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In 2009, the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, experienced a six-week labor disruption involving 24,000 city workers that included solid waste and public health employees. In an attempt to control illegal dumping and to manage garbage storage across the city during this period, 24 te...
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PMID: 22010330
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Workplace bullying is a serious problem faced by nurses nationally. This study was conducted to determine the frequency of workplace bullying and evaluate the effectiveness of a training program on cognitive rehearsal of responses to common bullying behaviors. This program to increase staff nurses' k...
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PMID: 21877661
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This study offers an original analysis of how community nurse practice teachers learn to enact their role. A constructivist grounded theory approach was applied to a study of thirty community nurse practice teachers. Practice teachers were interviewed using a lightly structured interview approach fol...
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PMID: 21095045
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We present the effect of this on the length of hospital stay, mortality rates and the number of readmissions for the last year with the previous structure and the first year of the new MAU structure....
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PMID: 21827721
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This statement from the American Dental Association is the first in a series offering the ADA's vision of a healthier, more productive nation, enabled by breaking down the barriers that impede or entirely prevent millions of Americans from enjoying good oral health. It is included as part of this iss...
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PMID: 21905545
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We focused on the theme, "Unification through Diversity: Bridging Psychological Science & Practice in the Public Interest. Two key sets of presentations are highlighted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)....
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PMID: 21787053
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York District Hospital emergency department (ED) piloted a scheme in which GPs work alongside ED staff. By seeing and treating minor cases, the GPs allowed ED staff more time to care for acutely ill patients, thereby reducing waiting times and the rate of inappropriate attendance, and improving patie...
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PMID: 21877614
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Hospitals and physicians that are undertaking a merger should take five key steps to avoid a culture clash that could derail the integration initiative: Clearly identify who the physician and hospital leaders will be. Form a small, agile work team to manage the transition. Communicat...
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PMID: 21789939
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Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they could be? Thomas DeLong, an academic and consultant to executives, and Sara DeLong, a psychiatrist, argue that it's often because they're afraid to demonstrate any sign of weakness. They're reluctant to...
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PMID: 21714389
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During the 1980s and 1990s, innovations in the organization, funding, and delivery of primary health care in Canada were at the periphery of the system rather than at its core. In the early 2000s, a new policy environment emerged.
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PMID: 21676023
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Understanding how and why programs work-not simply whether they work-is crucial. Good theory is indispensable to advancing the science of improvement. We argue for the usefulness of ex post theorization of programs.
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PMID: 21676020
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Audiologists often work collaboratively with other health professionals-particularly otolaryngology providers. Some form of written reporting of audiologic outcomes is typically the vehicle by which communication among providers occurs. Quality patient care is dependent on both accurate interpretatio...
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PMID: 21586258
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The aim of this survey was to investigate the views of general dental practitioners (GDPs) on their perceived roles and the barriers regarding dental care of patients following head and neck radio-therapy.
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PMID: 21457625
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A retrospective on the development of internal medicine as a base from which other specific fields of medicine, including cardiology as one of the largest, branched as consequence of technological progress and transformation from an empirical to a scientific discipline. Similar to the internal medici...
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PMID: 21495403
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We attempted to clarify the circumstances of HOT patients at clinics, respiratory specialist hospitals, and cardiovascular specialist hospitals, in the context of those who work in the medical sphere in Japan (approx. 2 million people).
An epidemiological survey was simultaneously se...
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PMID: 21485147
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I find that the five main mechanisms emphasized in the literature--economic resources, social movement-style mobilization, moving early, lay expertise, and organizational controls--cannot fully explain the differences in strategies and relationships among members of my PAO sample. I propose instead...
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PMID: 21553639
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The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of workplace incivility (WPI) on staff nurses related to cost and productivity.
Healthful practice environments are one of the goals of the American Organization of Nurse Executives 2010 to 2012 Strategic Plan. Healthy work environments are li...
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PMID: 21157243
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Health professions education programs use simulation for teaching and maintaining clinical procedural skills. Simulated learning activities are also becoming useful methods of instruction for interprofessional education. The simulation environment for interprofessional training allows participants to...
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PMID: 21443779
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Employee performance problems are essentially of 2 kinds: those that are motivational in origin and those resulting from skill deficiencies. Both kinds of problems are the province of the department manager. Performance problems differ from problems of conduct in that traditional dis...
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PMID: 21537142
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