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exposes patients to new health risks by increasing their tendency to gain weight. Interventions that address the potential for wei...

infections can, of course, relate to a number of factors. The type of care needed can vary both according to the type of wound an...

not just in adverse impacts to the patients themselves but also in significant societal costs. Wounds that are improperly cared f...

Plus Program, that was implemented in the study performed by Resnick and colleagues was found, among other benefits, to improve af...

healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...

the DSM IV-TR (Therapydoc, 2007). The next one is due sometimes in 2012 (Therapydoc, 2007). It will no doubt change etiologies, di...

This ANA Code also specifically includes the possibility that "inappropriate disclosure" can occur by using "identifiable patient ...

are fatigued often have trouble dealing successfully with their illness. In this article Benzein and Berg note that "Hope, hopeles...

between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...

Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...

hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

A number of studies have argued that peritoneal dialysis has the potential to benefit end stage renal disease patients medically a...

The writer presents a proposal to evaluate whether or not the assessment of mental health patients for diabetes is effective and ...

This research paper presents an example paper pertaining to the way in which a proposed research study examining the effect of pat...

This research paper pertains to the growing utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies by the Canadian ...

there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate canc...

movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...

to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...

in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

actions. It has been over a decade since the passage of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), which means that the 5 and 10 ye...