Readiness for Change With an ever-increasing population and the rising cost of medical care, the healthcare industry is in need of innovated ways to provide quality health care while containing cost. Technological advances offer one-such solution to cost containment, though, adoption of Information Technology (IT) in the health care industry remains low despite overwhelming evidence that the use of electronic medical records (EMR) has improved staff efficiency, increased preventative care measures
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1 Running Head: THE FUTURE OF HOME HEALTH The Future of Home Health Mary C. Reed The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N5311 Nursing Management in Health Care Stephanee Thurman, MSN, RN August 1, 2012 2 THE FUTURE OF HOME HEALTH The Future of Home Health Home health has been the topic of several news discussions lately. Doctors and nurses are afraid that since Medicare fraud has taken place
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Finally in August of 1999 ThedaCare is born from its modest beginning as a merger of two community hospitals. But In 1997, ThedaCare was an organization facing increased competitive pressure; higher costs, lower reimbursements, and a nationwide nursing shortage. The organization encompassed 3 hospitals, physicians' offices, and a health plan. Regrettably, ThedaCare was not connected to the Internet or intranet. All organizational and business communication was conducted by snail mail, phone, and
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technical nurse and the baccalaureate-degree level nurse which begins with education. The two year associate and the baccalaureate nurse are trained with the same basic education core requirements such as history, anatomy, etc., and fundamental bedside nursing skills. Although the baccalaureate degree nurse has more in depth education at the university level in the physiological, psychosocial, and other holistic teachings. Both the two year and four year trained nurse are able to take the same RN NCLEX
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NURSING INFORMATICS LEADERSHIP Evaluation of Computerized Management Systems Kathryn Rawson Western Governors University Abstract This paper will demonstrate: A. How using computerized management systems could increase quality of care B. Why active nursing involvement in the planning, choice and implementation of the systems is important C. How handheld devices used by the nursing staff could be integrated into the management system for better quality care D. Security standards
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Registered Health Information Technician A Career Pathway Research Denise Edwards The College of Westchester Health Information Technology 1564 - MED 215 – 21 FALL I 2015 Abstract This paper explores five published articles that report on information and results from research conducted online by the author about what career path she should take in order to achieve her goal of becoming a successful health information technician. Healthinformationtechnologycareers.com and similar websites
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Education for Nurses Marina Oliynyk Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-O500 August 14, 2015 Essentials of Higher Education for Nurses The profession of nursing in its modern form exists for more than 200 years, and certainly it did experience a lot of changes. Over 150 years ago, Florence Nightingale defined nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery,” and till this day this simple rule applies (Berman & Snyder, 2012, p. 13). Nowadays
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National League for Nursing Evaluation and Learning Advisory Committee (ELAC) ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION ELAC Members: Marilyn H. Oermann (Chair) Karen Saewert (Chair-elect) Pamela Rutar Suzanne Yarbrough Sub-committee Members: Reba Childress Dawne-Marie Dunbar Sally Erdel Barbara Haas Evelyn Hayes Debra Hurd Sheila Kyle Gayle Preheim, Chair Linda Siktberg Gale R. Woolley, Chair A comprehensive literature review was completed, reflecting best practices
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because of her close relationship with staff nurses. She will have input from floor nurses and be able to contribute important information about charting from the nursing standpoint. The nurse manager will be able to assist with questions that staff nurses may have during implementation and training. This member is able to discuss what the nursing staff needs for adequate charting. She will be able to look at each computerized system and contribute a nurses point of view. The second team member will be
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Nursing, as a profession, continues to be a growing and changing entity. As nurses, we must consider that our future is going to be much different than our past. This presentation will review four major topics that are worth consideration, and hopefully provide food for thought about each nurse’s plans and goals for his or her own career in the future. We will discuss evidence-based practice, nursing theory, research, and nursing roles and opportunities. Each of these topics includes a myriad of
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