employee engagement, in turn, work to improve organizational effectiveness? The assigned article set out to answer just that question. It constructed evidence linking the relationship between employee engagement and organizational effectiveness; the long-term ability of an organization to achieve consistently its strategic and operational goals. According to the above reading, employees are in the best position to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization, not the stakeholders. It is…
Promote Patient Safety in Clinical Rehabilitation Introduction This study was performed to explore the root causes of patient falls by applying Root Cause Analysis and determine the implement procedures to prevent them. The author conducted root cause analysis retrospectively using comprehensive error review to determine and correct the causes of errors in the department of Physical medicine and rehabilitation of a medical center in Taiwan.…
regain self-care, mobility, communication, and cognitive and social skills to become as independent as possible. Pineville Rehabilitation Center offers Stroke Recovery Program, Joint Replacement, Cardiac Care, Dementia Care, Palliative, Comfort and Hospice Care, and Rehabilitative Services. A variety of health care professionals work with patients during their rehabilitation stay. These professionals include case managers, physicians, dieticians and nutritionists, social workers, recreation…
Unfortunately, until evidence based drug rehabilitation treatment becomes available to all Americans, societal costs associated with drug abuse will continue to escalate with millions falling into the “treatment gap.” The current costs and the limited availability of drug rehabilitation/treatment eclipse all opportunities for the majority of addicts desiring such services (National Institute on Drug Abuse 2012, 15). Therefore; drug abuse rehabilitation funding, availability, and quality of care…
and could easily be connected to a computer or laptop. LMC may be a feasible rehabilitation tool to perform manual dexterity exercises, either in a rehabilitation setting or at home. A measure to evaluate users’ usability (i.e. feasibility) is the System Usability Scale (SUS). This questionnaire, developed by Brooke (1996),15 is a ten-item Likert scale which takes three usability criteria into account: effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction.16 A score of 60 percent up to a maximum 100…
performance of the movement. Next, the “brain activity hypothesis”, which states the brain activity shown during imagery of the skill is similar to when the physical performance of a skill is done. Lastly, the “cognitive hypothesis” justifies the effectiveness of mental practice due to its ability to “Help [the] learner answer “what to do” questions” that are common at the beginning of the acquisition of a new…
ill in prison how effective is just punishment and incarceration? If they are suffering from a mental disorder how does the criminal justice system handle these offenders? There is criticism of imprisonment, a few believe it has begun to lose effectiveness according to the research of Dr. Gamo.…
Our evidence suggests that school-based programs may be effective in reducing recivism rates, but only if the programs are implemented early on. This time sensitivity shows just how critical rehabilitation promptly after an offence is. Program type also seems to play an important role in reducing recidivism rate with a general trend showing that CBT programs are much more effective than the behavior therapy counterpart. Findings from Landenberger (2005) outline that CBT programs that focus on…
involving a lack of resources and a lack of training and expertise to make respective progress. The goals within corrections programs are varied. According to our text, the goals and objectives of community corrections mainly do include operational effectiveness that serves the fundamental needs and ensures the protection and safety of the public. Because of general overcrowding, one important objective of some corrections programs is to reduce the prison system population (Clear, 247). The…
Through recovery based systems, drug courts allow addicts to receive the help needed to rid themselves of the addiction. Although there are many pros to the drug court system, like the cost effectiveness, there are some cons. As stated by drugpolicy.org, possible relapse can be better treated through a rehabilitation program. The drug court system is flawed, but with adjustments, it is possible that, through the drug court programs, recidivism rates and prison populations could be dramatically…