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The reason is that the hospital has been unsuccessful in recruiting an adequate number of qualified nurses. Ultimately, the blame...

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...

Spence (1973) proposes that employers rationally offer higher compensation to those workers who have completed a higher level of e...

hospital will have to reduce costs by 15 percent to break even. 5. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders are implemented differently by ...

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...

completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...

provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...

environment. That open system "interacts with internal and external stressors and is in a state of constant change, moving toward...

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

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

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...

jobs. The evidence appears to indicate that the survivors will also suffer. There is a range of literature that outlines responses...

these issues(LaBar, 1997). While OSHA as an organization is necessary, it perhaps oversteps its bounds and makes arbitrary rules, ...

a serious or highly unusual medical problem, a hospital devoted to the care of patients with similar conditions may be preferred. ...

instruments not trustworthy? This is just another meaningless slogan, a cousin of zero defects" (Deming, 1986; p. 66). The...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In five pages a hospital environment is considered in a discussion of a family centered care approach with pediatric nursing being...

In ten pages this position paper discusses challenging the tax exempt status of a California nonprofit hospital in terms of legali...

In eight pages the moral dilemmas several Catholic hospitals struggle with in terms of such medical issues as euthanasia and abort...

In six pages this paper examines the increasing U.S. practice of merging hospitals in an overview of the pros and cons of this pra...

In two pages this paper discusses how nurses can deal with the stress of their jobs with a 'hardy' personality as described in thi...

In six pages this research paper considers the early history of modern medicine as presented in Medicine at the Paris Hospital, 17...

In two pages a research study is summarized as it involves CUF and UUF patterns of hospital staffing, how cost effective they are,...