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The Start-Up Guide: A One-Year Plan for Entrepreneurs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bangs, David H., PUBLISHER: Kaplan Publishing, This complete action plan for starting a successful small business is designed to allow would be business founders to cover all the essential steps in the planning process. This guide walks readers through the first year of small business start up. It's packed with practical aids such as worksheets, checklists, and "Action Plan" forms that leave nothing to chance.

Agricultural Planning and Village Community in Israel

Agricultural Planning and Village Community in Israel Ben-David, Joseph Ed. Published by Unesco () Used Softcover Dorso scollato Euro 15 (varie 564)

ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook: With Answers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Faye, PUBLISHER: American Hospital Association, Adequate training is key to developing a proficient medical records coding staff and to ensure proper reimbursement from insurance companies and government agencies. To help experienced staff and students learn to code with accuracy, this up-to-date ICD-9-CM tool kit provides easy-to-understand clinical and coding information that covers the basic processes and guidelines for correctly coding diagnoses and procedures. This newly revised annual edition features numerous coding exercises based on case examples that resemble actual patient records. It includes the latest codes and guidelines developed by the Coordination and Maintenance Committee, pedagogical aides, review questions, and more. No other coding handbook provides such detailed guidance.

Customer-Inspired Quality: Looking Backward Through the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shaw, James G. / Shaw, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, Customer Inspired Quality by James G. Shaw is a superior resource for executives faced with the challenge of improving quality and customer satisfaction cost-effectively, and in ways that help their organizations compete. Shaw, a pioneer in bringing quality improvement from the engineering realm to service processes and organizations, believes that customers are in the best position to define quality for any company. In fact, their definition is the only one that really counts. In his newest book, he takes readers through the methodology necessary to improve processes, and therefore quality, as perceived by the customer. Customer Inspired Quality shows readers, step-by-step, how to: -- Use a Process Profile "RM" to analyze a process from the customer's point of view -- Establish measurements that reflect the customer's definition -- Qualify a process for the six levels of process improvement -- Conduct process improvement reviews Shaw uses real-world examples and situations to illustrate his concepts. Customer Inspired Quality includes: -- Glossary -- Summary charts -- Recommended reading and references -- Basic measurement tools -- Brainstorming tools -- Suggested quality measures

Psychotherapy and the Religiously Committed Patient

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stern, E. Mark, PUBLISHER: Routledge, An enlightening book that discusses the positive and negative aspects of psychotherapeutic process with religiously commited patients. Indispensable reading for all therapists, teachers, and spiritually oriented professionals.

SF Express: Includes MLA Guidelines

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ruszkiewicz, John / Hairston, Maxine / Friend, Christy, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, "SF Express" is unique in providing coverage of a full range of writing issues in a pocket handbook format. It begins with six chapters on critical writing and thinking issues, including a separate chapter on writing logical arguments. And its treatment of style, design, and visual/online literacy is fuller than that provided in competing handbooks. The book offers all these features in an attractive, affordable, student-friendly format. Will answer any questions a writer has about grammar, the writing process, or research. The writing process, critical thinking, argumentative writing, style, grammar, mechanics, usage, the research process, how to document sources. Anyone who wants a reliable writing reference book.

Planning and Support for People With Intellectual

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: NA, PUBLISHER: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, NA Acquista Ora

When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lundin, Cody / Miller, Russ, PUBLISHER: Gibbs Smith Publishers, Survival expert Cody Lundin's new book, "When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes" is what every family needs to prepare and educate themselves about survival psychology and the skills necessary to negotiate a disaster whether you are at home, in the office, or in your car. The book entertains as it informs, describing how to maximize a survival mind-set necessary for maximum self-reliance. Lundin offers solutions for finding or creating potable water, storing foods, heating or cooling the home without conventional power, and creating alternative lighting options. Survival exotics such as building a makeshift toilet and composting the results, catching rodents for food, and safely disposing of a corpse are exclusives Lundin also addresses basic first-aid and hygiene skills, and alternative communication and transportation ideas, as well as makes recommendations for a survival kit "go bag" for the home, office, or car in case of evacuation.

Electric Utility Planning & Regulation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kahn, Edward, PUBLISHER: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Econ, The electric utility industry has moved from a growth-oriented environment into a period of instability, competition, and restructuring. This book outlines the strategic and organizational issues facing the industry and provides in-depth assessments of the impact of specific planning rules and regulatory mandates. Among the issues explored are the development of independent power producers, implementation of lifeline rates, increasing emphasis on marginal costs, and mandated conservation programs. Many of the details are drawn from the experience of California utilities where regulatory and market experimentation has been the most extensive.

