Full Moon or Bad Planning Case Study (Example)

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Name Institution Professor Course Date Full Moon or Bad Planning Case Study Facts of the case This case study presents a case about Rosemary who was working as a floor nurse at Greenville Community Hospital (GCH). One night when the moon was full Rosemary decided to check the vital signs of a patient who was admitted for overdosing heroine. When she got into the patient's bed she found the patient having sex with her partner past the set visitation hours. Rosemary was shocked by the patient's boyfriend for his courageousness to have sex with his partner in the hospital bed. When the nurse asked the patient’s boyfriend to leave because it was past the visiting hours the boyfriend became irritated abused her verbally while violently chasing Rosemary from the patient’s room. Rosemary was very shocked on how the boy reacted to her; a manner that can only be associated attacks that might occur since they are handling drug addicts. On the other hand the security team should have an appropriate plan for increasing their security measures by ensuring there are no visitors to the hospital past the set visitation hours. References Barbera J. A. Yeatts D. J. & Macintyre A. G. (2009). Challenge of hospital emergency preparedness: analysis and recommendations. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 3 (S1) S74-S82. Buppert C. (2017). Nurse practitioner's business practice and legal guide. Jones & Bartlett Learning DEÁK G. (2011). Hospital security-preventing and managing workplace violence in health care sector. AARMS: Academic & Applied Research in Military Science 10(1) Gillespie G. L. Gates D. M. Miller M. & Howard P. K. (2010). Workplace violence in healthcare settings: risk factors and protective strategies. Rehabilitation nursing 35(5) 177-184 Kaji A. H. Koenig K. L. & Lewis R. J. (2007). Current hospital disaster preparedness. Jama 298(18) 2188-2190. [...]

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Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper answering the following questions that are at the end of the case study on pg. 517. What are the facts of this case? What are the management implications of this case? What should management be doing to protect their employees? If Rosemary had been injured, who would have been responsible? What if the visitor attacked another patient? What are the legal and ethical obligations GCH has to its employees and to its patients and how do they apply to this case? What would be the optimum physical space for these patients? How much do you think it would cost to install a panic alarm in the patients’ rooms? At the nurse’s station? A safe room? What are the costs of doing nothing? Create an emergency plan for the staff in this unit while they await administration’s decision on renovations. Reference your readings and include a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar articles. Format your paper according to APA guidelines.