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What's Happening: January 26, 1994, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: January 12, 1994, Maine Medical Center

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Retention Of Registered Nurse Employees In Rural Community Hospitals Less Than 100 Beds, Joanne Urbanski

Masters Theses

Maintaining a stable nursing staff is critical to the effective operation of hospitals, therefore chief nurse executives must not lose sight of the importance of retention efforts. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that maintain or increase job satisfaction among registered nurses working in small, rural hospitals, thereby, motivating them to remain in a rural hospital practice setting. Four hundred and twenty-seven job satisfaction surveys were mailed to 13 rural community hospitals that had less than 100 beds. Two hundred and twenty completed surveys were returned (52%).; Sociodemographic characteristics of short-term (less than one year) and long-term …

An Outcomes Study: Outpatient Versus Inpatient Hernia Repairs, Marie Therese Cantwell

Theses Digitization Project

The objective of this study was to investigate the quality of clinical outcomes in the surgical setting. Results of the study showed that there is no difference in infection rates between inpatient and outpatient hernia repair patients.

Evaluation Of A Nursing Residency Program, Michele Marie Bird

Theses Digitization Project

Recruitment and retention of professional nurses are crucial issues for hospital departments of nursing. Recognizing the necessity to bridge the gap that persists between nursing education and nursing services, hospitals have designed programs to assist new nurses make the transition to current nursing practice. By helping individuals make the transition to current nursing practice it is hoped that staff nurses will be retained.

Privacy And Property Versus Accuracy And Access: The Ethical Dilemma Of The Medical Record System, Melissa Pieper

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Although there may have been other issues that have not been addressed in this article for the medical record system alternatives, these are the most critical ones at this time. Both the smart card and the regional network technologies are feasible with respect to cost and technology. However, the implementation of each one means something very ethically different from the other. If a decision is made to employ either system, it should be made only after society decides whether privacy and property or accessibility and accuracy is more important.

Making an ethical decision will not be an easy task, yet …

A Causal Model Of Hospital Volume, Structure And Process Indicators, And Surgical Outcomes, Myra Boles

Theses and Dissertations

This research developed and tested a conceptual model to explain why higher volumes of certain surgical procedures lead to better patient outcomes. The model incorporated hospital structural characteristics and process of care indicators to explain the volume-outcome relationship. The volume-outcome relationship was further examined longitudinally to determine stability over time and to substantiate the causality implied by the conceptual model.

A sample (n=1752) of acute-care, general hospitals was selected from hospitals that performed, in 1990, at least one surgical procedure on Medicare patients of the following: reduction of hip fracture, cholecystectomy, hip replacement, carotid endarterectomy, and pacemaker insertion. For the …

What's Happening: December 29, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 15, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 1, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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Pain And Hospital Patients Perception Of Quality, Kathy L. Beck

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Each year pain disables approximately 50 million Americans. These patients seekhealth care for the relief of pain and its underlying cause. Many of those seeking relief from pain are hospitalized and others experience pain during their hospitalization. All of these patients have the right to relief of their pain and none should suffer pain needlessly. Yet, often nurses fail to accurately assess and adequately manage patients' pain.

Adequate pain management may increase patient perception of nursing care quality. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between pain relief and patients' and nurses' perceptions of quality. The relationship …

What's Happening: November 17, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: November 3, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 20, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 6, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 22, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 8, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 25, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 11, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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Abuse, Neglect And Exploitation In Licensed Facilities - Recognize It - Prevent It - Report It, Maine Department Of Human Services

Maine Collection

Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation In Licensed Facilities - Recognize It - Prevent It - Report It.

Maine Department of Human Services - Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, Augusta, Maine (August 1993).

Contents: Introduction / Signs of Abuse and Neglect / Abuse: Risk Factors / Prevention / Maine's Reporting Law / Investigations of Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation / Where to Report / Other Relevant Agencies

A Cipp Evaluation Of The Administrative Associate Training Program Through Sentara, Patricia A. Criswell

Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations

Hospitals are facing change in today's environment. In order to meet these growing challenges, they are responding by providing value added services. Value added services have been defined as reducing inefficiencies and improving quality and service. Operational restructuring in the form of a new concept called patient-focused care has become the paradigm shift and structural revamping at several hospitals across the nation. Sentara Hospitals have adopted this program to improve the clinical and service quality delivered to the patient. An integral component of this new approach is the multiskilling of staff to reduce duplication, inefficiencies, and improve the quality provided …

What's Happening: July 28, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: July 14, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 30, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 16, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 2, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: May 19, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: May 5, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: April 21, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: April 7, 1993, Maine Medical Center

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