Ace The Case Manager Nurse Exam

All healthcare providers, at some point in their career, will be called upon to go beyond medical decision-making and traverse into the realm of me ...

Intraosseous (IO) vascular access refers to the placement of a specialized hollow bore needle through the cortex of a bone, into the medullary spac ...

Advance directives are legal documents that are completed in advance of the need for major medical decisions to specify which healthcare optio ...

Abandonment is considered a breach of duty and is defined as unilateral termination of the physician-patient relationship without providi ...

Managed care refers to a healthcare insurance approach that integrates the financing of health care and the delivery of care and related services t ...

SWOT Analysis (short for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is a business strategy tool to assess how an organization compares to its c ...

Adolescence is the critical transition from childhood to adulthood, characterized by unique biological, cognitive, emotional, and social changes.

The Joint Commission (TJC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization created in 1951 that accredits more than 20,000 US health care programs a ...

Every state and territory in the US set laws to govern the practice of nursing. These laws are defined in the Nursing Practice Act (NPA). The NPA i ...

In the United States, mandatory reporting laws establish a legally enforceable duty for those who have contact with vulnerable populations to ...

Medical errors are a serious public health problem and a leading cause of death in the United States. It is challenging to uncover a consistent cau ...

The United States is one of the largest advanced economies by gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of both nominal and purchasing power parity. Es ...

Risk management in healthcare is a complex set of clinical and administrative systems, processes, procedures, and reporting structures designed to ...

In 1985, the United States Congress passed the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA), which encompasses many health insurance program reg ...

Ensuring the security, privacy and protection of patient healthcare data is critical for all healthcare personnel and institutions. In this ag ...

Medical ethics is a required element of American physicians' formal training.  Familiarity with ethical principles on a basic level is ne ...

Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are a type of managed care health insurance plan that features a network of health care providers that trea ...

In 1986 the Emergency Medicine Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) was passed by the United States Congress. EMTALA was part of the Consolidate ...