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Safe Nurse Staffing Ratios Danielle Scott Vermont Technical College Safe Nurse Staffing Ratios In the last few years, there has been a rising need for an increase in registered nurses in the hospital setting. This rise in registered nurses is related to increasing acuity of hospitalized patients and a shorter duration of stay. The safety and quality of patient care is closely associated to the quantity and skill of the nursing workforce. Hospital inpatient working environments have…

Greater than 60% disparities in quality care remained dormant or decreased for African and Americans, Asians, and poor populations (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality [AHRQ], 2008). Healthcare disparities for 60% of Hispanics remained stagnant or worsened (AHRQ, 2008). Armada and Hubbard reported that the American Hospital Association (AHA) constituted a Distinctive Consultative Section on refining health care for the minorities as a section of its continuing…

social sciences as well as in education, the APA format is the favored choice. This format was created by the American Psychological Association in 1929 to base rules in structuring a paper that will enable serenity of reading for both students and readers. There are several assets to utilizing this format in your paper. APA style is a key priority for most students, as a great number of colleges and universities require to use the APA format in student’s research papers, writing assignments,…

Among these organizations and committees are the American Nurses’ Association and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The American Nurses’ Association, AMA, is known for its purpose of advancing the “profession of nursing by fostering high standards of practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses, projecting a positive and realistic…

Clinical Synthesis IV Ayva Rodriguez Felician College Clinical Synthesis IV The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended nine essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Essential VII is to assess the health, healthcare, and emergency preparedness needs of a defined population ("Essentials," 2008). My preceptor showed me the high census alert system that the hospital implemented for the Labor & Delivery department. The Clinical Staff…

hundreds of thousands in the streets of Santiago and other major cities to demand greater access to affordable university education” ("Chilean Student Movement”). Chilean students faced a post communist government that promoted the privatization of colleges, giving freedom to rise the prices of tuition. Chilean students needed a fast solution in being revived from its newly defeated government or would face an ever rising student loan debt. The rise of tuition prices was a main cause of…

likely than unarmed college students” to engage in dangerous activities, this can include vandalizing property, reckless driving, using illegal drugs etc. (Dickerson) .By the age of eighteen, the people considered college students to be adults but the brain does not full developed until the mid-twenties. They seek risker behavior to feel excitement, but fail to realize the negative consequence that can occur. High-risk alcohol and drug use are the number one risk for college students. Statistic…

Ethical Dilemma in Nursing Regina Johnson Community College of Philadelphia Ethical Dilemma in Nursing An excerpt from Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink, depicts the events that occur during Hurricane Katrina as it unfolded for the individuals at Memorial Hospital. The authors write about the experiences of a group of health care professionals from both Memorial and Life Care, their patients, and patients’ family during hurricane Katrina.…

Health System of which the Williamsport Regional Medical Center is a part of, has a hierarchy of personnel. There is a board of directors that have representatives from all three…

The utmost stressful part of attending college is figuring out how to pay for it. The cost of tuition puts countless numbers of individuals into debt. Not to mention, many students also need to pay for ordinary life costs, such as gas, rent, food, utilities, and other miscellaneous expenses, on top of their college expenses. Then, after being accepted into the college, paying for a parking spot, and paying for a seat in a number of classrooms, textbooks still need to be purchased for those…