Informative Speech: Drug Shortages in Hospitals Paul Davis‚ the chief of an ambulance squad in Vernon‚ Ohio‚ was down to his last vial of morphine early September when a woman with a broken leg needed to get to the hospital. The ride was 30 minutes‚ and she was in obvious pain. But because of a recent countrywide shortage of drugs‚ his morphine supply had quickly dropped from four to one‚ leaving him with a dilemma. Should he treat the woman now or should he save it for a patient who might need
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1 Improving Wound and Pressure Area Care in a Nursing Home‚ Author: Sparkes K‚(2010)‚ Journal : Nursing Standard The purpose is to assess the gap and competency in nursing care‚ improve patient outcome by promoting standardized‚ assimilated care. Also‚ utilizing the best practice in wound care‚ and thereby reducing the severity‚ and number of wound in a community within a nursing home Qualitative and Quantitative Descriptive and experimental Two theoretical training sessions were delivered
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days before nursing homes were under so much regulation‚ many homes used heavy medication to "manage" residents. Elders who slept most of the day‚ as well as all night‚ didn’t require as much staff time. Therefore‚ many homes considered drugging people efficient and cost containing. Anti-psychotics were frequently prescribed when people had dementia. For some‚ a light dose may have been just the right thing‚ but one medication doesn’t suit all elder issues. Gradually‚ nursing homes came under more
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The domestic policy greatly caused the timber shortage in 1803‚ unlike the situation in the 1770s. As a result of Lord St. Vincent’s reform in the naval administration including the dockyards to make them rational and economical‚ the navy suffered from the shortage of the timber supply. In addition‚ the consumption of oak timber increased in the early nineteenth century Britain. The stock of timber in the dockyard was not ample in 1803. The Napoleonic Wars resumed and the navy’s demand for timber
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supplies and habitat. Causes of famine Definitions of famines are based on three different categories – these include food supply-based‚ food consumption-based and mortality-based definitions. Some definitions of famines are: Blix – Widespread food shortage leading to significant rise in regional death rates. Brown and Eckholm – Sudden‚ sharp reduction in food supply resulting in widespread hunger. Scrimshaw – Sudden collapse in level of food consumption of large numbers of people. Ravallion – Unusually
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Walking into work I smell the aromas of a nursing home. I hear the sounds of wheel chairs and walkers scraping against the hard wood surface. As I walk to station one‚ I stop by the break room to store my food. The room is full of people charting the prior shift. Walking out of the room‚ I continue to station one. Finding the cork board with the neon green paper‚ I see what hall I am working. There is only my name and one other on spring hall. I know it is going to be a rough night; but at the end
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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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disease‚ treatment‚ technology‚ expansion of home care‚ and corporation of health care (Sultz & Young‚ 2009‚ p. 218). The use of health care resources is mostly decided by physicians. The growing number of older adults and the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) both contribute to the recognition that there will be a shortage of physicians (Mann‚ 2011‚ p. 1). The Association of American Medical Colleges projected in 2010 that there will be a shortage of 63‚000 physicians by the year 2015.
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Shortage of water in Pakistan As we all know‚ Pakistan is facing severe shortage of water. There are two main reasons‚ one due to persistent droughts---which is beyond the control of a man‚ and the other due to miss-management of water resources. Impact on economy / society * Less water means less agricultural yields‚ meaning they cannot fulfill the food requirements of the nation‚ so they need to be dependent on other countries. * Due to less production of main crops‚ which are wheat‚
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Correctional Staff Attitudes and its Effects on the Entire Facility Teresa McCroskey CJ503 – 01NA Organizational Behavior Unit 3 April 13‚ 2010 Instructor Colleen McCue Correctional Staff Attitudes and its Effects on the Entire Facility The correctional staffs work environment is largely a part of the issue of why it is hard to keep efficient staff. The correctional supervisor must be able to find solutions for staff to be able to handle the hostile work environment‚ job dangers‚ shift
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