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This paper argues that DNRs should be eliminated form the hospital setting. An annotated bibliography (containing four sources) c...

for a health care organization. Genesys took on an elaborate task in creating a wellness center where state of the art care can be...

than nurses, executives and managers at those hospitals. St. Lukes Medical Center St. Lukes is a 154-bed hospital located in S...

The vision is to be a leader in providing high quality health care services. Their values include a customer-focus and to exceed t...

a framework including a definition of each line, many hospitals appear to get stuck at this stage due to the difficulty in untangl...

interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

reassuring people that if they come to the hospital, they will get the best care possible, with the latest technology, and be retu...

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...

to transfer data recorded by the monitors by telephone to the clinic. Nurses orchestrate this data transfer and conduct an initia...

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...

which of these three factors was the most influential in propelling hospital quality improvement. This research revealed that the ...

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...

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

but fails to deliver in terms of system response. The hospital and its IT contractor, DCS, are entering non-binding mediation in ...

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...

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

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

feel that ongoing, regular access to and the use of health information is essential to achieve important public health objectives ...

matter crucial in todays health care industry. The health maintenance organization (HMO) was born of an effort to reduce the rate...

of such fires; and learning how to prevent them. Some of the material addresses all three points, some does not. Because there are...

the dietary restrictions of Jewish and Moslem patients should be honored and other tenets of these faiths should influence nursing...

which may include the organizational goals and the need to be able to demonstrate accountability. One area where information tec...

often impacts the health and well-being of other members in a family (Miami Valley Hospital, 2004). As a result, the Womens Healt...

procedure in which an individuals blood flows into a hemodialysis machine where it is filtered and "cleaned" of impurities and tox...

populations, and changes within the structure of the hospital or facility as a whole. Because falls impact patients health, nursi...

period of restructuring in many industries, including healthcare. Managed care organizations and changes in reimbursement rates f...