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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Your Emergency Alert System As a business owner‚ you want to secure your investments – not just the business itself‚ but your properties and people as well. Knowing how important it is to have an emergency preparedness plan‚ you do your research and get the emergency alert system that you think will best serve your specific needs. However‚ getting the most updated notification tool is not all there is to emergency preparedness; you must also take action to get the best out of your emergency alert
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concern. Poor fire safety practices and improper planning for fire emergency can consequently lead to critical situations. This is more threatening particularly for buildings which accommodate laboratories‚ chemical stores or server rooms. Observance and application of fire prevention principles can help to reduce or eliminate potential fire hazards. Moreover‚ much emphasis must be put on elaboration of a well designed emergency plan that defines the appropriate procedures to be followed in case
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communication patterns would differ from my own. I made my observations over two days. The environment I chose to observe was an emergency room waiting area. I chose this because I figured the people that I would be observing would not necessarily be very different from me‚ but I figured that they would be in a different emotional state then I was. I was just an observer in the emergency room while everyone else was there because of some sort of serious medical issue. During my observations I tried to identify
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Little Red Riding Hood The stories "Little Red Riding Hood‚" by Charles Perrault‚ and "Little Red Cap‚" by the Brothers Grimm‚ are similar and different. Moreover‚ both stories differ from the American version. The stories have a similar moral at the end‚ each with a slight twist. This story‚ in each of its translations‚ is representative of a girl ’s loss of innocence‚ her move from childhood or adolescence into adulthood. The way women are treated within each story is different. Little Red
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The Emergency Department (ED) nurse is unlike any other. The population in the ED is highly diversified by both age and disease process. The ED cares for all ages and populations across a broad spectrum of disease‚ injury prevention and life-saving measures. For example‚ a person can come in unconscious‚ the next with an earache. The scope of emergency nursing practice encompasses the standard nursing process: assessment‚ diagnosis‚ treatment‚ and evaluation. In addition‚ emergency nursing practice
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Dalaney Renz Ms. Mendoza English 10 3/7/13 Sandy Hook Shooting Mainstream media claims that Sandy Hook shooting was a massacre and an intruder at the school took many children’s lives that day. But there has been strange behavior and evidence that the shooting was a hoax‚ planned and acted by the government so people would be persuaded to believe that guns are the problem. Therefore‚ the government would try and take away our second amendment rights. Friday December 14th‚ 2012 mainstream
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1. Emergencies In an emergency situation‚ the damage might already be done if an administrative agent has to wait for the warrant. An emergency is anything that is an immediate danger to public safety and health. Therefore courts have found it constitutionally reasonable to allow warrantless inspections in such a situation (Weaver‚ R. L.‚ 2013). Throughout the history‚ we have seen court cases holding the emergency exception to administrative search and seizure. According to Rothstein‚ M. A. (1979)
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The Anti-War Movement In The Late 1960’s And Early 1970’s And The May 4th Kent State Shootings During the late 1960’s the United States was raging a war on two fronts. One front in Vietnam fighting the communist North Vietnamese forces‚ the other on the campuses and streets fighting the students and protesters across America. The anti-war movement was one of the most successful moments in US history. For 11 years from 1964- 1975 Americans protested a war they believed they did not need to be
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In what ways did the events at Fort Necessity combine with other causes to begin the French and Indian War? The French and Indian War is a very well known war and it’s most famous cause is the events that took place at Fort Necessity. However the truth is‚ is that there is much more to that war than just one incident. The French and British did not have good history with each other already so it was not easy immigrating to the same land without a head leader. As well as the ways of making money
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