Evaluating Options For Medicare & Medicaid
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A 10 page paper discussing options for saving Medicare. It has been known both in and outside the government for some time now that Medicare and Medicaid are facing times that will call for hard decisions in whether and how to continue them. Medicaid is not in as serious state as is Medicare, partly because it is state-administered, though with federal funds. It is Medicare that needs and has generated the most attention, because it appears that the hospital fund will be bankrupt by 2002. It has been estimated that half the total cost of medical care for an individual will be incurred past the age of 65, the age at which Medicare becomes an issue. Policy regarding Medicare can also be applied to Medicaid, but all must be approached through means testing, and in a light that is compatible with Kingston's theories of bringing the problem to the government. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Carecaid.wps

Evolutions and Trends in Rising Health Care Cost - Emphasis on Managed Care
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An 8 page paper dealing with the trends in the rising costs of health care and the various factors which determine these costs. Emphasis is on managed health care and how this type of approach sometimes compromises the quality of health care. Bibliography lists ten sources.
Filename: Risecost.wps

Factors Influencing Current Health Care Policy
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A 5 page paper discussing the changes occurring in the health care industry over the past generation and how those changes have affected health care policy. Specific example is that of a minor's election to abortion without parents' knowledge or consent, which has brought us a situation in which insurers are able to know more about minors' activities than are parents. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KShlthCare

Family Centered Hospital Care
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This 5 page paper explores the philosophy of a family centered approach in the hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on the role of the floor nurse in implementing the model. Examples are provided and there is a decided focus on pediatric nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Famhosp.wps

Family-Centered Care
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A 5 page paper that provides a general overview of family-centered care, including the principles and elements on which it is based as well as the principles for collaboration between and among professionals. A brief discussion of how this model relates to children with special needs is included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGfamct.wps

Feminist Theory and Nursing
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A 6 page paper which discusses the impact of feminist theories on nursing from a historical, political, and management perspective. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: RAfemnurs2.wps

Financial Crisis Facing Today’s Nursing Homes
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This 20 page report discusses the state of the nursing home industry in the United States and the many problems and challenges it has face and continues to face. Even though Congress restored nearly $3 billion to skilled nursing facilities in 1999, it still wasn’t enough to keep many of the facilities operating. In general, the government’s payment system and the ever-increasing costs of doing business and providing services has resulted in financial disasters throughout the nursing home industry, especially for the most financially leveraged nursing home chains. Issues associated with nursing homes’ financial, regulatory, and administrative problems are discussed. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: BWnhomes.rtf

Floating RNs
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the practice of "floating" RNs, that is, registered nurses who "float" from one department to another. Often RNs are requested to work in department with which they are unfamiliar. This practice has been detrimental to nursing moral because these floating RNs frequently feel unqualified to work outside their own area of expertise. The writer discusses law cases that demonstrate the rights of nurses in this sort of situation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khflrn.rtf

Florida Flight 90: Emergency Response
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When a plane comes down, a multijurisdictional effort involving personnel and equipment from County, state, city and a variety of volunteer and professional organizations all come together in an effort to rescue survivors, transport the injured as well as those whose lives have been terminated. This 5 page paper provides an overview of rescue operations specific to the crash of Florida Flight 90 on January 13, 1982. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTflfl90.wps

Focus Groups Can Improve Community Health Care Nursing
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of community health care nursing and the use of focus groups to make improvements. Several studies that utilized focus groups are included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA015foc.wps

Forecasting at Lincoln Community Hospital
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An 8 page paper critiquing a hospital management as described in Harvard case 9-191-149, Lincoln Community Hospital. The paper reviews the actions of the Executive Committee, concluding that it lacks the information it needs to establish a strategy for halting operating losses or to produce an accurate forecast for the future. The bottom line is that Lincoln Hospital has not been managed effectively for several years, if indeed it ever was. As a nonprofit, independent hospital in the mid-1980s, it is facing intense changes in the healthcare industry in the future. It needs to begin looking at the signs of change and begin to meet those changes with a plan as to how to deal with them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSforeLincoln.rtf

Gender Bias Against Women In Health Care Delivery
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This 5 page report discusses. The ways in which the modern medical system in the United States treats women unfairly. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Womhdel.rtf