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This paper describes a survey that will be administered to the staff at a single Vet Center, with the focus being on improving the delivery of health care services to the Center?s veteran patients and to improve the administration of the human resources function. The paper includes an example of the actual survey that was administered.

Introduction
Data Collection
Analysis and Reporting

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"Every type of organization has, or should have, as a major goal, the need to optimize the productivity of its human resources (Farr, Schuler & Smith, 1993). One organization that has recently assumed critical importance in the U.S. is the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Today, the VA is responsible for administering an enormous healthcare and benefits network for its active duty and retired service members and their families at U.S. taxpayer expense."

Tags:government-administered, programs, medical, centers, community, outreach, clinics

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This paper examines the future of Kashmir. Specifically, it presents the best moral arguments for and against an Indian administered plebiscite to determine the future of Kashmir. It begins by presenting deontological arguments in favor of a plebiscite. It also considers grounds for morally opposing a plebiscite.

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Information technology can be invaluable for ensuring and maintaining patient safety but its effectiveness depends on how the safety program is designed and administered. The U.S. health care system was chosen because, by comparison with Canada, the use of information technology to minimize risks to patient safety is heavily flawed and barrier to resolution are numerous. The safeguards themselves which are designed to protect the patient from harm and injury are usually effective but each one is marked by its own inherent weaknesses (Dennison, 2007). What is most need with regard to information technology and patient safety is a problem-solving approach and an innovative attitude which is focused identifying root causes and underlying system failures.

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Information Technology in Nursing Practice and Improved Patient Safety Introduction Information technology can be invaluable for ensuring and maintaining patient safety but its effectiveness depends on how the safety program is designed and administered. The U.S. health care system was chosen because, by comparison with Canada, the use of information technology to minimize risks to patient safety is heavily flawed and barrier to resolution are numerous. The safeguards themselves which are designed to protect the patient from harm and injury are usually effective but each one is marked by its own inherent weaknesses (Dennison, 2007). What is most need with

Tags:technology, patient, safety

Abstract
Discusses the general nature of the self-report, self-administered test. Purpose of measuring of attitudes and wide range of symptoms of depression. Method of scoring. Applicability. Theoretical foundation in cognitive theoty. Technical description. Components of the revised BDI. Critique of the test regarding reliability and validity. Usefulness as a diagnostic indicator.

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"CRITIQUE OF THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY

Identifying Information
The original version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was introduced by Beck, Ward, Mendelson, Mock & Erbaugh in 1961. The BDI was revised in 1971 and made copyright in 1978 following additional pilot testing (Groth-Marnat, 1996). Both the original and revised versions of the instrument have been found to be highly correlated with the average correlation coefficient set at .84 (Groth-Marnat, 1996). An amended version of the Beck Depression Inventory was published in 1993 (BDI-IA; Beck & Steer, 1993).

General Nature of the Test
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a self-report, self-administered instrument consisting of 21 items designed to measure ..."

Abstract
This paper shows that administrative programs are planned and developed for the health care services industry based on a number of deciding factors. It discusses how, when looking at health care services and planning administrative programs, the following are taken into consideration: Composition and social organization of society at large; Utilization by the population of health care services including acute care treatment facilities and chronic illness vs. long term care; Government involvement in public health and funding; Politics. The paper shows that all of these factors play a key role in determining how our health care services are structured. The paper examines how the America health care system presently serves a large and diverse population through an assorted number of programs including private/group care facilities, ambulatory services, hospitals and long term care facilities. Each of these programs in turn is administered in different ways. The paper also looks at overall trends in health care services in the United States today.

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"One important idea to consider when discussing the administration of health care services is the perceived need by the public for such services. The concept that the availability of health care services creates a demand for health care and need is important to consider. New technological advances have perhaps implanted in the minds of physicians and patients the need to treat disease that may have otherwise been ignored. One important factor to consider in planning health program administration is evaluation of utilization of health care services. The function of health planners is to identify areas of greatest need or highest potential demand in communities for health care delivery organizations. Patient care plans can only be decided upon once social, psychological and physiological factors are accounted for. Many models exist that explain the public's access to health care services and resulting trends in usage of such facilities and programs."

