is less populated and has more agriculture. Yakima Valley is an agricultural community noted for wine, apple and hop production. This area produces 77% of all the hops grown in the United States. ( Yakima County, 2012) The Yakima River is the primary water source for irrigation. The river runs from its source at Lake Keechelus to the Columbia River. Yakima Valley has a steppe or semi-arid climate. Because of the semi-arid climate, vegetation is dominated by grasses or shrubs. Precipitations
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Jamaican Health Care Name: Institutional Affiliation Table of Contents Jamaican Health Care 1 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 About Jamaica 3 3.0Accessibility 4 4.0Health care financing 4 5.0Rationing 5 6.0Quality of health care 6 7.0Programs 6 8.0Conclusion 7 References 9 1.0 Introduction In Jamaica, Quality medical care is one of the basic concerns for many years. In Jamaica health care to every citizen as well as legal residents at clinics and government hospitals. The free
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Health Status and Health Care Services in Haiti with Comparison to the United States Teffanie Cummings DeVry University Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project/ HSM310 April 21, 2014 Dr. Becky Foster OUTLINE TITLE I. Executive Summary * II. Haiti Healthcare Status A. Population without healthcare insurance B. Mortality, Infant mortality data, causes of death C. Healthcare Insurance available to the poor III. Availability of Health Services
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mentioned above, the in-service education was conducted during mandatory monthly ‘lunch and learn’ staff meeting at Maryvale HD outpatient clinic on two consecutive days (03/30/17 and 03/31/2017) at 11:15 am to accommodate both MWF and TTS staff. The main population targeted for the presentation are the interprofessional team of Maryvale HD clinic. The primary stakeholders involved are: FA, CC, PCTs, administrative assistant, nurses, dietitian (RD), social worker (SW), and patients. The clinic’s nurse
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(CMS). The goals of the PQRS are to improve quality of care by utilizing quality measures in a timely fashion about a patient’s medical care and their stay. By supplying this information, this information helps increase quality of care, ensuring that patients get the right care at the right time and keeping statistics on how an organization or provider are doing when it comes to the patient’s care. It is believed that by having better care in the beginning this will increase better health and ultimately
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Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion in Nursing Care Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion April 14, 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Care Many years ago, people focused on disease and illness and not staying healthy or preventing illness from occurring. People did not go to the doctor for wellness checks but rather only if they had an ailment. Immunizations have removed some of the diseases that were causing death among the individuals
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For the exclusive use of K. HORTON 9-607-143 REV: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 FRANCES X. FREI AMY C. EDMONDSON CHRISTINE HARRIS-VAN KEUREN ELIOT SHERMAN Cleveland Clinic Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, cardiothoracic surgeon and president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, emerged from the operating room on a January afternoon in 1996 having just changed the way he, and subsequently the world, approached heart surgery. A trip to Stanford University Medical School had convinced him it was possible to operate
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Nursing Theory Plan of Care Fintan O’Connell NUR/513 May 23, 2012 Francine McDonald Care Plan for Ronald Issler |Nursing Process |Data and Relevant Information | |1. Breathe normally |Complains of shortness of breath, oxygen saturation 88% on room air, | | |heart rate 58
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Health Care System in Dallas, TX to increase the spectrum of Healthcare in North and Central Texas. It consists of 43 hospitals and more than 500 patient care sites (Baylor Scott and White, 2013). Type of organization. General Hospital, Level 1 Trauma Center Tax Deductible, for example For Profit (FP) or Not for profit (NFP). Not for Profit (NFP) Key executive leaders. Drayton McLane, Jr. Chair Scott & White Jim Turner, Chairman Baylor Health Care System
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p. 19-20). Primary Prevention The focus of the first level is to promote good health and to protect individuals from diseases. There’re many ways nurses can help with general health and with fighting specific illnesses. The most common ways include (1) educating benefit of vaccination, (2) giving vaccines, (3) instructing benefits of healthy diet and regular exercise, (4) lecturing STDs protections, etc. (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p. 18). This process takes place at schools, clinics, offices, and
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