Capital Project HCS/571 Capital assets are generally purchased to improve quality of care‚ or to provide needed equipment for a new service or expansion of an existing service. The key element in capital budgeting is that the building or piece of equipment being acquired has a lifetime that extends beyond the year of purchase and it is a capital asset or long-term investment for the hospital. Capital assets are good financial investments for the organization.(Finkler‚ Ward‚ & Baker‚ 2007)
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abuse in a nursing home According to Sokolove Law thousands of elderly Americans are abused each year in nursing homes responsible for their care. A recent study found violations at 94% of nursing homes in the U.S. (1) I feel it is much higher than that because I’m a C.N.A. (certified nurse’s assistant)‚ and have been in the nursing field for almost 8 years now. Although abuse is illegal it still manages to happen more frequently and needs to be stopped. “According to the Nursing Abuse Center
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College of Nursing HCS/301 Version 4 Undergraduate Nursing Studies Copyright © 2012‚ 2011‚ 2009‚ 2008‚ 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course is designed to aid adult learners in acquiring or improving critical thinking‚ teamwork‚ research‚ and communication skills‚ which are necessary at the University of Phoenix. Students will develop strategies for achieving educational goals that will help them be successful in the undergraduate program as well
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Health Campaign Part I Angie Torres HCS/535 April 1‚ 2013 Dr. Michelle D. Rose‚ PhD‚ MHA‚ MPH Health Campaign Part I Beginning in 1980‚ the Untied States initiated a 10-year plan delineating marked national health goals considered achievable during each 10-year period. The dynamism of these initiatives includes the integration of the medical care with health promotion and education‚ disease prevention‚ integration of individual‚ and community health care needs‚ and provision of increased
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EDERLY PARENTS SHOULD LIVE IN NURSING HOMES OR NOT? Vietnam’s population is older and older and it is important for young people‚ especially politicans‚ to seriously think about the issue of nursing homes. Should elderly parents live in nursing homes or not? Sending elderly parent into nursing homes is the best choice for them in the rest of their lives for three main reasons. First‚ elderly parents live in nursing homes will be good for their children. Nowadays‚ young people are too busy. They
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Communications 320 Midterms David K. Anderson Excelsior College 1. To what degree have changing demographics in the United States and the changing worldwide immigration patterns affected intercultural communication? The changing demographics as well as the worldwide immigration patterns have brought the need for effective intercultural communication. The need to uphold and understand intercultural communication has been realized as a result of this phenomenon. For example in the
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English 101 Research Paper #2 Final Draft Homelessness Is Not An Option We see them as a crowd‚ a collective entity; we call them the homeless‚ as if that defines who they are‚ but we neglect to add the unspoken word in that title: people. People whom with social disabilities or financial problems usually will be abandoned by the society and become homelessness along the streets. ¡§During the past year‚ over two million men‚ women‚ and children‚ or nearly one percent of the US population‚ were
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trust nursing homes to treat your loved ones with quality care‚ but what could happen behind closed doors still causes anxiety. In 1986‚ these fears came to fruition when Congress requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) evaluate the quality of nursing homes. They found that a majority of residents were often neglected‚ abused‚ and inadequately cared for. To solve these issues‚ the IOM proposed a series of reforms that were brought into action the following year — known as the Nursing Home Reform
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NURS 6051: Transforming Nursing and Healthcare through Information Technology Week 4 Initial Post Current Information and Communication Technologies In today’s ever changing healthcare world‚ effective communication among healthcare team members is essential to provide safe and quality patient care. Conventional communication methods such as the telephone and the word of mouth are no longer the most effective ways of communicating important aspect of patient care. So health organizations are adopting
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Hospital care differs from care at a nursing home facility. Hospitals specialize in short-term patient care. On average‚ a patient stays at the hospital for about four days. Hospitals treat and release their patients rather quickly because of the lack of rooms to accommodate them all‚ and the many demands from the insurance company. Patients come for numerous reasons that differ for all individuals. Patients come to the hospital in crucial situations‚ for which teams of medical specialists come
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