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are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...

and height), an intense fear of becoming fat, and (in females) skipped menstrual periods for at least three months" (Grilo, Sinha,...

prior to being admitted to the care facility, it is possible that these needs are not being met. There is also the religious need ...

Nursing has evolved over the decades primarily as a result of research (Director, 2009). Nurses recognize a problem and introduce ...

story behind Lennox Castle Hospital. Colin Sprowl, a man that worked over thirty years at the hospital as a male nurse, provides ...

This is the event for which the processes focused, on which the reflection is taking place. This is an objective stage where the d...

this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...

by many the local and national government ought to have a more important role in the healthcare of the nations. As early as 1900 t...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

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bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

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

is so important that it is worth the unknown wait or if the alternative is simply to split tasks between/among more than one insta...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

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

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

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

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

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

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...