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is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...

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

definition of a consumer. In 19589 when the Molony Committee was set up in order to consider the way that consumer law should deve...

level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...

welfare are in the minority and it is viewed as being an extremely negative situation. In the United Kingdom, people live on gover...

In six pages this paper applies Kantian philosophy to Jack in the Box in this examination of consumer protection issues and the fe...

In this paper consisting of seven pages the importance of adequately assessing patient needs is discussed by examining the theorie...

inclusive of the right not to give out the social security number, should be a concern. And to many people, it is. Next to guns a...

In ten pages this paper discusses the compromising of consumer privacy that can occur as a result of the Internet in a considerati...

This essay provides a student with a hypothetical guide to discussing interviews with RN, a nurse practitioner and a patient conce...

This paper considers the role of patients' religion and how it should impact nursing care. The writer focuses on the way in whic...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

In a paper of four pages, the writer considers the issue of the unresponsive patient, especially as it impacts patient care. This...

refers to instances in which patients who have been admitted to a health care facility decide to refuse treatment from doctors (Lo...

of a busy dermatological practice. This dermatologist see as many as 100 patients a day and is known as an "expert in the evaluati...

al, 2009). The theory came from "the results of studies accomplished by the author along her Doctorate in Clinic and Social Psycho...

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

Concepts, theories, principles and practices in managed care and the health services industry in regards to social, economic, and ...

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

The New York City Police Commissioner was successful in reducing crime by targeting high crime areas and allocating resources to t...

This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...

call for compliance with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to su...

has left the facility and has gone home to the comforts of home in order to spend the last days, weeks or months of their life in ...