nurses in America ’s hospitals is putting patient lives in danger and requires immediate attention. "The current nursing shortage threatens to heavily impact our citizens ’ health and our nations ’ security preparedness". (Person‚ 2003) The nursing shortage that is sweeping across the United States has been upgraded from a health crisis to a national security concern. A recent study in Pennsylvania found that surgical patients in hospitals with high patient-to-nurse ratios experience higher rates of
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Furrow et al. (2013) noted the physician-patient relationship is primarily an implied contract because a written contract is not standard practice for delivery of health care. According to O’Connor (2010)‚ the basis for medical negligence for physicians‚ is the physician-patient relationship‚ which can become a contractual relationship if all elements of a contract are present including an offer‚ an acceptance‚ and consideration. For example‚ when a patient contacts a doctor’s office for an evaluation
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medical records deadline for implementation‚ the government has laid out a series of penalties (2009). The EMR system is in place to help improve patient care and (EHRs) can improve the ability to diagnose diseases and reduce—even prevent—medical errors‚ improving patient outcomes. The role a Health Information management (HIM) has in helping to Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record is a very important and detailed job for the health care professional. The HIM professionals
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Early Marriage in South Asia A DISCUSSION PAPER Contents INTRODUCTION 2 THE PREVALENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE 3 CAUSES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 5 CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 8 RESPONSES TO EARLY MARRIAGE OF CHILDREN 16 Introduction Early marriage affects millions of children through the world. It is widely practiced in the countries of South Asia where every year millions of girls-preteens and teens- become the wives of older men. Young girls are married
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If you notice warning signs at your company that clearly say‚ "Somebody’s going to be leaving here on short notice‚" don’t wait until you’re handed a pink slip to start thinking about your next career move. Here are nine tips that can help make a layoff less traumatic‚ and put you on track to quickly land a new job. Assess Your Next Move It can be unnerving to show up for work every day knowing that a layoff is looming. Help relieve some of that tension by taking stock of your professional situation
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University of Phoenix Faculty Material EARLY CIVILIZATIONS MATRIX CIVILIZATION |politics |society/ economics |technology |art |music |architecture |philosophy |literature | |Prehistoric |Establish- ments of large social entities 7 million ’’ 10‚000 B.C.E. |Fossil remains of near-human or proto-human creature known as Hominids 7 million-10‚000 B.C.E. |Tool and weapon making 20‚000 B.C.E. |Paintings and carvings on walls of caves and surface of rocks 15‚000 B.C.E. |Ancient music in most
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| |Many individuals enter the field of early childhood education because they love children. You may be one of them. How | |could a person not love children or‚ at least like them a great deal‚ in order to spend so much time with them on a | |daily‚ weekly‚ and yearly basis? For many years‚ practitioners in early childhood education have assumed that this love | |of children was a primary component in the “quality equation
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DIVERSITY IN PATIENT CARE Diversity in Patient Care Cami Meadows Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion June 17th‚ 2006 Diversity in Patient Care The field of nursing is complex with a considerable amount of knowledge needed to provide quality of care for patients. With that in mind‚ understanding each individual can contribute to optimal care. In any hospital‚ a variety of
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for Mandatory Nurse Patient Ratios Continues Mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios have been a hot topic of discussion for over 15 years. As of today‚ California is the only state with actual state mandated nurse- patient ratios in place. I support mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when cared for by nurses who practice under state mandated nurse-patient ratios. According to the article Mandatory Nurse-Patient Ratios “support for
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Design of a Speaker Recognition Code using MATLAB E. Darren Ellis Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering University of Tennessee‚ Knoxville Tennessee 37996 (Submitted: 09 May 2001) This project entails the design of a speaker recognition code using MATLAB. Signal processing in the time and frequency domain yields a powerful method for analysis. MATLAB ’s built in functions for frequency domain analysis as well as its straightforward programming interface makes it an ideal tool
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