Legislative Issue Faced by Nursing http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/shortageresource.htm The web site I found that discusses this critical issue is by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (AACN). This is an outstanding website that discusses the current and projected issues regarding the nursing shortage. The article identifies sobering figures of projected shortages up to the year 2020. By 2010‚ the nursing shortage is projected to be 12%‚ by 2015 to be 20% and by 2020 a frightening
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Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics Technology can be very helpful in improving safety and quality of health care. Nursing informatics refers to the combination of technology‚ nursing as well as the assimilation of data. It deals with the use of technology in order to organize and provide health care in the best and most resourceful manner. Computerized systems allow quicker and more accurate charting or record keeping. These systems save time and improve the quality of information furthermore
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LEADERSHIP IS PERSONAL Rudolph C. Hirzel‚ Chair‚ ASQ Human Development & Leadership Divivion General Manager‚ IdeaWorks Benton Harbor‚ MI ABSTRACT Three years ago the Human Development and Leadership Division published a primer on leadership that discusses leadership in terms of the actions needed to lead people. In 2002‚ through the efforts of the Division’s BoK Committee‚ HD&L adopted six leadership competencies as the basis for the HD&L Body of Knowledge. Even as the Division was discussing
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results; how they use those results to inform instructional decision making and whether they provide results that verify students have indeed met the learning targets originally set. Thus‚ judgements are made about the quality of assessments after the students’ performance. ‘High-quality’ assessments encompass a number of criteria’s and involve a great deal more than simply measuring knowledge (McMillan‚ 2011) and are outlined below in seven key areas. 1. Clear Purpose – The first decision is clarify
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Introduction Six Sigma is adopted by organizations so that they can increase their revenue. The method of Six Sigma tends to use quality management‚ i.e. it is a process that helps an organization to improve is operations along with its performance in a timely manner. The process of Six Sigma is a combination of total quality management‚ zero defects and quality control. Company Background The organization chosen for this paper is General Electric (GE). GE is a multinational conglomerate. GE
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THE QUALITY ORGANIZATION By:Suzanne Mahony MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES IN HEALTHCARE “Expectancy theory states that an individual tends to act in a certain way based on the expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome to the individual (Robbins & Coulter‚ 2012). ’’ Equity theory is about the outcomes and the relationship with the inputs. There is then a comparison with the outputs and inputs ratios. “Reinforcement theory says that behavior
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Centered Care There are several different degrees in nursing that may be obtained. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) endorses three routes of becoming a registered nurse (RN) including: the 3-year diploma program‚ the 3-year associate degree in nursing (ADN) program and the 4-year baccalaureate of nursing (BSN) program (American Association of College of Nursing [AACN]‚ 2014‚ para. 3). Although‚ there are differences in nursing degrees all three take the same NCLEX-RN exam (AACN
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to identify a nursing skill observed by myself whilst I was on my practice placement. The skill which I will be focussing on is the first phase of the nursing process in the form of the initial assessment interview. The client had been referred to the mental health services by his consultant and social worker‚ in order to continue his care in the community‚ after his discharge from a psychiatric ward. I was introduced to the client‚ and his permission was given for me to use my nursing skill of observation
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obvious deficiency in the application of theory in nursing practice. This paper will include a discussion of how nursing practice is affected by the use of nursing theory. I will provide evidence in relation to how theory based practice relates to the core competencies of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project. I will discuss a journal article that reinforces the gap of nursing theory in nursing practice‚ and interview colleagues regarding the
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The Pareto chart would find the most likely cause and tell the organization where to focus its efforts. 2. Describe the origin and use of cause-and-effect diagrams. Cause and effect diagrams originated in 1968 by Dr. Kaoru a noted Japanese quality expert. These diagrams are often called the Ishikawa or fishbone diagrams‚ and are used in order to show the causes of a specific event. Cause and effect diagrams are a way of visualizing how a variety of factors associated with a process affect
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