"Have you noticed that the one thing you can count on when working in today's fast-paced healthcare setting is that it's full of surprises, that nothing is simple anymore?" (LeFevre, 2002). However, it is my personal opinion, that it has taken more than just a few "rainy days and Mondays" to have placed Faith Community Hospital in the critical care situation it is currently facing. Their "mission to promote the health and well-being of the people …showed first 75 words of 1688 total…

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