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Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey and assessment of the level of quality care provided by hospitals and healthcare...
The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...
beneficial or having no impact, negative or positive on most patients outcomes (Agarwal et al, 2009; Masip et al, 2005). The ben...
percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...
use of continuing education to improve patient care (Sterman, Gauker & Krieger, 2003). Effects of nursing rounds, call light use, ...
disorder that is characterized by obsessions, i.e., thoughts, and/or compulsions, acts that must be done. The acts become rituals....
the highest readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF), as well as other conditions (DeFelice, et al, 2010). Initially, ...
millennia ago, it is the first recorded use of pooled payment systems to proved healthcare. There are many examples of similar soc...
is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...
increased; the incidence rate has risen from 15% to 35%. The problem is the increase in the rate of falls and a need to reduce the...
one-third of patients with major depression experience remission using the first medication prescribed. This leads the doctor will...
The paper is a presentation made up 12 slides and notes for the speaker. The presentation outlines a protocol for a new multifact...
(Smith, 2006). They need to realize they will become tired and frustrated. What family and friends can do to help the patient is...
but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...
agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...
the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...
perception of powerlessness is a condition that can affects virtually all individuals at some point in their lives (Dryer, 2006). ...
among the classic symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis. The pathophysiology of these symptoms results from the buildup in ketones due...
to any injury to the head that impairs subsequent brain functioning. While mild TBI can appear to have left the individual unimpai...
any of the organizations system which are not available to the general public, which will include the patient records it should be...
for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...
the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...
abnormal (Yadkin, 2011). The ratio between the BUN reading and creatinine should not be greater than 20:1 or less than 10:1 and th...
to the passage of the California law (Tevington, 2011). Currently, Connecticut, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Texas an...
2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...
effectiveness of a computer-based access that informed primary care physicians of all prescriptions dispensed to specific patients...
("Three stages," 2011, p. 1465). Mild cognitive impairment characterizes the second stage of AD ("Three stages," 2011). The thre...
frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...
was a patient protection initiative which incorporated a requirement for there to be set nasty patient ratios in healthcare system...