Biomedical subjects

M P Verhey

Publications and source records attributed to M P Verhey.

8 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1996

Quality management in a school-based nursing center: program development and implementation.

As community-based health care services continue to grow, quality management programs for new, nontraditional settings are being developed. The article describes a quality management program implemented in a nursing center in an urban, multicultural high school. The three components of the program--formulation of the quality management plan, the development of written structure, process, and outcome standards, and the development of a monitoring and evaluation plan--are summarized. The application of the principles and practices of quality management to a school-based nursing center has provided challenges, opportunities, and rewards for all involved.

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PubMed1994

Teaching quality management in a nursing graduate program: a collaborative university-agency quality team.

A graduate-level course in quality management has been developed through a partnership between the San Francisco State University Department of Nursing and over 80 clinical agencies. The course, required of all master's students and open to nurses in the community, combines the most current information and research in quality management with a major project conducted in a health care setting. This article describes the course objectives, content, and methods, as well as the positive outcomes for students and agencies. The partnership offers an innovative model for agency and university collaboration in the teaching and practice of quality management.

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PubMed1994

Collaboration between families and university faculty: a partnership in education.

1. Collaboration between nursing faculty and family members of persons with mental illness can help nursing students form a positive view of the family as a resource to treatment and as a source of support for the client. 2. Faculty and family collaboration may result in a program of home visiting, which can augment the psychiatric nursing practicum and increase nursing student empathy and sensitivity to the family burden of mental illness. 3. Nursing students use of CAMI instructional resources has accelerated the incorporation of biological perspectives of mental illness into the nursing curriculum.

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PubMed1993

How do psychiatric nurses learn?: Modes of learning and learning self-directedness.

Houle's typology of continuing professional learning was used to investigate the phenomena of continuing professional learning and learning self-directedness in psychiatric nurses. Five research questions guided the study that was the first to examine the learning styles and preferences of psychiatric nurses. The results have relevance for those planning educational opportunities and programs for psychiatric nurses and for those psychiatric nurses interested in insight into the dynamics of their own continuing learning.

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PubMed1992

The career development internship program. Pathway to enhanced nursing practice.

Nurse administrators can enhance nursing practice and improve patient care by providing clinical nurses with ways to develop and share their expertise in areas such as education, management, quality assurance, advanced clinical practice, and research. The authors describe the Career Development Internship Program that grew out of the Management Internship Program. This creative program allows for professional growth in specific fields while also developing leadership capability.

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Quality management in home care: models for today's practice.

In less than a decade, home care providers have been a part of two major transitions in health care delivery. First, because of the advent of managed care and a shift from inpatient to community-based services, home care service delivery systems have experienced tremendous growth. Second, the principles and practices of total quality management and continuous quality improvement have permeated the organization, administration, and practice of home health care. Based on the work of Deming, Juran, and Crosby, the basic tenets of the new quality management philosophy involve a focus on the following five key areas: (1) systems and processes rather than individual performance; (2) involvement, collaboration, and empowerment; (3) internal and external "customers"; (4) data and measurement; and (5) standards, guidelines, and outcomes of care. Home care providers are among those in the forefront who are developing and implementing programs that integrate these foci into the delivery of quality home care services. This article provides a summary of current home care programs that address these five key areas of quality management philosophy and provide models for innovative quality management practice in home care. For further information about each program, readers are referred to the original reports in the home care and quality management journal literature, as cited herein.

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Development of a nurse-managed, school-based health center.

As the healthcare environment continues to change, nurses are developing models for interdisciplinary care in a variety of community settings. The high school is an ideal treatment setting for the delivery of health services to adolescents. This article describes the development of a nurse-managed, school-based health center. The steps in planning and implementing this interdisciplinary service and training site are outlined to provide a guide for nurses wishing to develop autonomous community practice settings.

Adolescent↗

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A psychometric examination of the Stronge-Brodt Nurses' Attitudes Toward Computers Questionnaire.

The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure and reliability of the Stronge-Brodt Nurses' Attitudes Toward Computers Questionnaire. The instrument was administered to nurses before (T1, n = 391) and after (T2, n = 265) the implementation of a computerized patient care information system. A factor analysis of each sample was carried out using the SPSS/PC+ factor procedure with varimax rotation and Kaiser normalization. The factor analyses for T1 and T2 were consistent and identified three factors that parallel those generated in a factor analysis performed by Schwirian et al (1989). In both samples of the current study, the internal consistency reliability for the first factor was high (T1 alpha = .91, T2 alpha = .92), whereas the second and third factors demonstrated diminished reliability. Overall instrument reliability was .93 at T1 and .92 at T2. This study, with relatively large sample sizes, provided further clarification of the factor structure and supported the high reliability of the instrument.

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