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This Open access book offers updated and revised information on vessel health and preservation (VHP), a model concept first published in poster form in 2008 and in JVA in 2012, which has received a great deal of attention, especially in the US, UK and Australia. The book presents a model and a new way of thinking applied to vascular access and administration of intravenous treatment, and shows how establishing and maintaining a route of access to the bloodstream is essential for patients in acute care today. Until now, little thought has been given to an intentional process to guide selection, insertion and management of vascular access devices (VADs) and by default actions are based on crisis management when a quickly selected VAD fails. The book details how VHP establishes a framework or pathway model for each step of the patient experience, intentionally guiding, improving and eliminating risk when possible. The evidence points to the fact that reducing fragmentation, establishing a pathway, and teaching the process to all stakeholders reduces complications with intravenous therapy, improves efficiency and diminishes cost. As such this book appeals to bedside nurses, physicians and other health professionals.

Medicine --- Nursing --- Critical care medicine --- Pediatrics

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Our healthcare system is undergoing considerable transformation; standards are changing and established ways of working are being challenged. One change that has consequences for nursing services is increasing digitalization, with new information systems existing alongside paper-based and analogue systems. In this anthology, we have gathered contributions from researchers from a broad spectrum of disciplines and research traditions. Our objective has been to thematicize key perspectives on information and documentation work in the nursing profession during this period of increasing digitalization. We accomplish this objective by focusing on the changing role of the patient, nurses’ record-keeping and important tools that have an impact on quality and collaboration in healthcare services.

digitalization --- nursing services --- information systems --- healthcare system --- sykepleietjenesten --- digitalisering --- brukermedvirkning --- dokumentasjonsarbeid --- informasjonssystemer --- journalføring

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Religion, Welfare, and Social Service Provision: Common Ground delves deeply into the partnerships forged between religious communities, government agencies and nonprofits to deliver social services to the needy. These pages offer a considered examination of how local faith entities have served those in their midst, and how the provision of those services has been impacted by evolving social policies. This foundational volume brings together the work of more than two dozen leading researchers, each providing long overdue scholarly inquiry into religiously affiliated helping and the many possibilities that it holds for effective cooperation.

faith-based --- social service --- history --- church-state --- international development --- international social and economic development --- religious community --- faith based organizations --- faith-based NGOs --- humanitarian work --- Engaged Buddhism --- Vietnamese refugees --- community building --- social work --- social services --- political participation --- congregations --- social work partnerships --- congregations --- RAOs --- field education --- faith and service --- religion --- social services --- congregations --- government funding --- human services --- volunteers --- National Congregations Study --- faith --- social services --- organizational capacity --- network --- niche --- community planning --- congregational social work --- community health --- parish nursing --- philanthropy --- health --- faith-based --- religion --- state policy --- social movements --- conservative Evangelical --- community-based research --- service-learning --- community development --- interinstitutional relations --- organizational case studies --- faith-based organizations --- government partnerships --- congregations --- social service --- ownership --- donor retention --- faith-related organizations --- Christian --- international NGOs --- INGOs --- Charitable Choice --- faith-based --- church-state --- contracting --- religious congregation --- community ministry --- volunteerism --- baby boomer --- n/a --- n/a