Paradise Assisted Living Project Arlynne Lumbao MGMT 404 Project Management DeVry University June 8, 2013 Executive Summary: The XYZ Health Care Corporation is growing so fast and has met the maximum capacity of 20 residents. The CEO and the Director Manager have decided to start a project for a new Home called Paradise Assisted Living to meet the needs of the elderly that are in the waiting list. The total cost for this project to start a new Home Assisted Living is approximately
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Theory has so far remained a strategic tool in advanced nursing practice. Firstly, nursing utilizes every feature of management science. Fortunately, the knowledge base of each and every management science takes theory into account. Theory includes methods, principles, and concepts. The principles are usually related, and can be observed and validated or verified when translated into the practice of management. Likewise, concepts are general notions, thoughts, and ideas that tend to form a basis of
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Motivational Methods Motivation is the impact or drive that causes us to behave in a specific manner and has been described as consisting of energy, direction, and sustainability (Gilley & McMillian, 2008). In an organization, a manager needs to have the ability to persuade and influence others to work in a common direction that reflects their talent to motivate (Gilley & McMillian, 2008). As manager of the Emergency department, upper management at Sutter Health has informed me that our
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Nurse as an Advocate Nursing Leadership Health Policy Advocating for Health Care Policies. Nurse’s Vital Role as Policy Advocates Introduction “I’m not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward” Thomas Edison (1847-1931). In today’s healthcare system, nurses are aware of the inconsistencies and the troubles that the healthcare system faces, and a need for a change. Expert nurses and nurses with vast experience are stepping forward and motivated to take part
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Healthcare Communication Methods Healthcare Communication Methods The first thing to understand when it comes to communicating with patients in nursing homes is that not everyone is the same. You will have patients that are hard of hearing, deaf, do not speak or understand the same language you do and that are blind; yes, being blind can affect how you communicate. If you have a patient that does not speak English it is not best to first bring in a family member. “You may be tempted to automatically
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Best Practices in Team Interactions Kevin L. Brown Teams in health care take many forms. For example, there are disaster response teams; teams that perform emergency operations, hospital teams caring for acutely ill patients, office-based care teams, and teams that care for homebound patients to name a few, Teamwork is an essential component of any successful organization. In today’s healthcare environment, it is important that managers implement a system that is conducive to
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concerns in health and health care today. We made a little progress comparing to the years before in addressing this issue. In addition, the Affordable Care Act offer opportunities to tackle this issue vigorously. I firmly believe that it will be a much bigger issue if we do not eliminate the disparities now it will be very challenging when the US population becomes much more diverse. However, this policy memo addresses this particular issue, summarizes the causes or issues known about health and health
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Community Leadership Activity CE IV assignment #2 Community Leadership Activity: For my community leadership project I participated in the Mariner Health of Wilmington Safety Fair. Mariner health is a nursing home that provides various levels of care from short term rehab to hospice care. Their staff includes medical director, registered dietician, social workers, activities director, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, financial counselor
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nurses work today. As time went by, different events throughout history such as wars and epidemics had shaped nursing to its present organization. Nowadays, nursing is pushing further towards the future in improving itself as a profession for better care and service to the community. The objective of this paper is to discuss the historical development of nursing timeline, relationship of nursing science on the profession and influences nursing science has on other disciplines.
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BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care Unit 1 Developing effective communication in health and social care This mandatory unit enables learners to understand effective communication within health or social care settings, some of the many barriers to effective communication and ways to overcome them. Learners will gain the necessary interpersonal skills to communicate with a range of people within the sector and will have the opportunity to identify and analyse the effectiveness
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