Running head: BOARDING PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 1 Boarding Patients in the Emergency Department Lauren Wiese University of Scranton BOARDING PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 2 Abstract A patient who is boarded is one who remains in the emergency department even after they have been admitted to the hospital. Boarding patients in the emergency department has become a problem for many hospitals in America today. It has affected the health and safety of
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The modern concept of community service as a punishment began in Great Britain in the late 1960s and has become increasingly popular with judges who find they can be more flexible and humane in punishing offenders unlikely to commit another crime. Those guilty of offenses like shoplifting‚ writing bad checks‚ possessing small amounts of illegal drugs‚ or hurling cell phones‚ are required to work a certain number of hours for the good of the community‚ usually in a local nonprofit or government facility
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My Community Misty Eoriatti-Waymack ETH 125 03/14/2010 Five years ago I moved to a small town and it never crossed my mind about diversity. I am a white female and not a person who cares what race‚ sex‚ or social standing of the people in my community‚ but moving to a small town I just had not thought about ethnicity of my neighbors. When looking at my community from the outside it looks like just another little community. It was only when I started looking closely at the people around me that
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Response to Intervention Approach Response to Intervention Approach How well do children understand what they are being taught at school? Is there a way school personnel can screen a child to determine what problems a child could be having in school? How can parents help to assure their child is receiving the help they need to be able to succeed in the learning environment? Every parent wants so see their child excel in school; however‚ there are so many children who struggle just
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Nargis in Burma‚ and the Sichuan earth earthquake in China (Coppola & Maloney 2009). Reports indicate that individuals and communities struggled to cope in the aftermath of these and many other emergencies and endured a high risk of exposure to the consequences of these disasters which affected their likelihood of survival. (Coppola & Maloney 2009). The first section of this paper presents the definition of a disaster and the subsequent sections examine basic concepts of disaster management and discusses
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Community Windshield Survey Lauren Vadola Professor Marshall Community Health Nursing Chamberlain College of Nursing January 13th 2014 This study was conducted in the community of Staten Island‚ a.k.a. Richmond county is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The intention of this survey was to obtain a full assessment through visual observations within the surroundings of the community. There are many variations of the definition of community‚ recent nursing literature addresses
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Assessment of the particular “client”. The Austin Community located on the Westside of Chicago is plagued by a series of problems involving African American youth between the ages of 7-17. One of the problems is that many of these youth participate in gang affiliation‚ drug use‚ crime‚ unhealthy eating habits and sexual habits‚ gang and domestic violence‚ abuse‚ bullying‚ teen pregnancy and the list goes on. Another major reason why the Austin area is plagued by some many social concerns is due
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I think underserved community are from vulnerable population‚ e.g.‚ low-income families‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ the elderly‚ people with HIV or mental illness. They may also include culturally diverse populations such as African-Americans‚ Native American Indians‚ non-English speakers and people living in rural‚ isolated areas where they often encounter barriers to accessing healthcare services. They experience inequities in health status and mortality rates because of their less access to
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There are several factors that contribute to me wanting to be a Community Assistant. One is that a goal of mine has been to forever influence Barrett. I believe that through the Barrett Residential Council and becoming a Community Assistant; I will achieve this goal. I also want to be a Barrett Community Assistant because of Kylie Kilian and James Orr (the CA’s of Agave 1)‚ who have helped me transition into the collegiate environment. They are two of the kindest‚ most helpful people I know of‚ and
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The gay community didn’t help prevent the spread of AIDS in many ways. The first reason being‚ bathhouses were very popular in the 1900’s especially gay bathhouses. During the 1980’s ( when the AIDS breakout began ) gays were being discriminated against and looked down upon by a great amount of people. When the AIDS epidemic started entered within the gay community‚ the government initiated that a way to prevent this from happening consisted of shutting down all bathhouses. However‚ the
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