How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-By-Step Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fink, Arlene / Kosecoff, Jacqueline B., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Popular for helping readers to organize a rigorous survey and evaluate the credibility of other ones by giving them practical, step-by-step advice, the Second Edition of this book now also covers: computer-assisted and interactive surveys and how they contrast with telephone and face-to-face surveys; guidelines for preparing informed consent statements for survey respondents; ways to ensure the sample you have is large enough to detect a difference between groups (if one exists); ways to ask questions about ethnicity; how to read computer output containing survey results; how to prepare a structured abstract of a survey report; new survey data analysis techniques, such as odds ratios, relative risks, and confidence intervals as well as sampling techniques, such as snowball sampling; and guidelines for preparing overheads and slides to report survey results with illustrations of how an oral presentation of survey results differs from a written one.

Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klinger, Judith Lannefeld, PUBLISHER: Slack, This book identifies and examines training techniques for the kitchen. Designed specifically for the therapist or health care professional, techniques demonstrated should be utilized by health care professionals to teach those with physical disabilities or the elderly how to understand and perform tasks in the kitchen successfully. Some issues addressed in the book include kitchen planning, meal planning, nutrition, safety, stress, and more. Materials are provided to help with kitchen and home planning. The book looks at how to deal with clients in their homes, working with children, hospice, and dealing with individuals with physical and cognitive limitations and elderly from a health care professional's perspective. Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care Professional's Guide is divided into several sections. Part I assesses the situation - the types of patients as well as the caregivers and family - then focuses on specific disabilities and problems including a client with arthritis, chronic pain, etc. Part II is involved with the kitchen and the home, from safety and modifications to transporting items. Part III focuses on equipment, appliances, nutrition, shopping, and includes a guide to teaching recipes. Part IV provides help for the health care professional and caregivers with extensive support materials. These include funding, agencies and organizations, sources for equipment and materials, general references, and forms and plans for making equipment. The forms and plans may be photocopied, enlarged if desired, and are designed for use with clients.

Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sorrentino, Sheila, PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, This reader-friendly approach to total patient care thoroughly explains the general roles and responsibilities of the nursing assistant. It fulfills federal training requirements, and incorporates OBRA guidelines throughout. 4th Edition includes a multitude of new procedures, plus new chapters on Comfort, Rest and Sleep; Personal Care and Grooming; and Persons with Hearing and Vision Problems.

Kids Can Talk to God

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: George, Denise, PUBLISHER: Woman's Missionary Union, Kids Can Talk to God provides encouragement and creative answers for teaching children to pray. Through inspirational stories and Scriptural guidelines, Denise George teaches parents how to make prayer a habit for every family. Prayer time tips are included.

The Search for Rational Drug Control

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimring, Franklin E. / Hawkins, Gordon, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United States. How are policy choices identified, debated and selected? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes? Zimring and Hawkins present different ways of understanding American drug policy and provide a foundation for an improved policy process. They argue that protection of children and youth should shape policy toward illicit crime, with attention to the fact that youth protection objectives may limit the effectiveness of some drug controls.

Jesus and Divorce: A Biblical Guide for Ministry to Divorced

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ewald, George R., PUBLISHER: Herald Press, George R. Ewald brings to the topic a thorough understanding of Jewish law. While he acknowledges with respect Jesus' high standard for marriage, he shows how Jesus' teachings free us to bring a ministry of love, acceptance, and forgiveness to divorced persons. Contains practical guidelines for the church in developing helpful attitudes and ministry to divorced persons. Ewald calls for an active educational approach. Included is a 13-unit leader's guide that makes this book useful for study by Sunday school classes, discussion groups, and church boards.

Therapeutic Recreation in the Nursing Home

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Buettner, Linda / Martin, Shelley, PUBLISHER: Venture Publishing (PA), Using the Minimum Data Set forms (MDS Version 2.0) as a basic tenet, this book integrates the theory and practice needed to upgrade any activities department and begin providing therapeutic recreation services. The first section explains leisure theory as it applies to a nursing home. The assessment process is explained in the second section, which provides an in-depth look at the new Farrington assessment. Next, the planning process is described with emphasis on activity adaptation and goal planning. In the fourth section, intervention and case study examples are provided. Sample documentation forms and quality assurance documents make up the final chapters of the book. With OBRA '87 regulations stating that nursing homes must provide programs that meet the physical, mental, psychosocial, and emotional needs of the residents as well as diversional activities programs, the information in this book is vital. No activities director or home administrator should be without this manual.

Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Air Force

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bright, Charles D., PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, This historical dictionary is the first of its kind on the U.S. Air Force and antecedent organizations. The reference is based on lengthy research by Charles Bright and 57 military historians, air force officers, and aviation specialists. Over entries survey the major commands, air forces, staff services, bases, significant battles, events, campaigns, concepts, people, equipment, legislation, and other characteristics. This landmark reference has been developed as a tool for those who know the USAF and want to investigate different subjects further and for those with only slight knowledge who need a general base for exploring air force matters more fully. The dictionary is intended for libraries, for museums and special military collections, and for all bookstores interested in the history of flight. The volume provides a preface with guidelines for using the dictionary, a short history of the U.S. Air Force and its antecedents from to . Entries are arranged alphabetically with bibliographical citations. They cover all the significant subjects of USAF history from a handful of men with flimsy balloons and flying machines to the earth-shaking aerospace giant. Cross references throughout the book help the reader have easy access to all the entries that are related or that appear under a different entry title. A full index is provided also.

