Application of the CuSum technique to evaluate changes in recruitment strategies

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A study of the application of cumulative summation (CuSum), a statistical process control procedure often applied in quality improvement efforts to detect trend shifts in highly variable serial data, as a tool for prospectively managing the recruitment process in a longitudinal quality-of-life breast cancer study, is described. It is proved that CuSum has implications for both evaluating the effects of planned and unplanned process changes and for managing the recruitment process.

Product quality, Employee Recruitment, Management, Health care industry, Medical care, Quality management, Medical care quality, Company business management

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C-reactive protein in nipple aspirate fluid: Relation to women's health factors

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A study that aims to find a relation between reproductive, nutritional and body composition and activity factors and the level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in nipple aspirate fluid (NAF) is illustrated. NAF comes from epithelial cells lining the ductal system of the breast and offers superior fluid for detecting breast-cancer associated proteins and is found to be a rich source of cancer makers.

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories, Cancer Diagnosis, Health aspects, Methods, Diagnosis, Breast cancer, Cancer, C-reactive protein, Nutritional aspects

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Fitting in or standing out: Nursing workgroup diversity and unit-level outcomes

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A study investigating the implications of the growing diversity in the nursing workforce and how that affects the performance of the nursing workgroups is illustrated. Studies show that workgroup cohesion related positively to patient satisfaction and symptom management and workgroup diversity in job-related attributes prove positive to workgroup initiative.

Practice, Influence, Surveys, Workplace multiculturalism, Workplace diversity, Industrial nursing, Occupational health nursing

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