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physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...

surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...

blatant display of irreverence, with some of the worst infractions found within the health care industry. The cramped, dark and u...

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...

Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

increase their participation, given the right to use community law and invoke it at a national court (Lenz, 2000). This doctrine...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

had to fill in, and the primary spot is not yet filled. The author explains: "With Mr. Taylor on his way out, Mr. Adams becomes th...

This paper reviews the article Forever Young A Path to Successful Aging and summarizes the message driven home by authors Donna M...

and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

computerized or electronic patient records. 1c. To discuss these findings with supervisor/mentor to consider how the information...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

for competency, the use do surveys to assess standards and the evaluation of clients as well as the provision of a complaints hotl...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

The writer provides some feedback that may have been provided by a mentor, looking at a presentation given by the student. The pr...

The paper is a presentation designed to introduce and explain a new fall prevention policy for a home care nursing agency. The pr...

This article critique pertains to a study conduced by Fink, et al (2009), which evaluated the efficacy of dry and moist heat in re...