Essays 1981 - 2010
patients with certain injuries and missed diagnoses of certain conditions such as appendicitis or meningitis (Dansby, Kavaler & Sp...
and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...
While only 6 percent of newborns require advanced life support in 1997, the rise in the number of neonates since that time weighin...
an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...
Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...
program will foster my highest level of achievement and help me focus on both the immediacy of my educational process and the deve...
economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...
and Cox, 2001; p. 375). The ascending colon, which is approximately six inches long, extends upward to the hepatic flexure....
weaker, less developed than the other. This delayed his walking, and, even after he walked successfully at age 3, it took several ...
to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...
and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...
increase; third-party payers strive to keep payments as low as possible; individuals seek to enhance performance or gain the great...
period of restructuring in many industries, including healthcare. Managed care organizations and changes in reimbursement rates f...
is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...
necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...
properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...
need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...
Additionally, at the completion of this study intervention, evaluation of results showed that the project also resulted in improve...
in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...
predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...
are Patient Care Manage, Employee Manager and Facilities Operation Manager (DaVita Dialysis, 2007). Each these areas require speci...
it seems appropriate to suggest that a picture that appears less "faded" would be appropriate in conveying the message that the in...
caregiver can also ask if they belong to a spiritual, community or religious group (involvement); if the children attend religious...
education or less; little or not prenatal care; unlisted telephone number; low income; history of unemployment; current under or u...
A bachelorette is considered a potential competitor for the attention of a husband" (Living in the Philippines, 2006). The relatio...
design. It is "not grounded in research that supports the therapeutic efficacy of this intervention, but upon the observation tha...
fatigue is related to functional state. Older patients are more likely to have persistent pain, to experience less relief from an...
Furthermore, it is also crucial for nurses to also recognize its association with other similar conditions, such dementia, as deli...
"three important hormones: erythropoietin ... or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells; renin, which regul...
drivers" than do states that do not require test automatic testing (Murden and Unroe, 2005, p. 22). Most states do set standards f...