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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 (...

lung cells and forms a coat on the interior of the tiny alveoli in the lungs where oxygen enters the bloodstream. The coating enab...

not only better oriented overall to do the job but who also would be paid enough to have an incentive to stay in the job or put ma...

2002). These may appear far removed from finance, but in reality they are closely related, as although the hospital works in a rel...

eventually to the client, it is often the insurance company that foots that bill. While that is the case, insurance rates rise, an...

be used as effectively as possible. In undertaking this study, the aim will be to gather information regarding past IT projects in...

In twelve pages computerizing a hospital is examined with a consideration of benefits, problems, and solutions. Ten sources are l...

environment (Austin, Trimm and Sobczak, 1993). The problems seemed to be a lack of communication between departments and failure t...

to the CEOs statement, the difficulties which the hospital is experiencing can be divided into two main but overlapping categories...

In seven pages this research paper considers a model diabetes treatment program that would be situated in a hypothetical metropoli...

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses what hospitals and nursing staff need to know when treating patients suffering from...

In nine pages this student case study discusses an impending hospital move within 5 months and the best way to handle a demoralizi...

In five pages this report discusses nosocomial infections that can occur in a clinical or hospital setting in a consideration of c...

long been an integral component to the standard of care provided at hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other situations where...

purchasing health insurance. The reasons given for these dramatic increases are: * Exorbitant Rise of Prescription Drug Costs. * T...

post-surgical patients. Normal Bowel Elimination Allison (1995) recognized that maintaining bowel elimination is a substantial ...

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

and age there is the ability to add valuable data to the way in which hospital resources are allocated to different areas and to a...

group took part in another education method via telephone as well, while the control group did not. Fifty-four respondents were c...