The swing-bed program is a federally approved program for small rural hospitals. It is designed to be short term and temporary with discharge options being explored as an ongoing process starting on the first day. The average length of stay for the swing-bed patients at Sacred Heart is 7 days with the stay not exceeding [...]

Members of the team include:
Medical Director of the Rehab Unit: This physician will supervise your rehabilitation treatment plan and direct the interdisciplinary team to assure the highest level of care to maximize your functional abilities and enhance your quality of life. The physiatrist will work closely with your primary care physician regarding your condition, progress, [...]

Examples of activities to implement in Health Care, Work sites, Communities, and Schools include:
Promoting health care environments that improve quality of care by increasing adherence to guidelines for the primary and secondary prevention of heart attack, e.g. physician reminder system. Potential Partners: primary care associations, federally-qualified health centers, managed are organizations, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization.
Partnering [...]

This Program has been developed to recognize the efforts of the School of Nursing’s preceptors, to encourage their continued involvement, and to acknowledge the importance of their contributions. Coupons can be redeemed for activities registering through the University of Rochester Office of Continuing Professional Education, the School of Nursing and the Center for Lifelong Learning [...]

Dental (Oral) Health covers a wide range of conditions that affect individuals of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. These diseases can be separated into many different categories. These disease categories include: Developmental diseases; Neoplastic diseases; Immunologic diseases; Infectious diseases; Acquired diseases; and Trauma.
1. Developmental Diseases. This category of diseases is genetic, environmental, or random in [...]

Definition/Purpose:
Provide direct patient care to patients of the Wassaja Memorial Health Center.
Essential Functions:
Essential functions may include the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics.
This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class.
Tasks:
Assesses patients requesting medical service; determines nature of illness/need; provides information [...]

There are reports of current nurse shortages in all but a few OECD countries. With further increases in demand for nurses expected and nurse workforce ageing predicted to reduce the supply of nurses, shortages are likely to persist or even increase in the future, unless action is taken to increase flows into and reduce flows [...]

Two week tuition-free summer residential internship at the University of Michigan School of Nursing
Attend mock nursing classes
Interactive sessions and workshops w/ nurse speakers
Opportunity to work with a faculty researcher and mentor on projects related to nursing
Learn strategic college preparatory skills
Applicants should:
Be students entering grades 9-12 considered economically or educationally disadvantaged or racially underrepresented within the [...]

Being a Registered Nurse. Significant Points: Registered nurses constitute the largest health care occupation, with 2.4 million … The three major educational paths to registered nursing are a bachelor’s degree,. an associate degree, and a diploma from an approved nursing program. … replace experienced nurses who leave the occupation, especially as the median age of. [...]

Throughout the Pacific most generalist mid-level practitioners have the same function—the provision of clinical primary care in community-based health facilities. However, mid-level practitioner education programmes vary considerably, as do the seriousness and complexity of the health problems midlevel practitioners can manage.
Graduates of mid-level practitioner training programmes have been given various titles, including physician assistant, medex, [...]

When a school nurse is assigned to the school (or school district), that person is the key school staff member who coordinates provision of health care services for a student with diabetes at school and at school-related activities. When notified that a student with diabetes is enrolled in the school, annually or more often as [...]

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are RNs who’ve received additional training, especially in diagnosis and treatment. Current educational standards for NPs require graduation from a master’s degree program. Functioning as primary care providers, NPs have expanded into areas vacated by physicians in their quest for higher paying specialties. An excellent example of one such area is nursing [...]