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Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...
This paper summarizes and analyzes a qualitative Norwegian study that examined the experiences of home care nurses in regards to f...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...
reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...
prior to patient/surgeon consultation (Lee, Walsh, and Ho, 2001). In reality, such approaches are limited given that the most acc...
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...
and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...
what serves the greatest number serves the greater good" (London A12), rather than what is favorable for a few. Indeed, this has ...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...
and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...
of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...
-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...
the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...
number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...
provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...
Asynchronous communication is that which does not require the simultaneous direct attention of all involved. It can take the form...
provided by the veterans administration (Medicine News, 2007). Nearly 13 percent of all veterans fall under the ban to services pe...
Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...
nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...
44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...
In ten pages this paper discusses the growing nursing home industry and the need for planning change. Eleven sources are cited in...
In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...
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...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
welfare must be protected at a premium. If our definition of boundary violations, however, overlap our standard practices a dilem...
been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...