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definitions of community have emerged, with the consequence that, concurrently, definitions of health promotions have also evolved...

change the position before completing three years of clinical practice (MacKusick and Minick, 2010). This research article is very...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

computerized or electronic patient records. 1c. To discuss these findings with supervisor/mentor to consider how the information...

in the home and individuals suffering from dementia. The background literature review sites a wide range of sources, including res...

The writer looks at a research article by Lach and Chang (2007) entitled Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care" p...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

The writer provides some feedback that may have been provided by a mentor, looking at a presentation given by the student. The pr...

The paper is a presentation designed to introduce and explain a new fall prevention policy for a home care nursing agency. The pr...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

for competency, the use do surveys to assess standards and the evaluation of clients as well as the provision of a complaints hotl...

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...

physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...

and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...

blatant display of irreverence, with some of the worst infractions found within the health care industry. The cramped, dark and u...

surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

dependency upon others for assisted daily living skills, and institutional care. Rockwood (1997) defined frail elderly people as t...

In eight pages this research paper discusses the serious problem of controlling senior citizen infection in a nursing home setting...

In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...

44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...