elderly‚ especially those who suffer any chronic condition‚ and those who need to stay in a nursing homes or received home care. Why do you believe this issue is so significant? (Include sources to back up your statements) There will be a shortage of professionals that are trained to care for elderly in the future. According to a data collected 10 years from now there will be about 10‚000
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Gilbert 20 May 2018 Ethical Implications of Administrative and Organizational Decisions Managed Care Organization or MCO is a health services provider or organization of therapeutic specialist whose primary objective it is to provide adequate‚ cost saving medical treatment. Managed Care Organization is a health insurance conveyance system comprising of partnered or owned medical facilities‚ doctors and others medical service providers who provide an extensive variety of composed healthcare services.
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Medical errors occur with such frequency and regularity that most states require periodic‚ ongoing medical education for all health care providers as part of their licensing requirement. Hundreds of thousands of patients are victims of medical errors each year and many of them suffer from permanent disabilities as a result‚ some even die. In its report‚ To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System‚ the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates that 44‚000 to 98‚000 Americans die each year not from
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As more and more people in the United States of America live with chronic medical condition‚ and as the median age continue to age‚ long-term care providers are facing so many challenges and they will continue to do so. Quality of care has been a challenge‚ and will continue to be a challenge. Quality of care refers to the technical competency of medical and quasi-medical services (CITATION). Quality of care in nursing homes‚ even with all the substantial regulatory oversight‚ still remained problematic
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In medicine‚ continuum of care refers to a system that follows patients over time as they go through different health services. Basically‚ it is a way of integrating different treatments over time. This type of treatment is often used in drug rehabs because addictions are extremely complex. To treat the addiction‚ many different programs are incorporated into the rehab’s process. What Is Continuum of Care? Addictions affect people in different ways. Some people have a co-occurring disorder like
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1 Nursing knowledge and practice Maggie Mallik‚ Carol Hall and David Howard KEY ISSUES s0005 u0190 u0195 u0200 u0205 s0010 u0210 u0215 u0220 u0225 u0230 u0235 u0240 s0015 u0245 u0250 u0255 s0020 u0260 u0265 INTRODUCTION SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE l Definitions‚ theories and models of nursing l Role and image of the nurse l People as recipients of nursing care l Contexts for delivering nursing care Nursing care is provided for people with widely diverse health and sick
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to focus on the cons of Managed Care Organizations (MCO) and their impact on how and where nursing care is provided‚ after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Potter and Perry (2017) claim that the ACA will force more nurses to provide service in community-based care settings‚ potentially required to relocate or begin jobs in order to “practice in community care centers‚ schools‚ and senior centers” (p. 7). With the ACA‚ it is now the requirement of a nurse to overcome many challenges
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The Continuum of Long-Term Health Care Lisa Lewis HCS/310 August 9‚ 2010 John Dean The Continuum of Long-Term Health Care Health care is a fascinating industry. So many types of care are included within the industry. Health care can be very broad or very specific. Health care is also comprised of different types of health care. One specific sector is long-term health care. Long-term care plays a huge role in the health care continuum. This paper will define long-term care and
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Margaret Brzoza Lauer Grand Canyon University: NRS 429v October 16‚ 2011 Health Promotion in Nursing Care The three levels of health promotion and prevention are primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary prevention education. Primary health care promotion focuses on making individuals‚ families‚ and communities aware of health related issues and provides education on alternatives for a healthy lifestyle. Secondary health care promotion provides the screening necessary
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medication is still in control of the health care administer (Brock‚ 2006). 80 percent of the most severe medical errors can be interrelated communication between clinicians‚ primarily in handoffs. For example‚ a handoff is a medical error if information regarding an essential diagnostic test is not communicated carefully and properly between providers at shift change (Starme‚ 2015). However‚ the end result could be a detrimentally harmful delay in patient care. These incidents can drastically reduce
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