Redefining Roles

Redefining Roles and Relationships

Redefining Roles and Relationships The development of partnerships in law enforcement is not a new idea, but it does appear that today's police are much more likely to enter into partnerships than their predecessors, especiallyat the local level.One reasonfor this new collaborativemindset on the part of the nation's21,143police agencies (Maguire,et al., 1998)is the adoption of community policin...

Redefining staff roles and responsibilities can help reduce turnover time.

End of life in the nursing home: redefining roles.

In this issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Waldrop and Nyquist present the results of a recent study on end-of-life care in the nursing home. They interviewed staff to understand perceptions and experiences in caring for nursing home residents who are in transition from chronic to end-of-life care. Their findings support and expand on similar findings from 2 pre...

Redefining Government Roles In an Era of Standards-Based Reform

States and districts have embraced the goals of standards-based reform, but they have interpreted the rather broad objectives in their own unique ways. Merely setting the mark may not be enough to ensure adequate progress in our nation’s schools, Ms. Goertz warns. Comments Copyright Phi Delta Kappa International. Reprinted from Phi Delta Kappan, Volume 83, Issue 1, September 2001, pages 62-66. ...

Redefining the functional roles of the gastrointestinal migrating motor complex

17 During the fasting state the upper gastrointestinal tract exhibits a specific periodic 18 migrating contraction pattern which is known as the migrating motor complex (MMC). 19 Three different phases can be distinguished during the MMC. Phase III of the MMC is 20 the most active of the 3 and can either start in the stomach or small intestine. 21 Historically this pattern was designated to be ...