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paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

This paper addresses psychopathology in respect to employment and education and evaluates influences on the lives of various patie...

had no idea what chemical component was the primary factor of his theory -- he merely followed his heart as a physician who believ...

In seven pages the issues related to counseling a dying child patient and family members are examined. Twelve sources are cited i...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the process of organ donations and what physicians need to know before discussing them with pat...

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 ...

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

New York treatment programs for patients who are either genetically or mentally impaired and their availability are discussed in a...

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

In five pages this paper examines electronic medical record keeping and the violation of privacy that has resulted in a considerat...

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

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

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

provide effective communication, the Band Aid song "Do They Know Its Christmas" a song which led to Live Aid was effective; this w...

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

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

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

system, decreasing the natural defenses that allow the body to fight off infections and diseases (Etiology, 2008). As this suggest...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

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...