medical conditions, and health care workers (HCWs). From September 2012 to May 2013, the group most affected by the influenza virus was adults 65 years of age and older (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Likewise, HCWs “… are at [an increase] risk for occupational exposure to (and possible transmission of) vaccine-preventable diseases” including influenza (CDC, 2011, para. 5). Therefore, I chose to explore the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System
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Funding Health Care Services Dr. Johnican HSA 500 Health Services Organization March 3rd, 2014 Funding Health Care Services Ambulatory services are the services offered to patients if they are to be accommodated within the compounds of the healthcare institution under professional nursing care because of the severity of their health or because of the recommendations of patients’ physician or surgeon (Williams, S. & Torrens, P. 2010). The patient is only there for a day and then is discharged
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the News The study in this article was done in a high volume TB/HIV clinic. The purpose of the study in this article was to experiment and see are there new ways to find out what stage a patient with TB is at who have also been affected with the HIV virus, as opposed to using the old ways of sputum microscopy and cultures to provide treatment. With this experiment, it showed that using the Xpert MTB/RIF testing allowed health care providers to detect TB much earlier and be treated. With earlier
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Gundersen Lutheran Hospital and was founded in 1902 by the primary Doctor, Adolf Gundersen. It was renamed Gundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital, and in 1995 it was name Gundersen Lutheran Inc. It is now known as Gundersen Healthcare Systems. The system is made up of 24 Medical Clinics, 4 Worksite Clinics, 2 Express Care Clinics, 4 Podiatry Clinics, 8 Behavioral Health Clinics, 12 Eye Clinics/Institutes, 2 Sport Medicine Clinics, 4 Reproductive Clinics. It has 3 Affiliated Hospitals, and 4 Affiliated Nursing
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Credential of the co-chair Dr. Adit Ginde Content Expert Name and Credentials of the content expert Due in the Registrar’s Office for Graduation September 16th 2016 Decreasing the Incidence of Non-Urgent Emergency Department Visits in Patients at Primary Plus Cynthia D. Schaefer MSN APRN, FNP-BC Maysville, Kentucky Associates Degree in Nursing, Lincoln University, 1995 Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, University of Missouri St. Louis, 1998 Master’s of Science in Nursing, Northern Kentucky University
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Bedside Report from the Emergency Department. Translational Research March 31, 2016 The modern day emergency room is a department that is constantly busy. In the hustle of caring for patients, there are some details of the patient’s care that can be overlooked in a standard phone report to the accepting nurse. With this in mind, a change is needed so that there is an optimum patient outcome for each and every one of the people that walk through the doors of the emergency room and get admitted
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those advertising elements that ,match with the cognitive beliefs?) Answer The cognitive beliefs on the three brands of shampoos and their advertising elements that match with the cognitive beliefs on the three brands of shampoo are: • Clinic plus-Cosmetic shampoo of Unilever with portfolio driven on “family value and health foundation”. it prevents from dirt and split ends. • Head & Shoulders-it’s an anti- dandruff brand of Proctor and gamble which is chemically tested. Approved by
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With a dawn of a new era in American healthcare history came the highly controversial Affordable Care Act. This act will create an estimated 16 million newly insured people by the end of 2014. However, there are public policies that need to be resolved. The public policy question that warrants further inquiry and needs to be addressed is section 3502 of PL111-148 does not include nurse practitioners. The public policy question is: Should the federal government mandate inclusion of nurse practitioners
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activities Describe the primary, secondary and tertiary classifications of business using local and national examples. For this pass I will describe the 3 industrial sectors, which are the primary, secondary and tertiary sector. After than for each classification I will use 3 examples. The primary sector: The primary sector is the economic sector that provides raw materials and basic food. It’s involves growing, extracting or converting natural resources in to primary product (raw materials)
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Laboratory Testing Services Market for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Egypt A Frost & Sullivan Report 2014 1|P age Disclaimer © November 2014 Frost & Sullivan The market research process for this study has been undertaken through detailed primary and secondary research, which involves discussing the status of the industry with leading industry participants and experts, and compiling inputs from publicly available sources, including official publications and research reports. The Expert Opinion
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