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not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

EMDR therapists assert that the treatment is suitable for a wide range of disorders; that it is much quicker than other forms of...

a reputation for efficiency and effectiveness, as well see later on in this paper. The hospital was named in honor of Edwa...

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

authors isolated the following recurring elements, in order of their statistical appearance in the definitions [1]: Violence, forc...

can be tricky. There are always hypochondriacs or the medically educated who do not necessarily agree with the doctors findings. P...

biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the solid practice it gave me ...

Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...

Mr. Schiavo finally was allowed the right to have his wifes feeding tube removed, the right to allow her to die of lack of nutrien...

what is tantamount to a death sentence, because of the "uncertain definition of suicide in the context of a terminal illness" (Mar...

Crystalloids and colloids are coming into use for trauma cases where fluids are being used for resuscitation. This paper gives a g...

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

are licensed individuals who go through at least one year of formal education in addition to clinical instruction, and the focus o...

after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in his ow...

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

In seven pages this medical condition is examined in terms of its symptoms and treatment with a consideration of the role depressi...

this may not improve sleep quality (Mulcahy, 2004). One study has indicated that treatment with melatonin may aid sleep (Barry, 20...

stories are legendary about people who receive their tattoos under the influence. The problem is that with mentally challenged i...

and TCPL2. The precise level of oxygen allowed per patient is prescribed by the patients physician. Too much or too little can b...

performed are not always that promising. To further complicate the success of SVR the age-old problem of surgery-related depressi...

natural selection and the "accumulated mutations, deletions, duplications, and other changes" incurred by CYP families, they now a...

continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...

(Outpatient Surgical Centers, 2005). Surgeons generally are not part of the staff, but the centers employ all other positions req...

2005). However, the employer of these aides will be responsible for ensuring that systems are in place in regards to proper manage...

to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...

Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...

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

and needs to be carefully monitored, and the water filled blankets may be effective if used above and below the patient by they ar...

of standards with sets of criteria that must achieved. Standards related to information management span the operations of the orga...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...