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Nancy E Dayhoff

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PubMed2002

A cost-effectiveness worksheet for patient-education programs.

This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a worksheet used by nursing faculty in a graduate clinical nurse specialist course to assist students in learning to estimate the cost-effectiveness of patient-education programs.1 The worksheet was found to be a satisfactory method of facilitating student learning and could also be used in the service arena to evaluate the cost aspects of patient-education programs.

Cost-Benefit Analysis↗
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Pain intensity and postoperative pulmonary complications among the elderly after abdominal surgery.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether postoperative pain intensity differs between elderly abdominal surgery patients in whom postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) develop and those in whom they do not. METHODS: The exploratory secondary analysis of data from a prospective study of risk factors for PPC had a convenience sample of 86 patients (> or =60 years old) after abdominal surgery at 3 Midwestern hospitals. Daily measurements from postoperative day (POD) 1 to 6 included: pain (rated 0 to 10) at rest, with coughing, deep breathing, movement and walking, and frequency of ambulation. RESULTS: Sixteen subjects (18.6%) had a PPC develop. Subjects with PPCs had higher mean pain intensities on all measures on each POD than those without. Those with PPCs had significantly higher pain intensities at rest on POD4 (P = .010), with deep breathing on POD2 (P = .015), POD4 (P = .009), POD5 (P = .006), and POD6 (P = .009), were up to a chair significantly fewer times on POD2 (P = .043), and walked significantly fewer times on POD5 (P = .002) and POD6 (P = .000) than those without PPCs. Length of stay for those with PPCs (mean, 17.9 days; standard deviation, 15.9 days; median, 10.0 days) was significantly longer than for those without PPCs (mean, 8.5 days; standard deviation, 4.8 days; median, 7.0 days; P = .000). CONCLUSION: Results provide support for viewing pain as a factor that contributes to the development of PPCs among the elderly population after abdominal surgery. Therefore, nursing interventions of pain assessment and management, deep breathing, and ambulation may influence the incidence of this outcome.

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It is all about cash flow.

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Accounts Payable and Receivable↗
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The diabetes educator as an entrepreneur: starting your business.

If you determine that you have many of the attributes of an entrepreneur (including being a risk taker), if you have a passion for your products and services, and if you are willing to risk an uncertain income, then you are ready to be an entrepreneur. The steps outlined in this article provide a basic overview of how to set up a business. If you decide to become an entrepreneur, there are numerous books and Web sites to guide you through the steps of establishing and managing a business. Although the challenges of becoming an entrepreneur may seem intimidating, becoming an entrepreneur can be very rewarding.

Diabetes Mellitus↗