Development A. Organization Self Assessment Tool (See Appendix 1 A) 1. Description of practice setting The work environment for the practice of nursing has been known as one of the most demanding throughout all areas of nursing. In general, nurses provide the vast majority of patient- care in hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care sites, and other health care settings. Penant Hospital is 200- bed hospital located close to the inner city. We serve mainly people from low socio-economic
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Westmount Nursing Inc. is a for profit chain with seven different nursing homes. It has a grown from a small few bed facility to a facility with 4 different divisions that made to help make seniors more independent. The Westmount Nursing Homes were in search for a chief executive officer and president, which was filled by Shirley Carpenter. After Shirley Carpenter came on to the company, many changes were made and implemented. Some implementations were successfully, but she was also challenged with
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Rusty James D. Miranda 12-11-13 BSBA III- HRDM Mrs. Sotto HR Organizational Chart BabeBiiBoBu Medical Doctors is open for different post: 1. Accounting Clerk Job Purpose: Supports accounting operations by filing documents; reconciling statements; running software programs. Accounting Clerk Job Duties: * Maintains accounting records by making copies; filing documents. * Reconciles bank statements by comparing statements with general ledger. * Maintains
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and safety. The purpose of this report is to inform the reader of recent and upcoming changes to legislation that may affect nursing care of patients. Research by L. Aiken, et al. and A. Tourangeau, support the need for higher education of registered nurses. Their research proves that patient outcomes are improved when registered nurses carry a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Research conducted by J. Needleman, et al., concluded that reducing the nurse-patient ratio resulted in the patient being
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The author is a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) who has encountered breaching of patients confidential records on a few occasions. For example, the author was approached her first day off of CNA orientation by a physician who demanded to know how his/her patient was doing from a
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In healthcare there is certain standard at which customers/patients hold their doctors and physicians to. It is this standard which sets the tone of diversity in the healthcare workplace. From nurses to certified doctors there is a distinct difference in the amount of ethnical diversity that is seen. The higher up in the ranks the lower the ethnical differences are seen. This negative correlation is seen as the main concern within many companies as they try to hire more and more of the minority populations
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Primary diagnosis: Other disorders of gastrointestinal system. Secondary diagnosis: Disorders of back (discogenic and degenerative). Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr The claimant was a 40-years and 11 months old woman. Alleged disability: Crohn’s disease, torn cartilage in a knee, severe anxiety, and severe abdominal pain. The claimant indicated that she experienced abdominal cramping and numerous bowel movements (more than 10) every day; she did not eat the day before she had an appointment
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The Benefits of Technology in Nursing and Healthcare Abstract This paper explores nursing informatics and technology in the emergency department of a local level 1 trauma center. The references cited provide discussion and statistics on several types of nursing informatics utilized today by this facility, including benefits and shortcomings. Personal experience from the author are also incorporated as he witnessed first hand the nursing informatics and technology “explosion” and how this
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in an Associate Degree Nursing Program B E T T Y W. D AV I S P A R T I C I PAT I O N IN CURRICULUM DESIGN of program outcomes has been identified as a core competency for nurse educators A N D E VA L UAT I O N (Billings & Halstead, 2009; Southern Regional Education Board, 2002). Facing declining NCLEX-RN® pass rates, faculty at an associate degree nursing program at a public community college in Mississippi responded to the National League for Nursing ([NLN] 2005b) call to transform
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College Credit Through Advanced Standing Produced by the Office of Academic Services This manual is accurate as of the date of publication. As new information becomes available, it will be posted to the online version, available through the Academic Services web site, www.nvcc.edu/aboutnova/directories--offices/administrative-offices/academic/index.html. Revised June 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................
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