RICHARD RUMELT and Robert W. Lundeen
Looking ahead and assessing the total environment for business is the most challenging task facing corporate management in these uncertain times. The difficulty of such exercises…
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Looking ahead and assessing the total environment for business is the most challenging task facing corporate management in these uncertain times. The difficulty of such exercises has increased exponentially in the past several decades. Corporate boards and managements must now deal thought‐fully not only with economic issues, but with complex political and social issues, country by country, wherever their companies do business or wherever they would like to do business.
The following bibliography focuses mainly on programs which can run on IBM microcomputers and compatibles under the operating system PC DOS/MS DOS, and which can be used in online…
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The following bibliography focuses mainly on programs which can run on IBM microcomputers and compatibles under the operating system PC DOS/MS DOS, and which can be used in online information and documentation work. They fall into the following categories:
Maureen Cluskey and Kelly Schwend
The role of the school nurse has evolved. It has expanded from administering first aid and promoting hand washing to key participation in program planning for health and…
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The role of the school nurse has evolved. It has expanded from administering first aid and promoting hand washing to key participation in program planning for health and educational outcomes for the school-aged child. Nurses provide leadership in promoting a healthy and safe school environment, case management of chronically ill children, collaboration between family and school, and referral to essential community resources. Additionally, the school nurse is a valuable resource on the multidisciplinary special education team. The school nurse is the health care expert in the school and is in a unique position to meet the actual and potential needs of all students – including those with special needs.
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This paper reviews the history of separate online system interfaces, leading to efforts to develop expert systems for searching databases, particularly for end users, and…
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This paper reviews the history of separate online system interfaces, leading to efforts to develop expert systems for searching databases, particularly for end users, and introduces the research in such expert systems. Appended is a bibliography of sources on interfaces and expert systems for online retrieval.
Demonstrates how the complex and detailed task of creating abibliography, involving compiling data,formatting it into a style sheet,revising the text, and printing the product can…
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Demonstrates how the complex and detailed task of creating a bibliography, involving compiling data,formatting it into a style sheet, revising the text, and printing the product can be simplified by using various software packages that automatically format bibliographic data into desired style.
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Alison Leary, Robert Cook, Sarahjane Jones, Mark Radford, Judtih Smith, Malcolm Gough and Geoffrey Punshon
Incident reporting systems are commonly deployed in healthcare but resulting datasets are largely warehoused. This study explores if intelligence from such datasets could be used…
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Purpose
Incident reporting systems are commonly deployed in healthcare but resulting datasets are largely warehoused. This study explores if intelligence from such datasets could be used to improve quality, efficiency, and safety.
Design/methodology/approach
Incident reporting data recorded in one NHS acute Trust was mined for insight (n = 133,893 April 2005–July 2016 across 201 fields, 26,912,493 items). An a priori dataset was overlaid consisting of staffing, vital signs, and national safety indicators such as falls. Analysis was primarily nonlinear statistical approaches using Mathematica V11.
Findings
The organization developed a deeper understanding of the use of incident reporting systems both in terms of usability and possible reflection of culture. Signals emerged which focused areas of improvement or risk. An example of this is a deeper understanding of the timing and staffing levels associated with falls. Insight into the nature and grading of reporting was also gained.
Practical implications
Healthcare incident reporting data is underused and with a small amount of analysis can provide real insight and application to patient safety.
Originality/value
This study shows that insight can be gained by mining incident reporting datasets, particularly when integrated with other routinely collected data.
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evolution of school nursing in the USA in the early decades of the twentieth century, highlighting the linkages between schools and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evolution of school nursing in the USA in the early decades of the twentieth century, highlighting the linkages between schools and public health and the challenges nurses faced.
Design/methodology/approach
This historical essay examines the discussions about school nursing and school nurses’ descriptions of their work.
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In the Progressive period, though the responsibilities of school nurse were never clearly defined, nurses quickly became accepted, respected members of the school, with few objecting to their practices. Nonetheless, nurses consistently faced financial complications that limited, and continue to limit, their effectiveness in schools and communities.
Originality/value
Few histories of school health have documented the critical role nurses have played and their important, although contested, position today. This paper points to the obstacles restricting the development of dynamic school nurse programs today.