Running Head: NURSING’S FUTURE IN Nursing’s Future in Leadership Mary Ann McGirr Grand Canyon University December 22, 2012 On March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), otherwise known as “Obamacare” was passed. This legislation was brought about due to the need to allow more Americans access to affordable, safe healthcare. As a result of the impending passage of this legislation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing
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Sarah Atkinson November 7, 2011 The concept of demand versus supply in home health care can never be satisfied. No home health care facility can meet the demand for medical services. There will always be someone needing treatment even after the supply of goods and services are drained. In terms of economics the supply and demand is the main determinate of what a good will cost (Getzen, 2007). Delivery of medical care services requires beds, professionals' time, disposable syringes, catheters,
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401 Introduction to Health Care Informatics Week 4 Assignment (Telemedicine Applications) For more course tutorials visit www.hca401.com Telemedicine Applications The range of applications that currently fall under the overall category of telemedicine include four broad categories: • Health services • Education and training • Health administration • Research Select one of the four sub-specialties in Telemedicine: • Telepathology • Teleradiology • Teleintensive Care - Life flight •
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a visual representation of data in the form of a map. This process can be used in a lot of different fields of profession from catching criminals to medical and emergency management. By examining geographical healthcare data, hospital and public health officials are able to plan strategically to increase accessibility to services, prevent future outbreaks, and to make finer decisions for patients. Every patient in healthcare needs an examination, diagnosis, and treatment. Clinic and hospital officials
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various populations is crucial to produce positive outcomes. Nurses have a major role in health care promotion. Nurses should be treating the patient as a whole in mind, body, and spirit. This should be included in community treatment too. Individual, family, environment, and community assessments are necessary to provide the care and improve health care outcomes in the community as a whole. The World Health Organization’ s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of people, often living in a defined
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Health Care Utilization HCS/235 July 22, 2012 Health Care Utilization According to Andersen (1995) there are three main factors that determine the utilization of health care. Andersen created a model that states predisposing factors, enabling, and need for medical treatment determine if a person will use the medical that is available to them. These factors are grouped into two categories, mutable and immutable. If a factor is considered immutable it cannot be changed. Mutable factors are
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population and the healthcare industry. Most Unites States residents expect to live long healthy lives. The economic impact of obesity and its associated health issues can a will have a tremendous impact on the Unites States Healthcare System. The impact will affect both profit and non-profits organizations with its rising health insurance cost, transportation cost, and its increased human capital cost. Obesity is an epidemic that pays no attention to the economic status of the
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2008 The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the many agencies that handle an array of healthcare departments as well as research. The DHHS caters to citizens of all nationalities, race, and ethnicities. The DHHS focus is to protect the health of all Americans and providing the highest level of human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Public Health Service is divided into 42 subdivisions (Department of Health and Human Services, 2007)
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required of the RN. Curriculum includes, but is not limited to, courses in epidemiology; nursing theory; health promotion; pathophysiology; physical assessment; pharmacology; differential diagnosis and laboratory/radiography diagnostics; statistics and research methods; health policy; role development and leadership; acute and basic chronic disease management (e.g., adults, children, women's health, geriatrics, etc.); and, clinical rotations, which varies depending on the program. MSN programs also
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The ideas of health care have changed tremendously in the past years. Health services are provided in many ways and the funding is now more accessible. Outstanding changes in public health have changed life over the past century. Health care became an area of concern as early as the 1900’s. It was during The Great Depression in the 1930’s when priorities changed with greater emphasis on unemployment insurance and “old age” benefits. Between 1940 and 1950 President Roosevelt asked Congress for
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