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knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are ...

quality of care is approached, while at the same time find ways to reduce costs. It has also been noted that socialized health ca...

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

ownership, because it once again acts as a preventive measure against accidents or injuries for the animals, damaged household ite...

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

can no longer follow this model is because medical technology can now greatly prolong life-perhaps make it too long. People now ro...

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

Wagner 35). It is also suggested that the practitioner should, of course, thoroughly read the contract, but also that practition...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

twentieth century, with accusations that it has failed to live up to the demands placed upon it by the ever-growing population, ef...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

would have no need for surgical gloves, but a hospital or a stand-alone outpatient surgery clinic has need for both. A mate...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

receiving additional income for having patients who use less services. As Stone (1997) indicates, she received a healthy bonus che...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...

important to understanding the impact of interventions. One of the major problems noted by a number of theorists is that the exte...

patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...