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diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are ...
knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...
Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...
meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...
the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...
situation. As a provider of care, it is the role of the community health nurse to address the needs of Centerville adolescents i...
conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...
be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...
(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...
birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...
the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...
because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...
begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...
agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...
from large teaching hospitals, leaving them with the more seriously ill patients, whose care also is the most costly (Johnson and ...
The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...
points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...
nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...
physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...
it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...
markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...
hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...
In most states, regulations concerning private managed care companies and programs are put forth primarily by the states insurance...
important to understanding the impact of interventions. One of the major problems noted by a number of theorists is that the exte...
a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...
prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...
This paper analyzes the care prevailed for Lucy, an adolescent college student who is diabetic and complaining of fatigue. Diagnos...
If public health and health care could be integrated, it would result in numerous benefits, however, there are barriers and challe...
receiving additional income for having patients who use less services. As Stone (1997) indicates, she received a healthy bonus che...
In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....