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The all-in-one guide to a successful ambulatory care business! This co mprehensive handbook presents effective methods of providing health ca re within the ambulatory care setting, including: information on how t o structure and organize a medical group, the role of the medical dire ctor; professional and technical nursing; the collaboration of physici ans and nurses; staffing and scheduling methodologies; quality assuran ce; utilization review; risk management; information systems; and much more.

In this straight-to-the-point, hands-on work, Dr. Mennell presents his highly acclaimed findings and techniques on diagnosing and healing pr oblems of the musculoskeletal system. This resource will help to sharp en patient evaluation skills, improve the accuracy of diagnoses, and i ncrease the results of physical therapy.

Here is a unique and authoritative reference for assessing and diagnos ing nutritional problems, developing a nutrition plan, implementing an d evaluating care, understanding cultural attitudes, counseling the pa tient and family, controlling many troublesome symptoms through nutrit ion, and understanding illness-specific considerations. It provides fo rms and charts, and discusses the health care professional's role and personal considerations for the nutrition specialist.

This collection of readings is the companion to The Nurse's Guide to M anaged Care, which is a text designed to provide a broad overview of t he managed health care system as it relates to nursing. Articles were selected for this collection to present a point of view not found in t he text, to present more depth to a subject, or to provoke discussion. The readings parallel the chapters in the text. You'll find 40 insigh tful and thought-provoking articles that will help to facilitate an un derstanding of the concepts in The Nurse's Guide to Managed Care and d raw out discussions of issues ranging from patient care quality to nur sing ethics to integrity.

Now there is a text that provides students with a comprehensive blueprint for supervisory practice in the field of education. In Supervision in Education Bernadette Marczely draws on her expertise in both law and education to fully explain different methods of supervision and to carefully identify the legal issues that drive each approach. The book presents the information future educational administrators need to know, plus it offers helpful pointers on what they need to do. Students will learn: _ How to understand the distinction between evaluation and supervision. _ How to personalize supervision to address unique professional needs. _ Why legally effective evaluation requires evidence of preliminary supervision. _ Why teachers, administrators, certified, and noncertified staff all merit thoughtful supervision. _ What legal and management implications to anticipate from different methods of supervision. _ Job descriptions, tables for differentiated supervision, case citations, and supervisory forms and procedures reinforce the text and help students apply the material in their future practice. Receive a free Instructor's Manual (0-8342-1910-7) when you order 10 or more books.

The approach to teaching the concepts of food processing to the undergrad uate food science major has evolved over the past 40 years. The current 1FT minimum standards suggest that the undergradu ate food science major be required to complete at least one food processing course.

Processed Meats, Third Edition reflects the changes taking place in the meat processing industry.

Fourteen contributed chapters underscore the challenges and successes of behavioral health care within the US managed care system. Ross, CEO of Children and Adults with Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Inc. in Landover, MD, overviews these issues and managed care as public policy. The othe

Offers comprehensive and detailed guidelines on all aspects of managing high blood pressure from the initial diagnosis in the clinical examination to the treatment strategy, which might include drug therapy, non-pharmaceutical intervention, lifestyle modification, and nutrition counseling. Also incl

A family nurse practitioner and homeopathic clinician in San Francisco, Skinner explains to mainstream health care providers how to treat many non-chronic illnesses with homeopathic medicines safely and effectively. He analyzes the 15 homeopathic medicines most valuable to primary care, and explains

In Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions, the nation's leading exper ts, researchers, analysts, and educators present their frustrations, f indings, insights, and recommendations on what current research reveal s about the promise of healthy aging, how we are unprepared for the lo ng-term chronic needs of an aging population, and why we need to rethi nk how the nation spends health care dollars. Edited by Dr. Ken Dychtw ald, one of the nation's foremost visionaries and leading authorities on the aging of America, this anthology will open your eyes to our nat ion's lack of readiness to meet the staggering health care needs of an aging society, and what must be done to head off the fast-approaching health care logjam.

Written from a nursing perspective, and completely focused on the home health setting, Home Care Nursing Delegation Skills will show you how to build a strong foundation, understand the laws and regulations, es tablish effective procedures, know your responsibilities, and incorpor ate the fundamentals, such as decision making for professional practic e, practice innovative, two-way communication techniques, test the com petency of the people you work with, learn conflict resolution techniq ues, implement easy-to-use checklists and charts, all of which keep yo u on track so your organization can provide optimum patient care and y ou can delegate tasks effectively, be an effective critical thinker, a nd establish effective two-way communication.

An overview for readers who are familiar with capitation basics but not experienced in the operational, institutional, and administrative complications involved in capitated care. Lays out the case for why capitation will continue as a payment system, then explores adaptive strategies employed in ma

A companion to the work Health Care Outcomes: Collaborative, Path-Based Approaches, focusing on the specialty of cardiovascular care and practice. The 18 contributions look at the evolution of outcomes management, a rapid rule-out process for myocardial infarction, stroke outcome improvement, the f