Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the current global nursing shortage. Opponents claim that ratios will unfairly burden hospital budgets, while reducing management flexibility in addressing patient needs.
Safety in Numbers is the first book to examine the arguments for and against ratios. Utilizing survey data, interviews, and other original research, Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton weigh the cost, benefits, and effectiveness of ratios in California and the state of Victoria in Australia, the two places where RN staffing levels have been mandated the longest. They show how hospital cost cutting and layoffs in the 1990s created larger workloads and deteriorating conditions for both nurses and their patients—leading nursing organizations to embrace staffing level regulation. The authors provide an in-depth account of the difficult but ultimately successful campaigns waged by nurses and their allies to win mandated ratios. Safety in Numbers then reports on how nurses, hospital administrators, and health care policymakers handled ratio implementation.
With at least fourteen states in the United States and several other countries now considering staffing level regulation, this balanced assessment of the impact of ratios on patient outcomes and RN job performance and satisfaction could not be timelier. The authors' history and analysis of the nurse-to-patient ratios debate will be welcomed as an invaluable guide for patient advocates, nurses, health care managers, public officials, and anyone else concerned about the quality of patient care in the United States and the world.
Автор: Bragg Steven M. Название: Business Ratios and Formulas: A Comprehensive Guide ISBN: 1118169964 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118169964 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 71810.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Offers a complete appraisal of analytical tools available to managers to assess performance. This resource allows you to pick and choose the tools you need to best assess your organization`s performance. It provides a tool for measuring corporate performance.
Автор: Chris Peers Название: Class Size and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Where Education and Economics Collide ISBN: 1681235609 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681235608 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 43430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides a “primer” with respect to the debate about class size between economists and educators. In particular it offers an overview of how economists look at school funding problems, and makes a comparison between the work of the Chicago School and others like Eric Hanushek, which has focused intensely on the economic relationship between public spending on educational resources and the cost of equipping and expanding school infrastructure, and student outcomes. The book therefore focuses on class size as a primary example of the way in which economists have come to treat teaching and learning as a site for the development of human capital.The book also takes a historical look at the debate about class size from the perspective of theories about public choice, which have emerged from the Chicago School through the writings of Milton Friedman. This raises the issue of how the notion of the “public” is understood, and whether educators and economists are coming from different perspectives about what schools should do for the community. Many educationists think about the problem of class size from the perspective of a classroom teacher, who must “eyeball” her students and regard them as flesh?and?blood individuals, whereas economists deal in statistical numbers and should therefore be understood as regarding class size as symptomatic of population issues.The book surveys the two sides of the long?standing debate about class size and its supposed relationship to student achievement. The aim is to disclose a theoretical principle that is adopted by both sides in the debate, even if neither side is conscious of it. This principle relates to the issue of individuals and populations as a binary opposition that supplies either side with a valid viewpoint. The book explores this principle, arguing that each of these opposing perspectives depends on the other for its own logical outcome. The book analyses the procedure of opposing individuals to populations and demonstrates that the question of class size could be more effectively approached by dealing with the principle that is at its core.
Автор: Baby Professor Название: Sixth Grade Math Workbook: Ratios and Percent ISBN: 1682601102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682601105 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 12870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Winter Paul Название: Graph Theory and Calculus: Ratios of Classes of Graphs ISBN: 3659707708 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783659707704 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 120930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is suitable for both undergraduate students (first year calculus and undergraduate graph theory) and post-graduate students (algebraic graph theory and combinatorics). The main thrust of the book involves the join between graph theory and calculus, by introducing 10 different ratios involving graph theoretical concepts. When these ratios are a function f(n), of the order n of graphs G belonging to a class of graphs, then the horizontal asymptotic behavior of f(n) becomes significant in terms of practical applications, when a large number of vertices are involved, such as in networks, or molecules with a large number of atoms. Moreover, by attaching the average degree of G (the length of G) to the Riemann integral of f(n) (the height of G) the idea of area becomes relevant in terms of this ratio involving such classes of graphs. These ratios have realized such aspects as: - Asymptotic convergence of 1/e identical to the famous secretary problem. - The chromatic number and energy of a graph G is compared to the same for the complete graph and the idea of domination involving these properties is investigated - Sequences, as a subsequence of the Farey sequence.
