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Showing 1 to 20 of 215 for “"quality care"”.
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Why Don’t We Practice? Weaving Simulation into the Fabric of Quality Care
… challenge the British Columbia (BC) healthcare system, there is an increasing need for more comprehensive learning strategies to support healthcare practitioners. When delivered effectively, simulation-based learning creates opportunities for interprofessional interaction, embodied …
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Relationship between Participation in Nurse Externship Program and RN Retention and Quality Care
… programs were initially developed by healthcare institutions as a recruitment tool for new nurses. Literature has demonstrated the positive outcomes of the program on the participants and healthcare institutions but during times of economic difficulties, health care institutions discontinue …
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Integrating Natural Light for Wellbeing, Performance, and Quality Care Delivery in Healthcare Environments
… in society impose significant burdens on healthcare professionals, affecting their comfort, overall well-being, and performance. While issues like inadequate funding and medical equipment shortages are frequently discussed, a growing recognition centres on the pivotal role that architecture and …
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Barriers to Ghanaian midwives’ ability to provide quality care: A Glaserian grounded theory study
The midwifery model of care that promotes the employment of trained and regulated midwives for the provision of maternal and neonatal care has been found to be beneficial, especially in Low and Middle-Income Countries that have high maternal and neonatal mortalities. Midwives in those setting are …
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Factors associated with pre-eclampsia and quality care of affected teenagers during labour within health region H. in KwaZulu-Natal Province
… teenagers. The study also aimed at assessing the quality of midwifery care during labour in teenagers with pre-eclampsia so that recommendations can be made based on empirical findings. The study was done within Health Region H of KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa. A structured interview …
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Patient-centric care in the U.S. - A comparative study of patient satisfaction and quality care among for-profit physician-owned, corporate-owned, and not-for-profit hospitals
… of physician ownership of hospitals on the quality of patient-centric care in the U.S. The health care sector in the U.S. is becoming more aligned with markets and in turn, with consumers’ preferences. In consumer driven service industries, consumer satisfaction is considered a key criterion …
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Quality nursing care: An exploration of student nurses' perspectives
… to explore and describe the delivery of nursing care from the perspective of associate degree nursing (ADN) students. Actions and interactions attributed to quality care were explored as well as factors that enhance or inhibit the delivery of such care. Moreover, nursing students' perceptions of …
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An Investigation into Human Resource Development (HRD) Needs of Nurses. The Case of Public Health Sector, Pakistan.
… needs of registered nurses leading to improved quality care services. An exploratory research approach has been adopted to achieve research objectives. This mixed method oriented research, is primarily quantitative case study, supplemented by qualitative interviews to validate and enrich data …
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Thematic analysis of patient derived quality measures following upper limb surgery
… how upper limb post-operative patients defined quality care. We specifically assessed the following three aims: (1) determining patient expectations following upper limb surgery, (2) identifying patient recognized barriers to receiving quality care, and (3) analyzing patient identified areas of …
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Learning (contexts) environments of young children in Zambia: daily experiences, quality of care and developmental outcomes in day care centres in Lusaka.
… potential. Thus, investigating the quantity of care in more challenging, developing world context like Zambia is imperative. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ECE daily experiences, quality of care and developmental outcomes of pre-schoolers enrolled in pre-school …
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Utilizing TIGER Competencies to Improve Informatics Practice
… practice with the hopes of delivering better quality care to their patients. However, the training and education of NI provided to all levels of nurses is unable to keep up with the pace of technology. This project seeks to improve the NI competency of the nursing workforce at a pediatric …
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Strengthening the implementation of early childhood development policies to improve quality
… policies appropriately to strengthen and improve quality education for all. The stakeholders in the study refer to officials from the National, Provincial and District offices of the Department of Education; it also includes ECD managers and practitioners who are equally responsible for …
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Afghan women and the culture of care in a Kabul maternity hospital.
Female Afghan healthcare providers are vital to reduce the number of women dying in labour. Since 2001 the numbers of female providers have been substantially increased. Ensuring quality care for women in childbirth, however, remains a more elusive goal. The aim of this qualitative ethnographic …
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Teamwork and Postpartum Hemorrhage
… service to three distinct but related patient care groups, the antepartum/intrapartum and postpartum woman and newborn. The unit also includes a neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric department. The focus on the unit is family centered care. Diagnosis for patients may include preterm, …
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MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF HOSPITAL UTILIZATION AND READMISSIONS
… readmissions are considered a marker of poor quality care for older adults, healthcare studies have neglected mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a potential contributor to high cost utilization. This study explored whether a) older adults classified with MCI experience increased rates of index …
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Improving access to maternal health care beyond health care policy: pregnant women's experience of maternal public health care services in Cape Town, South Africa
Unequal access to maternal health care continues to be a concern in South Africa despite the efforts of government and health practitioners to make the system more inclusive and accessible to all women, especially for women who have been previously disadvantaged prior to and during Apartheid. …
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Building A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship
<p>The primary care workforce is at a critical juncture where fewer physicians are choosing primary care careers and more patients are availing themselves of outpatient care, through increased insurance coverage among other forces. With the increasing number of graduating nurse practitioners, now …
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Exploring lessons learned from Mediclinic Windhoek accreditation for explorapolation to public health facilities
Quality Improvement (QI) is a diverse health care issue with multiple dimensions, which include structural, leadership and organizational attitudes. Generally, private hospitals are perceived to have better quality of care according to international standards; this perspective is true in Namibia, …
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Efficiency in the Physical Therapy Clinic: Traditional vs Computerized Documentation
… ever-growing demand on the clinician to provide quality care at an efficient pace is requiring those in the health care industry to reevaluate existing operating systems. Computerized documentation is a possible alternative currently under consideration. Unfortunately, limited research exists …
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Factors Affecting the Utilization and Quality of Long-Term Care
… contribute to an increased demand for long-term care. Given this trend, it is becoming increasingly important to understand utilization of services along the continuum of care and to determine factors that influence the provision of quality care. These insights are needed to reduce national …
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