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Registered Nurses’ perceptions of staffing ratios for nurses and the new regulation of hospital financing. : An article from: Nursing Economics

DerrikKyle — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:28:42 +0000

Product DescriptionThis digital document is an article from Nursing Economics, published by Jannette Publications, Inc. on November 1, 2009. The length of the article is 3728 words. The length of the page above on a typical 300-word side. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the author: * In addition, the clinical setting, the two regulations IA economic value “in the eyes of hospitals that employ impact. Citation Details Title: Nurses’ perceptions of nurse staffing ratios and new regulation of hospital financing. (Special Report) Author: Peter I. BuerhausPublication: Nursing Economics (Magazine / Journal) Date: November 1 2009Publisher: Jannette Publications, Inc. Volume: 27 Issue: 6 Page: 6 (5) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning

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Perris Personal Injury Lawyer?s Top Ten Pick-up Lines Nurses Hate to Hear at the Hospital From People in Car Accidents

DerrikKyle — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:23:59 +0000

1. How about we get together as soon as I heal up?

2. You really know how to fill out a uniform.

3. Come here often?

4. Lets go down to the cafeteria and get drunk on prune juice.

5. Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?

6. How about a sponge bath, sweetie?

7. What time do you get off work, honey?

8. So, do you have anyone special waiting for you at your palatial home?

9. You certainly are a young one.

10. We’ve got to stop meeting like this.

Here are ten useful tips of advice from a personal injury lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a personal injury in Perris, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and learning how we can assist you.

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it’s probably been at least a few days since the accident. However, if it’s only been a few hours or if you ever have another accident, here’s what you should do the next time from the start.

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

Seventh, call a good personal injury lawyer as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the attorney can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good personal injury lawyer can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an attorney, think again. A good personal injury lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most personal injury attorneys advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

If you’ve had a personal injury in Perris, Hemet, Rialto, Redlands, Yucaipa, Colton, Highland, Yucaipa, Riverside, San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Fontana, Apple Valley, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Perris Personal Injury Lawyer and your Hemet Personal Injury Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and learn how we can assist you.

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Higher Ed Holdings Helps UT Arlington Move Courses Online as More Nurses and Hospitals Seek Access

DerrikKyle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:21:27 +0000

According to the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, fewer than 40 percent of all employed registered nurses hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing. Yet, calls to increase the number of higher educated registered nurses have not caught up with the growing demand. Hospitals and other health care facilities have a great need for nurses who are baccalaureate prepared. For example, surgical patients treated by nurses holding a BSN have a “substantial survival advantage” over those who did not have nurses with a BSN according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Nurses who complete their BSN also open the door to additional career opportunities and provide a new level of credibility and care to their patients. The University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) School of Nursing has taken aim toward increasing access to a baccalaureate education for registered nurses with a new model that offers the flexibility to fit with a nurse’s schedule while maintaining the same high level of quality for which the university is known. “We knew students were missing prerequisite courses so our solution was to include them in the online program. We’re in touch with the market needs and with the needs of our healthcare partners. And, we really have the right people here to do it,” says Dr. Elizabeth Poster, dean of the UT Arlington School of Nursing. “We have stepped out of our comfort zone of just having students in the classroom and are embracing new technologies to meet our responsibilities as an educational institution, and to increase the number of BSN prepared nurses,” adds Gladys Maryol, director of the undergraduate program at the UT Arlington School of Nursing. Nursing is a practice that continues to undergo change in response to medical, social and procedural developments. And these changes, in turn, will continue to impact how its students are taught.

