SEARCH RESULTS

results are reliable and representative (Curwin and Slater, 1996). The first is the profiling of the samples to show that they are...

the effect of music on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain with a participant group that listened to "peaceful pan flute m...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

diabetic education that uses the Neuman Systems Model, which supports and facilitates taking a "holistic view of people with diabe...

safeguard and monitor the public health, which means that it formulates prevention initiatives, investigates health problems and a...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

and one must wonder - Why? This article suggested the reasons have to do with physician fears of having a malpractice lawsuit file...

to a patient over the phone and trying to convey the urgency of that patient coming in for a consultation. The patient resists, so...

were contributing to the "toxic" work environment, which characterized this CSDU, as there was "evidence of a lack of meaningful c...

Nursing (Webber, 2007). However, this is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution to achieving an adequate nursing force f...

events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...

2004). As errors are inevitable, in order to significantly reduce the rate at which they occur, it is imperative that mistakes sho...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

cardiac monitor, a seizure, drug reaction or other sign of a critical condition...(They) are expected to fill out reports" that we...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

the prevalence of UI was high in this region of the country and particularly high among African Americans in two of the states, wh...

factors" (Hader and Guy, 2004, p. 21). The international Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society define pa...

to the medications needed to ensure their health. Beginning in 2004, Medicare began to offer aid, $600 a year, for covering the co...

that I wanted to make a difference in peoples lives as well. But while my people skills are excellent and I am sure that I can e...

of this decision. Ecological theory is an attempt to bring in many different influences in order to understand how a society ...

education or less; little or not prenatal care; unlisted telephone number; low income; history of unemployment; current under or u...

A bachelorette is considered a potential competitor for the attention of a husband" (Living in the Philippines, 2006). The relatio...

caregiver can also ask if they belong to a spiritual, community or religious group (involvement); if the children attend religious...

predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...

are Patient Care Manage, Employee Manager and Facilities Operation Manager (DaVita Dialysis, 2007). Each these areas require speci...

fatigue is related to functional state. Older patients are more likely to have persistent pain, to experience less relief from an...

design. It is "not grounded in research that supports the therapeutic efficacy of this intervention, but upon the observation tha...

injuries as common occurrences in high-impact occupations (HSS, 2007). Musculoskeletal fatigue, caused by repetitive strain or i...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...