Tags:doctor, community, hospital, insurance

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This paper explains that the human resource management's role is critically important in administering the equal opportunity for employment (EEO) specifically in the areas of affirmative action of the hiring process and in employee relations within the organization. However, after reviewing the background, significance and the literature, the author concludes that affirmative action policies are outdated and in need of review because of the unforeseen and reverse discrimination perpetrated by these policies that had been intended to mitigate and eradicate discriminatory practices. The paper recommends research to redefine the principles and guidance of the regulations and principles of these affirmative action and EEO policies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Background and Significance
Literature Review
Discussion, Implications and Recommendations
Recommendations for Future Research

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"Reverse discrimination is often scoffed at when mentioned however, there is just such a case worthy of note that was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court and was one involving The University of Michigan Law School who was tried for reverse discrimination relating to the school's admissions policies and specifically the school was accused of granting admissions upon the basis of a point system and had granted admissions to the school for promotion of diversity and interracial relations and interactions. However, when the verdict was returned it effectively supported the factor of race as "a factor in admissions decisions." Rogers asks the question of whether this "more fully integrated society" should be "more integrated on the basis of ideas and cultures rather than color? We need to reward hard work, discipline and achievement. We need to discontinue judging students because of their race rewarding some and punishing others."
"The significance of this problem is the fact that there are very capable, properly educated and trained and even experienced individuals who are being passed over for employment in today's market upon the basis of nothing other than their racial profile and while it may surprise the majority of people, that individual being discriminated against is the individual from the majority race because special opportunities are being specifically provided for those of minority races."

Tags:diversity inequity, interracial relations, economically disadvantaged, racism

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This paper describes the Wason Selection Task, which is a psychological test involving logical reasoning. The Wason Selection task is analyzed as a simple and elegant way to demonstrate several important concepts in cognition, such as propositional (abstract) reasoning, content effects, confirmation bias and modes of reasoning. The paper includes the materials and methods of the experiment and a discussion on the results of the experiment.

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"This experiment consists of several tasks. Within each task is a rule that connects two types of information through an "if-then" statement. The subject is then presented four double-sided cards that display each type of information on each side, respectively. A correct response is identifying the minimum number of cards required to validate the rule. An incorrect response is identifying a card which need not be inverted, or failing to identify a card which has to be inverted (Galotti, 2008). In the current experiment, the first task, called the arbitrary condition, deals with dichotomous numbers (odd or even) and letters (consonants or vowels)."

Tags:cognition, evolutionary psychology, cognitive psychology, experiments puzzles logic

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" Introduction
This research paper will investigate the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination. Included in the presentation will be etiologic agents, signs, symptoms, duration, and complications for all three illnesses, the history of the MMR vaccine development, evidences for Pro regarding the vaccine, and five main points supporting the MMR vaccination.

Measles
Measles is a human respiratory infection that is caused by the measles virus, it is also called rubeola. Prior to the vaccine, the disease tended to occur in springtime epidemics, resulting in serious or fatal consequences. Measles is highly contagious, with a 90% occurrence if living in the same house.."

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Nursing has both literal and symbolic meanings. Nursing has been part of the care for people longer than the practice of medicine itself. A nurse with a strong spiritual faith, a firm belief in an afterlife and in the power of faith, can help a patient in ways that other nurses simply can't. This responsibility, then, requires of the nurse the ability to respect, relate, and support the spiritual needs of the patient. The nurse can see the emotional and spiritual toll that illness has upon the patient.

Tags:spirituality, in, nursing

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This paper overviews rehabilitation centers and the experts in an effort to quantify which competencies and skills are necessary for caring for substance abusers. The paper quotes a number of educators, certifiers, and those in the field of addiction counseling who have agreed that a nationally derived and accepted set of standards is required of those who call themselves addictions counselors.

From the Paper
"Edwards, Yankey, and Altpeter (1998) also stress technical competencies ranging from budgeting and fiscal controls, to scheduling procedures, personnel administration systems, clinical counseling, reporting systems, and evaluation and quality control measures. In essence, it can be concluded that the skills which render an administrator competent in the context of substance abuse rehabilitation are the same skills needed for effective and managerial performance in any and all kinds of organizations. These skills may make the difference between organizational success and failure."

Tags:rehabilitation, carer, treatment, drugs, overdose, recovery, counselors