for infants can be met relating to any procedure. David Gollaher (1994) contends that neonatal circumcision has become commonplace in the United States. Since the late 1800s the procedure has become routine in American hospitals following birth, and in this country it would appear rare for the procedure to not be performed (p. 6)."

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