ICD-9-CM Professional for Physicians, Volumes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ingenix, PUBLISHER: Delmar Thomson Learning, Code with more precision and efficiency to reduce claim delays and denials using the ICD-9-CM Professional for Physicians, Volumes 1 & 2 with critical coding and reimbursement edit alerts on the same page as the code you want. This product supports HIPAA compliance by providing the approved standard code set (ICD-9-CM), the official coding guidelines, references for official coding advice, coding instructions and conventions required under HIPAA. Do it right ? in less time.

Race for Bandwidth: Understanding Data Transmission

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lu, Cary, PUBLISHER: Microsoft Press, Bandwidth how much information you can move from one place to another and how fast you can move it is the lifeblood of digital communications. "The Race for Bandwidth: Understanding Data Transmission offers solid guidance to business managers as they make decisions about bandwidth for the networking future of their organizations. The book builds a framework for understanding bandwidth, offering concise, clear information about such key issues as types and sources of bandwidth, identifying and determining costs, and planning ahead.

Pottery Barn Outdoor Spaces

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barberich, Christene / Pottery Barn Editors, PUBLISHER: Oxmoor House, Celebrate the pleasures of the outdoors. "Pottery Barn Outdoor Spaces is filled with inspiration and expert advice for planning and decorating outdoor rooms of all shapes and sizes. Create living rooms, napping spaces, and entertaining areas that extend beyond the walls of your home. In chapters devoted to everything from cooking and dining to playing and relaxing, you'll find quick and easy techniques for designing open-air rooms that reflect your style and are a natural continuation of your favorite indoor spaces.

The Arab-Israeli Peace Process Lessons for India and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moonis Ahmar, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, NA

Remote work - télétravail

I put myself forward for the role of Online advisor, as a remote worker. I perform operating tasks for foreign companies: consultancy, planning functions, local advisor, database, CRM, customer service, posting, translations and paging/graphic design (Italian, French, English and German); Word, Excel, QuarxXPress, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.; scanning and OCR; graphic works. Consultante italienne polyglotte se propose de chez soi en télétravail pour des taches opératives: service clients, CRM, consultation, fonctions de planning, database, postage électronique, traductions et pagination graphique (Italien, Français. Anglais et Allemand): Word, Excel, QuarkXPress, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.; travaux de scanner et OCR; uvres graphiques.

Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing, PUBLISHER: Springhouse Corporation, This complete guide gives full prescribing data for more than generic and brand name drugs. Includes unlabeled drug uses, highlighted dosage adjustment information, italicized interacting agents, adverse reactions categorized five ways for safety, and a four-way index for quick look-up -- by generic name, trade name, drug class, or disease. Alphabetically organized drug monographs cover generic and trade names; pharmocologic and therapeutic classifications; controlled substance schedule (where appropriate); pregnancy risk category; dosage form; indications, route, and dosage; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; contraindications and precautions; interactions; effects on diagnostic tests; adverse reactions; overdose and treatment; and special considerations, including patient education and specific instructions for pediatric, geriatric, and breast-feeding patients. Contents include clinical reviewers and consultants, foreword, how to use this book, pharmacology overview, pediatric and geriatric drug therapy, effective prescribing practices, generic drug entries in alphabetical order, a full-color photoguide to more than 320 pills, pharmacologic classes, prescribing authority by state, selected analgesic combination products, topical drugs, immunization schedule, therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines, therapeutic management guidelines, creatinine clearance calculations, pharmaceutical companies listing (drug information contact numbers and Web sites).

Materials Production in Open and Distance Learning

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lockwood, Fred, PUBLISHER: Paul Chapman Publishing, The process of materials production in open and distance learning is seen both as a daunting prospect and as an exciting opportunity. This book is intended to dispel some of the apprehension and yet temper some of the enthusiasm. The chapters are grouped into three accepted stages of materials production - planning, production and presentation - with each chapter having an underlying theme: the desire to produce materials of the highest academic and technical quality that are also the most effective teaching materials for its learners. The authors, many with national and international reputations, focus on those facets of open and distance learning which reflect current thinking, research and practice. This book will provide educators and trainers with insight into materials production and with an essential foundation upon which to build their own work.

Writing and Getting Published: A Primer for Nurses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barnum, Barbara S., PUBLISHER: Springer Publishing Company, A step-by-step guide to developing professional writing skills and navigating the publication process. It includes pointers on structuring one's writing, avoiding common mistakes, writing query letters and book proposals, and finding and working with a publisher.

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