scholarly journals Hospital Readmissions Among the Homeless Population in Albuquerque, New Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria F. Dirmyer
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Hospital Readmissions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Two Populations

It is estimated that there are 1.7 million homeless individuals in the United States; 36% are families with children under the age of 18. Due to lack of resources, homeless individuals frequent emergency departments for immediate health care needs. The aim of this study was to examine a homeless population who visited an Albuquerque area hospital at any time during a 3-year time period. A comparison of demographic characteristics as well as visit/hospitalization characteristics between two populations was analyzed; homeless individuals who had a 30-day readmission compared to those that did not have a 30-day readmission.

scholarly journals Health Care Today: Whom Do We Really Care About

2020 ◽  
pp. 002436392095166
Author(s):  
Brother Ignatius Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Human Person ◽  
The United States ◽  
American People ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Continuum

Health services in the United States, driven by moral relativism, technology, financial algorithms, present draconian threats to the ability of these services to respond to the health care needs of the American people. Critical moral issues must be addressed, resolved, and serve as the foundation for a renewed health care system that fulfills the call for the common good and provides services in response to the question “who do we really care about.” Millions of our brothers and sisters continue to join the ranks of the uninsured and unemployed. What is urgently needed is a fair, equitable, accessible, affordable, and, most importantly, an ethical system of health care where the dignity and freedom of the human person, across the continuum of life from conception to natural death, is once again recognized as the summit of the work before us.

Hidden Devices in the School Setting: What the Nurse Needs to Know About Shunts

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-158
Author(s):  
Barbara Obst ◽  
Megan Roesler
Keyword(s):  
Medical Devices ◽  
School Setting ◽  
The United States ◽  
Special Health Care Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Special Health Care ◽  
Kennedy Krieger Institute ◽  
Special Health

The role of school nurse today not only includes making a thorough assessment of the child but also the knowledge and skill to understand hidden medical devices. As of 2011, there were approximately 14.6 million children in the United States living with special health care needs. Many of these children could have hidden medical devices. The Specialized Health Needs Interagency Collaboration (SHNIC) program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute received requests for in-person training regarding ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts.

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