Child Hunger in America By Western Governors University Abstract The United States faces many social problems. One of these problems is child hunger. It has sociological origins and challenges for government and citizens alike. Social Problem The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports 16.7 million children under the age of eighteen live in a household
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Increase in Quality of Care Until the second part of the last century‚ all medical records were on paper. This system worked fine in an age of family doctors making house calls and patients never travelling far from their local hospital. Our modern society has changed and our healthcare record management has changed as well. Computerized record management (CRM) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are poised to increase the quality of healthcare. According to the US Department of Health and
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In analyzing the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera merger case study‚ it was obvious that many factors‚ finances‚ personalities‚ and even the community would be involved. The wide reaching affects of a merger between these two types of organizations was eye opening. At the time of the proposed merger‚ the Utah Opera had a stronger financial footing and was not in danger of closing. The Utah Symphony however‚ was sliding down a dangerous financial slope. The organizations were structured differently
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Quality of Life for the Terminally Ill By Western Governor’s University Abstract Chronic‚ terminally ill patients are often cared for in their own homes and the personal perceptions of the health care team can affect the care provided. My perceptions may vary from my patients however I would try to ensure I do not impose my beliefs unto them. Mrs. Thomas a 56 year old woman with recurrent metastasized cancer has a poor prognosis for recovery and is recommended
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Assignment 2 Rubric: Language related tasks On the next page is a typical text that you might get students to read in class. It contains some useful language. Look at the items from the text in the box below. Choose two of the grammar structures and two of the items of lexis and for each of them do the following: analyse the meaning‚ describing how you would check students’ understanding. Use concept checking questions and some other clarification techniques if necessary‚ e.g. timelines‚ personalisation
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Western Governors University NUT1 Task 2 Quality Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are becoming more widely used across the healthcare spectrum. One of the reasons for their popularity is the potential that is presented for increasing the quality of care delivered to patients by decreasing handwriting interpretation errors‚ reducing medication administration errors and eliminating lost charts. Time management is a crucial skill to have as a nurse. It allows for a smooth workflow which translates
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RTT1 Organizational Systems Organizational Systems & Quality Leadership Western Governors University A. Root Cause Analysis A complete root cause analysis (RCA) for Mr. B. is described below. Date of event: Thursday‚ __________ Time of event: 4:43 Detailed description of event including timeline: Thursday 3:30 pm Mr. B a 67 year old patient was admitted to the ER after a tripping and falling over his dog at his home by nurse J. He was complaining of 10/10 pain to his
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RTT Task 1 Alisha Diehl Western Governors University RTT Task 1 Nursing-sensitive indicators are utilized in healthcare to increase quality patient care‚ as well as patient safety. They reflect the organization‚ procedure‚ and products of patient care. In the presented scenario involving Mr. J‚ nursing-sensitive indicators can be used to identify the issues that interrupted the flow of quality patient care. Understanding Nursing-Sensitive Indicators A solid understanding of nursing-sensitive
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Code of Ethics Standards and Procedures: It is the policy of this company to provide our code of ethics to each employee. All employees are expected to know and abide by the code of ethics‚ following it to the highest degree. All business conducted by employees of this company will follow this code. Candor: All employees will be free of bias‚ using impartiality in all business dealings. Dignity: All business will be conducted with respect and character‚ toward ourselves and others. Responsibility:
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A. Create three organizational policy statements that may have prevented the security breach. During a routine audit of the electronic health record system‚ a security breach was discovered. The lack of a log retention‚ log audit‚ or remote access policy contributed to the unauthorized access. * Log retention policy statement: The intent of this policy statement is to provide the organization guidance on information systems security log retention. Log rotation will be conducted on a
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