Essays 2101 - 2130
which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...
In five pages this research paper takes a nursing perspecitve regarding the elderly's physical changes and increased dependence th...
and allows the receiver to observe non-verbal cues as to the messages meaning. Feedback "reports back to the sender that the recei...
is a very important consideration in nursing. Indeed, some four thousand of so documents were published annually about pain in th...
In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
10 years ago, the Christian Science Monitor, in covering an article about child care workers and the poverty-level wages they rece...
charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...
"a heterogeneous disorder characterized by 2 pathogenic defects, impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. The resultant ...
MEANING AND CONCEPTS Jones & Krysa (1998) describe the three essential comfort interventions as listening (to...
a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...
patients life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor a...
and the effect on the occupational arena. Both articles, however, emphasize that asthma takes a tremendous economic toll in the U...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
(Link and Tanner, 2001). Research has found that some clients may be suffering from myocardial infarction (MI) even when they have...
establish policy guidelines. In the administration of medication, "processes have been virtually ignored in the search for EBP" (...
that MCOs develop their capacity to handle changes that are driven legislatively by congressional response to public reactions to ...
the order be filled. They specified one minor change, however. That was that each of the condoms that were manufactured include ...
deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows, 2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds...
in acute care is sensitive about the use of drugs in recovering patients. Exposure of abuses of past years has raised awareness o...
with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...
* "HF-2 LVF assessment * "HF-3 ACEI for LVSD * "HF-4 Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling" (Overview, 2002). JCAHO e...
They are: 1. "activity level 2. "diet 3. "discharge medications 4. "follow-up appointment 5. "weight monitoring 6. "what to do if ...
in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...
classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...
nonverbal and behavioural signals and information relating to the clients support system. Objective data could include observation...
McKenna (1997) points out that mid-range nursing theories tend to focus on concepts of interest to nurses. This can encompass pati...
activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...
proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...
only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...