needs, chronic health conditions, and technological innovations. Educating nurses within the 21st century requires a creative integration of knowledge, skill set, and caring within an increasingly complex healthcare system (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). Nursing education is heavily laden with continuous content increases to be covered within the curriculum (Devereaux-Melillo, Dowling, Abdallah, Findeisen, & Knight, 2013). The need to examine curricular transformation is imperative in order
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Knowledge Is Power Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V December 7, 2014 Knowledge Is Power Knowledge is everything in this world. It serves as a source of power. In order to advance in one’s career, one must have the necessary knowledge to excel. Education is needed for self-enhancement. Nurses constantly desire to better themselves. They unceasingly advance in their profession by continuing school, obtaining certificates, and completing new training programs. The nursing profession has grown
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Healthcare Risk Control Risk and Quality Management Strategies 4 Executive Summary VOLUME 2 July 2009 Key Recommendations Assess current activities in risk management and quality improvement to evaluate their effectiveness in addressing overlap. Establish a structure to ensure that patient care activities are addressed in a coordinated manner involving risk management and quality improvement functions. Seek legal counsel to ensure that the structure for risk management and quality
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today. Since nursing is the holistic care of a human being, as caregivers, we must continue to invest time and effort into providing more advanced nursing to our holistic beings for their better health. According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), nurses must be 80 % baccalaureate prepared RN workforce by 2020 (AACN Face Sheet, 2015). Therefore, nurses must endeavor to achieve the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) for more competencies in their lifetime working field. Needless to say
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Reimbursement and Pay-for- Performance Edward G. Walker HCS531 May 26, 2014 Tracey Lane Reimbursement and Pay-for- Performance This paper will define Pay-for- Performance; I will explain how reimbursement is affected by Pay-for- Performance approach. I will discuss how system cost reductions impact the quality and efficiency of healthcare. I will discuss how Pay-for- Performance, effects healthcare providers and their customers. I will discuss the effects of Pay-for- Performance and the effect
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latest technology and spend money they don't have to enjoy gadgets and services whose functionality and warranties will expire long before their credit card bill is paid off. Is there a similar trend reflected in nursing? Is getting a BSN the new gadget IOM is pushing for in an effort to justify a proposed change in nursing that is ultimately a business decission? Is the cost worth the end result? Does a baccalaureate degree prepared nurse perform better than an associated degree prepared nurse? Let's
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Information Technology (IT) is increasingly being deployed and used in healthcare facilities to facilitate the communication of information across different healthcare teams and external insurance payers. The underlying assumption underpinning the introduction of IT in healthcare is that, improvements in information flow will eventually translate into improved quality of care (Mort M, 2009).The US Healthcare system is slowly moving toward Electronic Health Records. As mandated by the government all
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while identifying the performance of the organization clinical quality is also assessed for the population health like vaccination and antenatal care along with the best clinical practice for those who utilize the immediate services of organization (IOM, 2001). Confirming clinical quality for the patients always remains a main objective of any healthcare organization. Egger et al.
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ASSOCIATE VS. BACCALAUREATE NURSES 1 Title: The Difference Between Competencies between an Associate's Level and a Baccalaureate Level Nurse- A Patient care Scenario Name: Susan M. Kreienbrink Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V July 26th, 2014 ASSOCIATE VS. BACCALAUREATE NURSES 2 It’s interesting how the educational requirements for nurses have changed over the years. Just over a 150 years ago you didn’t even need a formal education to be a nurse, in fact, there was none to be had
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