“Our program focuses on changing how the working RN practices nursing,” says UT Arlington School of Nursing Associate Dean Mary (Beth) Mancini. She cited increasing emphasis on patient safety, health policy, health information technology and genetics as points that are taught and emphasized differently today than during the past decade. She also cited the natural shifting of age and cultural demographics, and what these mean to the practicing nurse. “All these things are necessary for today’s practicing nurses to understand and integrate into their day-to-day practice,” Mancini says.Meeting Industry Demands

The UT Arlington School of Nursing is helping to progressively meet the extra demand for more BSN prepared nurses. One method began last fall when the school partnered with service provider Higher Ed Holdings in offering an RN to BSN distance education program. This online program gives registered nurses a path to a bachelor’s degree through a plan that includes a combination of nursing and general courses. The program incorporates all prerequisite courses, up to 18 general education courses. Students who have already fulfilled their prerequisites can finish the program in as little as 13 months by taking eight nursing courses and one upper level elective for 35 credit hours.

“There are a significant number of efforts to increase the number of BSN prepared nurses in Texas,” Mancini says. “The academic partnership program is helping the practicing nurses to acquire the knowledge and skills to practice in the new roles of today and in the future – doing it in an efficient and effective manner.”Offering Flexibility The RN to BSN degree plan is based on a curriculum designed completely by UT Arlington faculty, who intimately understand the additional knowledge needed by nurses in hospital settings. Courses are open for admission at eight entry points per year. Special instructional design efforts have resulted in user friendly, media rich coursework that engages today’s busy online student, and encourages them to complete reading assignments and participate in online discussion forums. A team of qualified academic “coaches” works with course instructors to assist students to successfully progress through the program. Individual “coaches” are assigned to groups of about 25 students from within the larger course “classroom.” Each “coach” holds at least a master’s degree and helps coordinate and facilitate course activities for students.

“These individuals are an important aspect of our program. They provide valuable support and course navigation for students throughout the length of the program and help students stay on target and on time as they progress to graduation,” says Mancini.

“In our traditional RN to BSN program, students are required to come to class one full day a week,” she says. “That becomes difficult over the course of two semesters—it becomes very difficult for some to maintain that—but access online is a different story. And the feedback that we are getting from students in the program is very positive. Online learning is not for everyone. That’s why we are committed to maintaining our traditional programs, because there are students who benefit most from interacting with others in a classroom.” She adds, “We’re able, with the two tracks, to meet the needs of a much larger group of students.”Broadening Geographical Boundaries Added to its convenience of offering a Web-based education, the RN to BSN program can create a larger number of BSN prepared nurses through its outreach to hospital cities beyond the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Maryol points out that the online program now includes students who are registered nurses in San Antonio, Austin and Houston. After graduating, they can seek professional advancement and provide enhanced patient care in those more distant areas.

“It’s not bound by geography,” she said about this new program. “In our traditional program, we have functioned with designated distance sites for many years and those are in the close north Texas geographic area. But that’s a fairly confined geographic area.” Tuition reimbursement, though common for medical education, is another factor that has been simplified for students in this new UT Arlington program. Generally, when registered nurses enroll in educational programs, they have to wait the duration of a normal semester or academic year and earn passing grades before finally being reimbursed. In the case of this shorter and more affordable class structure, students are able to pay lower tuition costs and then be reimbursed within a few weeks. In addition, the program’s unique design has created cost efficiencies that are passed along to the students, making UT Arlington’s RN to BSN program even more affordable.

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Registered nurses’ perceptions of nurse staffing ratios and new hospital payment regulations.: An article from: Nursing Economics

DerrikKyle — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:37:20 +0000

Product Description
This digital document is an article from Nursing Economics, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on November 1, 2009. The length of the article is 3728 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: * Beyond affecting the clinical environment, both regulations will impact RNs’ economic value in the eyes of the hospitals that employ them.

Citation Details
Title: Registered nurses’ perceptions of nurse staffing ratios and new hospital payment regulations.(SPECIAL REPORT)
Author: Peter I. Buerhaus
Publication: Nursing Economics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2009
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: 27 Issue: 6 Page: 6(5)

Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning

Registered nurses’ perceptions of nurse staffing ratios and new hospital payment regulations.: An article from: Nursing Economics

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