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Australia Focus on Breast Cancer

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

'Applying Airline Safety Practices to Medication Administration' Article Review

establish policy guidelines. In the administration of medication, "processes have been virtually ignored in the search for EBP" (...

Health Promotion Rationale and Coronary Heart Disease

(Link and Tanner, 2001). Research has found that some clients may be suffering from myocardial infarction (MI) even when they have...

Future Trends in Managed Care

that MCOs develop their capacity to handle changes that are driven legislatively by congressional response to public reactions to ...

Analyzing Universality and the Cultural Care Diversity Theories of Madeleine Leininger

patients life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor a...

Description and Diagnostics of Diabetes Mellitus

"a heterogeneous disorder characterized by 2 pathogenic defects, impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. The resultant ...

Comfort Theory and Kolcaba

MEANING AND CONCEPTS Jones & Krysa (1998) describe the three essential comfort interventions as listening (to...

Health Care and Interdisciplinary Teams

a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...

Qualitative Study 'Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction in Mental Health Nursing: Focussed (sic) Interventions via Evidence-based Assessment' Reviewed

has been with us for several years, and it is widely publicized. The result is that the nursing shortage not only affects the qua...

Dementia Patients and Use of Restraint

with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...

Medication Error Reduction Lesson Plan

deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows, 2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds...

Various methods of pain management

in acute care is sensitive about the use of drugs in recovering patients. Exposure of abuses of past years has raised awareness o...

JCAHO's HF1 Core Measure and Hoshin Planning

* "HF-2 LVF assessment * "HF-3 ACEI for LVSD * "HF-4 Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling" (Overview, 2002). JCAHO e...

The Case Study of a Child in Need

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...

Proper Care for Stroke Victims, a Case Study

classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...

JCAHO's Core Measure Heart Failure Process Implementation

They are: 1. "activity level 2. "diet 3. "discharge medications 4. "follow-up appointment 5. "weight monitoring 6. "what to do if ...

Integration of the Hierarchy of Needs by Abraham Maslow and Self Care of Dorothea Orem

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

Merie Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory

McKenna (1997) points out that mid-range nursing theories tend to focus on concepts of interest to nurses. This can encompass pati...

Program Proposal for Diabetes Education

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

Health Care and Communication

to miscommunication. For example, in a busy hospital where there is a high degree of activity patients may be distracted and not e...

The Difficult Questions Asked in Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'

perceives as her "rival." Rather they listen to the girl, and in the case of all good villains she switches the blame, "She is b...

Post Miscarriage and the Interaction Between Medical Staff and Patient

In sixteen pages this paper discusses nursing theory in a consideration of how patients who have experienced miscarriages or are a...

CNS' Function and Role

This paper examines a Clinical Nurse Specialist's function and role with leadership, specialization, and changing role among the t...

Interpersonal Relations Theory of Hildegard Peplau

In eight pages Peplau's interpersonal relations theory is examined in a background overview and discussion of its implications on ...

Standard Coronary Bypass and MIDCAB Benefits

In eight pages this literature review emphasizes the benefits of the minimally invasive MIDCAB direct coronary bypass surgical pro...

Terminal Illness and Counseling

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses how psychologists, clerics, physicians and nurses can counsel patients who are term...

Journal of Advanced Nursing Article 'Heparin and Haematoma Does Ice Make A Difference?' I

In three pages a quantitative research study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing is reviewed. There is included a comple...

Elderly Care in a Nursing Home v. At Home

In seven pages caring for the elderly is considered through two options with home health care oftentimes presenting more advantage...

Hospice Care, Dying, and Death

In three pages a nursing perspective is applied to a hospice program that deals with terminal patients through investigative resea...

Historical Theories on Health, Education, Society and the Individual

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the nursing profession's health care workers can benefit from the educational theories of...