The Expansion of a Residency Program in the Waco VA Hospital By expanding the residency program already in place‚ the amount of patients seen could well cover the amount of people needing care. Cost The addition of 5 faculty would incur an additional $900‚000 for salary. However‚ residents are only paid around $65‚000 and work upwards of 80 hours a week. So the total cost for the addition of 50 residents would be around $3.25 million‚ however Medicare appropriates funds to help educate residents
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Hospital Acquired Pneumonia October 7‚ 2010 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Hospital acquired pneumonia is currently the second most common nosocomial infection in the United States and is associated with high mortality and morbidity (Seymann‚ 2008). This paper is a case study of a 52 year old female who was in the hospital for a scheduled gastric bypass surgery. During a post-op test she aspirated dye thus beginning the process of her developing nosocomial pneumonia. The patient was
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person ’s action in regard to right and wrong and in regard to oneself and society at large." For this quality and safety "Workarounds" ethical paper‚ hand hygiene policy for Mercy General Hospital will be evaluated and how the practice is implemented in the clinical setting. In conformity with Mercy General Hospital ’s policy on hand hygiene‚ (2006‚ p.2) "hand washing has been recognized as the single most important measure for preventing of healthcare-associated infections." In order to practice ethics
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A Proposal for Renfrey Memorial Hospital Robin Revels-Fitzhugh Principles of Health Care/MHA 601 Instructor: Jack Lazarre November 21‚ 2011 A Proposal for Renfrey Memorial Hospital Introduction Every discussion about the nursing shortage notes that the root cause of the current shortage is different from the shortage in the past. That may be true to a certain point but some of the contributing factors remain the same‚ women have more career choices now than in the past. However there are some
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Delft University of Technology Department of Technology Strategy and Entrepreneurship Technology & Strategy (MOT1431) TEACHING CASE No. 1 Rise of Microsoft Course Coordinator: Dr. Geerten van de Kaa Submitted By: Amir M. Shaikh CTiG - EMMEP 2008-2010 Student No.: 1537415 Date: 3rd February‚ 2010. Teaching Case No.1: The Rise of Microsoft 3rd February‚ 2010. Discussion Questions: 1. What factors led to Microsoft’s emergence as the dominant personal computer operating
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This report is for the Board of Directors of Coral Bay Hospital‚ to evaluate a project to build an Ambulatory Surgical Center(ASC) This report utilizes the base case analysis‚ worse case analysis and best case analysis feeling these analyses are sufficient‚ while many analyses may be of interest‚ they could confuse the recommendations and strategic value of the project. In preparation the board would be told that calculating multiple NPVs for multiple inflationary rates for labor cost and supply
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Akron Children’s Hospital Anthony D. Davis‚ Sr. Keiser University MBA 542
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Concept 9: teaching in the clinical setting This concept is taken from module 11 of block 4 entitled “Health Education” 9.1 Significance of the concept In recent years nursing education focused on theoretical education and deep gap between theoretical and clinical education created. Many nursing researchers reported that nursing students‚ in spite of good knowledge base‚ were not skillful in clinical settings. In result‚ with entrance of these unskillful students to the nursing care system‚ the
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Case Study: Edgewood Lake Hospital - Leadership in a Rural Healthcare Facility During Challenging Economic Times [NAME] [DATE] Case Study: Edgewood Lake Hospital - Leadership in a Rural Healthcare Facility During Challenging Economic Times Edgewood Lake Hospital (ELH) which opened in 1945‚ is a 30-bed‚ independent‚ not-for-profit hospital located in rural northern California. It provides inpatient and outpatient services to the close-knit community that resides within the forested and lakeside
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❖ WHAT I VALUE . . . FAMILY – A Family is my learning center for life and our shelter in times of storms and problems. RELATIONSHIP – it enhance our life experience exponentially‚particularly the relationships we have with those closest and it provide a yardstick by which we can examine and live out our values--that is‚ when each person’s values are acknowledged‚ respected‚ and equally supported within the relationship. WORK – one of the fundamental source of learning and when you work‚
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