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Nightingale's Theory, Case Study of Elderly Woman

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

The Influence of Environmental Factors on Falls

This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...

Falls and the Retired Population - An Annotated Bibliography

The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...

Nursing Research on Fall Prevention

viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

A Case Study, Polypharmacy

This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...

The Elderly and Alcoholism Diagnostic Instruments

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...

The Elderly and Driving Behavior

A gerontological issue that is relevant in today's society involves driving. This paper examines studies on driving as it respect...

Evaluating a Nursing Educational Program

The writer looks at the way in which a nursing program may be evaluated to provide instant results. The tool advocated is a self c...

Review of Achievements in the Development and Implementation of Nursing Program to Reduce Falls

The writer reviews an intervention program designed by the student to assess and reduce risks with the aim of preventing falls in ...

Assessing a Fall Prevention Implementation Plan

attitudes and motivation. However, in a criticism of the educational program, it has become apparent that certain aspects of these...

UTIs Pressure Sores Pneumonia in the Elderly

higher risk for UTIs than others. Risks include older age, poor hygiene, and/or poor hydration. Two of the greatest risks can be p...

Failures in Fall Prevention Practices

The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...

Risks in the Home that Impact on Fall Rates

The writer looks at literature which has been used to identify different risks in the home environment that may impact on the fall...

How Osteoporosis Affects the Elderly

This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...

The Elderly, Medications for Hypertension and Depression

This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...

Aging Parents and the Responsibilities of Their Children

This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...

The Elderly and Mental Health

This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...

Observation of Older Adults, A Field Study

This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...

Elderly Patients and Medication for Asthma

medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...

Nursing Assessment and Elderly Woman Interview

individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...

Elderly Patients/Insulin Administration

This paper consists of a table that provides details from seven research studies that all describe insulin administration and elde...

OpEd: Right of Refusal

on some theological idea that only God can end life. We wouldnt allow a dog or cat to suffer; why then do we force humans to do so...

Older Adult Emergency Department Care

This paper pertains to the care of elderly patients in emergency departments (EDs). Three pages in length, four sources are cited....

Pet Therapy for the Elderly

topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...

Senior Citizens, Hemodialysis, and End Stage Renal Failure

In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...

The Transformation of Attitudes about Death and Dying

11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...

Senior Citizens and Rex L. Jones' Poker and the American Dream

In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...

How Various Cultures View the Aging Process

In eight pages the ways in which Japanese, Hispanic, and American cultures regard aging are explored and include such relevant top...

NJ's Morris County and Senior Citizen Services

In six pages this paper presents a service expansion proposal to more adequately meet the needs of the elderly residents of Morris...