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the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

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...

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

Wagner 35). It is also suggested that the practitioner should, of course, thoroughly read the contract, but also that practition...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

twentieth century, with accusations that it has failed to live up to the demands placed upon it by the ever-growing population, ef...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

It is left to regulatory agencies such as the DFPS to interpret the law, write regulations that are in accordance with the law and...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...

to describe the experiences of the early colonizing efforts. This description includes social, political and economic factors, whi...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

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...

would have no need for surgical gloves, but a hospital or a stand-alone outpatient surgery clinic has need for both. A mate...

they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

receiving additional income for having patients who use less services. As Stone (1997) indicates, she received a healthy bonus che...

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

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...

patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

In most states, regulations concerning private managed care companies and programs are put forth primarily by the states insurance...

contracts back in the 1970s. In the last few years, the facility see-sawed between economic ruin and financial stability. A majo...

The writer analyzes the book The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, which argues that American culture is deteriorating....