The Use of Emergency Room as a Primary Care Provider There are Emergency rooms all over the United States that are being utilized as primary care provider.‚ by patients covered by private insurance‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare as well as the uninsured.(Baker‚ August 13‚ 2008) Some patients call their primary care provider and are told‚ they cannot be worked in for several days or weeks. The option given is to go to the Emergency room for treatment. Other reasons are people who do not have a primary
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Decreasing Injury among Nursing Staff Decreasing Injury among Nursing Staff Skeletal injuries among nursing staff have been steadily rising in the hospital‚ especially with the elevating weight problem in North Carolina. Nursing is the number one profession receiving workers ’ compensation. Injury data has shown that 17 out of 100 nurses are reporting work-related injuries ("Bill‚" 2006‚ p. 5). These injuries have costly implications for insurers‚ health care providers‚ and hospitals while
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opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise‚ you will have the gift‚ the style‚ the sharpness‚ the clarity‚ and the emotions to affect other people.” Jim Rohn Introduction This paper aims at presenting the high importance that communication bears in the well functioning of an organization. It is also an attempt to provide an analysis of the barriers that are involved during a situation that prevents effective communication between different units of
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The Importance of Communication Often we feel that we know everything about communication just based on what we were taught throughout our lives. In reality communication is more complex than we may think. Communicating takes a lot of time‚ effort and study to become skilled in communication. When people reach a certain age‚ they feel as though they have sharpened their communication skills; communication skills can be built upon and made more effective in delivery and accuracy‚ I feel communication
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The Importance of Communication I have always believed that communication is a key essential in any relationship; therefore I have always tried to work on how I express things to other people. This has always been a big issue for me. I either communicate too much or too little‚ making it hard to get my point across. How I speak to others depends on my relationship with the individual. When it comes to my friends I always try to be more sensitive and understanding as well as selective with
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and why the hospital emergency department sometimes used for nonurgent conditions. | The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act‚ better known as EMTALA was developed due to the concern that patients that could not pay would be denied emergency medical treatment. This law confronted the hospitals that were allegedly transferring‚ discharging‚ or refusing to treat patients who did not have insurance. To protect these patients‚ the 1986 signed law required emergency facilities to must screen
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How important is communication in a diverse workplace? Most workplaces in Afghanistan‚ especially in Kabul‚ are diverse workplace audience. Foreign aids flown in Afghanistan made the existence of most international organizations. After 2001‚ Afghanistan experienced a complete different work environment. Not only international organizations hired multinational employees‚ but local NGOs and companies have also had a diverse workplace audience. So using English in the workplace has been common since
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made me certain of what I wanted to pursue. That day consisted of being brought to the Emergency Room by my uncle while he was on call. That day I saw many gruesome things‚ one of those things was one that has remained imprinted in my mind till this day. There was a little girl about the age of seven‚ she had gotten into an accident and had terrible lacerations from a car accident. I waited outside of the room in which she was receiving surgical care. I waited for more than a few hours until I finally
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Communication The basic building block to all human interaction and relationships is communication. The basic purpose of communication is to inform‚ educate and entertain people. Communication is easily overlooked‚ but the ability to communicate effectively is necessary to carry out the thoughts and visions of an organization to the people. Without communication‚ there is no way to express thoughts‚ ideas and feelings. The word communication has originated from a Latin word “Communes” which
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Communication Skills A skill that everyone could benefit from mastering would be the art of Effective Communication. We all have the tools to be effective communicators‚ but not everyone is masters at communicating effectively. Communication plays an important role in our professional lives as well as our personal life. Everyone in the world communicates with one another‚ whether it is through face to face communication‚ sign language‚ and writing or through distance communication. Being
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