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Showing 1 to 20 of 1880 for “"urgent"”.
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Defining urgent vs. non-urgent messaging in primary care to standardize workflow : a DNP project
… concerning the purpose, use, and boundaries of urgent vs. non-urgent messaging between call center staff, triage nurses, and providers. This is leading to mislabeling of such messaging and causing subsequent stress and frustration for triage nurses and providers. Purpose: The purpose of this …
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Statistical methods for supporting urgent care delivery
Forecasting procedures were developed and implemented in an out-of-hours GP provider in the North East of England to ensure staffing levels were optimised, and server performance was investigated. Initial methods included linear regression to predict calls per day into a call centre, loess to …
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Characterising Unplanned Logistics Operations in Urgent Settings
… challenging operating environments with new and urgent logistics needs. This situation often gives rise to unplanned logistics networks, formed rapidly by connecting previously disconnected organisations in challenging operating conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic, for example, led to thousands of …
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Urgent Care Nurse Data Capture: Impact on Diabetes Outcomes
… Health Record (EHR) usage and the numbers of Urgent Cares (UC) in the United States is rising. Some UCs care for sicker patients and are thus staffed by Registered Nurses (RNs). UC RNs may have a strong impact on one of the most deadly diseases in America, yet have been neglected in current …
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Evaluating changes to emergency and urgent healthcare in England
… initiatives implemented within emergency and urgent care. I have contributed to the evidence base around three key aspects of evaluation: acceptability (patient, carer, and workforce), effectiveness, and equity with respect to three of the most significant recent changes within emergency and …
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Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development in a Rural Urgent Care Clinic
… by viruses that antibiotics cannot treat. An urgent care clinic (UCC) in Upstate New York was audited for antibiotic prescribing for URIs. Fifty-five percent of patients who presented with a URI were prescribed an antibiotic, even when most did not meet treatment guidelines criteria.Aims: This …
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The CNL as a Systems Analyst- Standardizing Triage in Urgent Care
… led by a clinical nurse leader in an outpatient urgent care center to optimize efficacy and efficiency related to standardization of the triage process. After a microsystem assessment revealed excessive wait times for patients and variation in staff documentation in the electronic health record, …
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Antibiotic Resistance: Use of Delayed Prescriptions for Viral Syndromes in Urgent Care
… delayed prescriptions used by providers in two urgent care settings, with a potential to reduce the amount of antibiotics consumed by patients for viral syndromes. These diagnoses include influenza, upper respiratory infection (URI), pharyngitis, sinusitis, acute bronchitis, acute otitis media …
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Examining The Choice To Seek Non-Urgent Urinary Tract Infection Treatment At Emergency Departments
Problem statement: Non-urgent emergency department (ED) utilization leads to greater risk of ED overcrowding and potentially negative outcomes for patients. Increased understanding of why some patients continue to use EDs for non-urgent care despite the increasing availability of lower cost …
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Life is Complicated: The Urgent Call to Support Student Wellbeing through Social Emotional Learning
<p>Abstract:</p> <p>Students face increased mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, trauma, racial trauma, and suicide risk, in addition to opportunity gaps. Despite educators’ work to support students through mental health services and despite the existence of social emotional …
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Non-Urgent Emergency Department Use: Exploring the Perceptions, Emotions, and Behaviours of Emergency Healthcare Providers
… (HCPs) often describe these visits as non-urgent. While previous research explored non-urgent ED use from the patient perspective, less is known about how HCPs experience and respond to such encounters. This thesis examines ED HCPs’ perceptions, emotional responses, and behaviours related …
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Overconsumption, Animal Welfare, and Christian Ethics: Conflicting Values and the Urgent Challenges of Our Time
Η παρούσα εργασία εξετάζει την πολλαπλή επιρροή που έχει στην ευζωία των ζώων ο υπερκαταναλωτισμός που διακατέχει την σύγχρονη ανθρώπινη κοινωνία, και τους τρόπους με τους οποίους αυτό έρχεται σε αντίθεση με τη Χριστιανική Ηθική αναφορικά με τη μεταχείριση των ζώων. Μελετώνται οι ανωτέρω …
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Acute uncomplicated cystitis in an urgent care setting : to culture or not culture--a DNP project
… (Alijanov et al., 2020). In an urban urgent care setting without a standard practice guideline for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis, the providers prescribe a medication that is not first line recommendation. Purpose: The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice project …
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An Examination of Factors Affecting Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Department Services by Patients with "Universal" Healthcare
… research is to examine the factors affecting non-urgent utilization of emergency department (ED) services by individuals with "universal" healthcare using the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. Since Air Force Medical Service beneficiaries have free and unlimited use of the full-range of …
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Slow has become Urgent. How can I Foster a Slow Pedagogy in a Preschool for Children with Special Needs?
The purpose of this research was to investigate how I could foster a slow pedagogy with young children with special needs in a preschool. ‘Slow is about connecting to self, others and place.’ (Tanti, 2019). Nutbrown (2012: 3) calls for teachers of early years children ‘to become effective …
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The Role of System-Level Primary Care Characteristics and Immigration Status as Predictors of Non-Urgent Emergency Department Presentations
Non-urgent health conditions are best served in primary care settings (e.g. family practices and walk-in clinics). Despite this, patients commonly present to emergency departments (EDs) for non-urgent conditions, especially with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). This leads to poor patient …
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Reducing Non-urgent Utilization Of The Emergency Department By Self-pay Patients: Analysis Of The Impact Of A Community-wide Provider Network
… the behavior of the uninsured by decreasing non-urgent utilization of the emergency departments within a large, urban county. The literature on emergency department trends and interventions designed to decrease "inappropriate" or non-urgent use of the emergency departments was reviewed and links …
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Regulatory Capacity, Governance Failure, and the Challenge of Urgent Environmental Problems: A Critical Analysis of Conservation Strategies for the Greater Sage-grouse
… singular capacity to impose controls to address urgent environmental problems. In the U.S., shifts in governance since the 1980s have eroded centralized public authorities’ role in environmental policy and management. Trust and confidence in federal institutions have declined to historic lows. …
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Factors contributing to the non-urgent use of the emergency department by Canadian triage and acuity scale IV and V patient in Sudbury, Ontario
… emergency department (ED) visits are for less-urgent or non-urgent care needs (Hodgins & Wuest, 2007). Factors that contribute to the non-urgent use of ED services include lack of resources, insufficient access to care, and lack of awareness regarding available health care options (Fieldston, …
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An appropriateness review of urgent in-hours nontrauma CT brain scans at a single tertiary referral centre in South Africa - are we scanning rationally?
Aim: To determine if urgent, non-trauma in-hours CT head scan requests in the GSH department of radiology are being appropriately requested and completed, as well as determining the radiation dose for each study. Secondly, to make recommendations to improve local practice based on the findings of …
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