Demographics: The Aging Population HCS/490 July 8, 2013 Sandra Asbury As the population ages, it increases the need for more healthcare service as well as the staff to administer those services. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are constantly hiring for what’s to come, making nursing one of the fastest growing occupations. Health Affairs did an article and study called The Effects of Aging and Population Growth on Health Care Costs. This study was called Data Watch and the purpose of
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The Co-operative Group Sustainability Report 2010 Executive summary 11 Social responsibility Ecological sustainability Delivering value Assurance SuSTainabiliTy manaGEmEnT background Sustainability management and reporting is aligned with the three principles of the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles Standard (2008) 1 : materiality, inclusivity and responsiveness. Members are firmly embedded in governance (both in general, and in sustainability governance specifically) and policy
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and settled in the area. He attributes his choice of housing to Bay Ridge’s reputation as a safe, quiet area with a suburban feel. He values the region’s cultural diversity and has built a strong community ties for himself and his family. For improvement, informant A suggests finding more ways to bring all the diverse ethnic groups together to improve communication and decision-making as a collective unit. Another suggestion addresses the lack of a central community center. Informant A expresses
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[pic] PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION TEAM (EMIT) UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO Background: Over the past decade, the University of Hawaii at Hilo has consistently increased its enrollment by nearly 40% from 2,587 in Fall 1997 to 3,608 in Fall 2007. UH Hilo intends to become a comprehensive University with a target enrollment of 5,000. The University has struggled to maintain a level of infrastructure – including human resources support, facility expansion, and
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The NHS Confederation brings together the organisations that make up the modern NHS across the UK. We help our members deliver better health and healthcare by: • influencing policy and the wider public debate on the full range of health and health service issues • supporting health leaders through information sharing and networking • working for employers to improve the working lives of staff and, through them, to provide better care for patients. For more information on our work, please contact:
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education, lobbying for necessary changes in order to make advances in the nursing profession. (Mathews, 2012) One major professional organization related to my field that I belong to, is the ANA, (American Nurses Association) The “ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation's 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent member nurses associations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 1.1 CURRENT ACTIVITIES 3 1.2 IMMEDIATE FUTURE ACTIVITIES 3 1.3 VISION 4 1.4 MISSION STATEMENT 4 1.5 COMPANY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 4 1.6 BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY 4 2.0 SITUTATION ANALYSIS 5 2.1 GENERAL COMPANY DESCRIPTION 5 2.2 MARKET SUMMARY 6 2.2.1 MARKET TRENDS 6 2.2.2 MARKET GROWTH 6 2.2.3 MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS 6 2.2.4 TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES 6 2.2.5 POLITICAL LEGAL REGULATIONS 7 2.3 SWOT ANALYIS
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Discharge planning is a process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community. It seeks to bridge the gap between hospital and the place to which the patient is discharged, reduce length of stay in hospital, and minimise unplanned readmission to hospital.1 Discharge planning is an established part of hospital care, but the process varies and is not entirely evidenced based. A Cochrane review analysed 11 randomised
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between all disciplinarians of the health care industry and I will make my statement of how I believe this communication can be of advantage to all of the healthcare industry. The Advantages of Nursing Informatics and Quality Improvement The world of nursing is changing on a daily basis and we, as nurses need to adapt and change in order to provide our patients with the ultimate care they deserve. The hospital environment as a whole has changed over the years and is now a
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health care services.” (HealthyPeople.gov). An objective for this goal is, “(Developmental) Increase the proportion of persons who receive appropriate evidence-based clinical preventive services.” (HealthyPeople.gov). Both of these goals and objectives are important as the family nurse practitioner is in an excellent position to be an educator of issues relative to the patient’s health. In addition the nurse practitioner is in the position to promote screening and preventative services. The nurse
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