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Filling The Gaps At "Prevent Child Injury", Abigail Miley
Filling The Gaps At "Prevent Child Injury", Abigail Miley
Masters of Science in Allied Health Final Project Oral Presentations
Goals: By the end of the practicum experience I will work to create a summer themed (ex: safe amusement park riding) toolkit on child injury prevention; complete an analysis of the 22 child injury prevention toolkits located on the Prevent Child Injury website; complete an analysis of members using the Prevent Child Injury Twitter followers and member sign-up list; help develop and carry-out a recruitment effort for new Prevent Child Injury members; help develop a yearly timeline for the new prevent child injury program and create program goals.
Health Care Leaders' Strategies To Reduce Nursing Turnover, John Clayton Phelps
Health Care Leaders' Strategies To Reduce Nursing Turnover, John Clayton Phelps
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Health care leaders who lack effective nurse turnover strategies can negatively affect patient quality of care, productivity, and profitability. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies health care leaders used to reduce nursing turnover in a health care organization. The conceptual framework for this study was Herzberg's 2-factor theory. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 4 health care leaders in the West Texas region who had a history of reducing nurse turnover for a minimum of 5 years from the date of hire, and from review of organizational documents related to the strategies to reduce …
Cited And Underprepared; The Call For Improved Emergency Preparedness In Ltc Facilities, Dawn M. Ide
Cited And Underprepared; The Call For Improved Emergency Preparedness In Ltc Facilities, Dawn M. Ide
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
This research investigated the connection between the Medicare star rating system and E-tags on emergency preparedness of nursing homes for disasters in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Emergency preparedness in nursing homes has been a topic of growing interest within the past decade. Hampton Roads, Virginia, has a history of natural disasters including hurricanes and flooding, which necessitates a proper and efficient emergency preparedness plan in nursing home facilities. The primary purpose of this research was to review the secondary Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data regarding the star rating system and E-tag surveys of each of the 37 nursing …