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Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...
to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...
field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...
Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...
there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...
The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...
Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...
a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...
the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...
in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...
that time. What might be needed, then, would be some plan of action that the staff could follow, or possibly some type of polite s...
This paper outlines a dilemma that arises when a patient requests secrecy upon revealing physical abuse to a student nurse. There...
Not only are the direct health impacts to the nurse deleterious, impaired nurses cannot meet their responsibility to provide top q...
a nurse to determine which elderly patients are being abused because a sense of shame or a desire to protect the family member who...
"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...
have access to a range of drugs. Bennett (et al, 2000) argues that the overall rate of substance abuse in the nursing popualtion r...
the women who have traditionally filled nursing positions will undoubtedly continue to pursue other professional opportunities tha...
management, in recent years, has been quite extensive. This body of empirical evidence and commentary largely supports the concept...
of the site is that it connects to numerous opportunities for continuing education and there is a page dedicated to this purpose. ...
have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...
A pertinent issue to foreign nurse recruitment, as a method for alleviating the shortage of nurses in US hospitals, is the number ...
when nurses are needed the most, which is when we are ill (line 12). This is when "Nurses come through, with their care and goodwi...
established that nurses are often involved in the "timely identification of complications," which, if acted upon swiftly, prevent ...
noted that cases of a rare lung infection, pneumocystis carinni pneumonia, had occurred in Los Angeles and also that three young m...
(Green, 2004a). A travel nurse, on the other hand, is typically contracted to work a 13-week period, and this usually includes an ...
The proposed policy is: Build more units for the elderly and secure more affordable housing for the Elderly in the private sector ...
This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...
implementing the treatment regimen. 5. collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care f...
In eight pages this paper attempts to understand the concept of 'old age' and the current lack of respect being accorded senior ci...
Fifteen pages and 8 sources. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the information available about job opportunities fo...