Decreasing hospital waste in order to save money and redistribute medical supplies to help others

33^rd Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit

October 08-10, 2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland

Tania Simmons

Healing for the Nations, LLC., USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Adv Practice Nurs

Abstract :

Aim : This Quality Improvement Project objective is to introduce and assess a process change to potentially reduce costs in a hospital setting related to medical waste and repurpose medical supplies in order to help others in The United States of America as well as other nations. Methods: The methods which are being used come from an approach to help foster collaboration amongst the neighboring hospitals and medical facilities to decrease medical supply waste and increase patient satisfaction as well as humanitarian relief efforts across the nation and into many developing countries by medical missions and aid. Results: Eight different nations have been helped thru the use of repurposed medical supplies, which decrease medical waste and helped many people in the process. Communities have been helped and hospitals have seen collaboration with other medical institutions as well as humanitarian relief organizations to bringing about and sustaining real change which increase patient outcomes substantially. Conclusion: Medical supply waste is in the top ten financial concerns for our industry when addressed real change can happen, aid to be brought to people in real need that otherwise would not get it. We can make this happen together â?? be the change.

Biography :

Tania Simmons has been a registered nurse for 22 years. She has years of expereince working in healthcare and has a dual specialty which includes Neurosurgery Oncology and Ears, Nose and Throat Oncology at The James Cancer Reasearch and Solove Institue. She is a speaker and has presented at The National Nurses Business Association in The United States of America. She is also a entreprenuer who has her own LLC and has a heart for improving healthcare in developing countries. She currently is working on her master’s degree as an Family Nurse Practitioner at The Ohio State University in Columbus , Ohio. She has also helped and assisted in The Bladder Cancer Walk of Ohio last year and helped fundraise for Bladder Cancer initiatives and cutting edge research. She has also partnered in clinical trials to help change protocol and clinical practice for bladder cancer patients in order to help facilitate early diagnosis. She also is CEO and Founder of Healing For The Nations, LLC.