Sandy Goodwin, BSN, RN, The Nurses Coach:"I'm a Registered Nurse with a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from CSU Sacramento, California, and have taken Graduate courses in Stress Management and Health Psychology. My 25 year career includes being an Operating Room Nurse in the US Air Force, a Clinic Manager, Nursing Instructor, and College Staff Development Coordinator. I have additional Certifications as a Professional Speaker and a Personality Type Facilitator, and created my own professional speaking business, speaking on the topics of Stress Management, Time Management, Goal Setting, Healthy Living, Personality Type for Teambuilding, and Managing Change."
Monterey Bay, California
831-883-9655
sandy@thenursescoach.com
http://www.thenursescoach.com/

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Baraka Dimson, BSN, New York City Nursing Agencies, Nurse-Owned Businesses:"Staff Nurse Inc. is a staffing agency for nursing homes in the state of New York. We staff nursing homes with qualified licensed practical nurses and registered professional nurses. Our rates are extremely competitive and we offer on-going staff development for our nurses. In addition to this we have a department that offers 5 weeks NCLEX review class for repeat NCLEX test takers only. We offer them the support they need and review in a small and intimate classroom environment. Our NCLEX review classes are so good, if after taking it the graduate nurse is still not successful, we allow him or her to continue taking our review classes up to 1 year until they pass the NCLEX and obtain their license.
312-316 East 149th street
Bronx New York Zip Code: 10452
Phone number: 718-772-6663 Fax number: 718-293-3980
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dimson

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Carol J. Rhodes RN, LNC, Medical-Legal Remedies Inc (MLR):"Medical-Legal Remedies Inc (MLR) provides medical-legal Litigation Support Services for Legal Professionals that include Legal Nurse Consulting, Paralegal Litigation Support, a Medical Information Service called Virtual Legal Nurse and Medical Expert Referral Service for Attorneys, Insurance Companies, Hospital Risk Managers, Government, and Claims Management. MLR MLR's Paralegal Staff and Legal Nurse work together as a team to assist our legal clients with comprehensive medical-legal litigation issues and are committed to serve clients by offering our extensive experience and expertise to provide specialized high quality medical-legal litigation support services. By utilizing Medical-Legal Remedies Inc Paralegal/Legal Nurse Team allows the litigator to control costs and increase revenues while securing the competitive advantage with superior work products. So whether your firm or company needs a Paralegal, a Legal Nurse, or both - MLR will assist your firm or company with any medical-legal litigation case project."
Carol J. Rhodes RN, LNC
14286-19 Beach Blvd. #248
Jacksonville, FL 32250
(904) 223-3969
Carol@JaxLegalNurse.com or Carol@VirtualLegalNurse.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/carol-j-rhodes/30/81b/685
http://www.jaxparalegal.com/

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Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, AAAHC...

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. 3201 Old Glenview Road, Suite 300 Wilmette, Illinois 60091-2992 Phone: 847-853-6060 Fax: 847-853-9028 E-mail: info@aaahc.org Copyright © 200...
http://www.aaahc.org

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Ambulatory Pediatric Association...

The Ambulatory Pediatric Association is the organization of academic general pediatric health professionals who create, disseminate, and advocate excellence and innovation in education, research, and ...
http://www.ambpeds.org

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American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN):"The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) is the association of professional nurses who identify ambulatory care practice as essential to the continuum of high quality, cost-effective health care."
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing: East Holly Avenue Box 56 Pitman, New Jersey 08071-0056 Phone: (856) 256-2350 Fax: (856) 589-7463
http://aaacn.inurse.com/

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Ambulatory Nursing Section Overview, Walter Reed Army Medical Center:"Ambulatory Nursing Service (ANS) includes the nursing personnel in 17 clinics at WRAMC, the Emergency Room, Ambulance Section, and Aeromedical Section, as well as the clinics located at Ft. McNair and the Pentagon. Ambulatory care nurses specialize in health care delivery that is uniquely responsive to the needs of patients who seek care on an outpatient basis. While the nursing role varies in each clinic, patient education, advocacy, and strong administrative and clinical skills provide the foundation for the nursing care provided."
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/nursing/sections/ans/ans_overview.html

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Addressing the Concerns of Ambulatory Care Patients:"At a time when service counts more than ever, the Atlanta VAMC established a formal customer service program to better meet the needs of our veterans, their families, and employees. This program focuses on providing prompt, informative, and courteous service to all of our customers. Two specific aspects focus on ambulatory care patients: our Customer Welcoming Station and the Service Representative Program. Both significantly improve patient and employee satisfaction."
http://www.va.gov/medical/Ambulatorycare.htm

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Ambulatory Care Advisory Group, Inc. (ACAG):"Ambulatory Care Advisory Group, Inc. (ACAG) is devoted exclusively to ambulatory care. Since 1991, we have been engaged by progressive hospitals and health systems to assess a wide range of specific ambulatory care consultative needs."
http://www.ambulatorycare.com/

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Outpatient Prospective Patient Assessment:"Congress has mandated full-scale implementation of a prospective payment system for designated hospital outpatient services effective January 1, 1999. Under this system, all services provided to Medicare outpatient beneficiaries will be classified and grouped according to specific, clinically homogeneous criteria. Services will be bundled with rates of payment determined according to regional and national factors. Overall, this system is expected to reduce payments for select services and over time, decrease the utilization of various ancillary services. While a Federal regulation at present, State and commercial payors are expected to immediately adopt this payment system. Hospitals will face formidable challenges in implementing this new system of reimbursement. Several assessment and implementation concerns include the following"
http://www.ambulatorycare.com/ambpatgrps.html

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American College of Emergency Physicians ACEP.org...

Quality emergency care is a fundamental right and should be available to all who seek it. There is a body of knowledge unique to emergency medicine that requires continuing refinement and development....
http://www.acep.org