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...
Business Review of VNA-TIP Homecare Home healthcare and hospice providers pride themselves on their ability to provide the best quality care to the most needy patients. The mission of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) is "to support, Continue Reading...
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Dealing with Dementia and the progression of Alzheimer's disease through its three stages is often a daunting and distressing task. Most often relatives feel isolated and without help as if they were to be left alon Continue Reading...
HRM Challenges in Today's Organizations All organizations require employees to make them a success and this function is considered as important as finance, machinery and land for running the organization successfully. The important point to note her Continue Reading...
Sometimes, studies show that elderly patients are perceived not to be in pain because they do not complain about pain, or that the perceive it differently than younger people. In both receptive and non-receptive patients, one can observe facial tics Continue Reading...
Difficult Patients Mitigating Risks from Dementia Providing adequate care for an individual suffering from dementia presents many difficulties for nurses. Patients with dementia often have debilitating conditions such as Alzheimer's or similar neu Continue Reading...
Kinesics interviewing identifies and "interprets a range of verbal and nonverbal, conscious and unconscious behavior" (Ibid) that individual typically exhibit when questioned. The more definite the pattern of an individual's observed behaviors, the Continue Reading...
Fifteen questions used to measure willingness to AC were assembled into a questionnaire designed to examine the personality measures and items regarding employee response to various safety issues, adequacy of safety training, and attitudes toward oth Continue Reading...
This historical influence does have a positive influence on the argument due to the placement and context of the current state of political appointments. For example, discussion of the development of extensive political appointment structures during Continue Reading...
Organizational Theory of Bruce W. Tuckman One of the more influential organizational theorists of the 20th century to remain active today is Dr. Bruce W. Tuckman. Although Dr. Tuckman's primary focus has been concerned with educational research and Continue Reading...
Secondary Assessment Tracy Folsom is a 28-year-old female who was brought to the Emergency Department by her neighbor. The neighbor stated that Miss Folsom was found lying semi-conscious in the shower. The patient was received in the ED by the on c Continue Reading...
door to balloon time is an important determinant of the prognosis of STEMI patients. To reduce D2B times, most centers implement a pre-hospital triage which involves the use of pre-hospital ECG to allow direct transfer of patients with confirmed STE Continue Reading...
Assign to Occupy CONGESTION ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS Prolonged or increased waiting time for patients at the Emergency Department lead to an increase in both morbidity and mortality among critically ill adult patients admitted for inpatient beds. The g Continue Reading...
Ulcerative Colitis Initial presentation The patient is an 18-year-old of the Filipino-American origin. He has no known family history of ulcerative colitis or chronic illnesses similar to colitis. He is a high school senior student. Historical inf Continue Reading...
Quality of Life Among Tawau Hospital Sufering From Knee Osteoarthritis With Physiotherapy Qualitative study of How Quality of Life of Tawau Hospital Staff Suffering from Knee Osteoarthritis have been improved at Physiotherapy Unit. To investigate Continue Reading...
Nursing Administration -- Controlling Nursing Admin-Controlling Situation analysis The FOCUS model requires the nursing administrator to find out what the main problem is, obtain information about this problem, communicate effectively with the nur Continue Reading...
Witness the result that there was no significant reduction in the measurement/perception of pain. We might also conclude that FM patients are either particularly susceptible to imagery, or that the study proves that there is a clear difference betwe Continue Reading...
Nursing Case Study Managing a possible Case of Gastroenteritis: A Nursing Case Study The effective delivery of optimal nursing care requires a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses both the patient's symptoms and the security of the immediate Continue Reading...
All patients who suffered from inhalation injuries must be given a compulsory bronchoscopic examination so as to reveal the extent of respiratory injury and also to help in planning of the most suitable treatment. References McCance, K.A. & H Continue Reading...
This strength, however, comes at the price of an explanation of the detailed mechanisms by which abdominal pain is created by each of the identified illnesses. The article's primary strength is found in its directness and its effective summary of ne Continue Reading...
This reveals the more liberated ideals of the west and of the pioneer culture. First, Alexandra envisions herself "being lifted and carried lightly by some one very strong. He was with her a long while this time, and carried her very far, and in his Continue Reading...
Improving Customer Service on a Medical Surgical Nursing Unit Quality Improvment Project-Customer service on the nursing unit The hospital medical-surgical nursing unit is usually referred to as the "catch-all" department for different types of pat Continue Reading...
Health Care Management, Economics & Finances, EthicsThe purpose of this paper is to present a SWOT analysis for a DNP practicum project, which will help to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the project. The pap Continue Reading...
The conglomeration of RBCs and platelets held together by the fibrin forms the clot. After the injury to the damaged artery heals, the clot is no longer needed. The body will then destroy the clot by breaking down the fibrin fiber network that binds Continue Reading...
Performance Measures for (50,000 call per year) EMS EMS ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT That the organization implements additional clinical performance measures, including those to evaluate the quality of the EMS. That the organization us Continue Reading...
Cardiology Nursing This is a 12 lead ECG taken for Mr. Long at the Emergency Department. He presented with a two hour history of chest pain radiating to his left arm. The ECG is suggestive of an antero-septal Myocardial infarction. Further scrutiny Continue Reading...
End-of-Life Health Care Imagine this scenario: a patient has end stage heart failure, coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea. She has refused any invasive treatments for many years, Continue Reading...
Mr. Medicare's Myocardia Mr. Medicare Patient and his wife Mrs. Medicare were sitting on the couch watching a football game one Sunday, when Mr. Medicare began to feel ill. It began with a feeling like indigestion, which he attributed to the spicy c Continue Reading...
One of the reasons that a lot of these centers are affordable is because half of urgent care centers are preserved by physician groups and another 38% by hospitals, which are providing their own centers distinct from emergency rooms (Alexander, 201 Continue Reading...
Johnson and Johnson issued a public relations response immediately naming their number one priority: to aggressively protect any consumer from the potential hazards that may be present in any of their family of products. Symptoms of the Problem -- Continue Reading...
). Non-Pharmacological Management of Plantar Fasciitis The ideal management of plantar fasciitis is prevention, which is through appropriate warm-up exercises, quality shoes and exercises at an appropriate training level on a safe surface (Miller 2 Continue Reading...
, 2006). The ongoing investigation is being conducted by a "National Interagency Serious Accident Investigation Team," with the purpose of "determining fact surrounding the incident, identify lessons learned," and with the end result a set of "...rec Continue Reading...
These skills are vital for them to make an impact, considering the powerful relationship between leadership strength and influence. (...) In Australia the following study has noted a change in skill mix may be necessary: Rising demand for health s Continue Reading...
Wait Times in Outpatient Centers Compared to Traditional Emergency Rooms It is reasonable to suggest that many if not most people find themselves in need of urgent medical care at some point in their lives and until a few years ago, the traditional Continue Reading...
Health Organization Case Study The mission of Banner Healthcare is to make a difference in the lives of people through excellent patient care. They achieve this by providing leadership for excellence in patient safety and clinical care. Traditionall Continue Reading...
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with ST Elevated Myocardial infarction (STEMI) based on Mode of Transportation to Tertiary Healthcare Facility Private transport vs. Ambulance services. A study by Scherer, Russ, Jenkins et al. (2012) evaluated the effe Continue Reading...
In the emergency room, this distinction can have a determinant impact on the ability of the staff to preserve life and diminish pain and suffering. The introduction of a bioethical perspective into this dialogue invokes a question as to the primacy Continue Reading...
medical field is one that is populated with professionals whom non-medical individuals do not think about every day; yet these professionals profoundly affect the care received and in many cases the life or death of an individual being treated by th Continue Reading...
