Can Managed Health Care Be Managed ?
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A 10 page paper on the challenges facing the managed health care system today. It specifically addresses the HMOs, what is wrong with them, and how they can be fixed so they really work for their members. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Caring Concept Analysis
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An 8 page nursing concept analysis that explores the topic of caring. The aim of this analysis is to investigate this body of research in order to determine the purposes of caring and how caring can facilitate the goals of nursing practice. The writer explores the literature in regards to a model case study, borderline, etc. while also relating the empirical and theoretical data on this topic. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Case Study -- The Hamot Medical Center
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Case Study -- The Hamot Medical Center: This 6-page essay details a comprehensive case study of this member of the Hamot Health Foundation, and reviews such issues as its inception, organizational/ health care innovations, the subsequent results of these, and its impact on the surrounding community. In addition, this 120 year-old medical facility has seen a vast array of proactive/ positive changes since its investiture. Moreover, if its standards continue to surpass expectations, Hamot’s future will be nothing short of superlative. Bibliography lists 6 sources. SNHamota.doc
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Cataract Surgery: A Description of the History, Surgical Techniques, and Postoperative Concerns
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An 11 page discussion of the evolution and contemporary state of cataract surgery. Describes the procedure in detail, distinguishing between extracapsular surgery and phacoemulsification. Reviews the potential complications of the procedure and emphasizes the importance of rigid postoperative care which is inclusive of a tightly regulated regime of medicated eyedrops. Provides statistics on the number of procedures conducted yearly and of the successes and failures. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Change Theory in Nursing Management
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A 6 page paper discussing implementing changes that can assist in integrating theory into practice. Theory-based nursing practice is the focus of much current nursing research and practice, but established, experienced nurses may be less familiar with theory than are new graduates. It is common practice for older nurses to mentor newer ones; new graduates fresh from study of theory also have the opportunity to teach as well. Lewin’s change theory maintains that change is incremental and proceeds stepwise. The organization can assist this progression by hiring new graduates with solid knowledge of theory, which they can pass on to those more experienced in practice. Includes abstract. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Changes in the US Health Care System and Nurses’ Roles
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A 7 page paper discussing the state of several aspects of the US health care system and nurses’ roles within both the current system and that which continues to emerge. One of the primary qualities of US health care today is that it is in flux. It has been changing dramatically since the advent of managed care; continued budgetary pressures and the ongoing shortage of nurses dictate that further changes are made in the future. Nursing itself is changing as well, as those who have made nursing their life profession approach retirement age themselves. Those new to health care now face higher career demands than those who went before them. The new generation of nurses will need to be even more adaptable to change and more conversant with technology as it continues to change the face of health care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Changing Attitudes Regarding Disease, Health and Wellness
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This 6 page report discusses the ways that attitudes have changed regarding perceptions of disease, health, and wellness. At one time, virtually all disease was seen as something shameful and related to some type of lack of character or strength in an individual. Those beliefs than evolved into an unwavering faith in modern medicine and the assumption that anything a medical professional prescribed in terms of drugs or procedures was the only way to be healthy and physically whole. As a result, individual belief patterns regarding health and wellness became based on fear, shame, and treatment rather than on wholeness, wellness, and personal decision-making. That attitude has begun to change and it is not a moment too soon. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Child Abuse: The Four Major Types of Abuse, Statistics, Prevention and Treatment
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This is a 3 page paper discussing child abuse. The four types of child abuse: physical, sexual, emotional and neglect affects over 879,000 children in the United States on an annual basis. In the past decade, it has been found that over 3 million suspected cases are reported each year. Perpetrators of the abuse are parents, caregivers, babysitters, relatives, and foster parents among others. While the rates of male and female children are around the same, female children suffer four times the rate of sexual abuse than males. In addition to the annual rates of abuse, approximately 1,200 children die each year from abuse and neglect with 85% of child fatalities occurring in children under the age of six. Each year new prevention and treatment programs are developed on national and state levels in order to lessen the incidence of child abuse through support programs and education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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China and Medicine in the World Today
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6 pages in length. This is a vastly interesting paper on the topic of traditional Chinese medicine, its global effects and combination with western medicine. Also includes discussion on the use of organs, both legally and illegally, as well as the use of animal parts, in some cases the use of endangered species in its medications. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Chlamydia: An Imminent Threat to Philadelphia Teens
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A 7 page outline of the description and effects of Chlamydia, a bacteria which can have severe consequences for Philadelphia teens and indeed for individuals around the world, claiming four million victims in 2000 alone. Teens in particular are extremely susceptible to this potentially catastrophic organism. Philadelphia teens in particular exhibit a number of behavioral patterns which make them extremely susceptible to this sexually transmitted organism. Indeed, statistics for fifteen to nineteen year olds from around the nation rank Philadelphia third in the nation (outranked by Richmond Virginia and St. Louis Missouri) in the number of chlamydia cases which exist there. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Choosing Pharmacology As A Profession
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7 pages in length. The writer discusses the basic eighteen hours required by the pre-pharmacy program, as well as discusses what might make a student choose the pharmaceutical profession. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Circadian Rhythms
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This 6 page paper examines Circadian Rhythms what they are, how they work and their biology along with some of the medical and non medical myths that surround this little known subject. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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