Improving Patient Throughput In the Emergency Department Introduction St. Vincent’s Medical Center‚ a 501 bed facility located in Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ provides general medical and surgical care to the North Florida Region. St. Vincent’s admits over 26‚000 patients annually. The average occupancy rate is approximately 84% with the Emergency Department (ED) peeking at 100% for approximately 4-12 hours daily. The hospital is struggling with availability of bed space. This shortage of available
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Question 1. Assume you are the manager of a fast-food restaurant. What are the outputs of your work unit? What are the activities required to produce those outputs? What are the inputs? When looking at a fast-food restaurant such as McDonalds‚ there are a couple main outputs that a manager needs to be aware of. The outputs include quality food and excellent service. For each of these outputs it is important to make sure that the right people are in the right positions and that they have the proper
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TUTORIAL – GEAR SYSTEMS This work covers elements of the syllabus for the Edexcel module 21722P HNC/D Mechanical Principles OUTCOME 3. On completion of this short tutorial you should be able to do the following. • Describe the different types of gear systems. • Describe a simple gear train. • Describe a compound gear rain. • Describe three types of epicyclic gear boxes • Solve gear box ratios. • Calculate the input and outputs speeds and torques of gear boxes.
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Identifying a Problem T. L. Wilson Grand Canyon University Professional Research Project NRS-441V March 19‚ 2013 Identifying a Problem The clinical environment that I previously worked in was a correctional institution. During the time that I worked in corrections I encountered several inmates that had HIV. It was this environment and the experience that I received this idea and it is what gives me the inspiration to build a proposal for change. Within this system is where I discovered
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BNU Presentation Skills / F84E 35 Candidate Name: Tou Jiangtao Class: BS SCN: 135681237 Event 1 The one presentation method could be audiotapes‚ which is such a convenient and effective way when audience enjoy their tour in museum‚ villages and rural communities. Storage of data on tape left by their ancestors will help audience obtain further information and deepen the audience’s understanding of their ancestors. Meanwhile‚ audiotapes also take into account those audiences with visual
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Identifying Community Resources Katrina Haynie Argosy University (2013) 1. Your client has agreed to substance abuse treatment for 30 days. Locate local treatment facilities and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings that your client can attend The Florida House Experience 505 S. Federal Highway Deerfield Beach‚ FL 33441 866-421-6242 http://www.floridahouseexperience.com/ This is an inpatient or outpatient facility that offers state of the art alcohol medical detoxification. Patients
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Colin’s Story: The Bluebird of Happiness- Colin describes his stepfather whom he calls dad. He has thought of him as his biological father all the while. His dad looks like him. His dad has dark hair with some grey patches around his ears. His dad used to roll his own cigarettes out of tobacco in a tin. His dad calls him by many nick names- Col‚ Collie‚ Sonny-boy‚ Buster‚ Mr Bluebird. Colin’s mum works in a shop. His dad walks him to school and back. His dad got him his tea and took him to the park
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STEP BY WICKED STEP Themes ~ Step By Wicked Step Family relationships Coping with new family members for example Pixie understands that her new stepmother is having as much trouble ‘adjusting’ as she is. Family unity The nucleus of moral values‚ “the family unit‚” is being invaded by outsiders (‘step’ or ‘steps’) and this causes disharmony. Dealing with adversities Young children and adults may find difficulties dealing with frustrations‚ fears and sadness. Being happy ‘Life has
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Step-by-Step Instructions The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals 21st Century Skillsyou will use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and communicate effectively. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Teacher-Graded Activities Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section
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Implementing CQC regulations Outcome 1 Regulation: Respecting and involving people who use services. I believe that empowering the service user to be at the core of the planning of his care is essential and mandatory. Sometimes it can be quite difficult for the service user to be a part of the planning and therefore it is our duty to find the suitable tools to support them into achieving what is needed. Care is constantly changing and service users need to understand that they can freely express
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