Dropped medical malpractice claims: their surprising frequency‚ apparent causes and potential remedies. The articles states that not all malpractice claims eventually get to trial and this is not because the cases are frivolous in nature. The rate at which claims are “dropped”‚ abandoned‚ adjudicated or withdrawn has been found to be quite alarming and costly. From the article‚ we understand that some claims are dropped because of the long process it goes through before getting to trial of which
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An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall‚ Graduate School of Public Health‚ 130 DeSoto Street‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15261‚ USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006‚ 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Neglect the highest percentage of all abuse cases is when a parent or guardian doesn’t give the care‚ supervision‚ affection and support the child needs for its health‚ and well being (child help). There are also different types of child neglect such as‚ inadequate supervision‚ emotional neglect‚ medical neglect‚ and educational neglect. Physical neglect is when children need enough care to stay healthy and needs parents to care enough to watch over them but‚ the parents don’t care enough for a child
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Child Neglect The cause of child neglect is not a big mystery. I think in our society people think that only poor children are neglect but children from wealthy family can be neglected as well. There are several ways that a child is neglected. The economic theory of neglect is one reason a child is neglected. This means that some children are abuse due to stress due to drug‚ loss of a job or any event that they cannot handle. The second reason for neglect is ecological theories of neglect this is
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five children die every day due to abuse. A broad definition for child abuse is defined by‚ “purposeful and serious injury inflicted upon a child by a caregiver” (Child Welfare Information Gateway). This in turn is broken down into four categories: neglect‚ physical‚ sexual‚ and emotional about. The abuse that is most frequent is child neglect. Neglect is different from abuse‚ as it is a failure to provide the basic needs of a child. It is considered neglect if the child lacks shelter‚ safety‚
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experience as a pediatric nurse‚ and the outcomes of many of my patients. In particular‚ my final position before retiring was caring for several infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome‚ both in the home and as support of the family during hospitalizations. However‚ the skilled-nursing home care was to help keep hospitalizations at a minimum. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a congenital defect‚ by which the left side of the heart is grossly underdeveloped‚ and prior to 1990‚ infants died
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We Can Do More: A Picture of Abuse Imagine for a moment what it would be like to be abused; the low self-esteem‚ the broken trust‚ the suicidal thoughts. Unfortunately‚ many children‚ adults and elderly suffer from these emotions due to the abuse they endure at the hands of those who should love them. Although our society is aware of these abuses‚ we do not do enough to stop it or control it. Children are the most vulnerable people in our society. A survey done in 2012 estimated “1‚640 children
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When employees experience negative feelings or emotions that result from conflict‚ it may cause them to neglect their patient care responsibilities. During an argument employees blow out‚ the tension between parties affects others around including patients. The opportunities for mistakes with medications increases because the mind is focused on the conflict; the ability to deliver an appropriate care is in danger for the emotional distress that both employees are experiencing. I remember that
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Nearly every Native American Indian tribe has experienced some kind of neglect or discrimination. The white man has forcefully moved tribes from their homes‚ broken treaties that were promised to them‚ and senselessly slaughtered thousands of innocent Indian men‚ women‚ and children. This kind of neglect is what led to the Battle of Little Bighorn Creek‚ a battle that is talked about in The Great Plains‚ the book I chose my topic from. The reason this subject touched me personally is because
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moving away from home; for their parents‚ this could mean whether to put them in institutionalized care or whether to care for them on their own for the purposes of health changes. This step in a middle-aged person can be referred to as the sandwich generation. This term shows that an individual between 45-65 years of age must help their child make decisions adjusting to adulthood as well as assisting their parents to
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