al., 2010). Nursing and the ER The Emergency Room is often one of the most visible parts of healthcare for political debate. It is also one of the most difficult environments for a modern nurse. It is interesting that one of the founders of modern Continue Reading...
Cut Down and Lay Offs Contemporary Review Success Cases or Programs Practical Recommendation As the world has crossed the threshold of twenty first century, the human race is confronting several diverse and different challenges in every corner of Continue Reading...
SYSTEMS THEORY vs. DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY EVIDENCED-BASED PRACTICE Systems theory and diffusion of innovation theory Systems theory and healthcare delivery in the U.S. According to theorist Ludwig von Bertalanffy, it is essential to view Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory and Leininger The world of contemporary nursing is a complex, yet rewarding, career choice. Far from the outdated paradigm of the Nurse being just the Doctor's assistant, the contemporary nursing professional takes on a partnership ro Continue Reading...
Healthcare Practices in Nursing Today Over the last 50 years, health care systems all over the world have experienced rapid and significant changes. Some of these changes have been the result of innovative developments in medical science and techno Continue Reading...
Information Systems and Computer Technology Has on the Practice of Nursing Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practic Continue Reading...
Quality Safety Current Issues in Quality and Safety Patient safety is considered a priority in the health, increasingly complex activity that involves risk and in which there is no system capable of guaranteeing the absence of adverse events, as it Continue Reading...
PPACA Nurse The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Impact on Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: The National Quality Strategy The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a landmark and controversial piece of Continue Reading...
Manage identification planning This chapter discusses the management and planning of change process within the clinical setting. Change management plan is very critical to the success of any healthcare unit. Change may be threatening to organizatio Continue Reading...
The oldest method of measuring nursing productivity is hours spent upon a patient per day (Huber 2000: 703). However, in the modern era, a variety of productivity measures have been employed to assess employee productivity and efficacy. Patient imp Continue Reading...
Most of the literature deals with healthcare issues experienced in the United States or Europe. What small amount of literature there is available on healthcare in Malaysia seldom has anything to do with the clinic(s) in specific. This study could Continue Reading...
Employee turnover and customer satisfaction: a comparison of rural and urban healthcare facilities Staff turnover within the long-term care industry continues to increase at a significant rate (Castle, 2003). National averages show the overall turn Continue Reading...
Hospital Readmissions In any profession today, quality control means the prevention of problems that were the aim of the business to solve in the first places. Recurrence of these problems means that the business has not been functioning optimally a Continue Reading...
Impact of Nursing Informatics on Efficiency of Nursing and Improved Patient Outcomes Although some critics charge that innovations in technology are having a negative effect on humankind, virtually none of them deny the positive effect of such innova Continue Reading...
Workers who are assaulted can experience profound and long-lasting psychological trauma. If violence persists, they may seek to leave the profession, or areas of the profession where there is an especially acute need for care, such as ER work. The " Continue Reading...
Health Information Management SystemSelecting and implementing an EMR system involves a range of stakeholders, adherence to regulatory standards, and significant financial investment. This paper discusses the various aspects of this process, includin Continue Reading...
Recruiting more males into the nursing profession: A Positive, Proactive Position Statement The aging population has caused a crisis in the healthcare profession. The population needs more nurses, that fact is clear even to individuals outside of th Continue Reading...
Mayo Clinic organization based in Rochester, Minnesota, with campuses there as well as in Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona, and Jacksonville, Florida. Founded by Dr. William Mayo and his family in the 19th century, the hospital has grown to become on Continue Reading...
Labor Laws and Unions Kaiser Permanente Labor Laws and Unions In today's competitive business environment, there are a number of facets that must be perfected within any organization in order to succeed within its industry. Any given organization m Continue Reading...
causes for Medicare and Medicaid patients to be readmitted to hospitals within thirty days of a prior discharge. This is a fairly pervasive and major problem and it is one that demands solutions. As part of this capstone, there will be a number of f Continue Reading...
