Hispanic Populations Kristina Hernandez Our Lady of the Lake University Laredo Specialty Hospital (LSH) is the only 60-bed facility designed to provide specialized long-term acute care, including intensive care, for patients who require team to heal from catastrophic injury or illness. LSH believes that any recovery is an emotional experience. Therefore, they strive to provide patients with a healing and nurturing environment through their caring and supportive team to maximize recovery and
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Ecosystems Effecting Healthcare Introduction John Hopkins hospital is one of the many health care centers that have been developed due to the social and political conditions that have evolved in the environment. The founder of the hospital, John Hopkins, was influenced by social conditions facing the human population that lead Hopkins to come up with the health care center. Laws and economic conditions that have surrounded communities in the last couple of years have influenced the development
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Student Days - Share a little about life as a student, what kind of a person were/are you (introvert, outgoing). I had always been a studious guy, slightly introvert but extremely confident and independent. I learned a lot from situations around me when I was at school, and realized that life teaches much more than books. Even today, I use some of the situations faced as a kid, to my advantage in my business strategies. Many of my quirky marketing strategies are direct results of my quirkiness as
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Nurse educators face many unique challenges when educating patients. Each day, nurses, and other healthcare providers, encounter a wide range of patients that may look, talk, think, or act differently than themselves. Nurses are constricted with shortened hospital stays, higher patient to nurse ratios, and limited time to effectively teach patients. Often, it takes a conscious effort by the primary nurse to quickly identify the learning needs of the patient and create an effective time for nurse
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the interdisciplinary team to improve the quality of care and contain costs. Cutting healthcare cost is important particularly in an era when affordability of health care is the major debate topic. EHR presents a story of the patients stay in the hospital, and it is readily available to every member of the interdisciplinary team. Another advantage of HIT that can make nurses buy into the system is the use of personal Health records (PHR) with this system; patients will have access to their medical
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with a life beyond the hospital and a meaning beyond the medical world. I will also discuss what need to be done so as to make it easy and comfortable for diverse patients and their care providers Abstract Western medicine by its nature treats patients as medical objects, a entity. Biomechanical Patients are detached from their own lives and life stories and physically taken from their home settings into the unfamiliar setting of a hospital, to be treated by different
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rise. Circumstances of low infants’ birth weight have been ubiquitous in the Bronx Community. According to assessment data gathered by the Montefiore Medical Center, the Bronx population is responsible for 442 births at Montefiore Hospital, representing 38% of the Hospital total birth. Moreover, research has shown that Bronx County continues to experience a steady growth in cases of Neisseria Gonorrhea. Of medical importance, amongst the 550 total cases reported in 2013, the highest incidence occurred
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According to the Grand Canyon University College of Business their mission statement is, “To challenge and inspire students to be servant leaders with the business skills and values necessary to drive organizational success and positively impact society” (“About”, n.d., para 6). To be successful in any personal venture one must be committed to their cause and posses certain qualities that help support their end goal. Entering into the GCU College of Business it is important to understand the three
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What is your job title? My job title is Senior Counselor. I work for St. Cloud Hospital Recovery Plus. What is the target population? The target population that I work with is women in primary chemical dependency treatment. We also have a relatively new program called Family Unity that targets women who are pregnant or men and women who have children. We allow these women to bring their children with them to treatment and reside with them at the residential housing facility. These women
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literary production. Breastcancer is one very well know topic, a better understanding of this topic which define the disease itself and its sufferers. I will aim to explain the specifically of breast cancer and breast cancer bodies. Part of the challenge of this project, and indeed is to point out breast cancer issues is still not found in major histories ofphotography, or even anthologies of womenþs photography. Itstradition lies inx-rays, MRIs and collections of medical photographs designed forthe
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