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Essays 601 - 630
respected academically and is in the business of training future health care providers as it serves the local community. All "att...
continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...
2005). Theres little doubt, however, that spending in Medicaid has been on the rise - and this has constituted a huge problem (Bec...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
either to reduce benefits or require employees to pay a greater share of the costs of their health care insurance premiums. Risin...
data needing a broad bandwidth, but also the need for security as patient files are confidential and security measures are not onl...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
environment. That open system "interacts with internal and external stressors and is in a state of constant change, moving toward...
therefore, highly desirable to have a variety of types of LTC settings. Furthermore, alternatives to institutionalized care can o...
provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...
completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...
HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...
of the market (Christensen, Bohmer and Kenagy, 2000). The area of disruptive technology is the same one through which personal co...
to the fact that it placed requirements on HMOs that were not in place on indemnity carriers, it actually served to reduce the abi...
employers are increasing employees portion of premium payments or ceasing to contribute anything at all. Many employers have ceas...
these issues(LaBar, 1997). While OSHA as an organization is necessary, it perhaps oversteps its bounds and makes arbitrary rules, ...
wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died during "minor" surgery due to a drug mix-up. These horrific cases t...
to improving standards of public health, noting that the infant mortality rate was reduced significantly between 1980 and 1993, an...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
can be defined as any threat to maintaining standard operations or a threat to the protection of rights of patients. Because hosp...
old systems to new needs, but Acme Hospital appears not to be hindered by this affliction. It fully expects to acquire all new ha...
nurse seeks to preserve any culture-specific aspect of the patients life everywhere possible. When some culturally-linked aspect ...
employees feel valued; the conditions in their working environment; and resources and salary. Cline, Reilly and Moore (2003) con...
of such fires; and learning how to prevent them. Some of the material addresses all three points, some does not. Because there are...
which of these three factors was the most influential in propelling hospital quality improvement. This research revealed that the ...
matter crucial in todays health care industry. The health maintenance organization (HMO) was born of an effort to reduce the rate...
any other industry, but health care is different in that practitioners are constrained by patient progress. A doctor may order a ...
in the world (McClory 2002). The Cardinal had lost his battle with cancer and he was ready to let go (McClory 2002). Letting go a...
but fails to deliver in terms of system response. The hospital and its IT contractor, DCS, are entering non-binding mediation in ...
The reason is that the hospital has been unsuccessful in recruiting an adequate number of qualified nurses. Ultimately, the blame...