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Structure of the Brain and Alzheimer's Disease Impact

In five pages this research paper examines how Alzheimer's Disease influences the patients' brain cells and structure. Eight sour...

Adolescent and Childhood Depression

role of the school and teacher, as, it can be argued they are an existing resource that is under-utilised, and unaided without the...

Ethical Conflict Regarding Nurse's Code and a Patient's 'Right to Die'

In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...

Cancer Patients and Cessation of Smoking Cessation

of heavy alcohol ingestion and heavy cigarette smoking (Brown, Kresevic and Nosan, 1998). Purpose of the Study...

Patient's 'Right to Die' and the Legality of Nursing Responsibility

through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...

Psychotic Discourse Framing Analysis

were a child answering her mother (Ribeiro 80). The great playwright William Shakespeare was a keen observer of human behavior, ...

Elderly Patients and Minimizing Physiological and Psychosocial Tracheal Tube Stresses

In five pages this paper discusses the postoperative stresses that are represented by tracheal tubes particularly as they involve ...

Specialist Outpatient Clinics and Wait Time Factors

In ten pages this paper discusses outpatient clinics in a consideration of long patient waiting times and their various contributi...

Mental Illness and Confidentiality Issues

In seven pages this paper explores the Tarasoff v. Regents Of The University of California case in this consideration of mental il...

Healthcare, Clinical Pathways Importance, and QA

In 1992, for example, this organization issued a mandate that all hospital chief executive officers become familiar with continuou...

Artificial Nutrition, Hydration, and Ethics

In twelve pages patient ethics are examined in a consideration of issues associated with artificial hydration and nutrition. Twel...

Patient Care Ethics and Nursing Management

In eight pages this paper discusses nursing management shortage in a consideration of patient care ethics. Six sources are cited ...

Animal Assisted Therapy and the Relationship Between Dogs and Humans

emotional, physical and mental care. Dogs establish a fierce loyalty to their human families in a very short amount of time; bond...

Suicide and Patients with AIDS and HIV

not to endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal autono...

Pediatric Patients and the Use of Drugs Like Tetracycline

In seven pages this paper examines pediatric patients in a consideration of research regarding the uses of such drugs as tetracycl...

Fidelity, Fiduciary, and Managed Health Care

their doctors fidelity and integrity to put their medical needs ahead of the doctors financial interests. "The most significant s...

Professional Strategies and Patient Autonomy

In 7 pages this paper discusses patient autonomy in a consideration of various strategies and the theories developed by Dorothea O...

Student Supplied Case Study on Moral Pastoral Practice

worries that God is angry with her, that maybe He hates her. She feels she has destroyed her relationship with God. She even asks ...

Healing Wounds and the Role of Nutrition

placement of polyvinyl alcohol sponges into subcutaneous pockets" (p. 7). Each of the rats were "given a nutritional solution con...

Patient Outcome and Defining the Contribution of Nursing

authors have explored the importance of the holistic approach in positively impacting patient outcome. As early as the 1970s rese...

Health Care Communication Protocol Enhancement

protection. It seems that the purpose of the old system was typical as the facility needed communications. However, in health care...

Nursing and Patient Dignity

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

New Budget Devising

of revenues, and it is likely lower. Allowing 35 percent food cost, however, the cost of operations including labor should not ex...

Patient Self Determination Act and Health Services Industry

less likely to have advanced directives (Hanson and Rodgman, 1996). This same study reported the use of advanced directives incre...

Ethical Considerations Regarding Terminal Illness and Palliative Care

one, we become constantly reacquainted with the subject. The way that we deal with death varies on both an individual and a colle...

Professional Dilemmas and Nursing Ethics

decisions. It is through our status as health care professionals that such a role is not only valued but critical. Nursing...

Dreams from a Psychological Perspective

researchers investigating REM sleep report an interaction of the anterior cingulate cortex, amygdaloid complexes and posterior are...

Patient Harassment of Nurses

had even been stalked by patients (Global Forum for Health Research, 2000). A major study in Australia found that there is a sign...

Patient Stress Reduction According to Theories King, Johnson, and Neuman

on education and prevention, and on how individual and social systems work together in the "society" of the health care industry. ...

Common Medications and Their Patient Information, Procedural Recommendations, and Side Effects

In forty two pages this paper examines drugs that are commonly prescribed for various conditions in a consideration of monitoring ...