Flight of Funds 1. Introduction In 2006, Malaysian Travels Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of a public listed company, purchased 40% equity in Turkistan Global Services Sdn Bhd.Turkistan Global Services Sdn Bhd purpoted to have acquired the oppurtunity through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by a Malaysian Minister with a Turkistan Minister for exclusive rights to handle logistics arrangement for the promotion of businesses between the two countries. On 1 April 2010 Mr Idris Bin Junid was appointed
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Patient safety and improved patient outcomes is a leading factor into the implementation of fall prevention strategies. Therefore, to more effectively measure and implement fall and injury prevention programs, a proposed module is suggested. This module shows that high reliability organization key elements and incorporating a culture of patient safety by looking closer at each level and including nurses, should be included when evaluating effective prevention strategies. This article helps to
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Emerging Standards of Care NUR/531 August 18, 2014 Emerging Standards of Care According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2013) “Cultural competency is one of the main ingredients in closing the disparities gap in health care. It’s the way patients and doctors can come together and talk about health concerns without cultural differences hindering the conversation, but enhancing it. Quite simply, health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health
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Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication HCS 350 May 12, 2014 Kristina Alums Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Communication is the act of using words, signs, sounds, technology, symbols, or emotions to express or exchange information about one’s ideas, thoughts, or feelings to someone else. Health care communication is information that can be exchanged in the same ways but its main point is to enhance health. It is a necessary element of interaction between nurses
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| Accreditation Audit: AFT Task Two | Stephanie Clements | | | Western Governor’s University | | Sentinel Event A sentinel event is defined by The Joint Commission as an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof (Joint Commission, 2015). The event described in the case study is a sentinel event resulting in the abduction of a child. The event begins when a child is admitted to the preop unit for outpatient surgery
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Asian countries. Yahoo! Japan did not charge any fees for or commissions in their auction, unlike eBay who erred by doing so. Before starting a business whether on-line or a physical location, research should be done on the people, culture, and the country itself. Yahoo! Japan still faced competition, but knew what strategies to take to in the market. Yahoo! Japan invested in a China language search development company and formed a joint venture with
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competency is so necessary that The Joint Commission has produced a number of items addressing this issue, and states that organizations and their personnel must do the following in order to provide culturally competent care: (1) value diversity; (2) assess themselves; (3) manage the dynamics of difference; (4) acquire and institutionalize cultural knowledge; and (5) adapt to diversity and the cultural contexts of individuals and communities served. (The Joint Commission, 2010) This paper will explore
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much more than any other international organization. The EU is, in fact, unique. Never before have countries voluntarily agreed to set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at a higher, in this case European, level. All EU decisions and procedures are based on the treaties agreed to by all EU countries, under which sovereignty is shared in specified areas. The result is a union of 27
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History Month The Beginning As recently as the 1970's, women's history was virtually an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in general public consciousness. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a "Women's History Week" celebration for 1978. We chose the week of March 8 to make International Women's Day the focal point of the observance. The activities that were held met with enthusiastic response, and within
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Running head: BEING ACCOUNTABLE: UTILIZING EVIDENCE-BASED Being Accountable: Utilizing Evidence-Based Research Grand Canyon University NRS 430V Professional Dynamics August 27, 2011 Being Accountable: Utilizing Evidence-Based Research Merriam-Webster defines accountability as “an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.) What does this term mean from the global healthcare perspective? In the healthcare arena, it is a
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