Associate Degree Vs. Baccalaureate Degree Associate degree is someone who completes a nursing course, associated with a hospital or medical facility. On the other hand, a BSN is a higher college education, it entitles people to work in any health care or home care facility. A nurse is a bed side care giver at the hospital who takes care of patients and assist doctors. Nurses have to work in different areas and have different responsibilities. Some responsibilities or things nurses do is health promotion
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number of catheter associated urinary tract infections. The researchers found that there were a lot of catheter associated urinary tract infections; particularly in the duration of indwelling catheterization was a factor. The researchers found many hospitals in the United States did not monitor the duration of catheter use. Nor were the physicians aware of patients who were catheterised for some duration. The research also notes that there was a cost factor involved with lengthy duration of indwelling
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represent the fastest growing population in the United States, The Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has identified a widening gap in health care for this patient population. I chose this cultural because we are seeing more in our hospital and I have a niece who is married to a Mexican immigrant. My niece has been married for five years and it has been very interesting to learn more about this culture. Summary of Article In the Journal of Emergency Nursing (Jones, 2008)
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that do not get the service of hospice care. Dealing with the death of a family member without the help of hospice is something no person should have to go through. The difference in care between hospice and the hospital care is like the difference between night and day. Hospital inpatient care is not as
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Section 1 of the Capital Project Lori Winter HCS/571 July 29, 2013 Ralph Gigliotti Section 1 of the Capital Project St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, an affiliate of Hospital Sisters Health System is a fully accredited not-for-profit acute care health facility with 146 licensed beds. It has been decided that a capital expenditure of sixty new in-patient beds is important for patient safety and comfort. “A capital expenditure is a commitment of resources that is expected to provide
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State Law Summary August 11, 2012 Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Human Services-BSHS/332 Mental Health Codes for Adults and Children: New York Code- Title B: Mental Health Act states that the state of New York and its local governments have a responsibility for the prevention and early detection of mental illness and for the comprehensively planned care, treatment and rehabilitation of our mentally ill citizens. N.Y. MHY. LAW § 7.07: NY Code - Section 7.07: Office
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Article Review: Excellence in Patient Satisfaction within a Patient-Centered Culture Executive Summary Hospitals should be preparing now for a decade of reduction in Medicare payments that will result from the Affordable Care Act and Budget Control Act of 2011. Many healthcare leaders are anticipating the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) value based purchasing program (VBP), a strategy used by employers, and increasingly the Federal government, to use their market power as a force
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so that they live each day as fully as possible. Aggressive methods of pain control may be used. Hospice programs generally are home-based, but they sometimes provide services away from home in freestanding facilities, in nursing homes, or within hospitals. The philosophy of hospice is to provide support for the patient's emotional, social, and spiritual needs as well as medical symptoms as part of treating the whole person. Hospice programs generally use a multidisciplinary team approach, including
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He had noticed that in bright light his vision was significantly worse, and he was finding it hard to read and also to watch television. Mr Valentine attended an appointment with his optometrist and was then referred to the Eye Centre at a local hospital. The optometrist had found that Mr Valentine was suffering from a cataract. The Eye Centre is an ophthalmic day case unit, serving both ophthalmic surgical and ophthalmic medical
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for two years as a gardener and quit this job because heath problems and he was always feeling sick. He also worked for one or two months as a carpenter but he quit because he did not have money to buy the tools. In 1990 he was admitted to College Hospital where he had
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