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Hospital Setting Language Miscommunication

its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...

EMTs and Medications That Are Sensitive to Temperature

occur in an EMS vehicle in the summer months (McElroy, 2002). Such degradation can occur with no visible changes to the medicatio...

Health Care and Organizational Structure

ineffective - organizational structure on the organizations ability to function at optimal levels has been known literally for dec...

Organizational Structure of New York City's MHC

litigious society where health care workers and institutions are open and easy targets, this dearth of lawsuits reported in The Ne...

Canada's Shouldice Hospital Ltd. SWOT Analysis

processed, but also in terms of the culture where employees feel appreciated. They are paid more than the average wage, on top of ...

Gary Pisano's 'Partners Health Care System, Inc.,(B): Cardiac Care Improvement

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

Developmental EECP Plan

of the market (Christensen, Bohmer and Kenagy, 2000). The area of disruptive technology is the same one through which personal co...

Enhanced External Counter Pulsation Business Plan

HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...

Hospital Pricing and Marketing Ethical Issues

employers are increasing employees portion of premium payments or ceasing to contribute anything at all. Many employers have ceas...

Beyond Caring by DF Chambliss

parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...

Questions Regarding Issues in Managed Care

to the fact that it placed requirements on HMOs that were not in place on indemnity carriers, it actually served to reduce the abi...

Questions on Health Care Delivery System in the U.S.

therefore, highly desirable to have a variety of types of LTC settings. Furthermore, alternatives to institutionalized care can o...

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Specialist

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Specialist

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

Occupational Rehabilitation For A Nurse; A Case Study

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

Proposal for an Addiction Treatment Center

Programs and Addiction Treatment Centers, 2007). Breaking addiction to these and other abused drugs often requires medical interv...

California Nurse-Patient Ratios

(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...

Pros and Cons of QII

of projects is critical to the success elements affecting the Six Sigma program (Antony 3). Prioritization is often based on subje...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Hospital Setting

so because if such fears and problems are dealt with quickly, before they become firmly imbedded in a patients mind, they can be m...

Creating a Sexual Health Clinic

serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...

Hospital Social Work

evolving to meet the needs of contemporary society (Globerman, White and McDonald, 2002, p. 274). For example, the Department of S...

HOSPITAL CASE STUDY

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

Limited Nursing Advocacy

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

Missed Nursing Care/Research Article Critique

reasons given by nursing staff for not providing this care (Kalisch, 2006, p. 306). At the end of the study article, in the "Di...

Coping with Being Understaffed

the ability of an institution to deliver quality, error-free care. At the Six Sigma level, there are roughly "3.4 errors per one m...

PATIENT SAFETY AND CONSUMER-DIRECTED HEALTH CARE

had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...

Hospital Administration and Retention

at improving management systems and supporting a positive organizational culture based on employee commitment. Body Introduc...

How Regulatory Agencies have Improved Outcomes

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

Transformational Leadership/Nurse Retention

profession. The current nursing shortage-Why retention is important Basically, this shortage results from "massive disrupts in t...

Impact of Professional Environment on Nursing Knowledge

(Bliss-Holtz, Winter and Scherer, 2004). In hospitals that have achieved magnet status, nurses routinely collect, analyze and us...