Preventing 30 Day Readmission on Medicare and Medicaid Patients One of the most costly and common phenomenon in the modern healthcare system is the increased rates of readmission to hospital of Medicare and Medicaid patients within a short period a Continue Reading...
Covidien Pad Research There are a number of major concerns when it comes to the residents of rehabilitation centers, nursing homes or any other similar facilities that house people of higher age and/or that otherwise have toileting issues. While the Continue Reading...
To protect themselves, many Americans chose to avoid working with or becoming friends with those who immigrated. A lack of trust permeated everything that the Americans did in regards to the immigrants, at least with the men. This was not always tr Continue Reading...
Managing Quality across Various Health Care SettingIntroductionIt is an honor to be able to lead this lunch-and-learn session in order to discuss how to effectively manage quality across various Health Care Settings. I come from a background in healt Continue Reading...
Readmission of Heart Failure Patients Re-Hospitalization and Heart Failure Patients Heart failure is one of the top health problems in the United States leading to high rates of morbidity and mortality among people aged 60 years and above. The comp Continue Reading...
At all times, a compliant organization will provide the following to all/each staff/employee: A non-hostile work environment An anonymous and secure system for staff to report sexual harassment/ethical concerns Quick and responsive, unbiased, com Continue Reading...
The other necessary element in this process is procedure cost vs. reimbursement evaluation and proactive search of strong reimbursement for future volume. Analysis of the first element is crucial because it helps in ensuring that reimbursement docum Continue Reading...
Healthcare Management (Discussion questions) Healthcare organizations must always strive to provide quality care to their patients. This empowers them to be ahead of their competition and in line with the various rules set by healthcare bodies and t Continue Reading...
Leadership Management Effective Approaches Leadership Management Different personalities practice different management styles, while different management styles are suited to different personalities. It is very important for a manager to make sure Continue Reading...
Marketing To establish the Scranton Sports Medicine Clinic in the regional market, careful branding of the clinic will establish it as a high-quality provider of the best of modern sports medicine treatment in a comfortable, family-friendly enviro Continue Reading...
Green provides some clear guidelines to assist health education and promotion specialists in the identification and design of health promotion techniques for implementation in health promotion and disease prevention programs. Discuss how five of the Continue Reading...
Schneck Medical Center Provide a description of the company, its mission, and values SMC (Schneck Medical Center) is a nonprofit healthcare organization that provides specialized and primary care services. The center was established in 1911 with a Continue Reading...
A typical in-building wireless telephone system, such as systems provided by SpectraLink Corporation, seamlessly integrates to the hospital's existing telephone system." (TechRepublic, 2005) The work of Alpay, Toussaint, and Schonk (2004) entitled: Continue Reading...
Communication Modalities Communication is a fundamental facet in any production plant or organization. There are various communication channels and applications in the world of communication. Communication modalities are present in almost every orga Continue Reading...
Vocera communication system Vocera is a contemporary marvel introduced in the healthcare industry to transform communication strategies between staffs and patients. In simpler terms, one should think of Vocera as a hands-free phone, a pager, a Blue Continue Reading...
Perodic Performance Review Periodic Performance Review Discuss the current compliance status of the healthcare facility The Hospital works towards ensuring safety of the patients through the development of values and principles guiding professiona Continue Reading...
Healing hospital provides its patients with a safe environment in terms of healing qualities that are related with interpersonal care and healthy interaction between health care providers and patients. It creates an environment that recognizes, suppo Continue Reading...
Patient care and recovery statistics demonstrate that the United States has a medical care system with which Americans are less satisfied than other citizens in developed countries. There are many reasons for this: correlation between health and soci Continue Reading...
The decade-old system that specifies least standards for staffing in nursing homes need to be restructured, the report says. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must call for nursing homes to have at least one RN within the facility dur Continue Reading...
Community Nursing Practice Model For a long time, community nursing has been an issue of major concern to most health care sectors. Values are based on the model for providing grounding for the nursing practice. The transcendent values include carin Continue Reading...
