In our surgical ICU (12 beds) and cardiothoracic ICU (14 beds) at a tertiary academic center, we implemented a nurse-centered computerized potassium protocol integrated with the pre-existent glucose control program called GRIP (Glucose Regulation in Intensive Care patients).
If our academic medical centers cannot offer better patient-centered, evidence-based care than this, where in the world shall the medical community look for leadership?
Our findings, drawn from three large academic medical centers, indicate a need to expand and refresh a truly patient-centered appreciation of the full illness experience for patients with GI illness.
Chapter 2 guides the reader through the process of creating user-centered spaces in academic libraries.
"Stroke of Genius" is so sports-centered that Jones's academic achievements -- he earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech, another in classics from Harvard and passed the bar -- are barely noted.
In contrast, teachers with progressive or child-centered beliefs prioritized non-academic areas such as Social and Emotional Development as well as Discovery of the World.
In order: Mr. Stiefel danced in Nils Christe's "Wavemaker," to music by John Adams, a spasmodic, floor-centered exercise more modern dance than academic ballet.
We intentionally did not use the term 'person-centered care' as it is an academic term, and we wanted the participants to decant their own meanings.
Baker et al. (1997) suggest that rising dissenting voices have been ignored by journalist and academic groups due to androcentrism, which assumes that the male-centered business model is the natural model or way of doing business.
As he reviewed his notes, Finlay worried that Rick would have trouble shaking his academic roots: His kick-off response had been long, unfocused, self-centered, and driven by examples that weren't relevant to the company's activities or plans.
The male-centered paradigm across social theorizing has been seriously challenged, while academic inquiry and focus moved from taken-for-granted assumptions about 'sex' to the various cultural attributes assigned each time by society to the masculine and feminine.
