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Computerized Charting, Ethical and Legal Considerations

In six pages this paper examines the increased hospital use of computers to record charts of patients from ethical and legal persp...

Information Technology and Automated Medication Dispensing

In a paper consisting of seven pages the system of automated medication dispensing in a hospital setting is examined in terms of i...

The Environment of Modern Healthcare and Ambulatory Payment Systems

This fifty page paper provides an extensive examination of ambulatory payment systems development in the environment of modern hea...

Contemporary ER

In six pages this paper examines modern day hospital emergency room departments. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Creative Writing Exercise on Beating Hearts and Flowers

In five pages this exercise in creative writing explores the drama of a hospital room with the utilization of grammatical elements...

HMOs Evaluation

In five pages this paper considers an evaluation of HMOs and how integrated systems and hospitals can go about becoming more aggre...

Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

Nurse's Role and Bowel Elimination Influential Factors

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

Studying the Medical Sector's Cost Containment

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

Dissertation Proposal on Electronic Health and Patient Record Implementation

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

Hamot Medical Center Organizational Analysis

northeastern Ohio. It is not only a general care facility but maintains many patient-oriented programs and services. Some of the...

Informed Consent and British Medical Law

upper house has, in fact, been in a state of suspended reform for almost a century - ever since the unelected Tory landowners who...

Nursing/Medical Vocabulary

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

California Nurse-Patient Ratios

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

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...

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...

PATIENT SAFETY AND CONSUMER-DIRECTED HEALTH CARE

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

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...

Limited Nursing Advocacy

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

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...

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...

Dorothea Dix, Pioneer of Nursing

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

Enhancing Outcomes by Revising a Protocol Based on Evidenced Based Practice

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

Dialysis Profitability

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

Strategic Procurement in the Construction Industry

client as a result of the delays, but could be substantial to the relevant contractors. The current project is one that provides...

Non-Clinical Director Functions

properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...

Gov. Regulation at Bon Secours/DePaul Medical Ctr.

laws of the state and to prevent "illegal operations, e.g., operating without a license" (VDH). Regulations that are adopted by t...

Nursing Leadership Scenario

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

Needs Assessment for an Administrator of Patient Care Services for Women's Healthcare Services

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

Proposal for an Addiction Treatment Center

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