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Emergency Management Models

For instance, Avery argued there are three basic organizational paradigms: classical, transactional, organic and visionary (Jing a...

Puerto Rican Obituary and the Nuyorican Community

of the Puerto Rican dream to its death and the deaths of those who made up his poets society, but it is a stretch to say that it m...

Implementing Six Sigma at the Academic Medical Hospital

manner. This is an important time for AMH as the system can be rolled into other departments. 2. Current Issues and Opportunities...

A Comparison of the Writings of Rachel Carson and Al Gore

Effecting changes in environmental policies and the types of human behavior and mindsets that cause adverse...

Article Summary/Veenema (2008)

The American Red Cross, after an extensive peer review of the program, which was conducted in 2006, adopted Veenemas curriculum as...

Emergency Management: Productivity and Goal Setting

a disaster before it has a chance to occur. This isnt always possible as cases of natural disaster (e.g. Hurricane Katrina) are im...

Aggressive Behaviors Against Nurses

essential to being able to maintain the necessary nursing workforce and ensuring the delivery of care. These researchers maintain...

INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH CARE

EDs x-rays or MRIs onto the priority list for whatever reason. The result is a lot of misunderstanding between the departments: ED...

Emergency Department Nursing/Informatics

to undertake shortcuts. Factors such as the urgent care required by ED patients and the fact that many patients are unable to comm...

Technology Improves Emergency Rooms

their resources and materials but emergency rooms do not seem to be able to keep track of equipment or even patients. One issue we...

The Cost Consequences of the New York Ban on Nurse Overtime

for example, a terrorist attack. iii. Where a nurse is involved in a ongoing medical or surgical procedure which takes the hours i...

Benefits of Lesson Derived from Mentoring

in emergency nursing, as the my mentor expressed obtaining this certification would enhance my professional development. The Ped...

The Morey Unit Hostage Incident

given. The Morey Unit Hostage Incident refers specifically to an incident that occurred "in the early morning hours of Sunday, Ja...

Natural Disaster Aftermath and Transporting Clean Water to Those in Need

dependent they are on easy access to clean water until something prevents that access. The Impact of Natural Disasters Informati...

Communication Barriers to Emergency Medical Services to Homeless, Transsexuals, and Prostitutes

In the Metro Toronto area, over 5,350 homeless people try and fit into the limited homeless spaces available in the hostel system ...

Confidentiality Issues and Nursing Ethics

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

Emergency Room Case Management Structural Development

Upon entering the ER via any means - whether walk-in or ambulance-delivered - the patient will see a triage nurse who will then as...

Patient Dignity and Concept Analysis

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

April 2001 Plane Incident in China

U.S. should take full responsibility for the incident (PG). In the end, the hostages were released, but it was an uneasy time for...

Emergency Diagnosis and Intervention Relating to Myocardial Infarction

The statistics regarding coronary artery disease make it obvious that emergency medical services are critical in saving the lives ...

An Analysis of a Journal Article on Nursing

out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...

Emergency Room Decision Making

attack if irreparable harm and indeed loss of life is to be prevented (Isenstein, 1999). The statistics regarding coronar...

Emergency Nurse Triage and Education

being the most complete. Education in triage generally has not been complete at all, however (Crafter, Little and Ritchie, 2000)....

Cities, Towns, and Emergency Services

a victim whereas a community member who is friends with him, will make that extra effort. Bruegman (1997) contends that while peop...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Debriefing

actually felt the building shake, for example, are at the most risk for the disorder (2001). At the same time, one psychologist cl...

Effects of Bioterrorism Upon Emergency Medical Technicians

This delays their psychological reaction. After a disaster ends and normal routine starts, there is often an intense period when ...

New Jersey's Health Care Delivery System and Its Problems

governor should strive to at least make a dent in the problem in the next four years. It seems that the most pertinent problems ar...

ER Application of the Self Care Deficit Theory Developed by Dorothea Orem

Emergency rooms are, at least in many cases, the primary health care provider to the underinsured and uninsured patient (Isenstein...

Providing Comfort in the Emergency Room

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

An Article on Families in the ER Critiqued

and fear and engenders feelings of support and help for the patient " (MacLean, et al, 2003). In regards to negative outcomes, fam...