Assignment
Part A: Construction of fish bone (cause and effect) diagram
Pretend that you have just come from a relative's wedding reception. It didn't turn out as well as it should have, and the bride's parents are pretty mad at how things turned out. Use the supplied template to construct a conventional cause-and-effect diagram. Identify twelve sources of defects for the issue "dissatisfied customer of wedding reception caterer." (Your dozen need not be exactly three per main cause but should be a balanced treatment.) Categorize each cause onto a main cause. Provide brief support for each of your choices.
Part B: Construction of flow chart
International Medical Center, Jeddah, is one of the busiest and most respected hospitals for the medical treatment of children and women in Jeddah
One of the tools the hospital uses consistently is the process flowchart. Omer Ali, who carries the "Clinical Practice Improvement Consultant," charts scores of processes.
The flowcharts help study ways to improve the turnaround of a vacated room (especially important in a hospital that has operated at 130% of capacity for years), speed up the admission process, and deliver warm meals warm.
Lately, IMC has been examining the flow of maternity patients (and their paperwork) from the moment they enter the hospital until they are discharged, hopefully with their healthy baby a day or two later.
The flow of maternity patients follows these steps (5 points):
a. Enter IMC's Labor & Delivery check-in desk entrance.
b. If the baby is born en route or if birth is imminent, the mother and baby are taken by elevator and registered and admitted directly at bedside. They are then taken to a Labor & Delivery Triage room on the 8th floor for an exam. If there are no complications, the mother and baby go to step 6.
c. If the baby is not yet born, the front desk asks if the mother is preregistered. (Most do preregister at the 28-30-week pregnancy mark). If she is not, she goes to the registration office on the first floor.
d. The pregnant woman is taken to Labor & Delivery Triage on the 8th floor for assessment. If she is ready to deliver, she is taken to a Labor & Delivery (L&D) room on the 2nd floor until the baby is born. If she is not ready, she goes to step 5.
e. Pregnant women not ready to deliver (i.e., no contractions or false alarm) are either sent home to return on a later date and reenter the system at that time, or if contractions are not yet close enough, they are sent to walk around the hospital grounds (to encourage progress) and then return to Labor & Delivery Triage at a prescribed time.
f. When the baby is born, if there are no complications, after 2 hours the mother and baby are transferred to a "mother-baby care unit" room on floors 3, 4, or 5 for an average of 40-44 hours.
g. If there are complications with the mother, she goes to an operating room and/or intensive care unit. From there, she goes back to a mother-baby care room upon stabilization - or is discharged at another time if not stabilized. Complications for the baby may result in a stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before transfer to the baby nursery near the mother's room. If the baby cannot be stabilized for discharge with the mother, the baby is discharged later.
h. Mother and/or baby, when ready, are discharged and taken by wheelchair to the discharge exit for pickup to travel home.
Task
a. As Ali's new assistant, you need to flowchart this process. Explain how the process might be improved once you have completed the chart.
b. If a mother is scheduled for a Caesarean-section birth (i.e., the baby is removed from the womb surgically), how would this flowchart change?
c. If all mothers were electronically (or manually) preregistered, how would the flowchart change? Redraw the chart to show your changes.
d. Describe in detail a process that the hospital could analyze, besides the ones mentioned in this case.
e. (Note: Use Word to draw the flow chart. You will get zero if you copy and past from any website).
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.