Doctor Shortage Impacts Rural Areas Jean Larsen Senior Project Kristi Hund March 1, 2011 Abstract The United States is experiencing a substantial shortage of physicians, which is creating a severe supply and demand problem in America. Citizens living in rural areas should receive the same quality of care as those living in urban settings. Substantial differences exist in quality and access to health care for persons living in rural America. The shortage of physicians in rural America calls
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addition in twenty years of health improvement the standard of life period has dramatically increased as many more people live longer throughout half of the 20th century. Such characteristics of productiveness can be felt all across the nation from the past two decades that follow the baby boomers between the years of 1946 and 1964. This will result in increase statistics of individuals 65 years of age between the years "2010 and 2030" (Vincent, 2010). As the universal standard of life period expands
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Journal of Transcultural Nursing http://tcn.sagepub.com/ Standards of Practice for Culturally Competent Nursing Care : 2011 Update Marilyn K. Douglas, Joan Uhl Pierce, Marlene Rosenkoetter, Dula Pacquiao, Lynn Clark Callister, Marianne Hattar-Pollara, Jana Lauderdale, Jeri Milstead, Deena Nardi and Larry Purnell J Transcult Nurs 2011 22: 317 DOI: 10.1177/1043659611412965 The online version of this article can be found at: http://tcn.sagepub.com/content/22/4/317 Published by: http://www
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the market in urgent care facilities but as profits increase, other hospital companies may go this route as well. The deal Tenet made with Vanguard is the biggest transaction Tenet has made and signals a shift from the company's problems over the past 10 years. Several Tenet-owned facilities underwent investigations in the early 2000s for alleged unnecessary heart surgeries. In 2006, Tenet paid $900 million in cash and returned Medicare payments to settle claims it overbilled Medicare throughout
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Employing more that five hundred people the hospitals growth and development depends on inclusive plans it designs. The plan addresses issues of staff recruiting, appraisals, training and development of employees, rewards and organizational behaviors and also processes. Topics discussed within this paper are the objectives and background of the hospital, how their practices influence organizational behaviors, their efforts in making a diverse workforce and employment retention will be affected by
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Officer, Angela Lofy, RN, Nurse Manager, Crisis Stabilization Unit, Demetrice Burner, Coordinator, Substance Abuse Service, Adrianne F. Towels, Outpatient Services Coordinator, Meave Brennan, CARF Accreditation & Performance Improvement(Phoenix Center n.d) Phoenix Center Behavioral Health Services was established in 1970. This organization has provided services for over 30,000 adults, children and adolescents, and families for the past 40 years in the Middle Georgia
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same. Input According to Strengthsbase (2015), “Input comes from the strategic thinking domain, which describes how we absorb and analyze information and situations in an effort to make better decisions.” People with the input strength put away past information and retrieve it when needed. There are positives of having this strength such as well-informed, mind for facts, outstanding talker, and collects exciting things. As with all positive things, there are negatives such as messy house and mind
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The rise of the Berlin Wall physically began the morning of August 13th 1961, but the separation of East and West Germany began years before. The life span of the wall lasted until November 9th 1989, just a mere 28 years later. The purpose of the Berlin wall was to separate the East and the West sides of Germany. The result of WWII divided Germany into zones; those zones were given to Great Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union. The rise and the fall of the Berlin Wall were key
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Health Law, Regulation, and Policy Paper The Affordable Care Act is a law that has had a significant impact on the health care industry. The Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA, is a health care law implemented in 2010 that gives consumers more control over their health care. The law gives Americans the ability to make knowledgeable decisions about their health. The law is influenced by lack of comprehensive insurance coverage, high insurance costs, and limited choice of health care. The
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“discrimination... a deep line of demarcation between those who prosper and those who are left behind.” There is a false sense of social progress and ethnic harmony that suggests that there is no problem, that discrimination is a thing of the past, even suggests that affirmative action is no longer needed, but there is factual evidence that suggests that
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