Palliative care

The scope and standards for administrators, provides a conceptual base for their practice. In addition, the guiding principles and competencies for nurse administrators translates to the scope and standards of their practice (Roussel, 2013). PeaceHealth’s leadership model is grounded in the Mission of the organization and inspires leaders to deepen their personal character by being humble, ethical, compassionate, courageous, authentic, passionate, and spiritual. In addition, PeaceHealth sets…

Directional strategies provide a framework that focuses on the business efforts of health care organizations. Quality of care is an important part of that business when it comes to any healthcare organization, the Veteran Administration Healthcare has been plagued with scandals that puts this theory to the test. This is a support in guiding the various business decisions and the activities of the health care organization, can adversely affect the public outlook on a facility. Fundamentally, the…

“There are over 9,800 CPT codes – one for every type of health care service provided by health care practitioners or facilities.” (Explore Health Careers). Medical coding is a fast growing field and not a lot of people know how well it is going to strive here in the next couple years. The overview of this report is to elaborate what medical coding is. What the education requirements are for a medical coder along with the cost of tuition. Where medical coders can be employed. What the pay is for…

Obamacare, also known as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is a very complex and lengthy act. Is there a certain reason why this act is so significant? What are the pros and cons of Obamacare? These are important questions to answer. Each piece of legislation that has ever been through congress has had at least some significance. The real question is though, is why? What are the reasons for significance? Also, each piece of legislation has a negative aspects and positive aspects.…

corn which naturally do not eat. Which what it is doing them making them sick dud would not be passed to us. The factory of food processing is also, important to keep on their foot so they keep sanitized, by not cross contamination. How they take care of their livestock or Which I did like seeing of setting these rules and standards keeping them…

Assessment Undoubtedly, the causality of infant mortality disparity seen among African American soon-to-be mothers is a major public health concern. It may not be one that can simply be measured by disparities in adulthood but shaped across an individual’s lifetime and potentially across generations as Freire (2000) eluded to in Pedagogy of the oppressed. In Orange County, FL whether the concerns streamed from Oppression or Residential Segregation or other additional factors, focusing on…

As a member of Hilltop Leaders, I recently took the Gallup Report Strength Finder to find out my signature themes which represent the five most dominant themes of talent I have. In ranking of order, first I am an achiever. An, “achiever describes a constant need for achievement.” My second is learner because, “The subject matter that interests you most will be determined by your other themes and experiences, but whatever the subject, you will always be drawn to the process of learning.” My third…

healthcare, policymakers, HCOs and practitioners focus on value, trying to deliver best health outcomes at a given cost level. “In the United States, there are at least three major payers for health care: governments (Federal, State, and local); employers, through employer-based health insurance; and health care consumers themselves, through out-of-pocket payments” (CDC…

In today’s society, the health care industry produces an excessive amount of waste. Waste is generated from many different ways in hospitals and in health care facilities in the United States as well as internationally. The increased use of disposables and the discarding of unused material from standardized or prepackaged surgical packs contribute to the rise of waste material from the health care industry. The way waste is disposed of is not only hazardous to the health of the general…

about the white coats, stethoscopes and the kindness the healthcare professionals always offered that grabbed my attention. I often saw myself playing pretend or a nurse with my dolls. I was always the first one to attend for anyone in need or medical care. I just loved to put band aids on everyone. I guess I was naturally drawn into the healthcare field. Grownups often ask children what they want to be when they grow up, and they get all sorts of answers like astronauts, firefighters, cops,…