This is the first comprehensive guide to setting up, operating, and practicing in a convenient care clinic. The book addresses all key medical and operational considerations pertaining to running these local retail health clinics that are rapidly proliferating in pharmacies, supermarkets, airports, and other locations throughout the U.S. The text describes the philosophy underlying retail care, its history and growth, and the parameters of its services. Pros and cons of different operational models are discussed. The book addresses the top 20 medical conditions likely to be seen in a retail clinic along with signs and symptoms, Written to educate healthcare providers and professionals entering the retail clinic market, it also serves as a text for nursing schools and programs for physicianís assistants that wish to add preparation for retail clinics and urgent care facilities to their curriculum.Key Features:Provides the essential information needed to establish, operate, and practice in a convenient care clinic or urgent care clinicDesigned for courses at the NP-DNP level, PAs, clinic managers, CNOs, graduate nurse/PA educators and studentsIdentifies 20 top conditions seen in retail health clinics and provides workup and treatment regimensIncludes metrics associated with retail medicineDiscusses philosophy of retail care and parameters of primary services.
There is much discussion around cultural sensitivity and cultural expertise, but now the discussion has shifted to cultural sensibility, which is a deliberate behavior that proactively provides an enriched provider consumer/patient interaction, where the health care provider acknowledges cultural issues and situations through thoughtful reasoning, responsiveness, and discreet (attentive, considerate, and observant) interactions. In this highly practical and informative handbook, author Sally Ellis Fletcher offers healthcare providers a process that encourages them to first consider their own attitudes, biases, beliefs, and prejudices through self-reflection. Cultural Sensibility in Healthcare challenges readers to examine cultural issues beyond just theory and to instead explore culture as it affects your professional role thus creating culturally sensibility health care
Contains eleven of Donal Berwisk's speeches delivered at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care. Spans 1992-2002.
Transcultural diversity and health care -- The Purnell model for cultural competence -- People of African American heritage -- The Amish -- People of Appalachian heritage -- People of Arab heritage -- People of Bosnian heritage -- People of Brazilian heritage -- People of Chinese heritage -- People of Cuban heritage -- People of Egyptian heritage -- People of European American heritage -- People of Filipino heritage -- People of German heritage -- People of Greek heritage -- People of Haitian heritage -- People of Hindu heritage -- People of Iranian heritage -- People of Irish heritage -- People of Italian heritage -- People of Japanese heritage -- People of Jewish heritage -- People of Korean heritage -- People of Mexican heritage -- Navajo Indians -- People of Puerto Rican heritage -- People of Russian heritage -- People of Turkish heritage -- People of Vietnamese heritage.
Contents: Population health profile -- Progress report on 2000/01 priorities -- Evaluation plan for the 2001/02-2003/04 Health & Service Plan -- Glossary of terms