Автор: Fentress Steve Название: Sky to Space: Astronomy Beyond the Basics with Comparisons, Ratios and Proportions ISBN: 1546431241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781546431244 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sky to Space: Astronomy Beyond the Basics with Comparisons, Ratios andProportions gets you started as a space explorer. This book shows you how to followthe clockwork motions of Earth's sky, then how to predict what you would see fromour moon, other planets and moons in our solar system and other solar systems. It also gives you above-average insight into what's happening during the solar eclipses of 2017, 2020, 2023 and 2024.You'll get scientifically accurate results using pencil, paper and easier-than-you-thinkmath. When you're done, you'll know: If you were on Jupiter, how large would Jupiter's moons appear compared toour moon in our sky?When asteroid Apophis comes near Earth in 2029, how close will it becompared to the distance to our moon?When space artist Chesley Bonestell painted his famous image of Saturn asseen from its moon Titan, how did he decide how big Saturn should appear inthe frame of the picture?An extensive chapter on eclipses explains the movements of the moon and itsshadow and shows you how to predict eclipses using the Saros cycle. Additionalmoon chapters include "Giant Moon," "Red Moon" and "Why Does the Moon Seemto Follow Your Car?"This book contains many project ideas. With a pencil, a ruler, and two coins, accurately draw the phase (crescent, quarter, or gibbous) of any moon or planet asseen from anywhere in a solar system. Figure out how far you must fly from Earth forour home planet to appear as a point of light. Use real data to predict how big oneof the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets would appear in the sky of one of its neighbors.The author is a planetarium director who brings you the benefit of many years'experience creating science activities for homeschoolers, out-of-school groups, adult enthusiasts, and public school enrichment programs.Science students looking for project topics, families looking for homeschool curriculum enrichment, amateur astronomers and model rocket flyers, adults learners and space cadets ofall ages will find exciting new ideas in this b
Автор: Chris Peers Название: Class Size and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Where Education and Economics Collide ISBN: 1681235617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681235615 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 80390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides a "primer" with respect to the debate about class size between economists and educators. In particular it offers an overview of how economists look at school funding problems, and makes a comparison between the work of the Chicago School and others like Eric Hanushek, which has focused intensely on the economic relationship between public spending on educational resources and the cost of equipping and expanding school infrastructure, and student outcomes. The book therefore focuses on class size as a primary example of the way in which economists have come to treat teaching and learning as a site for the development of human capital. The book also takes a historical look at the debate about class size from the perspective of theories about public choice, which have emerged from the Chicago School through the writings of Milton Friedman. This raises the issue of how the notion of the "public" is understood, and whether educators and economists are coming from different perspectives about what schools should do for the community. Many educationists think about the problem of class size from the perspective of a classroom teacher, who must "eyeball" her students and regard them as flesh‐and‐blood individuals, whereas economists deal in statistical numbers and should therefore be understood as regarding class size as symptomatic of population issues. The book surveys the two sides of the long‐standing debate about class size and its supposed relationship to student achievement. The aim is to disclose a theoretical principle that is adopted by both sides in the debate, even if neither side is conscious of it. This principle relates to the issue of individuals and populations as a binary opposition that supplies either side with a valid viewpoint. The book explores this principle, arguing that each of these opposing perspectives depends on the other for its own logical outcome. The book analyses the procedure of opposing individuals to populations and demonstrates that the question of class size could be more effectively approached by dealing with the principle that is at its core.
Автор: Raisanen Arne Название: The Power of Sale Number One: Six Proven Steps to Increase Closing Ratios ISBN: 0991428935 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780991428939 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sales is a system, but not just any system
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Автор: Baker, Jack Swanson, David A. Tayman, Jeff Tedrow, Lucky M. Название: Cohort change ratios and their applications ISBN: 331953744X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319537443 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 55890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Basic Demographic Concepts.- Chapter 3 Sources of Demographic Information.- Chapter 4 Forecasting Population Size and Composition.- Chapter 5 Forecasting Using Modified Cohort Change Ratios.- Chapter 6 Forecasting Uncertainty.- Chapter 7 Forecasting School Enrollment Size and Composition.- Chapter 8 Forecasting Other Characteristics.- Chapter 9 Estimating Population Size and Composition.- Chapter 10 Estimating Historical Populations.- Chapter 11 Estimating Life Expectancy.- Chapter 12 Stable Population Theory.- Chapter 13 Decomposition of Cohort Change Ratios.- Chapter 14 Forecasting Incorporating Spatial Dependencies.- Chapter 15 The Utility of Cohort Change Ratios.- Chapter 16 Concluding Remarks.- Subject Index.
